May, 1995 (continued): In Berlin I did some work with r.s.2, whose program director was a former Armed Forces Radio broadcaster (and old O’LINERS subscriber) named Rik de Lisle. (Rik since has sold his soul and become a highly respected programming consultant.)
Given the hotel’s low quality standard in the U.S., I didn’t expect much when I was told I would be staying at a Ramada Inn. I was shocked to discover a very nice place. (Well, it appeared very nice; I was there only long enough to sleep.)
From Berlin I flew to Cologne, where Jeff van Gelder met me and drove me to Oberhausen, where the following day I presented Air Personality Plus+ for NRW. (This was a return engagement).
Then it was back to the airport and on to Leipzig, where Dr. Monika Friedrich arranged for me to share a panel session with Delta Radio’s esteemed Adam Hahne. That session was a lot of fun, but that made two visits now to Leipzig without having the time to see any of that historic city.
Note To Air Travelers: It is entirely possible to stand up from one’s airline seat without pulling down on the seat in front of you.
I was reminded of this on my flight home from Frankfurt.
Some guy walked up the aisle and used the backs of passengers’ seats as though they were railings. (No, he wasn’t disabled.) In the midst of this, he pulled my seat backward. I happened to be sound asleep at the time. When my seat suddenly jerked backward, I jerked forward (like sitting straight up in bed when awakened by a loud noise)…and knocked a glass of water onto the woman sitting next to me.
She did not appear to be amused.
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Sorry, Dan, I didn’t know that was you. 🙂