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Friday, 29 May 2015

Millwall Football Club: No one likes us. We don't care ; Interesting and funny motto!



The football club I support is Millwall FC and it has an interesting motto

"No one likes us. We don't care."


Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in New Cross, south-east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football.
 From then until 1993 the club played at The Den, a now-demolished stadium in New Cross, before moving to its current home stadium nearby, also called The Den.
The traditional club crest is a lion rampant, referred to in the team's nickname "The Lions". Millwall's traditional kit consists of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. Millwall have a long-standing rivalry with West Ham United. The local derby between the two sides has been contested almost 100 times since 1899.


 In the media, Millwall's supporters have often been associated with hooliganism, with numerous films having been made fictionalizing their notoriety. The fans are renowned for their chant "No one likes us, we don't care" which is sung to the tune of Sailing by Rod Stewart.
In 2004, the team reached the final of the FA Cup and, in doing so, qualified for the UEFA Cup the following season, playing in Europe for the first time in their history. The club has also reached FA Cup semi-finals on another four occasions, in 1900, 1903,1937 and 2013. Millwall have spent the majority of their existence competing in the second or third tier of the Football League. The team spent two seasons in the top flight between 1988–90, in which the club achieved its highest ever finish of tenth place in the First Division. Based on all results during the club's 87 seasons in the Football League from 1920–21 to 2013–14, Millwall are ranked as the 40th most successful club in English football.






Thursday, 28 May 2015

World’s Shortest Commercial Flight


World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long!



The world’s shortest commercial flight takes place between the two Orkney Islands, Westray and Papa Westray, just north of Scotland, separated by a distance of only 1.7 miles. Operated by Loganair, the flight duration is officially two minutes, but under ideal wind condition can be completed in only 47 seconds. 


According to reports published in The Daily Mail, about 30 percent of the service's passengers are associated with the Orkney Islands Council's education service, while many others are health staff and patients of the Scottish National Health Service. The island of Papa Westray is home to just over 70 people, and 60 archaeological sites.

Tickets are priced at about $30 per passenger with no in-flight service. 


Loganair, which has flown the route since the 1960s, introduced a popular flight for tourists in 2011. The special flights fly a couple days each week in the summer for folks who just want the flight and then to get back to the Orkney Mainland rather than stay out on the islands.


Picture showing both the islands:




Both the "airfields":



A flight taking off from Papa Westray:



The Papa Westray Airport terminal:



Loganair,the airline which operates the flight:


Source: World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long