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sneakyfrog posted:I travel with 2 rolly pelicans with about a quarter of a million dollars worth of laser equipment for customer demos. I have learned never to ever say the word laser to a tsa scrub if i traveled with a bunch of lasers i would just make pew pew noises all day i assume that's what you do
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Unfortunately they have not taken my suggestion of making a sound effects module. 
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Apr 29, 2019 14:11
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I bet you could sell like, 10-20% more lasers, minimum.
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I know right?
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Meanwhile stuck on the taxiway at mco for an hour because apparently ohare is once again all hosed
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You all read the article right? Where it was about Customers & Border protection, not the TSA. Customs has a different mandate and resources for inspecting things coming into the country. I'd never roll through customs with anything remotely inappropriate, hell, I don't even bring fruit from the plane. TSA is a different gamble. You have to make your own decisions there, but remember that TSA has a mandate to keep air travel safe and to follow the laws. They have an authority to refer you to local law enforcement, so keep that in your calculations.
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So yesterday, I discovered there is a way for flying in a CRJ-200 worse. Being in one where the AC doesn't work. According the pilot, apparently that plane engines run hot and they were trying to baby them. It got up to 95 degrees on the ground and more pleasant 85 in the air. I didn't grab any water before hand because it was a short flight from RDU to DCA. I felt worse coming off that plane than I do flying cross country.
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sneakyfrog posted:I travel with 2 rolly pelicans with about a quarter of a million dollars worth of laser equipment for customer demos. I have learned never to ever say the word laser to a tsa scrub Don’t say anything to them that’s not short direct answers to their specific questions. Don’t even look at them. The best case for a TSA interaction is nothing, the worst case is you’re murdered by the local police.
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KillHour posted:I literally have never flown out of London without having my bag searched. "He has a USB cable! Get 'im!" Every time I go through the metal detector at T5 it beeps and I get selected for random screening in the Rape-o-tron.
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Thomamelas posted:So yesterday, I discovered there is a way for flying in a CRJ-200 worse. Being in one where the AC doesn't work. According the pilot, apparently that plane engines run hot and they were trying to baby them. It got up to 95 degrees on the ground and more pleasant 85 in the air. I didn't grab any water before hand because it was a short flight from RDU to DCA. I felt worse coming off that plane than I do flying cross country. We call this "Free points."
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Love 2 spend 3 hours in Chicago traffic on a 15 mile ride with a surly lyft driver it's the best.
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My coworker told me about her Lyft driver in Chicago that stopped the car in the middle of the street, started crying and telling her about she feels unsafe driving around in Chicago.
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This lady just kept getting angry and aggressive in rainy stop and go on the interstate and I'm just like it's all good I'm not in a hurry I planned for poo poo traffic, and she's like we'll I'm in a hurry and uh.... Ok? I'll tip sure but lady you shouldn't be doing this in Chicago as a job if you are gonna blow a gasket over traffic
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the storms coming through was pushing my flight home back and delta offered to switch me to a flight that was supposed to be earlier but delayed to my expected time so i took it. we sit on the tarmac for over an hour waiting to take off and then finally get up in the air. i nod off a bit and come to as we’re landing and oh fun we’re sitting on the tarmac for another half hour. pilot mentions something about paperwork and the fueler coming (???) and i check the weather on my phone. oh. we’re not in pittsburgh. we’re in akron ohio. apparently we circled pittsburgh forever and ran out of fuel. we’re still sitting on the tarmac waiting for our all clear to take off again. i think this is karma for the gift card i got two weeks ago also the flight i was switched off of landed 20 minutes ago
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May 3, 2019 02:56
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I am amazed at how many airports apparently still pave their ramps, aprons, and stands with obsolete materials.
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Midjack posted:I am amazed at how many airports apparently still pave their ramps, aprons, and stands with obsolete materials. A huge amount of airport construction funding for smaller airports comes from grants, so you get those to buy profitable facilities like runways and services infrastructure and then the supporting stuff has to live as long as possible.
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FunOne posted:A huge amount of airport construction funding for smaller airports comes from grants, so you get those to buy profitable facilities like runways and services infrastructure and then the supporting stuff has to live as long as possible. He’s making a sperg “joke” about how tarmac is a paving material and the things that people colloquially refer to as the tarmac actually have real names.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:He’s making a sperg “joke” about how tarmac is a paving material and the things that people colloquially refer to as the tarmac actually have real names. oh that flew completely over my head. didn’t even realize he was responding to me lol so what should i call it then?
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Rex-Goliath posted:oh that flew completely over my head. didn’t even realize he was responding to me lol You can call it the tarmac. English is a consensus, not a dictate.
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May 3, 2019 14:25
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International WiFi is 9.99 per MB on this charter. “We can disable WiFi on all aircraft” Yeah I bet you loving can!
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Rex-Goliath posted:oh that flew completely over my head. didn’t even realize he was responding to me lol Everyone calls it tar-mac but it’s usually the ramp, a stand, or a taxiway where you’re hanging out for extended times. Does anyone know offhand what piece of media popularized the term?
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May 3, 2019 19:08
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Holy hell the AA flagship at ORD is nice. Though this is only the second lounge I’ve ever been in. Status for work and an international vacation paying off. This bar.
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Banzai 3 posted:Holy hell the AA flagship at ORD is nice. Though this is only the second lounge I’ve ever been in. Status for work and an international vacation paying off. This bar. The Qatar first class lounge at DOH is insane, hit that one sometime if you want your mind blown. E: Rex-Goliath posted:the storms coming through was pushing my flight home back and delta offered to switch me to a flight that was supposed to be earlier but delayed to my expected time so i took it. we sit on the tarmac for over an hour waiting to take off and then finally get up in the air. i nod off a bit and come to as we’re landing and oh fun we’re sitting on the tarmac for another half hour. pilot mentions something about paperwork and the fueler coming (???) and i check the weather on my phone. https://twitter.com/BWI_Airport/status/1124085379865436164 Cacafuego fucked around with this message at 22:04 on May 3, 2019 |
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Banzai 3 posted:Holy hell the AA flagship at ORD is nice. Though this is only the second lounge I’ve ever been in. Status for work and an international vacation paying off. This bar. God help ya when you hit Qantas business at LHR or any of the Cathay HKG lounges.
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I'm partial to the AA flagship lounge at JFK, although the one at ORD is indeed nice. JAL first class lounge at HND is tied with the Cathay lounge at HKG for my favorite.
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May 4, 2019 00:06
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Virgin clubhouse at Heathrow.
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Banzai 3 posted:Holy hell the AA flagship at ORD is nice. Though this is only the second lounge I’ve ever been in. Status for work and an international vacation paying off. This bar. It is pretty good isn’t it? Better than the FL lounges at LA or JFK. Favorite lounge overall is T5’s Concorde Room but you have to be traveling BA First to get in. :/
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psydude posted:JAL first class lounge at HND is tied with the Cathay lounge at HKG for my favorite. I haven’t been to HND yet but will be in July. Glad it’s great!
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psydude posted:I'm partial to the AA flagship lounge at JFK, although the one at ORD is indeed nice. The Cathy first class lounge at HKG blew my drat mind. I still can't believe that the best bath of my life and one of my favorite meals ever was at an airport. The flight isn't worth the points over business but the lounge still makes me consider it again even after the devaluation.
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KillHour posted:Virgin clubhouse at Heathrow. yeah that's a good joint
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The original carrot that got me flying oneworld was lounge access on international trips, especially when flying economy to visit in-laws in HK. Lounge fatigue may be setting in though. I wasn’t impressed with catering at Wing F last visit. Today I got to visit LAX Flagship First Dining (FFD is for a subset of passengers flying the Flagship Lounge which is a subset of Admirals Club access). The breakfast of “steak and eggs” was something I wouldn’t return to a restaurant to pay $10 for, and the Krug champagne was nice but unnecessary. To me, the experience was okay, and a good place to work privately, but not worth the money other people on paid F spent over J (I used a 15k mileage award to try it). Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still take lounge access if offered, but I once bought into the hype that bloggers like OMAT perpetuate that it’s worth visiting certain airports or setting aside hours solely for lounge access. Enjoy it if you have it, but don’t feel too bad without lounges.
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Mandalay posted:setting aside hours solely for lounge access Prima facie evidence of mental illness.
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Midjack posted:Prima facie evidence of mental illness. I left my house at 5am today on a Saturday for a conference that starts at 8am on Sunday. I’d rather be with my family so I’m probably just in a bad mood.
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Mandalay posted:I left my house at 5am today on a Saturday for a conference that starts at 8am on Sunday. I’d rather be with my family so I’m probably just in a bad mood. I think you’re right about lounges.
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Having been through it several times now, I'm pretty sure Shinjuku Station was designed by Daedalus himself.
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psydude posted:Having been through it several times now, I'm pretty sure Shinjuku Station was designed by Daedalus himself. Bold of you to assume it was designed. It's had passenger traffic for like 130 years, there's only so much you can do without disrupting the million people a day that go through there.
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holy moly JFK is so much better than LGA it’s astounding. they even have more than a single company serving food!
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Rex-Goliath posted:holy moly JFK is so much better than LGA it’s astounding. they even have more than a single company serving food!  how did you not know this?
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Cacafuego posted:
For the past month I could only book direct flights to LGA, JFK wasn’t an option. This week was the first time a direct was available soo here we are
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