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Doc

00:44

hmm.. 2 empty seats in business class, and i'm third on the upgrade list

Mark Mayo

I have my first ever business class flight coming up in two months :)

Doc

actually, there's 2 free seats in first, and then 2 in business class

so they should upgrade 2 people C-F, and then 4 from economy to business - and i'm #3

but i've learnt not to bet on upgrades until you have a boarding pass in hand...

Mark Mayo

01:01

but that messes too many people around, you should volunteer to just jump from E to F ;)

Doc

on an 11 hour international flight? i think not unfortunately

Mark Mayo

02:45

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A: Is there any smart tip to choose seats on aeroplane?

If you are flying economy If you have a baby flying with you: Take the first row of the zone you are setting in. First rows are usually where the fittings for the baby basinets are available. Also, you will be close to toilets to change diapers and so. If you are travelling with kids: Take a si...

lol, @Halabi marked it as duplicate AND answered it :P

Dirty-flow

07:39

@Geeo are you ready for the football match tonight?

Geeo

@Dirty-flow daaaaamn I forgot you are from bulgary

hippietrail

sabai-dee

Geeo

I'm not sure I'm gonna watch it tho, I'm suppose to go out :-\

Dirty-flow

I will watch it and then go out

hippietrail

off-topic guys. take it to football.SE d-:

Dirty-flow

07:47

Ok, mr foreign language :)

hippietrail

monolingual so-called travellers d-:

Geeo

@hippietrail in what languages are you fluent?

hippietrail

english

some people accuse me of being fluent in spanish. but i deny all such allegations!

Geeo

:-)

hippietrail

08:14

man uploading photos to SE from here sucks

hippietrail

09:44

my latest food travel crossover question. i really wish we had some support to cross promote these:

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Q: Where does the Asian dish "sang choi bow" come from?

I'm currently travelling in Laos where my favourite local dish is called "larb" or "laap" (ລາບ in Lao, ลาบ in Thai). When I described it to my Australian friend he said it sounded like a dish that was one of his favourites called "San Choi Bow" and described it as "either a southern Chinese or V...

Andra

10:24

@hippietrail congratulation with international hitchhikers day

hippietrail

11:29

thanks @Andra, i had no idea (-:

Andra

12:04

@hippietrail would be an ideal to hitchhike today, at least over here where radio station are monitoring with various hitchhikers how they manage getting from A to B. With all that radio exposure getting a ride seems more easier then normal

hippietrail

really? cool! where is "over here"?

if anyone wants to show some support for my sucky bank trying hard not to help a customer travelling, check out my little complaint on Facebook: facebook.com/ajax/sharer/…

of if that doesn't work then here: facebook.com/hippietrail

bah that didn't work at all i think. the messages went on my page instead of the ANZ page - but maybe they still show up on the ANZ page?

Dirty-flow

the first link doesn't work and the second one only links to your profile

Andra

Over here being Belgium and the Netherlands

hippietrail

on my profile can you see my message about the bank?

Dirty-flow

nope, only photos

Andra

12:08

No nothing on your profile page about banks

hippietrail

hmm i'm not sure

what about here? facebook.com/ANZAustralia?fref=ts

Dirty-flow

yep, that works

I can see 2 posts by you

hippietrail

can you like them? (only if you want to)

Dirty-flow

done

hippietrail

you are a kind kind netizen (-:

you should see a different version of my profile page now (-:

Dirty-flow

12:14

yes... your post is visible only for your friends

make it public

hippietrail

aha i'd only used that for photos before

anyone feeling generous may also wish to vote for my recent post on cooking.SE (-:

hippietrail

12:31

are there companies that act as middle men between travellers and people who want to ship stuff?

the traveller gets some money to carry the stuff and the middle man get a bit too?

the obvious problem would be sending illegal stuff

Andra

12:47

Or untrustwordy travelers not delivering the stuff

Geeo

or both

hippietrail

hmm yeah

there used to be couriering as a cheap mode of travel but i think it's disappeared in recent times

Geeo

I don't know much about it but usually people at the security gates ask if you are bringing stuff "for others" or that "others gave you"

I remember pretty clearly an interview when I was in Tel Aviv

and one from Amsterdam to Atlanta

hippietrail

yes but if you say no is there a following set of questions or are you arrested at that point?

Geeo

if something goes wrong they have the right to put a lot of shit on you since you lied at the gates

like when you are asked if you were involved in WWII Nazi atrocities when entering the states

hippietrail

12:56

i think i have some good new questions to ask then when i get back to the guesthouse (-:

Geeo

:)

hippietrail

1. is courier-travel still a thing? 2. what happens when you answer "no" to "did you pack this yourself?"

Geeo

oh I even got wrong what you meant early

in that case I dont know what may happen, but I suspect they will inspect the thing very carefully

I would upvote such a question tho

Andra

There used to be a website where rental agencies posted cars that needed to be returned to another country

you could then volunteer to drive that car back

I lost the bookmark though :(

It was a quite convenient way of traveling

hippietrail

wow i thought i just ate at a fancy place and it was $4.62 (-:

car relocation is a great way to travel in usa and australia. i don't know about international

see you guys in 20 minutes...

Andra

13:09

What is going on recently, to much pedantic users?

3 close votes on

2

A: Working out the best European country to post a parcel from to Australasia?

Personally, I would try to ignore the normal postal officse. They are often quite expensive when it comes to posting a parcel. Often you don't have choice and then it actually doesn't matter in which country you post your parcel. Most public postal organization more or less use the same logistica...

How is this NOT travel related?

Andrew Grimm

13:30

@Dirty-flow lots of comments on Stack Exchange are just humorous ones. I don't see why you're targeting me in particular.

Like the comment below it: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/6203/…

<insert Watergate hotel joke here> — Paul Richter Apr 4 '12 at 2:48

Andra

@andrewgrimm I flagged that comment

so don't pick on @Dirty-flow

on him alone

I guess comments gets deleted if somebody flags it

feel free to flag as well

Andrew Grimm

I'll try flagging some of @Halabi's comments if these comments are seen as deserving deletion.

Where are all the geishas and weird stuff you always ask about??? you should be with them in your birthday... — HaLaBi Jun 5 at 15:49

Andra

Indeed that comment belongs here and not in the comments

Andrew Grimm

Yes man it is possible, you can drink in the open, I prefer in the markets. No one will talk to you. You can also do anything you used to do in Japan.. it is cool. Please enjoy. — HaLaBi Jul 19 at 15:28

Andra

but what is it you keep picking on him?

Is he dating your ex?

Geeo

13:38

here it starts the COMMENT WAR

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HaLaBi

I saw a notification...

Andrew Grimm

@Andra These were comments by him on my questions.

Andra

Hi @Halabi I am so happy you are back

HaLaBi

I found out it is u @AndrewGrimm, so I kinda willing to break my oath to come here.. just to tell you one thing :)

Andra

don't respond to intended picking

Andrew Grimm

13:39

Is it a 4 letter acronym?

Andra

Oh nooooo

HaLaBi

thanks @Andra... bye guys

hippietrail

13:50

goodness

Dirty-flow

@AndrewGrimm I flagged your comment and my flag was declined

I don't say it's the only one, or the worst one

@Geeo which one do you preffer: comment war or star war

Andrew Grimm

@Dirty-flow is there a death star involved?

Dirty-flow

where?

hippietrail

well not much fun here at the moment ...

how about a pissing match to see who can get the most attention for my comments on ANZ bank's facebook page?

Andrew Grimm

@Dirty-flow "star war" => "Star Wars" => "death star".

Geeo

14:01

@Dirty-flow idk, we italians would lose both anyway

Andrew Grimm

Death Star

A Death Star is a fictional moon-sized space station and superweapon appearing in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe created by George Lucas. It is capable of destroying an entire planet with its powerful superlaser. Origin and design Although particular details, such as the superlaser's location, shifted between different concept models during production of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the notion of the Death Star being a large, spherical space station was consistent in all of them. The Death Star was created by the dean of special effects, John Stears. The buzzing sound...

Dirty-flow

the star war I was talking about was between me and @Geeo starring some messages here

Geeo

and I lost that too, eventually

Dirty-flow

and the italians gonna lose tonight too, I hope

Andrew Grimm

Image fail for "Death Star". Unless it's supposed to be "Death Stare"! :)

Geeo

14:04

@Dirty-flow always remember: "Italians lose wars as if they were football matches, and football matches as if they were wars"

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Dirty-flow

hahah copy/paste fail?

Geeo

yeah :D

Dirty-flow

which track was that on spotify?

Geeo

spotify:track:6FvoODblbf4OiEFBcFpqy9

Dirty-flow

thanks, very helpful

NOT

Geeo

14:06

oh you wanted to know what song was that?

Dirty-flow

yes

Geeo

spotify:track:6FvoODblbf4OiEFBcFpqy9

(kidding)

Bach suite no1 in G: Prelude

hippietrail

ooh the buddha park just outside vientiane looks good!

Andrew Grimm

Bullet Train for Australia

Bullet Train for Australia is an Australian political party, registered in 2013. It is a single-issue party campaigning for a fast implementation of high-speed rail. It advocates that the first stage of the bullet train should run from Melbourne to Newcastle via Canberra and Sydney, and be built within 5 years. The party grew out of the Bullet Train for the ACT party lead by Tim Bohm, which at the 2012 ACT elections gained around 9,000 votes, representing 4% of first preference votes. The party is having 18 candidates in the 2013 federal election, in ACT, NSW and Victoria. References Ex...

hippietrail

"is having" - what kind of euroenglish is this being? d-:

LessPop_MoreFizz

14:31

@hippietrail Euroenglish more like Eu-wrong-lish

Andrew Grimm

@hippietrail Engrish?

HaLaBi

15:16

@Andra thank you mate. sorry for leaving too quick before..

I guess I will be back just to bother grimms..

@AndrewGrimm whats your problem? do you have a thing for me and shy to say it?

Dirty-flow

travel.stackexchange.com/posts/20299/revisions

@hippietrail thai driver license doesn't always mean thai citizen ;)

Andra

15:37

@LessPop_MoreFizz Eu-wrong-lish is usually spoken by multilingual people, whereas English is more for the differently abled monolinuguals

HaLaBi

@Andra how r u

Geeo

come on guys, drop it, it's becoming annoying. I love you both, isn't this enough?

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Michael Dunfield

I don't think you guys made enough flags.

4

HaLaBi

@Geeo your love is what keep us going..

is what keeps the site going..

Geeo

and the stars, and the universe!

HaLaBi

15:43

yes yes for sure..

mindcorrosive

jeez, easy with the flags @AndrewGrimm and @HaLaBi

enderland

begun, the flag wars have

hippietrail

@Dirty-flow well true technically but the tag is to help the people most likely to benefit. not to show how good we are at nitpicky semantics d-:

mindcorrosive

@HaLaBi and @AndrewGrimm: you two are like kids in the kindergarden, constantly picking on one another, "he said, she said" fashion. It's getting tiresome to all. Resist the urge to reply to one another, even when confronted, and you'd all be more happy about it.

hippietrail

where is the flag abuse flag?

mindcorrosive

15:48

@hippietrail meta flags are to be implemented in 6 to 8 weeks

hippietrail

wee (-: can't wait to abuse them!

mindcorrosive

and of course there will be a need for meta-meta flags

Michael Dunfield

If you guys are done flagging I'm going to go back to my normal playground.

Andrew Grimm

@mindcorrosive what do you think should be done when someone links to a museum about nazi persecution of homosexuals? Nothing?

hippietrail

halabi wants me to tell somebody here about him not tagging anything or something

we should bring in new laws against "deep linking"?

mindcorrosive

15:53

@AndrewGrimm the comment has been deleted by the user themselves. I agree it could be construed to be in a bad taste, but it's gone -- what more do you think should be done?

Michael Dunfield

You can link to whatever you want (except porn), but if you go around persecuting homosexuals like a nazi yourself, that's bad.

Geeo

...

Michael Dunfield

So don't do that.

hippietrail

we could invoke godwin's law?

Geeo

lol

hippietrail

15:57

we could tell everybody involved to heed rule 1?

we could focus more on our amazing travel photos and less on mucking about in the SE system like little kids?

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mindcorrosive

@hippietrail got some showsies?

hippietrail

i'm doing my touch ups before uploading to facebook. i would upload a sample here but upload hangs unless i make the files smaller and that would be a distraction on my toy computer

Geeo

miss this :-(

mindcorrosive

on a related note, I discovered in shock that one of the pictures I took casually yesterday in the park contains a pair of ponies in the background, engaged in, well, you know, re^H^Hprocreational activities. And no, I'm not going to post it.

Andra

@HaLaBi any insiders view on this b747 being parked between the lamps in Madrid?

@Geeo isn't Italy one of the mayor providers of Sushi rice?

hippietrail

16:06

mindcorrosive

@Andra mayors make Sushi rice?

hippietrail

well that's from last night's batch and still took some mucking about to upload d-:

Andra

@mindcorrosive typo. Should be major

mindcorrosive

@hippietrail this last one looks terribly like Levantine tabboulleh

Michael Dunfield

Okay, please stop with the flagging.

hippietrail

16:11

@mindcorrosive: it's known as laap if it's the lao version or larb if it's the thai versian. it's actually a shredded meat salad!

which reminds me to plug my cooking crossover question again! (-:

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Q: Where does the Asian dish "sang choi bow" come from?

I'm currently travelling in Laos where my favourite local dish is called "larb" or "laap" (ລາບ in Lao, ลาบ in Thai). When I described it to my Australian friend he said it sounded like a dish that was one of his favourites called "San Choi Bow" and described it as "either a southern Chinese or V...

asian-cuisine chinese-cuisine thai-cuisine vietnamese-cuisine

mindcorrosive

@hippietrail oh my, just saw the ingredients on the wiki page, this thing is for serious carnivores! A dish after my own taste

hippietrail

hmm why didn't that work?

mindcorrosive

you got some extra bits in the end

there ya go

hippietrail

dammit i forgot to take a photo of the beef jerky today!

arr there she blows

all my facebook photos should be public so you're all welcome to check them out if you wish

mindcorrosive

do you have recipes and stuff?

hippietrail

16:16

me? nah. plenty of those on the ole interwebs

mindcorrosive

boy, you sure have some photos

Andrew Grimm

@hippietrail tempted to flag as offensive. :)

Michael Dunfield

@AndrewGrimm ಠ_ಠ

hippietrail

god dammit kirk i'm a doctor, not a chinese chef!

here's one of my favourites from the latest batch:

i guess everybody here fainted out of food lust

HaLaBi

16:46

I am back... after a 30 minutes ban...

so it is always funny to me, I am the one who gets banned and not the other one..

@MichaelDunfield any explainations?

whats the criteria used to ban?

Michael Dunfield

If a chat flag gets approved, you get an automatic suspension.

HaLaBi

automatically?

Michael Dunfield

If it gets approved, yes.

HaLaBi

people got nothing to do with it? like a checkbox with 'also ban user' ??

Michael Dunfield

@HaLaBi Nope, not that I know of anyway.

HaLaBi

16:49

@MichaelDunfield can we try it one more time please?

Michael Dunfield

@HaLaBi Try... what?

HaLaBi

I will write something, u flag it.. and lets see.. ok?

Michael Dunfield

No, that's an abuse of the flagging system.

Everyone in the network over 10k will see it.

I've been suspended for chat flags dozens of times though.

It's automatic, when the flag gets approved.

HaLaBi

ok...

you are 21, it is cool to be flagged for you...

Yuki

@HaLaBi That is not how the flagging system works. Any user can flag a chat message. That chat message is then visible to everyone with >10k rep (which is quite a few people). If they validate the flag (believe that there was an abuse of chat rules), then the user is banned from chat for 30 minutes.

Michael Dunfield

16:52

@HaLaBi Not really. In fact I just changed my username and avatar after like 3 years to try and repair my image.

HaLaBi

@AndrewGrimm let's make peace.. no comments to each other, if you hate arabs that's not my problem. just mind your own business and I will as well.. deal?

@mindcorrosive support my idea above.. no more wars.. I never flagged people or anything and I am the one who always gets banned...

@MichaelDunfield since you are a gamer.. do you know a way to get the old "total annihilation" game? or is there a new version of it hiding under another name?

Michael Dunfield

@HaLaBi I don't even know what that is, sadly.

HaLaBi

ok :/

Michael Dunfield

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General Arqade Chat. We tried to leave once, but the door lock...

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You could ask in here?

HaLaBi

I am there now..

mindcorrosive

16:58

@HaLaBi don't think there is. I enjoyed that one way back though

HaLaBi

shame there is no new one..

got a long flt to Singapore.. bye

Michael Dunfield

►

CC @HaLaBi

Dirty-flow

17:31

flag war, comment war, star war.... should we rename the site to War.SE?

Geeo

19:12

@Dirty-flow watchin the game?

Dirty-flow

yes

Geeo

are we owning?

Dirty-flow

of course NOT

still 0:0

Geeo

weird...

mindcorrosive

who's playing?

Dirty-flow

19:16

italy vs bulgaria

mindcorrosive

neighbour's watching Sweden and some guys in green

oh

Geeo

@mindcorrosive spying on you neighbours?

mindcorrosive

@Geeo not my problem he has a big TV. in Sweden, curtains are not very common, you can see what's going on in most of the houses

apartments too

Geeo

lol

mindcorrosive

'sides, Zlatan has a pretty distinctive haircut; that is, none at all :)

Geeo

19:20

what about berbatov?

too old?

mindcorrosive

he refused to play for the national team some years back

long story

@Dirty-flow probably knows the details better

Dirty-flow

he has some problems with the boss of the bulgaria federation

without him we're still playing good, I would say even better

Geeo

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Dirty-flow

:(

mindcorrosive

"съдията, съдията е е е.. кхъ, кхъ"

Dirty-flow

19:28

@mindcorrosive not this time

Geeo

@mindcorrosive lame! :D

@Andra no idea honestly but I'd be surprise... japan is not lacking rice as far as I know

Geeo

19:47

2

A: Thai drivers license in Costa Rica

Any foreing driver license is valid in Costa Rica for 3 months from the arrival date. It is very important that you carry at the rental time the valid driver license and the passport as the rental agents are require to check and copy the arrival date stamp on your passport I have 15 years working...

I've edited this answer to remove the spam, is it ok?

Dirty-flow

good job

Geeo

whaaaat a save :D

Dirty-flow

pfff, almost

Dirty-flow

20:04

wtf

that was a goal

Geeo

lol

Dirty-flow

no way

Geeo

it wasnt goal

another great save by buffon

wooooo

Dirty-flow

I didn't expect you to say somethin else

Geeo

I just saw the replay! :D

bring stoichkov in

:D

Dirty-flow

20:11

I wish we could

I still don't understand why ac milan let pirlo go

but I guess you're happy about that

Geeo

kinda :D

I don't know either but he wasnt this brilliant during his last year at milan

probably he found the right motivation

plus they bought montolivo so they may have thought they were covered

looool

Dirty-flow

ukraine 9:0 san marino

lol

Geeo

:)

lol @pirlo

what was that? :D

Geeo

20:37

@Dirty-flow gg

Dirty-flow

congrats

@Geeo look at the away table in our group

livescore.com/worldcup/uefa-qualification-group-b/table-away

armenia lost at home vs malta, but won away vs danemark and czech republic

Geeo

yeah and that's somewhat bad news for bulgary

because out of 9 groups only 8 second placed teams will make it to the world cup

the one with the most points

so it's important that you don't lose any more points from now on

Dirty-flow

yes, you're right

we have a young team and we play good I think

so even if we do not qualify now, we will do it next time

Geeo

yeah we have been quite lucky

Dirty-flow

Nedelev played a great match.. hi will join Mainz 05 in January

I live only 500m away from the stadium and I still haven't attended a game

Geeo

20:55

where do you live in Germany?

Dirty-flow

Mainz

Andrew Grimm

23:47

Here's some more flags

Flag of Australia

The flag of Australia is a defaced Blue Ensign: a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton (upper hoist quarter), and a large white seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter. The fly contains a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars – one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars. The flag's original design (with a six-pointed Commonwealth Star) was chosen in 1901 from entries in a worldwide competition held following Federation, and was first flown in Melbourne on 3 September 1901; thi...

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