The totally off-topic thread

[Denali]

What or who are battle bots?

Fighting robots, he loves the show, Hes currently yelling at a nuisance bot drone. BattleBots

The teams are interesting, MIT or PHD students, some who have designed for the military, nerds from mum and dads garage, some old guys that built something to destroy other things, former NASA astronaut - all design and make their own bots.

 

[Deleted member]

Ah so you are into Alcopops!!!

I can unequivocally say no to that

 

[ALH]

Ah so you are into Alcopops!!!

No way. I’m talking the flaming, bespoke, theatrical concoctions at The Bunker in Queenstown type of coughtails.

The first 12 hours of any decent ski season starts with an epic night on the town.

 

[JohnK]

Full moon in Croatia was 4.15pm on Tuesday.

Full moon in Brisbane on Tuesday night too. Wife noticed when were taking daughter for a walk aroubd 8:00pm.

 

[Pushka]

Update on Bazza. Swimming this morning.

Arrow. Think - boat channel.

 

[Bindibuys]

Grrrrrr trying to book trains in India - what a pain. Give up... go onto Visa application.... wants passport style photo NO glasses, all hubbys passport photos he has glasses on. New photo to be done - another time, Had enough.

 

[Quickstatus]

Update on Bazza. Swimming this morning.

Arrow. Think - boat channel.
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Leave Bazza there?

 

[Denali]

Update on Bazza. Swimming this morning.

Arrow. Think - boat channel.
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It's like Cocoon!

 

[Denali]

Here's the thing about a headcount. The 7 people that went into the water doesn't have to be the same seven that gets back on the boat. Replace him with someone else, sounds like his partner might not mind

 

[RooFlyer]

Grrrrrr trying to book trains in India - what a pain. Give up... go onto Visa application.... wants passport style photo NO glasses, all hubbys passport photos he has glasses on. New photo to be done - another time, Had enough.

You are doing an e-Visa I hope?

 

[Pushka]

Leave Bazza there?

Has been mentioned. Pax and crew alike.

 

[Quickstatus]

Has been mentioned. Pax and crew alike.

A vote would be the most democratic?

 

[rogerkambah]

This is Bazza. Bazza is on our current cruise consisting of 35 passengers. We see a lot of each other. Mostly that’s great. Good bunch. And then we have Bazza. Bazza says and does the most awkward stuff. The first day he said to our Croatian Tour Guide (female) ‘ I could just watch you all day’. (Yes, Bazza has a female partner with him.). Awkward silence amongst the rest and a bit of exchange of looks amongst the women.

Next day Bazza is found behind the bar helping himself to something - probably just a glass etc but everyone knows it’s out of bounds. Very nice and chunky Croat bar tender finds him and quickly turfs him out. My territory he says. Yup.

Swimming. One pax is seen swimming way out into the boat channel. Our Tour Guide says - I might have known it would be Bazza.

Today. During a brief lecture on the history of Croatia he asked the question “how would Croats look on a mixed marriage and he said his own race which isn’t WASP (but this isn’t a Race comment so no need to say which) and Tour Guide said ‘Yes, that marriage would be fine’ and his comment ‘oh good, I have a chance with you then’. Her comment - ‘but you have a lovely wife’ to which he replied ‘we aren’t married though’.

Bazza is a tool. Bazza has no class. Bazza has no friends on board. Bazza has been excommunicated by women.

Just wondering what the age group is on this cruise?

 

[rogerkambah]

For a lot of people searching family history can become all a bit too much, and overwhelming, whilst I'd love to be able to do more, I get easily sidetracked and don't have the perseverance for it.


As an aside, it's raining in Palma!

Are you still on your way to Berlin, or are you on Plan B now.

 

[Cossie]

Are you still on your way to Berlin, or are you on Plan B now.

Yep, actually going to Berlin Thursday, will try to get to the car show/flea market on Sunday, luckily I know roughly where it is as I can't find the original web page.
Palma has been a revelation, just that I won't stay out at any of the beaches, too many noisy drunk Germans. Hotel has been fine, but no shellfish at last nights buffet. I'll make up for that in Sardinia.

Palma seems to have a great public transport system, the town itself is lovely, very clean, the cathedral is huge and the island has a narrow gauge railway to boot. Nobody hassling you, a couple of beggars, but they just stand still with their handout, no demands. In fact I was accosted fairly aggressively in London walking from the tube station to my hotel, but it was Hounslow.
I've learnt on this trip not to base my likes and dislikes on one bad incident in Barcelona a couple of years ago. As others who are currently in this part of the world have shown on here, then really is lot's to see and do and of course eat and drink.
So Berlin tomorrow, then Alghero on Tuesday both flights on Easyjet.

 

[Flashback]

Grrrrrr trying to book trains in India - what a pain. Give up... go onto Visa application.... wants passport style photo NO glasses, all hubbys passport photos he has glasses on. New photo to be done - another time, Had enough.

Booking trains is fun... Not. Need an IRTC account and then use a front end like ClearTrip. Once you have it up and running it's great. Make sure you note down all details and passwords, if you book again years down the track you will thank yourself for it (I speak from experience here!). Photos on the e-visa are easy enough, we did using our phones and it was fine.

 

[Pushka]

Just wondering what the age group is on this cruise?

It’s around 40 to 82 years. Average - I’d say 60.

 

[Denali]

If youre in the mood to totally judge travelling idiots, Idiots of Angkor

Edit: and what is it with yoga devotees thinking temples are the time and place for them to break out into downward dog? Reminds me of when we were on Easter Island and these older hippy new ager's from the US were thumping drums, waving crystals and "trying to wake the ancestors", which pissed off a local so much that police were called to escort the new agers away. Some crystal kicking was involved.

 

[Bindibuys]

Booking trains is fun... Not. Need an IRTC account and then use a front end like ClearTrip. Once you have it up and running it's great. Make sure you note down all details and passwords, if you book again years down the track you will thank yourself for it (I speak from experience here!). Photos on the e-visa are easy enough, we did using our phones and it was fine.

Exactly what I was doing, but the "confirmation code" to my email would not work. Asked for it to be sent again, then told I had requested too many times. Will try again tonight.
Have just taken photos of hubby without glasses, so will also complete e-visa tonight.
Added to the frustration is this new computer, programmes I use for photo editing no longer here, will have to crop photos at work today.

 

[Quickstatus]

If youre in the mood to totally judge travelling idiots, Idiots of Angkor

Edit: and what is it with yoga devotees thinking temples are the time and place for them to break out into downward dog? Reminds me of when we were on Easter Island and these older hippy new ager's from the US were thumping drums, waving crystals and "trying to wake the ancestors", which pissed off a local so much that police were called to escort the new agers away. Some crystal kicking was involved.

They must be instagram influencers