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12:33 AM

It's not a loophole

in the sense of a work-around anyway

I was looking at something that said you can only vote on it if you have so many points on that tag or something like that. which sounded like you could just edit the post to add the tag and then perform the action

but I think that's different to the tag synonym thing anyway

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2:09 AM

I won't be able to award the bounty tonight, i have a catfe visit (yay!) and a movie to watch.

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5:46 AM

@HeidelBerGensis, put in your 3 bounties so we can get up to 35

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8:07 AM

@NathanShoesmith @JoErNanO So you've both given me effactivley the same answer in a small space of time

This makes decideding who to give the bounty to difficult.

Nathan Shoesmith

8:24 AM

Sorry...

Hang on - which question is this concerning?

@CMaster

8:41 AM

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A: Making pen and ink corrections on a UK visa form?

Advice appears to suggest that as long as passport and visa applications are neat, very minor crossed out errors won't make any trouble; Complete the form in capital letters with a black ballpoint pen Write only within the white boxed areas Leave other areas of the form blank. Do not ...

Nathan Shoesmith

Well, I suppose both answer the question - it's just up to you to decide which you think explains better and is more informative to helping anybody in the situation described in the question. Have fun deciding 😉

@CMaster

9:00 AM

@CMaster Joe already has tons of rep, I'm sure he wouldn'

wouldn't mind you awarding 100 in bounty to a new guy

Plus @NathanShoesmith mentions some extra info like not using correction fluid.

9:29 AM

I found the most fascinating comment on the site and raised it up into a question, how come noone did in four years.

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Q: What's the quickest route between antepodes using regularly scheduled transit?

I am raising Fastest route around the world on regularly scheduled transportation? this comment to a question: what's the fastest way to touch antepodes and then back. To allow for easier transit, allow 100km from the actual antepode so you don't need to hike into the middle of nowhere. Is it Auc...

air-travel public-transport factoids around-the-world

Perhaps you should stipulate how close to the antipode you need to be? like within 100 miles or something?

I'm blind. you did!

9:46 AM

:)

@Berwyn why did you delete your answer to the LAX question

@Berwyn some sourcing would be good, that's true

because I ended up answering the wrong question. I thought it would be just better to delete it

I see

But the question makes sense, doesn't it

It does

The description is not clear at all

I didn't add an obligatory Soviet Russia quote :P

"In Soviet Russia, the stroller checks you in!"

or something.

heh

9:50 AM

antipodes? not antepodes? how odd!

Perhaps I am mixing Greek with Latin

it did have that spelling in the original comment. I googled it

I'm thinking there must be more to the DAA issue than just LAX. Ukrainian can't DAA at LGW

maybe the country of arrival doesn't allow it for aircraft coming from certain countries?

That would be really odd

Although there might something to that because JFK and IAD are all listed

like an anti-smuggling issue or something or security

maybe they screen hold luggage from certain countries

but Miami is not listed

and google.ca/…

they fly to Miami

ah

9:58 AM

maybe noone cares because anyone smuggling shit into Miami from Moscow would smuggle it via Cuba anyways :P ?

and a ship, of course

then maybe no airbridge access from tarmac at those airports

damn. I want to know now!

:D

Here's a hint flyertalk.com/forum/travel-children/…

I haven't found it before asking because I searched for LAX

but since you pointed out other airports might be relevant this is a good guess "they couldn't give it to us in the jetway at JFK because of the escalator you take down to immigration/customs"

although that smells, how the hell would they take wheelchairs then?

yeah the answer is JFK has elevators for people with storllers/wheelchairs - so that's nonsense. I've had delta (and others) return my kids stroller at the gate multiple times

yeah, don't think it's that

flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/…

health and safety...

that's old info, flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/…

LHR: Drop at bridge, usually staff member there, retrieve at bridge, note gate A15 exception below, post 7, liaise with gate staff for alternative arrangements well before board.

this is a big mystery

A15 sounds like it doesn't have the tarmac to jetbridge facility

10:10 AM

You mean stairs??

yes

Why does it need to be a facility

That's superb odd

I mean stairs

that must be the case since they say they can return to A13 in an emergency

anyway, it looks the rules are really complex and maybe airline and airport dependent. some of those you have to check the stroller at check-in and may retrieve at door

glad I deleted my answer!

Ha

any idea why someone would downvote my answer in the "affordable" Q?

Not that it bothers me. I'm just curious

10:17 AM

link?

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Q: How to tell if travel location is "affordable"

Background: Lets say I am deciding between London and Korea to visit and my currency is USD. While comparing the two locations I notice their exchange rates. The GBP exchange rate for 1 USD is 0.60 GBP while the exchange rate for KWN is 1 USD to 1200 KWN. Question: Is there traveler's tips and/...

online-resources international-travel money planning

My thought was that there must be a "cost of tourism index" like a cost of living index

but applicable to tourists rather than people who live there

wow, you've already got an answer on your antipodes question

10:59 AM

Just had an idea for a travel site

Calculat the length of Wikitravel articles for each city/location

and then show them on the map as a heat map

should be perfect for road trips

as that's basically what I do when planning trips

Wonder if something like this already exists

dunno, sounds like a good idea though

propose it as a question and see if someone will write it for a bounty of 100 ;)

Being a pastor in Kenya sure pays well

Well, he has an account that claims to contain $200k

also, apparently Indian mothers expect to be treated very well when visting their children abroad

Ah, she's just replied - they expect to be treated fairly well, and go on a big shopping spree with their children's money

11:31 AM

@GayotFow would you say it was wrong of me not to directly answer whether or not it would have been worth for them to re-apply?

I just thought that was subjective and up to the OP, and that what she really wanted to know was what she could do to improve her application...

@JonathanReez Is that based on the underlying assumption that a longer wikitravel article means the place is better to visit/travel through?

@CMaster Give the new guy the bounty. He need the rep. :) /cc @NathanShoesmith

@JoErNanO Already done

and how much did it hurt you to say that?

Although his fake modest "you decide whomever gave you the best answer" is clearly a cry for rep. :P

@CMaster I am a generous God.

:)

11:48 AM

I am surprised travel.stackexchange.com/a/69235/4188 is higher voted than travel.stackexchange.com/a/69363/4188 which is a first hand report

@ZachLipton You now have an alter ego: travel.stackexchange.com/users/44442/zach-lipton

I think I might have gotten carried away here: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/69541/…

I thought Academie Francaise told them to stop using the circumflex

clearly noone passed the message on to RATP

@JoelDamien generally yes, at least for Europe.

o_O @ Kenyan pastor with 200K dollars

@JonathanReez Ahh right, understood.

11:54 AM

I can imagine the CIC official crossing out the whole thing with one huge thick red X -- this all is fake

That's an awful lot of money

@chx Pastors are the richest people in 3rd world countries.

still

Not literally, but they make an awful lot of money.

There seems to be no way to actually calculate a ticket cost n the RATP website

They can easily save 200K in about 5 years depending on how popular they are...

11:56 AM

odd

(well in my country at least)

Also, I see they use Navigo in Paris now. I wonder if a tourist can easily get one

good night

Night

:)

@JoelDamien I would have taken it head on and told him to forget it. But to each his own :)

@chx The FGITW effect. Soon a bounty award and an accept check mark will eclipse lots of those rants

Nathan Shoesmith

1:00 PM

7

Q: Are there still many refugees on the Copenhagen-Hamburg train?

Last time I traveled with DB/DSB by train between these two cities there were groups of people who did not have passports and created a lot of problems in both directions both in first class and second class in the train. Can someone tell me what the situation is now?

trains event-based-effects copenhagen hamburg

Does DB stand for German rail?

DeutscheBahn

so yes

Nathan Shoesmith

Ok thanks - wasn't clear in the question

Nathan, where are you from?

traveled is American English, and travelled is British (or at least non-US)

Nathan Shoesmith

Norwich, UK

probably best to leave American English spelling as is

Nathan Shoesmith

1:13 PM

Did I change this?

thought I just saw an edit from you

Nathan Shoesmith

I though I just edited with the DeutscheBahn bit

I added that the DB stood for DeutscheBahn - because it wasn't clear

Think that's all I edited though

it has traveled crossed out and replaced with travelled

Nathan Shoesmith

It might have been changed by my grammar extension automatically

Apologies if it did

ah, ok

not sure it would bother someone but you never know

Nathan Shoesmith

1:18 PM

Probably not, but you don't know. Now answering question, user who posted the question is coming up as unregistered?

was it migrated?

Nathan Shoesmith

What do you mean?

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copenhagen event-based-effects hamburg trains

This is her profile, it says she joined, asked the question, and wasn't seen again

there was another question early today which was migrated from another SE site. thought it might be that

in that case the user never needs to have registered on travel SE

Nathan Shoesmith

I'm not sure

She is on no other Stack stites

probably not in this case

1:57 PM

@GayotFow So you don't think she has any possibility of being successful in the near future? Damn, that sucks. Feel bad for her :( In any case, I've updated my answer with more info relating to the point @CMaster made.

@GayotFow seems to in general have a fairly pessemistic approach on these things

however, as the resident (ex) visa lawyer, perhaps there's a point there

True that.

2:09 PM

@GayotFow Not enough attention? :) Nice bounty

@GayotFow @Berwyn was about to say the same, 12k+ views and a bunch of (ok not all good) answers

On this SE, do we edit out "Thanks :)" from questions? I've experience this on S.SE, just asking to see if it's practiced here, so that I can edit a question.

Jebus! 500 bounty that's the highest I've ever seen.

Normally, yes

I felt that was the case, just didn't want my edit to be rejected.

@JoelDamien Giving false hopes to the OP is worse; if anything, then advise them to see a solicitor

Nathan Shoesmith

2:14 PM

What 500 bounty? Someone must be feeling generous!

@GayotFow on his pet dueling question

Nathan Shoesmith

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Q: How can a tourist obtain an 'authentic' duelling scar?

Introduction... The dueling scar, also called schmiss or renommierschmiss (bragging scar), was considered a mark of honor. Young fraternity men proved their valor in these duels, which were considered an essential rite of passage into high society for government officials, doctors and profess...

legal germany sport

No wonder there is 5 answers for 500 bounty

nah, bounty only just went up

it was 200 or 250 before, which is still quite a lot.

The Q has clearly gone on Hot Network Qs though

Nathan Shoesmith

2:15 PM

Oh right

90 upvotes is unusal

Nathan Shoesmith

Yes, people certainly going for it!

@GayotFow wouldn't a solicitor cost more than a visit visa application fee? I tried to word my answer as neutrally as possible to avoid giving false hope, however I'll add the solicitor part too...

@JoelDamien You have the wrong end of the stick. A solicitor will ALWAYS cost more than the application fee. You need to factor in a bad immigration history, loss of mobility, loss of karma, family stress, and all the rest. The application fee is laughably irrelevant against those factors.

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Q: How can a tourist obtain an 'authentic' duelling scar?

Introduction... The dueling scar, also called schmiss or renommierschmiss (bragging scar), was considered a mark of honor. Young fraternity men proved their valor in these duels, which were considered an essential rite of passage into high society for government officials, doctors and profess...

legal germany sport

upvote the good answers, down vote the bad so that the right person can claim the bounty :)

My experiences of getting purposefully injured are somewhat limited

All the answers are about not being able to achieve the authentic duelling scar.

2:33 PM

@GayotFow you can award to any answer you like, including the messenger/ranter you shot/duelled. the answer got hot so no amount of asking people in chat will correct that. if you have an inkling that it might (contrarily to the answers out there) be possible you should give out word

on a side note I wanted to post later on meta about answering that things are not possible

Surely it is possible by just privately arranging to have a duel with someone and avoiding these fraternities

it might not be authentic then

wouldn't it be 'authentic' if it happened during a duel?

obviously not if someone just deliberately scarred you while you stood there without defending yourself

@mts meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/261168/…

though that is SO...

meta.stackexchange.com/questions/27445/… - SE version

Nathan Shoesmith

Surely if a person answers saying something is not possible, that is acceptable if the question was 'Can I do ....?'

It is if they're right

Nathan Shoesmith

2:43 PM

Well yes

@Berwyn You'd need seconds and support people

law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/914

(very limited context)

baylorlariat.com/2013/02/19/…

@GayotFow Yeah, you're very right, especially the bad immigration history.

@GayotFow I missed the bounty: travel.stackexchange.com/a/69560/9891

What are the rules about how long the bounties should stay open.

P.S. I never downvote cause it costs rep :P

@StrongBad travel.stackexchange.com/help/bounty

2:51 PM

@StrongBad Seven days, +1 day grace

@JoelDamien And? tell her that

@GayotFow I have already added it to my answer the moment you mentioned it :) I'll edit in 'to avoid bad immigration history' now.

@GayotFow I meant for this bounty event. Are you guys awarding them as quickly as possible or waiting the 7 days ...

I'm awarding once I'm happy with an answer

@CMaster It's down to the spell caster

@CMaster that makes sense. Seems a little frustrating to find a question I like/can answer and then find that the bounty is award asap.

2:56 PM

Personally I intend to make some of my bounties rewards for good answers I see during the event

People please have a look to this:

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Q: Are we too easily in answering "no, impossible"

Many questions ask if something is possible (or where can I do x in y). Often the answer is hard to find out and in a good part of these cases the answer might be "no, that is impossible, you can not do this for a reason." However I feel that we are (recently) too easy on answering that somethin...

discussion answers unanswered-questions

@Berwyn just posted two related SO links that I will integrate. I still think it is useful to have such a separate discussion for TSE though.

+1'd @mts, I share your concern.

@mts I think it's an interesting discussion. Perhaps there should be some guidlines, or maybe there already are

I wondered whether I should post my theory about luggage linear measurement as an answer even though I couldn't find any reference to back it up. So maybe the guidance should also be about posting a guess as an answer

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A: Why is airline baggage measured in linear inches?

This is just a theory, but I suspect the airlines or airline body responsible, set a volume limit, but as Zach mentioned, this could result in people taking unwieldy sized luggage excessively long in one dimension. If you take the cubic root of this limit and multiply by 3, this results in a sing...

3:12 PM

The new 5 pound note, awesome

@StrongBad good A, +1 and I see your concern. In fact I am leaving one of my bounties open longer than planned for this exact reason.

@GayotFow Looks good. Wonder why not a 5 pound coin though

must be about time

Different people, not the Bank of England

3:27 PM

Is it ok to put a bounty on a question you've already provided an answer to?

Nathan Shoesmith

Would seem a little weird to...?

Unless the answer is very bad
?

Well, none of the answers are authoritative

Nathan Shoesmith

Maybe then

it's ok but you have post more min rep as bounty to avoid rep-hunting. absolutely no problem in doing so though.

I posted 100

surely I can't award it to myself though can I?

3:37 PM

£5 coins do exist

i'd be very surprised if I could

special editions only though, imagine you might have trouble spending them some places

There are apparently $2 notes in the US. Was reading a story about a schoolgirl who got arrested for using one at school

and I think the idea of the new polymer notes is that they're much mure durable anyway

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3567458/…

3:39 PM

so coins have few advantages

I recall some guide on Vietnam says that they really like $2 notes for some reason

easier to forge?

i got a given a $2 usd note in Zimbabwe once

No, some kind of superstition thing

Like, if you gave a $2 as a tip, it would be more appreciated because it was lucky in some way

@CMaster I carry a 2USD note in my wallet for good luck.

4:48 PM

I carry a gold Amex card in my wallet for good luck

@GayotFow You also live in Mayfair. :P

5:25 PM

I carry a transit card in my wallet... to take the metro.

@JoErNanO Thanks for the alter-ego tip. Interesting...

I've been carrying a 1 pound Scottish note around for a while for no particular reason

@Relaxed You are a bo-bo. :P

Renaud - Les Bobos (Clip officiel)

Not really, probably a hipster though

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Heidel Ber Gensis

6:59 PM

@GayotFow done

@Relaxed, it is not so much the flight I mind with EasyJet, it is being herded like cattle into a holding pen, and the fact that for each choice in seat you have to pay extra.

7:14 PM

@Willeke Welcome to the future of air travel.

I did not mind it as much when you got to chose your seat when getting into the plane (free seating, no seats allocated at that time.) But being in the middle of the row 3 out of the last 5 flights, I was not happy.

I am willing to pay a slightly higher ticket price, but I am not willing to pay for seat selection. Silly as that is. I might in the future, now I am trying KLM for a change.

7:27 PM

@Willeke What do you mean? You don't have much space on KLM, people queue up all the same. I just had a KLM flight last week and I really didn't see any difference, save for the fact that you do get some food and a personal item.

Can't argue with preferring to pay more as long as it's not split in fare + seat selection fee but that really does sound silly.

Nathan Shoesmith

Please see my new answer on the meta "Answering No"

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A: Are we too easy in answering "no, it's impossible"

Here is my opinion for what we should do; If a answer like this is submitted; 'No.'* or 'No, that is not possible' something along those lines, the answer should not be allowed and removed. If an answer is submitted saying 'No, I cannot find any information to suggest this,' I think this should...

@Relaxed You seem to know the cheap carrier pier in Schiphol, first you have to hang around in the lobby waiting for your gate, then you go to the boarding area where you have to stand/hang waiting for the plane to be ready. Never had that happen on any KLM flight there.

Oh that...

UK airports are mostly very poor in giving gate information, so not much difference there.

Probably true but I got to stand in the jetbridge, don't really see a difference...

That's really Schiphol specific though

But OK fair enough

(My flight last week was on the way back to Schiphol)

7:33 PM

I think it is mostly EasyJet's change in seat policy that rubs me wrong. I liked the 'any seat' system. Hate to pay for seat selection and do not like middle seats

Last couple of years I mostly flew to Heathrow, where EasyJet does not fly, so got used to KLM and BA standards.

But there is no KLM standard!

Schiphol is their hub so they have a marginally better terminal but otherwise it's just as bad!

Not one standard but their bottom level is still above EasyJet

KLM standard for what?

I really don't see it

No, it's not

This discussion is running circles ;)

Ryanair is worse, Swiss is better, KLM? Really don't see the difference

The way passengers are handled.

Never used Ryanair, as it does not use Schiphol, (which is easy to reach, Eindhoven is 2 hours by car from where I live.)

7:37 PM

even if it was outside your house you still wouldn''t want to use it

On a related note, I have a hard time convincing our secretaries to book me a flight on other airlines when they can, like Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong. Dutch people just love KLM. But it's not particularly good, objectively speaking.

I don't let anyone book flights for me

that way madness lies

Often you get better service for less money if you use the far end airport home airline.

Or a stop-over point one.

I do only fly for holidays, and most flights NL - UK

8:07 PM

@Willeke Dank je

You are welcome, good answer.

cheers

I am now looking for a 'new' bounty worthy Q

8:24 PM

@JoErNanO New bounty added :)

Nathan Shoesmith

8:40 PM

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Q: Connecting at Munich airport

I'm 17 years old and I will be Flying on my own from Italy to Canada for the first time. I will travel from Italy to Munich and then I will take other flights. I will travel with Lufthansa for all the time and I don't have to change terminals. So, as I arrive at Munich Airport, do I have to follo...

canada germany airport-transfer

Do you think this is spam

Or just someone messing around

(see the answer)

No I don't think it's spam

I think it may be the OP not logged in, and therefore he/she couldn't comment

and so posted an answer instead

Nathan Shoesmith

Maybe

Joel just posted an answer

Hopefully that will clear it up

@ZachLipton thanks for offering to edit. I've got to head to bed now guys, I just wanted to post an answer for that guy cause I know how nerve-racking it can be to travel for the first time at that age. You all feel free to edit my answer as you see fit as I will only be waking up about 6 hours from now...

thanks Joel. I just put a note in about passport control

8:51 PM

Thanks man

it was a good answer

I can't remember if there's an EU citizens line exiting Schengen at MUC. Last time I did it I had access to the LH first class lounge and they have their own immigration officer in there, crazy efficient Germans that they are

and since I'm not an EU citizen I don't tend to notice such details anyway

is an EU citizens line common at Schengen exit points or just entry?

No idea, never been to Schengen zone except when I was like 6/7 years old.

Anyways I should really get to sleep

Thanks again and see you all in a few hours!

:)

Nathan Shoesmith

Just seen the answer saying he can't comment, must have lost login or something

At least she knows now.

Chiara's a girl's name

Nathan Shoesmith

Whoops

9:03 PM

no worries

Heidel Ber Gensis

booo

good morning everyone..

Nathan Shoesmith

Good Morning

And Goodnight from me. Bye for now!

Heidel Ber Gensis

good night!

Nathan Shoesmith

Thanks

Bye

evenin'

There's a tag missing: cemetery

9:20 PM

@Berwyn Going Ghost hunting?

I just did a search and there's quite a few hits but no tag...

Ok.

Now there is. :)

I just realised I could create tags. thought that was at 5000

my life is complete

Where is that @Roflcopterexception when you need him...

I can see you're busy

9:40 PM

@ZachLipton There are EU/EEA/Swiss citizens lanes at exit points too.

thanks Relaxed

Technically they are intended for all “persons enjoying the Community right of free movement"

there's a mouthful for you

That means also third-country nationals travelling with their EU citizen spouse

Yes, EU rules are full of these kinds of things :)

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11:54 PM

I need to stop spending all my time searching for antipodes :)

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