The totally off-topic thread

[ozbeachbabe]

I miss d00t, he was such good value.

On a completely unrelated subject, who is this (un)masked man ??

I'm sure what this guy has to say echoes what many an AFFer thinks, particularly:

What advice would give airlines to improve the experience of the business traveller?
It’s the little things that matter most for both once a year travellers and everyday frequent flyer junkies. The sincere personal greeting, fast and efficient boarding; and the most important thing – if airlines say they are going to do it – they need to actually fulfill their promise. Telling passengers they appreciate loyalty, then removing FF benefits is a sure fire way to degrade the overall brand value in consumer’s eyes. Business travellers want to see the airline profitable and succeeding too – after all, we rely on the airlines in our own business.

Shades of anytime access removal???

 

[trippin_the_rift]

I'm sure what this guy has to say echoes what many an AFFer thinks, particularly:

What advice would give airlines to improve the experience of the business traveller?
It’s the little things that matter most for both once a year travellers and everyday frequent flyer junkies. The sincere personal greeting, fast and efficient boarding; and the most important thing – if airlines say they are going to do it – they need to actually fulfill their promise. Telling passengers they appreciate loyalty, then removing FF benefits is a sure fire way to degrade the overall brand value in consumer’s eyes. Business travellers want to see the airline profitable and succeeding too – after all, we rely on the airlines in our own business.

Shades of anytime access removal???

Sounds like it ozbeachbabe... good on him I say!

 

[JohnK]

I miss d00t, he was such good value.

Isn't he still on Flyertalk?

On a completely unrelated subject, who is this (un)masked man ??

I recognise that face.... I mean I think I have seen that face somewhere before.... Perhaps it is not entirely an unlreated subject. It is a small world.

 

[QF WP]

Yes, dOOt is still on FT and FB.

Didn't you meet him at the last FT AGM ? I'm sure that was when I last saw him

Ooh, we'll crack 10k posts on this thread soon! A record?

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[oz_mark]

Didn't you meet him at the last FT AGM ? I'm sure that was when I last saw him

About three AGM's ago for me. Although I would have been under my FlyerTalk identity at the AGM

 

[NM]

- I am being billed from the moment they sent the pack and not from when I started using the sim. I have lost about 8 days but no big deal in the grand scheme of things.

Looking on the bright side ... your contract will finish 8 days earlier than expected

 

[JohnK]

Ooh, we'll crack 10k posts on this thread soon! A record?

I believe it will be a record on AFF.

Looking on the bright side ... your contract will finish 8 days earlier than expected

If only there was a way to get out of the contract earlier without paying cancellation fees. :-|

 

[anat0l]

I assume there's no limit to the number of posts** that can exist in a thread, right? Otherwise, we may have to create "The totally off-topic thread II".


**OK, for the IT nerds out there, you're probably saying, "The limit will be the value of unsigned long - 1."

 

[oz_mark]

**OK, for the IT nerds out there, you're probably saying, "The limit will be the value of unsigned long - 1."

IF that is the limit, then it is a very long way off (and may actually be a limit of the number of posts across the whole board).

 

[JohnK]

What is an unsigned long? Some sort of C or C++? I am still having nightmares of that C course back in 1987. I did not touch C again and I have kept my sanity although if I had worked with C I may have made more money. :-|

 

[oz_mark]

What is an unsigned long? Some sort of C or C++? I am still having nightmares of that C course back in 1987. I did not touch C again and I have kept my sanity although if I had worked with C I may have made more money. :-|

I don't know. Cobol programmes can be quite well paid still.....

 

[drron]

Just making it 1 closer.

 

[samh004]

Ooh, we'll crack 10k posts on this thread soon! A record?

But who will actually do it, and how many posts will be deleted to give the illusion someone else did it?

 

[anat0l]

Assuming we hit 10,000 within the next 48 hours, it'll be almost 5 years since the first post of this thread (posted 21 December 2005).

That equates to about 2,000 posts per year, or an average of about 5-6 new posts on the thread per day.

Perhaps we should reflect upon the post which started it all and the intent...

I thought perhaps we should start this thread, given the discussion over in My Questions about how we have taken the thread about Forum Software totally off topic.

So here in this thread, you can discuss anything that off-topic (as that's the name of the thread, thus whatever is discussed must actually be on-topic). How about that, never being able to go off-topic and haranged by a Moderator :twisted: .

So, it doesn't matter whether you want to talk about avatars, my locked 10K post thread, HP's, buses, whatever...it's all for the posting.

Begin my fellow AFF'ers..it will be interesting to see how this thread grows and evolves...it may be more like a chat room. Can we break the thread page counts and post count???

 

[Nigelinoz]

What is the most interesting subject discussed on this thread? For me the award probably goes to the light bulb/dark suckers one.

 

[anat0l]

For me the award probably goes to the light bulb/dark suckers one.

Please, let's not get sucked into one of those "enlightening" discussions again :mrgreen:

 

[drron]

Please, let's not get sucked into one of those "enlightening" discussions again :mrgreen:

dont worry then all the IT fellows will join in thus turning the light off again-works every time for me.

 

[Nigelinoz]

Please, let's not get sucked into one of those "enlightening" discussions again :mrgreen:

Watt you on about:?:

 

[NM]

What is the most interesting subject discussed on this thread? For me the award probably goes to the light bulb/dark suckers one.

 

[serfty]

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