The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

I like these but I think seeing as how I fell and injured my back a few weeks ago I probably need these

I can just imagine how much my calves would be sprigged if I wore those!

 

[Ewing]

Uber (http://www.uber.com) is delivering Ice Cream is a bunch of cities at the moment.

I got mine :mrgreen:

 

[Pollywaffle]

Massive stage in the alps.

Wasn't it? That looked like sheer torture. And the spectators create their own brand of havoc for the riders.

I am in the Sofitel Melbourne right now and they have a display of old photos of the TdF. There's one from the 1950s, also a stage in the alps and it shows just about as many spectators as last night.

 

[amaroo]

Nice rendition...

Mercedes Performs "Ain't No Way" in Season 2, Episode 17: "Night of Neglect" (Video) - Glee


RIP the young man from Glee - so sad.

 

[JohnK]

Extremely depressed again.

Apparently mums TG flight today FCO-BKK has been cancelled and no one told us anything. I found out accidentally earlier in BKK as I was trying to organise wheelchair assistance for her tomorrow while she would have been in transit to SYD.

I have no idea where she is now as she was dropped off in SKG this morning by my cousin and she has not contacted anyone. She may well be waiting for todays cancelled TG flight in FCO.

I am in transit in KUL and nothing I can do to assist.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Extremely depressed again.

Apparently mums TG flight today FCO-BKK has been cancelled and no one told us anything. I found out accidentally earlier in BKK as I was trying to organise wheelchair assistance for her tomorrow while she would have been in transit to SYD.

I have no idea where she is now as she was dropped off in SKG this morning by my cousin and she has not contacted anyone. She may well be waiting for todays cancelled TG flight in FCO.

I am in transit in KUL and nothing I can do to assist.

That's not good, hope it all works out for her

 

[Mwenenzi]

.... Apparently mums TG flight today FCO-BKK has been cancelled and no one told us anything. I found out accidentally earlier in BKK as I was trying to organise wheelchair assistance for her tomorrow while she would have been in transit to SYD.....

Hope it gerts sorted out OK.
Who & what email - phone is in the reservation ? Airlines do not know all family members and privacy laws often now limit who they can contact.

 

[cove]

Good luck is needed today for your mum JohnK and I hope she is a lucky do-er. Our thoughts are all positively with you.

 

[JohnK]

Hope it gerts sorted out OK.
Who & what email - phone is in the reservation ? Airlines do not know all family members and privacy laws often now limit who they can contact.

My US Airways DM account and my email. I have just gone into booking and it mentions that flights have changed and to accept changes. Why not send an email as well?

Hopefully it was sorted by Aegean at check-in this morning in SKG. I will try and get more information from transfer desks in SIN a little later.

I had a really bad dream the other night and I spoke to her about it last night. Hope all is OK.

 

[JohnK]

Sorry. I'll leave the jokes for you in future :!:

No. You should have been a comedian. :mrgreen:

 

[oz_mark]

So long, and thanks for all the fish

 

[markis10]

Just got bumped to J for SIN to BNE second time this week, first on EK, love school holidays!

 

[NM]

Just got bumped to J for SIN to BNE second time this week, first on EK, love school holidays!

Nice ... unfortunately I am unlikely to receive the same QF-love for my return home later in the week, so my 15 hours of comfort will cost me 72K QFF points. Enjoy the flight home.

 

[TheEmu]

Extremely depressed again.

Apparently mums TG flight today FCO-BKK has been cancelled and no one told us anything. I found out accidentally earlier in BKK as I was trying to organise wheelchair assistance for her tomorrow while she would have been in transit to SYD.

I have no idea where she is now as she was dropped off in SKG this morning by my cousin and she has not contacted anyone. She may well be waiting for todays cancelled TG flight in FCO.

I am in transit in KUL and nothing I can do to assist.

My US Airways DM account and my email. I have just gone into booking and it mentions that flights have changed and to accept changes. Why not send an email as well?

Hopefully it was sorted by Aegean at check-in this morning in SKG. I will try and get more information from transfer desks in SIN a little later.

I had a really bad dream the other night and I spoke to her about it last night. Hope all is OK.

What is the latest with your Mum's situation, JohnK?
Hoping everything got sorted OK…

 

[JohnK]

Continuing on with the happy theme of holidays my Samsung Galaxy S appears to have contracted a virus last week.

It takes close to a minute to start up when it used to take around 10-15 seconds and the best one of the lot is the screen blanks out when making a phone call and all control of the keypad, on/off switch is lost. So if you need to make selections with the keypad during the call that is impossible. The call can only be ended from the other end as the green call and red end call buttons do not appear.

The phone is still on and if the alarm goes off, an SMS arrives, someone calls then the screen control returns again. Otherwise need to remove battery and start phone again.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Now at the 6 week mark in the west and the good news the furniture turned up, and after a 2nd phone call to Telstra the internet is now working.

Also good news Woolworths sent me an offer for $50 and get 200 points, so I walked to Woolworths which is in the other direction to Coles and filled up the fridge.

What I can't find though is those rice containers, a few years ago I brought my first lot of rice in a container, and now I can't find any rice in a container; they are all in those plastic bags so when you open it up you then have to find a container to store the rice in, which I don't have. CSR sell castor sugar in the container I am looking for but I can't find rice for sale in any container, maybe if you find one in the East you could post it to me. :idea:

Also rather cold in the West, the last 2 days Perth had the coldest night time minimum of any state capital including Hobart, the heater has been working overtime this week.

Also was considering buying one of those Bose Wave music systems, partly because my current place has power points in the wrong place, but I think $799 AUD for a new digital clock radio with CD is just a bit much when I can buy a cheap clock radio from Woolworths for $16.00, with the saved $783.00 I can afford to buy some more plane tickets, or afford 2 weeks rent.

 

[Flashback]

Continuing on with the happy theme of holidays my Samsung Galaxy S appears to have contracted a virus last week.

It takes close to a minute to start up when it used to take around 10-15 seconds and the best one of the lot is the screen blanks out when making a phone call and all control of the keypad, on/off switch is lost. So if you need to make selections with the keypad during the call that is impossible. The call can only be ended from the other end as the green call and red end call buttons do not appear.

The phone is still on and if the alarm goes off, an SMS arrives, someone calls then the screen control returns again. Otherwise need to remove battery and start phone again.

Have you done a factory reset yet? That would be the first port of call.

 

[JohnK]

Have you done a factory reset yet? That would be the first port of call.

I have only just arrived back.

Doesn't a factory reset wipe out all photos, contacts, sms etc?

 

[Flashback]

I have only just arrived back.

Doesn't a factory reset wipe out all photos, contacts, sms etc?

Photos, no - not if they're stored on the SD card - however when I do a factory reset, I do a full backup of the phone anyway (Tom's Guide: Backing Up Your Android Device). SMS, maybe. Contacts.. they should be synced with Gmail?

 

[JohnK]

What is the latest with your Mum's situation, JohnK?
Hoping everything got sorted OK…

She called home quickly from FCO when I was leaving SIN last night. She would not know all the details of flights but apparently told dad that someone eventually helped her in FCO.

Looking at email of updated itinerary apparently spent ~8 hours in FCO airport yesterday then sent off to MUC for another ~3 hour transit. Then off to BKK overnight on TG and she should have just arrived in BKK now where she has another ~6 hour transit and should arrive in SYD early tomorrow morning.

I do not need to know details but I can tell she has been suffering. That is 2 overnight flights and 2 very long transits in airports for a 70 year old with health issues.

By the time she arrives home it will have been ~48 hours of travel. She cannot sleep on aircraft so she is going to be a mess when she gets home tomorrow.

Sending her business class was supposed to be a treat and it has turned into a nightmare and I am powerless to do anything about it.