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Aristotle Animes posted:Here's one I'm genuinely curious about that is kind of an old FT chestnut. Where do people stand on viewing content that may be questionable while flying? For me, I can be surprisingly conservative when it comes to offending others and while I spend a good deal of time on planes, I can obviously find another time to catch up on GOT or other HBO soft porn shows. You'll never hear me advocate censorship or uttering the words "family values" without a deriding tone but to me it's just beyond the pale when people watch horror movies with gory violence or nekidd people, subjecting others to their screens. Even if there aren't kids around to see that, you think you might be making other people uncomfortable?? If you are in a window seat or have the screen so it's not viewable to anyone else, knock yourself out. Although I do hate it when people watch war/horror flicks on night flights where their is a lot of strobing light emanating from the video device. Once on a flight to Japan the guy next to me was reading some rape manga with dudes with gigantic dicks on his tab next to me. I really wish it was things_that_didnt_happen.txt but there it loving was. Plus his tab was like 10" and they darken the heck of the cabin during those flights. I really wish he wasn't reading that.
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oxsnard posted:Getting sick of only being able to get a real workout in on the weekends. Last week I lied to a gym in middle of nowhere TX by telling telling them I was there for a final interview in said small shithole city and I should be moving there soon. They gave me a free week and I only did it because they didn't do day passes. Does this make me a bad person? Anyone else ever do this on the road? Uncle Jam posted:Once on a flight to Japan the guy next to me was reading some rape manga with dudes with gigantic dicks on his tab next to me. I really wish it was things_that_didnt_happen.txt but there it loving was. 
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Aug 10, 2014 16:56
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Aristotle Animes posted:I'm usually so exhausted after coming off the road that it's a couple days before I can hit the gym. Like so exhausted I'm either eating, napping or yawning :-/ I just had a month and a half at home which is as long a stretch than I've had in 2 years and was great to get me back into some semblance of shape. loving restaurants... I'm lucky my field job is at least somewhat active. Yeah I've been dealing with the fatigue pretty bad recently too. After 14 months of ~70% travel I've made a few rules I stick to pretty well. Lost about 10 pounds the past 6 months but I'm weak as hell now because I stopped lifting. 1. Don't eat at the airport. 2. Don't have snacks at the facility I'm visiting. 3. Skip breakfast every day. 4. Pick one (maybe 2 on a stressful week) nights to drink. 5. Eat a salad or grilled veggies before you eat anything else. Don't stress leaving food on the plate. I'm adding a 6th rule: go to the goddamn gym if you're back at the hotel before 5:30
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Aug 11, 2014 03:55
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Eating half or less of your plate is a big one for me. Freaking restaurant portions.
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Aug 11, 2014 04:35
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Dude, you really shouldn't skip breakfast for a number of reasons. You should skip pancakes, waffles, breakfast sandwiches, hashbrowns, Benedicts, etc. But there's lots of good stuff. Generally though those are all good points.
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Aug 11, 2014 09:33
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In regards to adult oriented content on IFE, I guess I probably avoid it for the most part. I do think that if someone asks you to not watch whatever it is, especially due to kids, you should give it a rest. There's plenty of good non-adult content on IFE systems. Seconding the "Eat breakfast" thing. I find I work better and eat less. Just be aware of what you're eating.
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Aug 11, 2014 12:54
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oxsnard posted:Yeah I've been dealing with the fatigue pretty bad recently too. After 14 months of ~70% travel I've made a few rules I stick to pretty well. Lost about 10 pounds the past 6 months but I'm weak as hell now because I stopped lifting. Yeah, always having a big salad first (and asking for the dressing on the side, jesus christ, Southerns!) and then having a small something another I think is my key to not feeling like i should finish everything on my plate. I have had to let go of my values re; being wasteful. loving restaurants, I would actually pay them to NOT bring me so much food! Recently went to Longhorn. Lol they literally give you an entire loaf of bread with your meal. What the gently caress happened to rolls as if they were even necessary. That's just the beginning of how absurd that place is.
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Aug 12, 2014 12:56
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Aristotle Animes posted:Recently went to Longhorn. Lol they literally give you an entire loaf of bread with your meal. What the gently caress happened to rolls as if they were even necessary. That's just the beginning of how absurd that place is.
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Aug 12, 2014 15:59
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Eating at the chains is also a sure fire way to die of a heart attack by age 45. However, Culvers and the Cook-Out own.
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Aug 12, 2014 16:52
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I'd been missing more than hitting on PreCheck lately, and found out that my employer would reimburse the cost of actually signing up through TSA rather than getting it through Delta. So I signed up this morning. That was almost disappointingly easy. Just showed them my passport, got fingerprinted, and filled out a short form. It took me longer to drive to the facility than it did to get signed up.
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Aug 12, 2014 18:46
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Eating at the chains is also a sure fire way to die of a heart attack by age 45. Weird as this might sound, sometimes I'm relieved when people I'm traveling with drag me to chain restaurants. Food's not very good but at least most of them like Applebees has the calories on the menu and they have a bunch of items at like 5-700 calories.
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Aug 12, 2014 18:59
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oxsnard posted:Weird as this might sound, sometimes I'm relieved when people I'm traveling with drag me to chain restaurants. Food's not very good but at least most of them like Applebees has the calories on the menu and they have a bunch of items at like 5-700 calories. Sometimes you just want what you know. Although gently caress Applebees. I ate there for lunch and dinner for almost a month once because that was the only restaurant around in remote central Wisconsin.
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Aug 12, 2014 21:37
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Thoguh posted:I'd been missing more than hitting on PreCheck lately, and found out that my employer would reimburse the cost of actually signing up through TSA rather than getting it through Delta. So I signed up this morning. That was almost disappointingly easy. Just showed them my passport, got fingerprinted, and filled out a short form. It took me longer to drive to the facility than it did to get signed up. What's the consensus on precheck? I don't think many (any) of my coworkers have it despite us all traveling 80-100 percent of the time.
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Aug 12, 2014 23:28
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Xguard86 posted:What's the consensus on precheck? I don't think many (any) of my coworkers have it despite us all traveling 80-100 percent of the time. Get it. I have it through global entry (which is also fantastic), but it just makes things easier.
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Aug 12, 2014 23:30
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Xguard86 posted:What's the consensus on precheck? I don't think many (any) of my coworkers have it despite us all traveling 80-100 percent of the time. Absolutely get it. And if you ever go to Canada, just get Nexus, which will get you Global Entry and Precheck anyways.
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Aug 13, 2014 00:43
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Precheck is probably the single greatest improvement to my travel in years.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:09
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Worth the money after the very first trip. First time I used it, Something felt weird and I had to have a pause and look back behind be because my body didn't believe I'd already gone through security without all the usual rituals.
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Aug 13, 2014 02:30
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Xguard86 posted:What's the consensus on precheck? I don't think many (any) of my coworkers have it despite us all traveling 80-100 percent of the time. Very much worth the money. I would hate myself if I were a frequent flyer without it.
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Aug 13, 2014 02:52
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DJCobol posted:Absolutely get it. And if you ever go to Canada, just get Nexus, which will get you Global Entry and Precheck anyways. Or if you live/travel near the border or close enough to get to one of these enrollment centers, just get Nexus anyway, because not only does it get you Global Entry, it costs half the price of GE.
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Aug 13, 2014 03:51
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Xguard86 posted:What's the consensus on precheck? I don't think many (any) of my coworkers have it despite us all traveling 80-100 percent of the time. If you're job will pay the fee there is no reason not to get it. It is a much better experience going through TSA. A big part of wha tpushed me to finally get it is that they are expanding "expidited screening" which isn't full precheck but lets you keep your clothes on and walk through ametal detector rather than a scanner to many smaller airports.
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Aug 13, 2014 13:38
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Wow big praise! Ok I'll look into getting listed. Also after my flight home Friday, I'll be Swa a-list. So woooo real traveller now!
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Aug 13, 2014 14:05
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Yeah, I think the common wisdom is that you should probably get Global Entry instead, if you are located near one of their interview centers. If not, Global Entry is a pain so just get Precheck.
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smackfu posted:Yeah, I think the common wisdom is that you should probably get Global Entry instead, if you are located near one of their interview centers. If not, Global Entry is a pain so just get Precheck. This. Even if you don't travel internationally regularly, having it for PreCheck and that one time you land and it allows you to skip the three hour line makes it all worth it.
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Aug 13, 2014 15:47
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GE is like a fifteen dollar premium to precheck but the enrollment process is supposedly not involved. When I tried to get GE, Logan was backed up for months, so I just took some extra time at O'Hare and did it there. Took like fifteen minutes. Nexus is probably the best option but as far as I know you do need to be at an actual border crossing to enroll, not just airport entry point.
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You can get Nexus at most big Canadian airports (YYV, YUL, YVR... poo poo YOW has an enrollment center.) Global entry is loving amazing. Single late twenties foreign citizen with a foreign sounding name, coming back from a vacation in South America? Took me five minutes to clear US customs. Awesome.
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kitten smoothie posted:Or if you live/travel near the border or close enough to get to one of these enrollment centers, just get Nexus anyway, because not only does it get you Global Entry, it costs half the price of GE. I had heard (in this thread?) that the NEXUS interviewers expect you to have a justification for applying to NEXUS, e.g. travel to Canada regularly.
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PCjr sidecar posted:I had heard (in this thread?) that the NEXUS interviewers expect you to have a justification for applying to NEXUS, e.g. travel to Canada regularly. They do. Leisure, or visiting a friend frequently is a reason, so it doesn't have to be business related.
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HOG ILLUSTRATIONS posted:I'm a new college grad, and I'm about to have my 3rd and hopefully final interview for a field service engineering position. The job requires travel 80% of the time, but jobs almost never last more than 5 days, ranging anywhere from one to five. The interviewers have said that they almost always get their field engineers home for the weekends. I'm looking forward to the travel, and don't have a relationship or any log term commitments to tie me down. My question is how does this travel schedule compare to others in terms of quality of life? Have you guys/gals found that lots of little trips are better for your sanity than being gone for months at a time? This kind of travel is totally doable and can even be really fun. But it can (will) burn you out. Pay attention to that and don't feel bad taking a day-or-two at the home office. That will keep you sane and ready to go. Also, keep up on the expense reports because they will fill up fast.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:GE is like a fifteen dollar premium to precheck but the enrollment process is supposedly not involved. When I tried to get GE, Logan was backed up for months, so I just took some extra time at O'Hare and did it there. Took like fifteen minutes. The process is not involved. I have an arrest i needed to disclose and haven't lived in the same place for more than 4 years in the last 20 years of my life and those things, while flags that you have to explain were totally not an issue. Your CBP agent experience may vary but the dude that did me was really relaxed about the whole thing. 5 mins and done. He didn't even really want to look at my current residence documentation I brought in.
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PCjr sidecar posted:I had heard (in this thread?) that the NEXUS interviewers expect you to have a justification for applying to NEXUS, e.g. travel to Canada regularly. "I expect my role at work to be expanded soon, and this will likely include more frequent travel to the US to liaise with stakeholders." Worked for me. Travelled to the states on business once since I got the card.
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Aristotle Animes posted:The process is not involved. I have an arrest i needed to disclose and haven't lived in the same place for more than 4 years in the last 20 years of my life and those things, while flags that you have to explain were totally not an issue. Your CBP agent experience may vary but the dude that did me was really relaxed about the whole thing. 5 mins and done. He didn't even really want to look at my current residence documentation I brought in. Yeah, mine wasn't all that involved but supposedly it's more involved than precheck alone.
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Precheck alone is about as involved as registering to vote.
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Thoguh posted:I'd been missing more than hitting on PreCheck lately, and found out that my employer would reimburse the cost of actually signing up through TSA rather than getting it through Delta. So I signed up this morning. That was almost disappointingly easy. Just showed them my passport, got fingerprinted, and filled out a short form. It took me longer to drive to the facility than it did to get signed up. That was quick. I just looked online and they issued me a known traveler number in less than 48 hours.
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And here I am, waiting a month now for my NEXUS application to be approved so I can schedule the interview.
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Guy Axlerod posted:And here I am, waiting a month now for my NEXUS application to be approved so I can schedule the interview. My GE app got approved in maybe a week, tops, and I have a weird foreigner last name and lots of different addresses.
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The hardest part of the app is finding an open appointment time. For my wife we had to just game the system and check it a few times a day and a cancellation opened up.
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Re: Pre-check, I love how everyone now says "Wow, the TSA is cool as poo poo for coming up with this. This is amazing!" for a procedure that simply removes the need to strip, unpack, and have someone look at your naked body. Gee, thank you for finally deciding that these procedures don't actually improve security, and are all just for show.
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Ynglaur posted:Re: Pre-check, I love how everyone now says "Wow, the TSA is cool as poo poo for coming up with this. This is amazing!" for a procedure that simply removes the need to strip, unpack, and have someone look at your naked body. Gee, thank you for finally deciding that these procedures don't actually improve security, and are all just for show. I had a friend in the early 90s who packed a 5 foot model rocket on a flight to Vegas and never got hassled. Those were the days.
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Ynglaur posted:Re: Pre-check, I love how everyone now says "Wow, the TSA is cool as poo poo for coming up with this. This is amazing!" for a procedure that simply removes the need to strip, unpack, and have someone look at your naked body. Gee, thank you for finally deciding that these procedures don't actually improve security, and are all just for show. I don't think anybody is giving the TSA props for it. Just excited that it exists.
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