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haha, making you feel a bigger idiot, search results said: "Tip: Try entering a descriptive word in the search box." so I did that for the first time ever :p

Mark Mayo

that would have required ... reading...or something :P dammit. ah well, learn something every day

Bernhard

true that

learned in a shop the other day how you properly hang your fancy pants on a hanger with these clips

never new that

Mark Mayo

haha

WOW, think a bat just flew into a possum in the tree outside. What a racket!

Bernhard

you hallucinating?

Mark Mayo

no, I live near a park, there's a lot of both species around

Bernhard

1:11 PM

ok, then it makes more sense :p

Mark Mayo

:)

Bernhard

no bedtime yet over there?

must be really late by now :p

Mark Mayo

12.17am

watching a couple of episodes of tv, then crashing

Bernhard

ah, only 12.17, tought it was 12 hours with here

RoflcoptrException

what tv shows are you watching at the moment?

still looking for some new ones

Mark Mayo

1:18 PM

Arrow and Flash

but if you like spy/drama, I just finished season 2 of The Americans (Russian spies living in the US) and it's pretty great

and if you don't yet watch Doctor Who, get into it ;)

</geek>

Bernhard

so many series I want to see, so little time :p

hippietrail

@RoflcoptrException just checking flight prices for all over the place. but europe will be cold, it's too expensive to get to mexico, so probably back to southeast asia for starters

MeNoTalk

@MarkMayo hey, can you explain something please.. maybe u know it..

why is there Canadian airports listed under the ESTA kiosk?

in the U.S. customs and border protection site..

Mark Mayo

Hehe

if flying from Vancouver to say, San Fran

you go through US Immigration IN Vancouver

so when you arrive in San Fran, you just walk off the plane like a domestic flight

MeNoTalk

mmmm like clearance in advance?

Mark Mayo

1:23 PM

so as a result, ESTAs get checked in Vancouver

yeah

Bernhard

same from winnipeg

MeNoTalk

ok nice to know..

Mark Mayo

I've done it there a couple of times and in Halifax

MeNoTalk

@Bernhard thanks for the tips.. already copied to my OneNote

Mark Mayo

wait, no, not Halifax

Bernhard

1:24 PM

@MeNoTalk You are welcome!

Mark Mayo

that one was into Boston and I did immigration in Boston

MeNoTalk

I heard that Emirates is doing this service to its first class passengers departing from Dubai to USA... they are cleared in Dubai.. not sure I just heard..

Mark Mayo

because the guy pretty much ignored how long I wanted (2 weeks) and wrote a month on the form/stamp thing

Bernhard

@MeNoTalk But then you need to deplane first class passenger through different routes on the airport, right?

MeNoTalk

@Bernhard I think that's already implemented.. many airlines do that..

Bernhard

1:26 PM

@MeNoTalk Ok, never used a plane like that then

economy anyhow ;)

MeNoTalk

the airlines I work at has a service. first class passengers get an envelope during flight which they put their documents and someone do it for them upon arrival..

not sure if its still going..

Bernhard

ah, well, it makes sense if you pay 10 times the amount of money for a flight, to have some additional service

MeNoTalk

its been a while i did not go to USA..

almost 1.5 years now..

or one year..

Bernhard

I waited at dulles for more than an hour at customs and immigration

MeNoTalk

man

i waited for 4 hours.. FEW TIMES..

even though i used to go to USA three times every month for three years...

most of the time i am cleared within an hours.. sometimes minutes.. sometimes FEW HOURS..

Bernhard

1:28 PM

oh, this was my first time :p

that was the good thing about clearance in canada

customs right after the security

so only queue at security, and only two people in front of me for customs

took me 15 minute total

and then I was leaving from the first gate after customs

maybe the complete from queueing at security to the gate was 15 min max

took me more time to connect to the wifi, lol

Mark Mayo

Winnipeg has wifi?? ;)

MeNoTalk

15 minuts clearance.. an arab never sees that.. never...

Mark Mayo

10 Commandments question is on hot list

Bernhard

@MarkMayo Yeah, new airport

@MeNoTalk I guess I did not see a single arab in winnipeg

RoflcoptrException

i planned to start with the americans in the next few days @MarkMayo. Heard it should be really good

Mark Mayo

1:39 PM

yeah, I really enjoyed it

got a Russian colleague to watch it, he was skeptical but now likes it too

MeNoTalk

@MarkMayo I tried to watch doctor who... graphics is bad..

stories are cheap...

couldn't like it.. watched few episodes and couldn't continue..

the flash seems nice.. just downloaded episode 3.

"The 100" is good also..

"falling skies" is also good..

and of course, "once upon a time" is super good..

Mark Mayo

the graphics ni 2005 were very low budget, but they get better as the budget increases

the stories are great, you just have to remember it's also a family show

watch the episode called 'Blink'

it gets like 9.7 on imdb, fantastic

MeNoTalk

yes.. I am wondering why...

Mark Mayo

best episode of tv :)

MeNoTalk

it made me question imdb's credibility

Mark Mayo

1:51 PM

although an episode of Community comes very close

imdb.com/title/tt1595996

9.7 as well, and it's amazing

MeNoTalk

nothing beats The Sopranos

Mark Mayo

never watched it

watched the first epsode, never got into it :(

@RoflcoptrException actually

The Newsroom

MeNoTalk

I am watching "banshee"..

Mark Mayo

watch S1 and 2 before S3 starts in November

MeNoTalk

it is nice.. I am not really into action, but this one is nice..

Mark Mayo

1:52 PM

that's some quality stuff

Bernhard

the only series I recently watched are 24 and the big bang theory :o

MeNoTalk

24!! I don't like it

everyone does except me..

so it is my mistake for sure\

Mark Mayo

I used to love 24

but the latest series was a bit flat

Bernhard

they made a new season, right? didn't see that one yet

Mark Mayo

yeah, the one in London, 12 episodes

Bernhard

1:56 PM

@MeNoTalk I guess arab's are always the bad guys, and it is full of this us nationalism, but other than that I enjoyed

Mark Mayo

Some seasons. Others it was the Chinese (4-6? They kidnapped and tortured Jack)

Bernhard

ah, true, and of course the soviets :p

and these people from mexico and africa

Mark Mayo

and one season was some fake African nation

yeah

Bernhard

no canadians though as bad guy

MeNoTalk

Canadians always cute in movies...

Mark Mayo

1:59 PM

Jack's real life parents are Canadian, maybe that's why ;)

MeNoTalk

in arab movies, the Israelis are the bad ones...

or alqaeda..

Mark Mayo

funny how politics affect art

MeNoTalk

lol

Mark Mayo

I just googled Canadian bad guy

Bernhard

it is rather feeding on what people want to see

Mark Mayo

2:01 PM

and it came back with 'Justin Bieber'

MeNoTalk

hahahahhahahaahhahaha'

Bernhard

lol

MeNoTalk

I mean that's the worst Canadian

lol

Mark Mayo

on that note, I'm off to bed

night people

MeNoTalk

night :)

Bernhard

2:04 PM

already? :p

only 3pm

MeNoTalk

its 5 pm here..

u r in the EU then...

Bernhard

nice guess :)

MeNoTalk

I think u r german. right?

Bernhard

I don't know what you think :p

but I am not german ;)

MeNoTalk

the name gave me that impression

its not like ia m expert in names or anything.. just a bad guess.. sorry :)

then Dutch..

your top tag ;)

Bernhard

2:08 PM

hahaha, nice find :p

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