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Skapis9999

May 3, 2024 12:43

Beautiful pictures everybody!

Mark Mayo

Aug 13, 2022 03:16

this is why I don't miss being a mod ;) A disagreement leads to claims of abuse and propaganda.

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JonathanReez

Jan 4, 2023 17:48

Happy new year, folks!

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Mark Mayo

Oct 30, 2019 03:01

Monica's Go Fund me page

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JonathanReez

Jul 8, 2021 16:36

Shhh, someone might accuse the mods of hoarding all the rep and just passing it along between each other :D

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gparyani

Apr 1, 2023 01:03

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Q: April 2023 Photo Competition: Fountains

The theme for the April photo competition is "Fountains" (proposed by Willeke). This covers any photo of something designed to pour or jet water for artistic effect. You may make your submission as an answer to this post. The standard rules for photo contests apply: Up to three photos per answer...

Madhu Bhat

Mar 7, 2021 07:03

Thank you @MarkMayo! :) Am new to the travel stackexchange site, and it's just wonderful to be able to see so many different photos from across the globe!

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Rory Alsop

Feb 9, 2022 18:53

But protecting people comes first for me, so if that means I lose some of my privilege, I'm fine with that

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Rory Alsop

Feb 9, 2022 18:49

All of us should make whatever efforts we can to protect the less healthy

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Rory Alsop

Feb 9, 2022 18:49

and vulnerable

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Rory Alsop

Feb 9, 2022 18:49

and underprivileged

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Rory Alsop

Feb 9, 2022 18:40

@JonathanReez No - I really really hope not. Still too many people getting really ill - long term ill, and a backlog in hospitals the NHS reckons will take till 2024 to clear

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Rory Alsop

Feb 4, 2022 09:07

@JonathanReez Thankfully here in Scotland masks are still required indoors in any public places, and on public transport, as there are still far too many vulnerable people dying

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Willeke

Jan 14, 2022 09:06

It would have been fantastic if covid had dropped. Now it is just free to spread to more people.

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Xnero

Dec 31, 2021 01:05

@MarkMayo Some competition. :-)

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Berwyn

Feb 20, 2017 17:55

If anyone is standing on a platform of banning people who edit "the" to "The" on a closed question with no answers, they have my vote

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JonathanReez

Dec 17, 2020 03:55

@MarkMayo I think I got all the basic ones. Would be a long road from here on :)

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Mark Mayo

Dec 16, 2020 23:42

@Willeke yeah, need some people to review old questions and vote to close etc ;)

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Xnero

Dec 10, 2021 08:40

@JonathanReez It’s not travellers being singled out, it’s basic virology and how to slow the spread of diseases. Actually, I wish I was there and their measures seem to be more effective than the UK,

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Willeke

Nov 26, 2021 18:38

If they are on time I do not mind, but if the current wave turns out to be of the new variant, closing will not work anymore.

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AJ Henderson

Aug 4, 2014 14:29

@menotalk @andrewgrimm clearly you guys don't like each other, but poking each other with sticks is not going to be tolerated. I suggest that you both make sure the other is on your ignore list and simply avoid talking. You'll both probably be much happier.

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JoErNanO

Sep 20, 2019 15:04

By far the largest expert on UK visas this site, or the entire internet for that matter, has ever seen.

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Henning Makholm

Feb 3, 2017 00:17

Bah, more half of the front page is pnuts making pointless edits to year-old questions.

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JonathanReez

Apr 5, 2016 20:03

Congrats to Mark Mayo!

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Willeke

Dec 21, 2016 18:51

@pnuts, it is YOU I mean, it is very annoying to have to dive 10 pages to find what has happened over the last 24 hours.

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Willeke

Nov 20, 2022 19:39

@Goku, you are here!

Willeke

Jun 29, 2018 15:52

I already missed @GayotFow, him not coming in to chat. But now it is harder as it is forever.

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JoErNanO

Jun 29, 2018 09:40

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A: Thank You @GayotFow! RIP

In tribute: GayotFow*, Georg Fuchs, homo universalis Linguist, literati, litigant, legislator Viaggiatore, Путешественник, coddiwompler Humanist, polymath, polymorph муж, отец, друг Citizen of the universe, cloud denizen, soaring now above the storm, eternal rider of the undulatus asperatus, r...

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JonathanReez

Jul 2, 2021 21:11

travel.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/permesso-di-soggiorno - fresh new tag! Went through every "permesso di soggiorno" question on the site and hopefully we now have a curated collection with no duplicates

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Mark Mayo

Jul 16, 2017 12:32

In exciting news (for me at least), I got engaged yesterday :)

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Nean Der Thal

Mar 31, 2020 05:46

@MarkMayo You should change the title of the question to be: "Who has been to more countries, Mark Mayo or COVID-19"

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MeNoTalk

Dec 15, 2014 09:09

Yes cute. I heard there is a hat for flirting with mods...

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Mark Mayo

Mar 31, 2020 03:36

can I just say how awesomely quick our community is to respond to spammers? I checked a new spammy answer, it'd been up for 1 min. It had 5 downvotes already and was flagged.

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Teresa Dietrich

Feb 19, 2020 19:14

I work to afford my travel habit like you I think.

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hippietrail

Jan 9, 2013 23:05

• When Mark Mayo arrives at a new destination, locals ask him for insider tips.

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Zach Lipton

Dec 18, 2018 08:12

I'm all for everyone traveling however they want, but it sure seems like life would be a lot easier if Crazydre got a passport

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Zach Lipton

Nov 27, 2017 06:58

To, er, be clear, I was hoping for fewer personal insults all the way around, from everyone

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Zach Lipton

Nov 12, 2017 22:28

it's sad to me that a profoundly uninteresting dispute about Schengen recordkeeping systems somehow led to so much acrimony

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gparyani

Mar 1, 2021 04:24

@MarkMayo Just a tip: the achievement dropdown in the top bar (where you see rep changes and badge award notifications) shows the current time in UTC. Will save you from lots of conversions

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Michael Hampton

Dec 5, 2019 02:22

airasia.traveldoc.aero A nice interface to version 2 of Timatic, which accepts all travel document types, not just passports

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Berwyn

Oct 8, 2016 17:46

Anyone know where I can fly on a train or recommend a good restaurant that sells TVs?

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ex-user3761894

Jul 31, 2022 02:20

@Neo I spent 3 weeks in Glasgow/Port Ellen/Bowmore/Edinburgh 2 months ago and saw zero obvious effects on tourism. I also happened to have an overnight layover in Amsterdam the day after one of KLM's major meltdowns and didn't particularly notice anything different for the one night I was in town, although I would arrive very early to AMS if you don't have some kind of priority for security lines.

Willeke

Jul 29, 2022 14:35

If you like to avoid flying (with Schiphol, Amsterdam airport being a mess) there is a ferry from near Amsterdam to the North of England, (IJmuiden - Newcastle) with a coach connection on the Dutch side and coach to the station and train to Scotland on the UK side. Overnight ferry and needed to book ahead, as they only allow cabin passengers.

Rory Alsop

Jul 29, 2022 06:51

@Neo Uber exists in Scotland, but it is not the best or cheapest. Taxis here are best for most purposes

Willeke

Jul 28, 2022 17:11

Indirect results are fuel prices which are higher than what has ever been, but different between different countries. On the radio today was mentioned that in France you pay €1.50 per liter, in the Netherlands €2 (or more) per liter. (If you are from the USA, about 4 liters to the gallon and about €1 to $US 1.)

A J

Sep 23, 2019 12:36

I've been told that this joke would be more appropriate for Travel. So, here we go

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user435118

Dec 31, 2020 18:24

2020 was a rubbish year, hopefully 2021 will be better.

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Zach Lipton

Jun 20, 2016 21:30

If you give a man a statue, he looks at it for a day. If you teach a man to find a statue, he comes back to ask bathroom questions instead :)

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Willeke

Dec 18, 2020 17:32

The only difference now is that some people complain and spoil the fun of the event.

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user435118

Dec 18, 2020 00:02

@JonathanReez Closing and reopening questions instantly to get hats which floods the main page and misuses moderator abilities is clearly abuse.

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