The totally off-topic thread

[Hvr]

Heck there is a member here who was violently ill a while ago due to shellfish. Good to see he is still posting even if he apparently does have to work during Christmas period.

 

[Mal]

My food options have gotten a lot better... yesterday had a laksa (veg), nasi goreng w. Shrimp paste, and countless sticks of chicken and beef satay. Mmm.

Can't forget the Malay halal beef burger either. Fully cooked but meat was red. Still trying to work out where the colour comes from.

 

[amaroo]

My food options have gotten a lot better... yesterday had a laksa (veg), nasi goreng w. Shrimp paste, and countless sticks of chicken and beef satay. Mmm.

Can't forget the Malay halal beef burger either. Fully cooked but meat was red. Still trying to work out where the colour comes from.

Just had the best escargots, ever......what a difference a few hours on a plane makes

 

[Mal]

Just had the best escargots, ever......what a difference a few hours on a plane makes

In France I assume? Recall you being in the U.K. recently.

 

[serfty]

In France I assume? Recall you being in the U.K. recently.

Oh yes he has:

LHR CCR - Not what I was expecting - FlyerTalk Forums

I sent him this pm:

G'day,

Oops!

There's some interesting forums] on FT; it's amazing how so many can grab a little irrelevant tidbit ... and use it to obfuscate the main issues, including trying to use it to discredit the messenger lest their rosy view be challenged.

I winced when I read that mention [BP's] in your opening post - knew what was coming.

I see you regret mentioning that facit - too late now. If you hadn't, many would have simply ignored the thread anyway, pretending it did not exist and hoping it goes away.

Anyway, I do hope you can get some good feed back on the issues.

Cheers,...

PS - When I posted:

You might like to post that on the ... forum; they have in-house social media monitors who may be able to assist with service recovery/feedback.

(At the very least it should set the post rate up. )

I did not expect that many posts ...

 

[Mal]

Uh oh. Don't challenge the natives. They really hate it.

I lol that a thread was created where someone needed ti chat to B.A. about a cancelled ticket on Christmas day. While B.A. is more than happy to outsource call centres, the op couldn't find one accepting calls. Ffs, this is B.A. hundreds of flights were moving over that time.

All glossed over, suggestions to keep trying to call far flung ports looking for assistance kept coming.

 

[amaroo]

In France I assume? Recall you being in the U.K. recently.

Yes, just did a transit in LHR......in the CCR, and as serfty, correctly points outs, it ended up being quite a visit.

Anyway, two very enjoyable weeks just spent in Spain.....just arrived (tonight) in Paris.

Spain, is really breathtaking.

Au Revoir

 

[amaroo]

Have now done a flight with Vueling (Spanish LCC) as trying to get IB from GRX-BCN is as expensive as flying J SYD-PER and around the same duration as opposed to 1.5 hours.

Clean, on time, but made Jetstar pitch look like bliss......seems like QF are not alone in ditching the old legacy issues!

 

[amaroo]

Oh yes he has:

LHR CCR - Not what I was expecting - FlyerTalk Forums

I sent him this pm:

Hi serfty,

I'm blaming you for all this

Assuming you got my PM in reply?

 

[serfty]

Hi serfty,

I'm blaming you for all this

Assuming you got my PM in reply?

Yep, good that BA people have been in contact.

Actually you've impressed some on that forum - the "amaroo Awards!" no less.

 

[cove]

How do we qualify for one of those?

 

[samiam]

Wow - mustn't be anything on TV to generate so many responses on FT.

 

[Flashback]

Contract signed. Now to brace myself for being a pin cushion as I get all the required vaccinations :shock: Getting the visas sorted will be easy compared to that:!:

 

[anat0l]

Contract signed. Now to brace myself for being a pin cushion as I get all the required vaccinations :shock: Getting the visas sorted will be easy compared to that:!:

I always just look the other way. Works for me - nothing more than a mosquito bite.

Of course, there's a little bit of a contracting feeling as the vaccine starts coursing in your vessels.



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[Mal]

Contract signed. Now to brace myself for being a pin cushion as I get all the required vaccinations :shock: Getting the visas sorted will be easy compared to that:!:

Good stuff. Glad it sorted out ok in the end.
What vaccs btw? I know neither of your new locations are glorious tourist places but still curious what is recommended or required.

 

[awilcockson]

So I'm sitting here waiting to pick my wife up from work. I really despair for the human race. Check out the picture. Apart from the yellow lines, there is also massive "NO PARKING" painted on the road. And yes that is two cars parked side by side, effectively blocking the bus turning area. Idiots.

 

[Flashback]

I always just look the other way. Works for me - nothing more than a mosquito bite.

Of course, there's a little bit of a contracting feeling as the vaccine starts coursing in your vessels.



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Thanks for that, that really helps .. not!

Good stuff. Glad it sorted out ok in the end.
What vaccs btw? I know neither of your new locations are glorious tourist places but still curious what is recommended or required.

Yellow Fever (required - need cert. The rest are recommended as I understand...)
Diptheria (maybe just a booster needed (less painful??) as I had these as a youth)
Hep A (not sure if I've had this one or not, and my vaccinations book can't be found back at home!)
Polio (maybe just a booster needed (less painful??) as I had these as a youth)
Tetanus (maybe just a booster needed (less painful??) as I had these as a youth)
Typhoid (not sure if I've had this one or not, and my vaccinations book can't be found back at home!)
Antimalarials

 

[Storyteller]

Thanks for that, that really helps .. not!



Yellow Fever (required - need cert. The rest are recommended as I understand...)
Diptheria (maybe just a booster needed (less painful??) as I had these as a youth)
Hep A (not sure if I've had this one or not, and my vaccinations book can't be found back at home!)
Polio (maybe just a booster needed (less painful??) as I had these as a youth)
Tetanus (maybe just a booster needed (less painful??) as I had these as a youth)
Typhoid (not sure if I've had this one or not, and my vaccinations book can't be found back at home!)
Antimalarials

This reads like you are going to Africa!
Polio is usually in the tongue.
tetanus is never less painful...:shock:

 

[Flashback]

This reads like you are going to Africa!
Polio is usually in the tongue.
tetanus is never less painful...:shock:

By in the tongue, you mean something you take orally right? :shock:

Apparently there's just recently been a Polio outbreak in one my destinations, too (according to my GP here anyway).

 

[Storyteller]

By in the tongue, you mean something you take orally right? :shock:

Apparently there's just recently been a Polio outbreak in one my destinations, too (according to my GP here anyway).

Thought that would get your attention! Noticed it after I had posted, and have been busy laughing. Yes, a few drops of what tastes like sugar water.

Last time I was in Africa there was a bit of bubonic plague around as well as Ebola. Changed our plans to be away from the Ebola. Plague was treatable with antibiotics, so less of a problem.