The totally off-topic thread

[erkpod]

I think we need to do something to bail you out from mundane tv erk!

It's the ultimate in people watching...

 

[JohnK]

What does a commuter do on weekends he does not commute?

Schedule 6 flights to nowhere and back!

 

[erkpod]

I just booked my Vegas accommodation for January. I'll be attending New Media Expo at the Rio & I was able to pick up a room for $114 AUD a night. In the process, I earned some Velocity points because I used my VM card & VFF's new partnership with Agoda.

I might have some more energy for Vegas this time because it will be at the start of my trip & not the end this time. Plus I'll actually know people there this time.

 

[erkpod]

Today's the day for Homer Jay!

After receiving a letter in the mail yesterday telling me I'm not diabetic (hooray for the personal touch!), I got the letter giving me another 12 months of medical clearance.

I also got my Velocity Global Wallet. The prepaid Visa card is valid for 12 months & I'm wondering if they'll send me a Gold one when I go gold after my Melbourne trip at the end of this month.

I also got my bitthday voucher from the RSL. 1 free beer or softie, $5 worth of raffle tickets & $5 off a car wash. Gee thanks!

 

[anat0l]

I remember the days when my Amex card use to pay ATO points

Aw, you can still do it. Just that the rate of return is considerably less now.

Have some sympathy for some of the rest of us who cannot / could not churn their Amex accounts with ATO payments for super points balances.

Of course, maybe not me, because I've always had a refund on all my previous tax returns.

 

[serfty]

... She was a total babe and chugged Emily's Run the whole time ...

It is rare that I have no more than a remote idea of what an unfamiliar phrase might mean, but this is one of them.

I tried googling it but quickly closed that page.:shock:

Anyone care to enlighten?

 

[erkpod]

Is it just me or are there a lot of posts missing from earlier about coke cans & the like?

I'm using the app.

 

[medhead]

Anyone care to enlighten?

My googling suggested something about drinking booze (chugging) from a highly absorbent material that had been pre-soaked in said booze.

 

[Mal]

Is it just me or are there a lot of posts missing from earlier about coke cans & the like?

I'm using the app.

Were split off into another thread.... http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/showthread.php?t=52783

 

[erkpod]

Were split off into another thread.... http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/showthread.php?t=52783

Ah. That's where they went!

 

[amaroo]

Aw, you can still do it. Just that the rate of return is considerably less now.

The days aren't all cloudy Due to some sage advice from the wise members of AFF - I've learnt that some of the cards that have been stashed in my undies draw - still pay a tidy dividend :mrgreen: However, after many years.......I feel a strange lost with the now useless Ult card

 

[whatmeworry]

Anyone care to enlighten?

My googling suggested something about drinking booze (chugging) from a highly absorbent material that had been pre-soaked in said booze.

Don't think it has anything to with butt chugging but rather drinking some wine.
2001 The Crossings Cabernet Sauvignon Emily's Run, New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough, Awatere Valley - CellarTracker

 

[Mal]

Ah. That's where they went!

Yep. Tends to happen when there is a running conversation about something in the tot thread...

 

[Mal]

Don't think it has anything to with butt chugging but rather drinking some wine.
2001 The Crossings Cabernet Sauvignon Emily's Run, New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough, Awatere Valley - CellarTracker

I suspected it was a wine name.. Is the right type of name for a winery.

 

[erkpod]

I've probably been living under a rock but when I was shopping today, I spotted Emma & Tom's Quencher with benefits.

I've heard about friends with benefits (but not had one myself) but what I presume is fruit juice with benefits?

 

[JohnK]

So this is Launceston.

First time I have driven a hybrid car. First time I have driven a car with a camera for reversing.

Freezing a little for me though....

 

[anat0l]

I've heard about friends with benefits (but not had one myself) but what I presume is fruit juice with benefits?

An aphrodisiac for young singles?

 

[erkpod]

So this is Launceston.

First time I have driven a hybrid car. First time I have driven a car with a camera for reversing.

Freezing a little for me though....

I drove a hybrid for the first time in London. The lack of noise was scary.

In Maidstone in the same car, I drove into what I thought was a shared zone. A local ranger informed me that I was in fact in the centre of a pedestrian mall. Unusually for an English area like that, there were no bollards or signs. The English love a good bollard.

Instead of letting me drive forward & out off the mall, the ranger insisted I reverse out. I hate reversing at the best of times but moreso in a car that produces no noise. Lucky for me, the ranger guided me out.

 

[markis10]

I drove a hybrid for the first time in London. The lack of noise was scary.

In Maidstone in the same car, I drove into what I thought was a shared zone. A local ranger informed me that I was in fact in the centre of a pedestrian mall. Unusually for an English area like that, there were no bollards or signs. The English love a good bollard.

Instead of letting me drive forward & out off the mall, the ranger insisted I reverse out. I hate reversing at the best of times but moreso in a car that produces no noise. Lucky for me, the ranger guided me out.

LOL, reminds me of the time when I was working in Sydney Tower and I noticed an odd car driving on the perimeter road towards Botany Bay, it turned out to be an Italian family fairly new to Australia that thought Runway 16/34 was a nice spot for a picnic.

 

[erkpod]

LOL, reminds me of the time when I was working in Sydney Tower and I noticed an odd car driving on the perimeter road towards Botany Bay, it turned out to be an Italian family fairly new to Australia that thought Runway 16/34 was a nice spot for a picnic.

It isn't? LOL.