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12:35 AM
Well the personal experience answers are pretty easy to find
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Q: Collection & Digest of Helpful Questions - Flights and Airfare

Law Area 51 Proposal - CommitMay I start this an anthology and compendium of all useful questions for flights , for the benefit of all? What is missing or should be included below? The motivation is my friend's need to buy a one-way flight from Hong Kong to Toronto, and so we want to read all the germane questions here on T...

woah, how did I miss this one? One of our most-downvoted questions...
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Q: How can I convincingly dye my skin to blend in in South Asia?

user24263I regularly travel to South Asia (India in particular) where my Caucasian complexion often draws unwanted attention from locals. I want to (temporarily) darken my skin in order to avoid at least some of that. My hair is black and my features have occasionally been mistaken for that of an Asian s...

 
 
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4:07 AM
@jpatokal good to see you today! Great place you work too! Realised half way home that we forgot to get a photo, but for everyone else, he was diligently wearing his Travel.SE t-shirt :D (Mine's packed ready for my flight to NZ tonight)
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4:40 AM
@MarkMayo It's really not so unreasonable when you consider that Kit Fisto had the same problem when the council sent him out on secret missions.
 
 
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6:54 AM
Lol at the sudden @MeNoTalk edits, someone's going for hats ;)
 
@MarkMayo I told u, today I am a but more free than yesterday
 
:)
 
this iOs app and android app hats are silly..
I don't have any of them..
 
agreed, I need to find someone with an iphone just so I can get a hat
 
i need to find someone with both!
 
6:57 AM
haha
 
i grabbed my son's tablet (android) only to find out that he cracked the screen and it is no responding to touches...
SE people are smart, they do this winterbash thing on yearly basis as a self healing/self cleaning mechanism...
 
yeah
but there should be more hats for answering questions, and dammit, for editing tag wikis!
 
they push people in the name of hats, but reality they are manipulating a part of the brain that can't resist competitions..
smart, really smart
 
7:12 AM
@MarkMayo 14... ************
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@MarkMayo do people in nz have good and bad bastards as well?
 
7:26 AM
we do :)
and before you say anything, I'm a good one ;)
 
damn, i wanted to say it myself, 14 hats you good one!
 
with 10 hats you could be even better
 
oh?
 
I am sitting outside and this thing just landed next to me
 
tasty?
sigh, I can't seem to get the chameleon hat, no matter what I try
 
7:36 AM
I am not getting the hat for 5 reviews in 30 minutes while I've done that
 
there's ahat for 5 reviews in 30 min? I thought it was 5 answers on a question you ask?
which is dumb, I wish there were more for editing tag wikis and stuff that would help the site
glad there's hats for bounties, hopefully we'll see a bunch this week
 
@MarkMayo I just got it on expats
 
it's apparently editing one of the profile fields
but I've changed my photo, location, profile, and added a character to my website, and nothing
so unless they want me to lie for my birthdate...
 
or a name
or about me
 
done about me, still nothing
I'm not changing my name, that's just dumb, surely...
 
7:46 AM
wait a minute or two
 
yeah it's been 10 or so
trying it on expats now to see
 
you got it
 
on expats :/ still not on travel. bah
 
you have enough hats on travel
 
hah
@Dirty-flow
Still haven't got it
But...
15 :D
 
8:02 AM
how did you get the boat?!
 
:D
I'l give you a clue, it's impossible to get on expats :(
 
comment old posts by mods?
 
you're getting warm
 
I think I get it...
let me try it
 
when you know, you'll know why it's not possible on expats :(
 
8:06 AM
because that mod have no posts there
 
hahah
cheeky comment
hmm, if a mod removes your comment as 'rude', I wonder if you lose your hat
 
btw you have the chameleon badge on travel alreday...I think you got it already yesterday
 
seriously? (checks)
@#$@#$@#$
 
rofl :D
 
been trying everything to get it today, no wonder it didn't appear
ARGH
ah, boarding, finally
I look forward to seeing how many you have when I land in New Zealand :D
 
8:17 AM
probably still 13
 
You have 14 @Dirty-flow
 
no, I have 13 on Travel and 15 overall
 
8:46 AM
+1, one more to catch Mark again
 
 
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10:06 AM
Good to see you guys have been productive.
:D
@Relaxed I remember having this discussion with you on meta. :)
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A: Personal Safety

RelaxedI don't think difficulties in quantifying the risk or personal preferences are the real issues here. In principle, there is nothing stopping someone with enough information to provide some probabilities of accidents, kidnapping, robbery, etc. or comparison with other places and let the reader mak...

Point being: without references all claims are void. And that user is an expert at spewing enlightening truths without backing them up.
 
10:23 AM
broad? right?
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Q: Find out if I'm wanted in a foreign country?

Bart van HeukelomSay that I want to travel to a foreign country, but it's possible I am wanted by the authorities there*. To find out if this is the case, I could just go, and see if I get arrested at the airport, but that's far from ideal. I'd much rather know it before departing. How? Can a lawyer find this out...

 
yes
 
really? I think it's quite ok
it's basically: how can i find out if I'm wanted in a country
 
@RoflcoptrException close it and shut up man, then let me edit it, then I we vote to open it...
 
the problem is, without a specific country, there will probably no unique answer
 
so we get hats and stuff
 
10:27 AM
noooo i already wanted to do that with dirty flows answer to my question :)
 
@RoflcoptrException exactly, it's only answerable for a specific country
 
convinced
 
put it on hold and reopen after adding details
 
you guys are shameless
 
10:29 AM
I edited the question to be on topic...
and I voted to reopen
i am so good... :D
 
lol @MeNoTalk not really
you just changed a tag
 
that tag changes everything
 
@JoErNanO we're just kids that are playing with the hat system :)
 
@MeNoTalk Online-resources? Seriously? :)
 
yes
Interpol is a good example that pops up in my head!
 
10:31 AM
@Dirty-flow Can you change something in your last answer so I can undo my downvote? :)
hmm yes, good point @MeNoTalk
 
if u r wanted for a foreign country, most likely your name will show in the Interpol's list.. and you can check that
 
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Q: Any way to find out what US Customs & Border Protection has in their database?

KrytenI travel from the US to Canada occasionally (about once per year on average) with my family. We are all US citizens and travel with US passports. Every time we re-enter the United States, I am given extra scrutiny. Most recently, we used an automated check-in procedure at the airport. These are ...

 
i really have an answer for that question, can someone vote to open it..
 
@RoflcoptrException done... and thanks for cheating the system for me
 
:D
 
10:33 AM
@MeNoTalk no it's not that easy
not every country is a member of interpol
 
but most are..
 
yes, but maybe the answer would be a combination of interpol and xyz
 
it's possible that you are wanted by a country but you're not on the interpol list
 
now that I'm thinking about it, should we really close a question as too broad, just because we can't think of a solution that will work?
 
yes
but that's as close as it gets to an answer
to that question
you see, you wasted your time arguing, and now rofl has more hats than me...
I guess flirting with @RoflcoptrException wasn't the right thing to do after all :/
anyway guys, i got the breaking bad hat ;)
so do not vote to reopen, keep your votes :D
 
10:45 AM
@RoflcoptrException I think you just won the right of placing that oval FL sticker next to your licence plate, when driving in the EU zone (and Switzerland).
:D
 
11:24 AM
@JoErNanO why do you think so?
 
Because FL is not part of the EU, and there seems to be the obligation to show your country of provenance with the oval sticker when driving around the EU.
 
ok but i have a country code on my license plate
 
12:09 PM
Funny
It's obviously true but I am not sure many people would recognize it as such
Can you drive in Switzerland with it?
@Dirty-flow Many people vastly exaggerate Interpol's role, I assume most people wanted somewhere are not in Interpol's databases
 
I just do it
not sure if it's legal
 
@JoErNanO Maybe but that's another discussion entirely, fact is there are many such questions and answers on this site now and people specifically ask for that
Claiming that anecdotes are unwelcome is therefore flatly untrue
You can wish they were, think the rules somehow mandate it or pretend anecdotes and samples are the same thing but that's something else
 
12:38 PM
@Relaxed Fair point.
 
@RoflcoptrException I think your car plates don't meet the criteria of the vienna convention
 
I still don't get why
 
More importantly FL is not a signatary of the Vienna Convention according to this: www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/CP_Vienna_convention.pdf
 
no blue area on the left side
 
@Dirty-flow Of course, it's not a EU country. ;)
 
12:47 PM
turkey is not a eu country as well
 
but I understood that you don't need a country indicator if your licence plate has a country code. and it doesn't matter if eu country or not
eu countries just agreed to have a country code on the licence plate
 
yeah, but for me FL on your plates doesn't look like a country code
 
@Dirty-flow Both of which are candidate countries though.
 
why not?
it's the country code
 
Honestly I am just brainstorming. :) Could not find anything related to this specific issue. Probably because the country is very tiny.
 
12:54 PM
@RoflcoptrException it looks like a regional/city code
the serbian plate above, it the SRB wasn't there, I could mean BG is for Bulgaria and not for Beograd
@JoErNanO AFAIK Turkey is not a candidate... they just want to be, but are far away from this stage
 
ok i see
anyway, i think i'm going to risk it. the sticker looks really ugly
 
@Dirty-flow Turkey is officially a candidate country
and has been for longer than Serbia
 
okay
 
I also believe they are further than Serbia (in terms of opened negotiation chapters and other technical things)
Nobody believes they will ever be a member but that's not what candidate country means in EU-speak ;-)
 
Turkey is indeed a candidate, another thing I learned today
@MarkMayo already in NZ?
 
hi from NZ :)
19?!!!
 
Serbia only since 2012 and there is still no chapter open
 
Sonofa..
 
only 4 hats more than you... it's easy for Super Mark
 
not at 2am it's not :)
it'll have to wait for tomorrow
but I'll catch up
 
1:10 PM
than I will have a little bit more than 15 minutes glory
 
1:25 PM
Anyone reading this, please do add a bounty. It's a very simple and easy way to get a hat, and it's good for the site to get some questions answered :D
 
1:41 PM
What's coachsurfing? Travelling on the roof of a bus?
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Nah, you take Ryan Giggs out into some waves...
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Q: What clothes to take to Dubai in February

PrakritiTell me what things and clothes should I carry along with me

we're still downvoting newbies into oblivion?? This isn't necessary, we can educate them first with comments!
 
1:58 PM
I didn't downvote that question, but note that there is a hat for downvoting 5 questions before they get closed
could be an explanation
the show chains and the car plates questions are on the hot list
 
 
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5:37 PM
yo
 
6:04 PM
@Dirty-flow It's the Christmas holiday effect, there is another winter tire question now
 
 
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7:10 PM
Forms and guidance for ROA updated today...
 
7:58 PM
Also, I don't know if anyone has noticed... He's at it again. He talked to an 'Indian Chick'? And the US doesn't have hot pursuit laws?
 
 
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10:58 PM
Good morning everyone
 

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