On 27/08/2016 6:16 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article <877fb3nusq.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach   
   > wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:08:03 +1200, Your Name wrote:   
   >>> In article <87shtsh4ct.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:35:58 -0700 (PDT), rbernardo@iglou.com wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Here is my itinerary ¡V   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> September 1 ¡V Leave San Francisco for Wellington, New Zealand.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> September 3 ¡V Arrive in Wellington, NZ. Accommodations provided by   
   >>>>> Trevor.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That looks like a 24+ hour flight already, even considering a time zone   
   >>>> change.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Anyway, looks like it would be fun. Enjoy and report back here please.   
   >>>   
   >>> Flight time from San Francisco to Wellington is only around 12-14 hours   
   >>> for a direct flight, but it it can be more if it is via Honolulu and /   
   >>> or via Auckland, New Zealand (especially if there are transfer flights   
   >>> to be waited for).   
   >>>   
   >>> Even on a direct flight, if you leave San Francisco at night on 1 Sept,   
   >>> then you could well arrive in Wellington on the morning of 3 Sept   
   >>> thanks to the date line changeover.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for that.   
   >>   
   >> That must also be a hangover. Already the jetlag of 12 hours must be   
   >> bad. A 6 hour jetlag (Europe <-> North America) takes me about 3 days to   
   >> get used to.   
   >   
   > The hangover will only get worse when you get off the plane and realise   
   > you're now in a fourth-world country ...   
      
   That's simply a ridiculous comment.   
      
    made especially evident in   
   > Wellington by the cheap knock-off of the "Hollywood" sign plastered on   
   > a hill next to the airport. :-\   
   >   
      
   Yeah, that's cheesy.   
      
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