The totally off-topic thread

[beardoc]

Enjoy your regular drinks nights!

C'mon SYD folks, where's your enthusiasm for a drinks night?!

I would, but I have a little series of exams coming up - when they're done, I'll be up for SYD drinks!

 

[beardoc]

Re: Another installment of random questions for the IPOT* initiative

can't I just leave out San Francisco??

What's wrong with San Francisco? I find it a really quaint town with interesting people.

 

[straitman]

Happy Birthday serfty; Bundy Bear :!:

Getting older is always better than the alternative :!:

 

[Flashback]

Happy Birthday serfty; Bundy Bear :!:

Getting older is always better than the alternative :!:

Which is ..? Getting younger ..?

Went and saw Cirque du Soleil: Dralion last night, VIP style; all I can say is simply awesome!

 

[Keith009]

Re: Another installment of random questions for the IPOT* initiative

What's wrong with San Francisco? I find it a really quaint town with interesting people.

I hated it. It was such a wannabe-hippie town. People were just all round dowdy, dull and totally stuck in the 60s. I'd never go back in a million years. I think the only thing I liked was the v cool Agnes B store which stocked a bag I couldn't find in their LA flagship. Pity it's got such an amazing W - possibly the only beautiful and fashionable people in the entire city were the staff working there.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Happy Birthday serfty; Bundy Bear :!:

Getting older is always better than the alternative :!:

Which is ..? Getting younger ..?

Being dead :!:

 

[beardoc]

Re: Another installment of random questions for the IPOT* initiative

I hated it. It was such a wannabe-hippie town. People were just all round dowdy, dull and totally stuck in the 60s. I'd never go back in a million years. I think the only thing I liked was the v cool Agnes B store which stocked a bag I couldn't find in their LA flagship. Pity it's got such an amazing W - possibly the only beautiful and fashionable people in the entire city were the staff working there.

Ah, I have a different experience - I liked the funky cafes around Haight-Ashbury and enjoy the vibe around the pubs/clubs South of Market (SOMA).

 

[Keith009]

Re: Another installment of random questions for the IPOT* initiative

Ah, I have a different experience - I liked the funky cafes around Haight-Ashbury and enjoy the vibe around the pubs/clubs South of Market (SOMA).

I stayed in the SOMA area, where the W is. The city is just not my style at all, too "alternative."

 

[anat0l]

Happy birthday serfty - here's to many more wishes and happy memories.

I couldn't find an appropriate smilie for you, so you can have this light bulb as a birthday present: :idea:

(Now where's a gift or balloon smilie when you need it..... :mrgreen

 

[Nigelinoz]

Happy birthday serfty - here's to many more wishes and happy memories.

I couldn't find an appropriate smilie for you, so you can have this light bulb as a birthday present: :idea:

(Now where's a gift or balloon smilie when you need it..... :mrgreen

anat0l,You should know by now that it's not a light bulb it's a dark sucker !:mrgreen::mrgreen:

 

[serfty]

anat0l,You should know by now that it's not a light bulb it's a dark sucker !:mrgreen::mrgreen:

Thanx guys ... and happy Birthday to you Bundy Bear.

BTW, here's that "Dark Sucker":

 

[Keith009]

Happy birthday, serfty and Bundy Bear.

 

[bambbbam2]

Can one still do the bne-gla milk run?

Was that even the route?

Apologies if on-topic..

 

[Nigelinoz]

Can one still do the bne-gla milk run?

Was that even the route?

Apologies if on-topic..

Glasgow seems rather a long way to go for milk.:mrgreen:
Sorry couldn't resist.

 

[Mal]

Can one still do the bne-gla milk run?

I think it's actually BNE-CNS (Brisbane-Cairns) you're talking about whichruns every day. There has always been the issue of getting connecting flights/itineraries that meet MCT in each stop.

(Qantas doesn't sell it as BNE-CNS, but does sell it BNE-TSV and TSV-CNS or something similar).

 

[beardoc]

Can one still do the bne-gla milk run?

Was that even the route?

Apologies if on-topic..

QF2300/2301 and 2307/2308 seems to be the "milk run" being BNE-GLT-ROK-MKY-TSV-CNS and return, as far as I can work out. I can't see the timetables directly though, so I might be wrong.

Pity it's the one flight number all the way, or it would be a very nice status credit earner!

 

[anat0l]

Milk run

I'm doing QF2300 for Oz Fest in CNS in late May.

I booked it by using Multi-City and specifying BNE-GLT, GLT-TSV and TSV-CNS, then selecting QF2300 from each set (selecting QF2300 from GLT-TSV yields two stops: ROK and MKY).

It looks quite odd on the itinerary with three entries for QF2300. The connection time between each leg is 25 minutes, and the booking engine on QF website seems OK with that. (For standard aircraft at regular ports, MCT is 40 minutes enforced by the booking engine. But for some reason - either different aircraft type, QF-link or the port involved, the MCT for these set of flights is 20 minutes IIRC.)

It's not cheap, but I'm doing it anyway for kicks (gotta do it once ). Moreover, I'm not sure how it will credit: technically it should be the mileage from BNE-CNS and 15 SC, but I've seen some "same flight number but with stopover" flights being credited curiously (in my favour, that is)....

 

[beardoc]

I know this is probably "on topic" but if you book a *A J award (say, a RTW using SQ points), do you get *G lounge access ahead of each sector where available?

 

[Flashback]

Yes, as your class of travel is business.

 

[drron]

Re: Another installment of random questions for the IPOT* initiative

*IPOT = Inflation of Posts that are Off-Topic

Again, answer any or all.

51. A list of the ten most visited cities in the US (in alphabetical order):
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, San Francisco, Washington DC
Rank them in order of priority of visiting, starting with the city you want to visit first.
New York-my second home,Washington DC-the Smithsonian will take forever,Orlando-great times with the grandkids,Vegas-just love it,Boston-gateway to New england,Chicago-great vibes,Atlanta-love the South,San Francisco-favourite restaurants-Stinking Rose and the Dead Fish-garlic lovers heaven,Los Angeles-close to anaheim,finally Miami-probably my least favourite US city.
52. If you had to live somewhere else in Australia apart from your current city/town of residence, where would that be?
Margaret River
53. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay/Singaporean
Rank these cuisines in order from your most favoured to least favoured.
All good-at present-Japanese,thai,vietnamese,malay/singaporean,korean,chinese
54. In your opinion, what is the most useful benefit from having status with an airline FFP?
With AA-upgrades
55. Describe the longest transit journey you have ever undertaken which was not a flight (e.g. train trip, bus ride, cruise, etc.)
Between flights-darwin to Uluru by car.As an add on various road trips in the USA
56. By what means do you normally travel to get to work/uni? And normally, how long would it take (from out of the door to in your office/campus)?
No such thing as normal any more
57. Name up to three full cost (not low cost), non-defunct carriers which you will never consider flying either in the near future or ever. (For a bonus point, give reasons.)
Iberia-service,what service.Garuda-safety.
58. Where in the world have never been to before that you would like to go to next?
Africa and game viewing-whereever is safest at the time.Or Antarctica.
59. Money and necessary health reasons aside, would you ever consider going into outer space? Why/Why not?
No.Coming back scares me.
60. What is your favourite oneworld, QP or QP-associated Lounge outside Australia?

CX F HKG.JAL F NRT.