LINDSAY'S PLAN
TO SAVE ANSETT
LOW SPEED,
LOW FARES - YES!...Fox
| LINDSAY FOX
has come up with
a master plan that will make Ansett 2, the most profitable airline in the
world. The old fox, has spent the last 2 weeks, 24 hours a day, going through
all the aircraft service manuals in Ansett’s Melbourne Jet Base. Lin said,
“I always did that when I bought a new truck, read the manual. Easy to
read too, most of them were brand new and still in their plastic wrappers.
Those engineers will never learn, you don't just give an oil change.”
Lin went on to say “I was interested to find the fuel consumption graphs,
same you know, just like a truck, the faster you go the more fuel you burn.
For years I had all my trucks only do 70kph, saved me a fortune. That's
when I came up with the slogan "Your Passing Another FOX", worked
a treat, because everyone had to pass us. They read it, great advertising! |
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| As you can see by the graph if we
fly the planes at 300 knots (B) instead of the usual 400 knots (B) we will
have a whopping 70% saving in fuel, but only a 22% reduction in speed.
This would only add another 9 minutes to a Sydney/ Melbourne flight. "Even
a child could understand this" he concluded. |
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Lindsay explains his plan
to a Melbourne toddler
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Today Lindsay launched Ansett's
new livery
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KHO FILM NIGHT
| Sun Dec. 2
Was the inaugural Gala Film Night in the theatrette at the KHO. |
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| We are indebted to Mr Ian Davey
of Melbourne who donated a brand new VHS copy of the musical “SOUTH
PACIFIC”. We presented the film on our Samsing 21” Tv, with sound through
the Radio-gram. In attendance were a huge crowd of 17 people, who totally
enjoyed the film. It was unfortunate that the chair Ines was sitting on
collapsed, where was Andi?. Later we adjourned to Warung Sobat for an enjoyable
meal. |
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 Andi
25
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NOVEMBER 11, Our
friend Andi celebrated his 25th birthday. Lucky Andi, was taken to the
very exclusive and very expensive Le Meridian hotel in Tanalot for the
night by his partner Ines. They said “they had a quiet time” A reporter
from the KHO news was told, by a room boy, who he bribed with Rp 5,000.
“Theys pecah (break) size Queen bed, ” |
| We contacted Ines’s office but she
declined to be interviewed. On the Sunday night a birthday party was held
at Warung Sobat in Andi’s honour. |
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Andi, Ines & the birthday
gang
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John, Andi, Ines, Wiwin &
Robert
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Monstrosity opposite the KHO Continued...
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| Last edition we
told of the 2 story building that is going up in a great hurry opposite
the KHO. We have made friends with the builders and have had many pleasant
nights with them. Their past time is playing guitar and singing, Jamal
and Dede join in. A party was given at the KHO to welcome them. |
The monstrosity
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| One of the boys was having a birthday.
We celebrated. |
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The
birthday presentation
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| Most nights the boys sit on the
road out front of out house entertaining themselves. Saturday night is
special as they usually can afford some Bali Arak spirit. |
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Ines dropped around
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One for Mum!
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 Yong
Fu-Surabaya I've been very busy with group booking, I've to
finalize a lot of booking to Bali for this Lebaran & New year Chris
-Bahrain, Just a message from Bahrainn, where we look at your letter
and yearn for those hot humid days (instead of the hot humid days we have
here!) Actually, I've just been down to Argentina for a quick two week
holiday - down to Tierra Del Fuego, up the Andes onto a glacier and a great
couple of weekends in steamy Buenos Aires. Life is sweet and hopefully
we'll get over again to Bali sometime soon. In the meantime, keep up the
good work, and all the best to you both. Sei-Japan Glad to
hear from you and thank you for your care, just l wanna say hello and hope
to hear from you again, Love, your boy Sei Denny-Melb Ian
Harvey is staying Monday night. We will go get something to eat - probably
Topolinos as my days of driving after drinking are well in the past. At
least Somerset Street will be closer walking distance for you when staying
from Topelz! But then with Bradley's cooking, why go out! Simon-Melb
Sorry to hear about the incident at lucky draw. Bet you would never of
thought of getting a |
Liverpool Kiss from
a hooligan in Indonesia.Toos- Holland (travelling thru
Australia) I am stranded with my car on last monday here in Sidney,
it broke down and it seems that the "motorblok" has several cracks in it.
I have to sell it here in Sidney as soon as possible before it realy breaks
down. I can collect my car tomorrow at the workshop and can drive with
it but not for long anymore.Doug-S. America My recent purchase
makes the third camera for the trip. The first camara had an electronic
failure. Good bye camara number uno. The second was either lost or stolen.
It was a $20 instamatic jobby. Good bye camera number dose. I was toying
with the idea of buying another crappy instamatic when I came across the
Beautiful second hand Zenit camara, from russia with love. Ian D-Melb
This
week end I am running "Along Came The Spider" with Morgan Freeman on DVD.
A sellout again. Michael Healy-Melb It is with deep regret
that I have to announce the death of JOE BENSON at 1.30 this morning.Most
of our long-serving staff will remember Joe as the Head of our Film Dept.(HSV7)
for a great many years |
Some Photo's from
Ian Harvey - Bendigo
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Simon, Mitchel & Nicholas
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| Mandy & boys, Wilson's Promontory,
Victoria, Australia |
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Tommy
Soeharto arrested
Tommy
after arrest
(He doesn't
look too worried! Is that Bin Laden behind him?)
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JAKARTA (JP):
The fugitive son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra,
was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Bintaro, South Jakarta, a report
said. Tommy has been at large since November last year after then president
Abdurrahman Wahid rejected his request for presidential pardon. Previously,
he was convicted by the Supreme Court to 18 months in jail over an unlawful
land swap deal between the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) and his then
wholesale firm PT Goro Batara Sakti. But a different team of justices exonerated
him from all charges last month. (So why have they arrested him, one
may ask, or did I miss something) |
| John
will
travel to Melbourne Dec 20. he will return Dec 30. |
BIRTHDAYS
| Ian
Davey |
Dec
05 |
| Amang Alkalfi |
Dec 12 |
| Simon Harvey |
Dec 13 |
| Mark Duggo |
Dec 13 |
| Jacy Teh |
Dec 17 |
Best
wishes from
John, Jamal
& all at the KHO.
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HOWARD
on ANSETT
| JH Canberra:
“Oh yes we are definitely going to help Ansett. We have already been a
great help, we almost got rid of them, with that safety scare, then that
truck driver came along. Him and his market share!, from Jan. 1 all employees
of the Commonwealth government in Canberra must re-locate to Sydney. They
will commute to work each day on Qantas flights. That will stuff the fox.” |
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JAMAL'S KITTENS
DOING WELL
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| JUST OVER 3 months ago Jamal’s
cat “Suzi” gave birth to 4 kittens, sadly 2 of them died, surviving are
“Kiki” who lives at the KHO and “Humzah” named after the Indonesian Vice-President
who now lives with Ines and Andi. |
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WEEKEND
AT VILLA TENANG
| FRIENDS Clive
& Wendy from England kindly invited us all to sample their new
rental villas in Soca, West Bali. The party were Jamal, Ines, Andi, Dede
& John. |
| Villas Tenang
are very remote, you couldn’t wish for more if you want to get away from
it all. Took us 1.5 hrs to get there, by car from the KHO. The country
side is magnificent, there are undulating hills and high mountains in the
background. |
| After cocktails,
served by the very friendly staff, (Dewa & Made) we adjourned to the
pool for a swim. We were served an excellent dinner of local seafood. Then
out came the guitar. Jamal and Dede entertained, later owner Clive took
over the guitar and showed us what an old rocker he really is. “Blue
Swede Shoes”, “She’s 16”, “I saw her standing there” We had a great
night. During the night Ines & Andi's bed collapsed. (Oh no not
again!) Ines was so looking forward to a good nights sleep with no
noise and ended up having a sleepless night on the floor. We had a great
time and a nice break. |
| There are
3 villas, Villa 1 sleep 6, Villa 2&3, sleep 2. A great way to see a
different side of Bali we highly recommend Villas Tenang. We wish Clive
& Wendy every success. If you wish to know more, or make a booking,
visit their web site. |
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| Dede, (pron. day-day)
Jamal's grand nephew will return home to Bandung, Java on Dec. 9 after
helping us out at the KHO for 3 months. We will miss him and thank him
for the good times and his ever-present humour. We look forward to his
return later next year. |
| Dede is a competent guitar player
and is learning keyboard. His favourite group is the very popular
Indonesian group, JAMRUD. |
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SPRING IN BALI
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Jamal
enjoying "Spring" in the KHO garden
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This
is the last edition of the KHO News for 2001
John
& Jamal
would like
to wish all our friends a very merry Christmas, Idul Fitri or Hanukkah.
We hope the New Year will bring peace to you and to the world.
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