The totally off-topic thread

[amaroo]

Merry Christamas to all!

Still Christmas Eve here in NYC. Beautiful day today.......Starting to get cold now!

 

[Hvr]

Sane? Me?

I get to repeat a part of the Xmas train trip but this time, I'm up the front in F! *evil laugh*

I'm off to Bondi Junction, Cronulla & Richmond today.

So do you get into the spirit either in dress or announcements? (noting of course you'll save the spirits for the flights.)

Or a bah humbug type?

 

[Robbi]

Totally annoyed. Found out under T-24h that I'm now working Xmas Day. Barely legal times between shifts, almost max km & no shops will be open.

If I was looking forward to Xmas lunch & dinner, I'll get neither as I sign on at 1110.

The kicker is that under my Plan A, I'd be on Long Service Leave & that tomorrow, I'd be flying out on VA1 to LAX.

Not happy...

Would this be because other people are taking sickies?

 

[JohnK]

Merry Christmas to all!

 

[erkpod]

So do you get into the spirit either in dress or announcements? (noting of course you'll save the spirits for the flights.)

Or a bah humbug type?

Santa was on my train the other day & drove me mad with the Xmas announcements. He truly thought he was Santa. I actually did make some Xmas style announcements ("We are getting a new bridge for Xmas this year so there will be trackwork") to try & counter-act it a little.

Guards make the announcements here so I'll probably say nothing.

What's probably happened is that someone has sookylalaed about working Xmas so they've rung up the roster clerk & asked for it off. If it wasn't Xmas, I would have been working today anyway so they've changed me from not required (8 hrs pay at single rates) to required (double time & an additional public holiday day).

I have heard of people being told to take Santa hats off before. I did wear a Santa hat once on Xmas Eve but I forgot to stop at a station so I haven't done that since.

 

[JohnK]

I worded that badly. If there's a change at T-48 & sooner, I must be told & I must be in agreement. If I don't agree, it doesn't happen. Early than T-48, I don't have a leg to stand on...

Sounds too complex for my liking.

Work is not that important to me anymore and I dont need to make serious sacrifices for my employer. At least not my holidays which are booked months in advance. Another reason why I avoid project work like the plague and prefer to work flexible hours.

 

[erkpod]

I saw this photo & under the circumstances, I had to have a laugh. Train was plan C today.

 

[markis10]

Did you hear about the Irish Turkey?


It was looking forward to Christmas
Jimeoin on the project the other night!

 

[JohnK]

It is amazing what demand does to hotel prices.

Dated hotels with smelly rooms I wouldn't stay in at ~AUD20-AUD25/night are now going for ~AUD60-AUD90/night when they have rooms available and are full of Russians.

Blessing in disguise for the owners and must feel like winning the lottery.

 

[JessicaTam]

Merry christmas to all.

I have just got home from a busier day at work than I was hoping. Oh well. Now where's that Christmas Cheer?

 

[Robbi]

It is amazing what demand does to hotel prices.

Dated hotels with smelly rooms I wouldn't stay in at ~AUD20-AUD25/night are now going for ~AUD60-AUD90/night when they have rooms available and are full of Russians.

Blessing in disguise for the owners and must feel like winning the lottery.

What city is that?

 

[erkpod]

Does anyone know how those temporary message signs are programmed?

There's one near work that is programmed for some summer festival across town rather than for a bridge closure starting tomorrow.

Endless summer festival? It rained all day today & my trains didn't like it much.

 

[Flashback]

Wet and miserable here in London............ Happy Christmas all

 

[erkpod]

Wet and miserable here in London............ Happy Christmas all

That's exactly what it was like in Sydney!

 

[Pushka]

Sunny and 33 in RAdelaide.

 

[Hvr]

Sunny and 33 in RAdelaide.

It's now dark in MEL but still warm.

 

[anat0l]

Wet and miserable here in London............ Happy Christmas all

Wet it may be - flooded up I hope you are not!

 

[Flashback]

Wet it may be - flooded up I hope you are not!

There's floods in Kent & Surrey apparently. We're in Surrey but up on a hill, so we should be OK!

 

[anat0l]

There's floods in Kent & Surrey apparently. We're in Surrey but up on a hill, so we should be OK!

Up on a hill, I hope all will be well. But it can feel a bit like you're stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, supplies arrived just in time :mrgreen:

 

[Mal]

Started spitting in London earlier, but I'm now in the Heathrow ecosystem and the weather is fine
(Unless my flight gets delayed or cancelled).