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New Zealand Woman's Weekly
|September 1, 2025
Mamma Mia! Kevin backtracks on his vow to not fly long-distance any more
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Linda and I are off to visit our boys in London. I had decided no more longhaul travel too tiring and aircraft cabins seem the worst place to pick up germs. As I write this, I realise how really old I'm sounding. When I was younger, I didn't give a thought to catching other people's germs flying across the world was all that mattered.
We'd concluded that instead of flying there, it was preferable to pay for the boys to fly home to us. Then they could see all the rellies and their old friends at the same time. For free.
However, on reflection, that seems a bit mean.
This story is from the September 1, 2025 edition of New Zealand Woman's Weekly.
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