Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular...

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Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

"The miniature ceramic houses that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has been handing
out for 56 years remain popular among collectors, says the Wall Street
Journal.

The free souvenirs are three-inch-tall ceramic replicas of historically
significant houses filled with Dutch gin. The airline hands them out to
business class customers on intercontinental flights. The rarest houses -
given only to honeymooners - can fetch more than $1,000, it says.

Among the houses depicted: Rembrandt's home, the Anne Frank Museum and a
brothel in Amsterdam's red-light district.

The next model, the 89th house in the series, will debut on Oct. 7, the
airline's 89th birthday, according to the report.

When Princess Christina of the Netherlands sold her 210-house collection in
1996, it went for more than $10,000 at Sotheby's in Amsterdam. Gabriel
García Márquez, the Nobel Prize novelist from Colombia, is also a fan, once
requesting a full set as partial payment for writing a piece for KLM's
in-flight magazine. KLM refused.

When Air France bought KLM in 2004, some suggested eliminating the souvenir
to save cost. But the idea was never seriously considered, the report says,
citing Air France executives.

Trading activities for the houses thrive online. Theo Kiewiet, an Amsterdam
resident, runs a website where collectors can buy them. He also has a photo
gallery of all 88 models.

KLM also runs an online market in its corporate website for collectors
wishing to haggle for the houses..."

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In m "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

Gee... All I ever got from KLM were cheese sandwiches.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

What ?
morrow is stale and soggy ??
That martin is impossible !

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de
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On 05 Jun 2008 17:23:04 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In m "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

Gee... All I ever got from KLM were cheese sandwiches.

You left out the words "stale soggy".
--

Martin

"Martin" wrote in message
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On 05 Jun 2008 17:23:04 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In m "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

Gee... All I ever got from KLM were cheese sandwiches.

You left out the words "stale soggy".

Mine was quite good, mind you, it was in 1997...

Do they still sell that incredibly overproof vodka for next to nothing on
the aircraft?

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:31:31 +0100, "William Black"

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On 05 Jun 2008 17:23:04 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In m "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

Gee... All I ever got from KLM were cheese sandwiches.

You left out the words "stale soggy".

Mine was quite good, mind you, it was in 1997...

Do they still sell that incredibly overproof vodka for next to nothing on
the aircraft?

The drinks were always free.

Not when you buy them by the bottle they're not.

The only place I've ever been (except a single Ryanair flight, never again)
was on domestic flights in the USA.

Three hour flight from Chicago to Dallas FW, no booze, sandwich lunch,
rude cabin staff.


--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

Runge11 babbled:


What ?
morrow is stale and soggy ??
That martin is impossible !


scRunge's "personality" - such as it is - dates from the CCCP era...

His "drink" of choice is distilled diesel oil...siphoned from a KAMAZ
truck...


--
Best
Greg


"Martin" a écrit dans le message . ..



On 05 Jun 2008 17:23:04 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

Innews:98CdnTjD4rz2hdXVnZ2dnUVZ_tninZ2d@earthlin k.com"Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

Gee... All I ever got from KLM were cheese sandwiches.

You left out the words "stale soggy".
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

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William Black wrote:

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On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:31:31 +0100, "William Black"

wrote:

"Martin" wrote in message
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On 05 Jun 2008 17:23:04 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

Innews:98CdnTjD4rz2hdXVnZ2dnUVZ_tninZ2d@earthl ink.com"Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

Gee... All I ever got from KLM were cheese sandwiches.

You left out the words "stale soggy".

Mine was quite good, *mind you, *it was in 1997...

Do they still sell that incredibly overproof vodka for next to nothing on
the aircraft?

The drinks were always free.

Not when you buy them by the bottle they're not.

The only place I've ever been (except a single Ryanair flight, *never again)
was on domestic flights in the USA.

Three hour flight from Chicago to Dallas FW, *no booze, *sandwich lunch,
rude cabin staff.


Par for the course for US legacy airlines...not so different from the
USSR - era Aeroflot of old.

And now you'd pay for that foetid sandwich...


--
Best
Greg

On Jun 5, 7:23 pm, Bert Hyman wrote:
Innews:98CdnTjD4rz2hdXVnZ2dnUVZ_tninZ2d@earthlink. com"Gregory Morrow"

wrote:
Miniature ceramic houses handed out by KLM still popular

Gee... All I ever got from KLM were cheese sandwiches.

That's because you're a snivelling prole and travel Economy. Us posh
folk in Business still get the little houses.

B;

On Jun 5, 10:01 pm, "Runge11" wrote:
What ?
morrow is stale and soggy ??
That martin is impossible !

Runge - why don't you just **** off? Nobody wants you here, haven't
you realised that by now? Take your pathetic childish attention-
seeking behaviour somewhere else.

B;

Mister B wrote:

On Jun 5, 10:01 pm, "Runge11" wrote:

W


Runge - why don't you just **** off? Nobody wants you here

There's something many of us want even less: people who respond to
the asshole, because they can't be arsed getting a proper Usenet
account (hint: very cheap, some even free) instead of using
Google groups, and QUOTING EVERY GODDAMNED WORD OF SCRUNGE'S CRAP
IN THE REPLY.

So thanks to you, even though sRunge's crap normally doesn't show up
on my screen, you've thoughtfully provided it anyway.

For that, you get a *plonk*.