The totally off-topic thread

[anat0l]

Re-editing the original post or adding to the thread over time?

AFF won't let you keep editing the original post (or any post for that matter, after 24 hours).

So the only thing to do is to keep adding. If a post must be superseded, then you could request moderation on an old post with a link to the newest one.

Alternatively, you could use the moderating a post approach so you can keep the OP as a "jump post" / "table of contents".



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[medhead]

Re-editing the original post or adding to the thread over time?

You can only re-edit for 24 hours. So you really need to add posts to the thread. Adding posts also reads better and there is a limit on the number of pictures per post.

 

[anat0l]

You can only re-edit for 24 hours. So you really need to add posts to the thread. Adding posts also reads better and there is a limit on the number of pictures per post.

Yep - it's 10 pictures per post (any picture, emoticons too). There's also, I think, a ~7000 character limit on posts (includes all the hidden formatting codes, too, so the actual written text will usually be much less than 7000 characters long).

I usually try to get the "most out of each post", and due to my TR style I find that pictures is the deciding factor on where I break the TR into new posts.


An alternative to TR writing on the forums is to use AFF's blog feature. thewinchester has used this approach.

 

[medhead]

An alternative to TR writing on the forums is to use AFF's blog feature. thewinchester has used this approach.

The blog feature is much more suited to commuting type flying as well. I often have little one off things I think to share, but not worth a new thread.

 

[beardoc]

My first operational upgrade as WP - 4 of us flying SYD-CNS on a sale Red-E-Deal fare, and we all got upgraded as a group to row 2 on check in. Amazing - and here I was thinking that they never happened to me! My friends love me at the moment!

 

[beardoc]

Thanks guys - I'll go with a new TR thread. It would be great to get everyone's advice as I go too!

 

[markis10]

If anyone's interested there will be a special event in aid of Matt Gollinski coming up at Bretts Wharf April 1, Plates for Mates is a national fundraising event conceived by a group of Australia’s leading chefs as a way to express their care, concern and support for friend, Matt Golinski. Matt tragically lost his wife, Rachael and their three daughters, Starlia, Willow and Sage Golinski in a home fire on Boxing Day 2011.

I would have no hesitation in going, it seems like a great event and we certainly enjoyed ourselves at Bretts last year for the AFF Christmas Dinner, however I am on a long road trip that week and cannot make it, but if any AFF member is interested :

Plates for Mates Launch Dinner « Bretts Wharf

There are also quite a lot of other events on through April across the country.

 

[Nigelinoz]

Unfortunately I can't attend either but Matt is a fellow chef who has suffered a terrible tragedy,I will be donating $250 to the fund.
Thanks markis10 for posting the information.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[Nigelinoz]

Just reading the current issue of Flight Safety and noticed an article about cabin crew training.
It seems that China Eastern is training 2600 flight attendants in Kung Fu and all Hong Kong Airlines staff have been invited to undergo training in wing chun which is a type of kung fu
used in close combat as a means of dealing with unruly passengers and even terrorists.
So the message is clear-don't play up if you travel on those airlines:!::shock:.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[straitman]

Just reading the current issue of Flight Safety and noticed an article about cabin crew training.
It seems that China Eastern is training 2600 flight attendants in Kung Fu and all Hong Kong Airlines staff have been invited to undergo training in wing chun which is a type of kung fu
used in close combat as a means of dealing with unruly passengers and even terrorists.
So the message is clear-don't play up if you travel on those airlines:!::shock:.
Cheers
N'oz

I'm very unlikely to travel on those airlines either way :!:

 

[Nigelinoz]

I'm very unlikely to travel on those airlines either way :!:

TBH I don't think many AFF members would,plus I doubt that any who did would be the "unruly" type anyway.
I hope Matthew Newton isn't flying to China anytime soon :!:
Cheers
N'oz

 

[Flashback]

TBH I don't think many AFF members would,plus I doubt that any who did would be the "unruly" type anyway.
I hope Matthew Newton isn't flying to China anytime soon :!:
Cheers
N'oz

I hope he is! :mrgreen:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I do - and regularly - anybody who goes to China and travels internally by air is going to find themselves on a Chinese carrier - no choice.

Not sure about the Kung Fu bit - but if I had a choice I would certainly indulge in some close quartered wrastlin' with so many of the Chinese female FA's.

 

[anat0l]

Just reading the current issue of Flight Safety and noticed an article about cabin crew training.
It seems that China Eastern is training 2600 flight attendants in Kung Fu and all Hong Kong Airlines staff have been invited to undergo training in wing chun which is a type of kung fu
used in close combat as a means of dealing with unruly passengers and even terrorists.
So the message is clear-don't play up if you travel on those airlines:!::shock:.
Cheers
N'oz

I hear that Cathay Pacific was also undertaking a similar exercise. I think it even scored a thread on this board already.

 

[Nigelinoz]

I hear that Cathay Pacific was also undertaking a similar exercise. I think it even scored a thread on this board already.

Yeah that's possible,I didn't do a search for anything existing before posting the comment.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[Princess Fiona]

Having a very pleasant stay in LHR T5 Galleries South F today
Bollinger Rose on the menu

And celebrity chef Jason Atherton here making smoked salmon salad

Beginning to hope my flight to GLA gets delayed

 

[amaroo]

Having a very pleasant stay in LHR T5 Galleries South F today
Bollinger Rose on the menu
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And celebrity chef Jason Atherton here making smoked salmon salad
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Beginning to hope my flight to GLA gets delayed

Good to see that you're taking advantage of the BAEC lounge event. See if Nicci is around - no better contact for BA:mrgreen:

 

[QF WP]

Nice to see you having a good time Princess. Puts my leftovers to shame

Enjoy GLA

 

[samh004]

Had a brief search but I must be using the wrong keywords… I’m looking at a collection of flights on Expedia for BNE-SYD-WLG-ZQN with the final flight being QF4979 operated by Jetstar. What I’m wondering is two-fold, can I earn points/SC as if it’s a real Qantas/JetConnect flight, and does it include checked luggage for no fee/applicable status levels?

Food and drink onboard doesn’t worry me for such a short flight.

Can anyone shed any light on this for me, thanks!!

The price is quite a lot less than Qantas’ own site and also includes a very nice layover in SYD for F lounge time

 

[Bundy Bear]

Another win for Queensland.
Queensland have survived a dramatic middle-order collapse to win the Sheffield Shield final against Tasmania by three wickets at the Gabba.