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Greg Hewgill

00:31

@MarkMayo Just in Kazakhstan? I wonder if they're just being deliberately obtuse in order to try to get bribes. (I've never been there.)

Andrew Grimm

01:00

@MarkMayo how many countries that speak a Polynesian language have you been to?

Mark Mayo

01:37

@GregHewgill I had passport issues in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan was refreshingly easy.

I avoided any bribes, fortunately, just kept pressing my case.

@AndrewGrimm I've not been to too many islands. My country list is on my profile

copied and pasted for ease here: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Ciskei, Croatia, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia

, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, QwaQwa, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tonga, Transkei, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe...

Gayot Fow

02:34

@MarkMayo Burned out, exhausted, disappointed. I hitched all the way to the DR and couldn't get anything to Turks and Cacos :( Just 100 miles short and had to turn around. I will check into the question you linked to when I recover tomorrow.

Mark Mayo

03:00

doh :(

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RoflcoptrException

10:12

@MarkMayo Liechtenstein is missing!

pnuts

@RoflcoptrException Welcome back. Sorry to pounce on you so immediately but might you have a look (when you get a chance) at meta.travel.stackexchange.com/a/3915/4995 (nothing much has happened there for months)?

RoflcoptrException

thanks

I guess I have time today or tomorrow

pnuts

Much appreciated - and no great rush - should help with the last push for now to assign something by way of a Usage guide to every tag currently applied.

Mark Mayo

10:37

@RoflcoptrException I know, I know :) Next Europe trip!

Hopefully 2018, maybe earlier.

pnuts

11:13

@MarkMayo You are (joint) top Answerer for the [phone-networks] tag - might you express a view regarding meta.travel.stackexchange.com/questions/4059/…?

RoflcoptrException

11:31

@pnuts yes, you're right

@MarkMayo Let me know!

Mark Mayo

12:27

@pnuts I'm not sure actually, I answer questions but am unsure about those tags myself, too. I too suspect like you that networks might be service availability, speeds, network interoperability and so on, while operators has to be Vodafone, Verizon etc.

pnuts

Oh well. Thanks for looking into it!

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Gayot Fow

13:54

@MarkMayo snaked before I got there :)

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chx

15:11

time to vote unclear on travel.stackexchange.com/questions/84314/…

phoog

15:31

No longer off topic, please vote to reopen:

Q: DS 160 Marital Status

I have a question regarding the marital status on DS-160 form. I and my partner were married in the United States 2 years ago, while both working on J-1 visa as non US citizens. We don't live together and we are both from countries which don't recognize same sex marriages. So I was wondering what...

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CMaster

16:54

hah

there's a photo going around of somebody from a UK government agency (possibly a council) complaining about a "hellenic republic" passport

and how there is know country of Hellania

ah yes, Manchester council

manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/…

Zach Lipton

“I thought the Manchester council request was so funny. People have said it is classic Brexit Britain, but it has nothing to do with that. It is just an idiot."

Willeke

17:32

@pnuts, why did you edit that repeated question about entering France on the last two days of visa validity? I liked the fact that the copy stood out as a poor language use.

pnuts

Why edit one and not the other?

Willeke

Edit one and delete (or close vote and later delete) the other.

pnuts

Qs never get enough -1s to be deleted from TSE (at least not yet).

I can't VTC (as a dupe) because neither is yet answered.

Willeke

18:05

I would not be surprised if those two question turn out to be duplicates of something already on the site.

pnuts

18:17

1,671 tagged [schengen] - wouldn't surprise me either.

Willeke

18:32

I think a mod has deleted that duplicate Q, I do not see it anymore and I do not have the downvote mentioned in my 'reputation' list.

pnuts

If it is the one I thought you meant it is still there: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/84332/…

Willeke

Strange, it does not show in the list for me, nor does the downvote show.

pnuts

Well, I have refreshed - you might want to try searching fro it by number (84332) or via your Comment.

Willeke

18:47

It does not really matter, if it hides the copy it will not get answers by accident.

Zach Lipton

19:40

here we go:

Q: OK, we are all adults here, so how do the doors and controls work on an airplane toilet?

I had connecting flights on two Boeing Aircraft - Point A - B - A Boeing 777-300 ER Point B - C - A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner The first one was a short haul flight While the second one was a longish (7 hr.) flight. As I'm not much of a flier, I couldn't figure out how to open the toilets, clos...

air-travel hygiene

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Willeke

20:41

Good edit, I was tempted but resisted.

OP might not know our tradition/may not like being that outspoken.

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