The totally off-topic thread

[SeatBackForward]

Bloody Apple. First they are making iPhones, then iPods and iPads and now i40's...what next?

Something useful perhaps?

 

[JohnK]

Nope.... I thought I had something but now have nothing....

 

[jetlagger]

Nope.... I thought I had something but now have nothing....

Did you think that you had possibly won the lotto last night??

 

[dfcatch]

So thought I should download a good book to read on QF11 in a couple of days - then remembered about QF32 so kindled it......

Then just thought to myself....

May be it's really bad juju to be reading QF32 whilst sitting in an A380 ..??.??

 

[straitman]

So thought I should download a good book to read on QF11 in a couple of days - then remembered about QF32 so kindled it......

Then just thought to myself....

May be it's really bad juju to be reading QF32 whilst sitting in an A380 ..??.??

I talked about it with the author on QF128 last Sunday night. (without consequence)

 

[JohnK]

Did you think that you had possibly won the lotto last night??

No but I found $4 between the 2nd and 3rd holes today!

 

[dfcatch]

I talked about it with the author on QF128 last Sunday night. (without consequence)

Hmmm I wonder which aircraft is operating QF11 on tues......

 

[SeatBackForward]

Something that made me turn my headphones down..an announcement for a MH flight in the SYD F lounge...just in case there was any confusion about them joining OW.

 

[Deleted member]

No but I found $4 between the 2nd and 3rd holes today!

There's an opening for a joke there

 

[JohnK]

There's an opening for a joke there

:shock: Royal Marrickville golf course!

 

[Princess Fiona]

A little bit On Topic :
I have been playing around with booking the annual winter ski trip to ZQN, all the really cheap deals seem to have gone and not much to choose between NZ/ VA, QF or EK (adding the AKL-ZQN).
Weirdly enough it appears that it's cheaper ($30 or so pp) to book through the much maligned QF multicity tool with connections than book SYD-ZQN as a return. This is for exactly the same flights !! ( SYD-AKL-ZQN and vv) Is there any disadvantage in booking this way?

 

[Hvr]

Well Baltimore hung on to win the Superbowl. Some different commercials. The Coke one which seemed like a race between Mad Max and Priscilla was "interesting".

As for the deodorant commercial where he offers to fold her panties every day, well, just tacky.

The Bud light ads with lots of voodoo references were funny and topical to the location.

Oh and who forgot to pay the bill in New Orleans with a power outage during the match? Made the organising people look like amateurs.

 

[serfty]

Please don't post any superbowl results as I watch it all year and have been recording it today - this is the one day of the year for the NFL when need I do a total news blackout as all the once a year watchers become experts ....

 

[Hvr]

Please don't post any superbowl results as I watch it all year and have been recording it today - this is the one day of the year for the NFL when need I do a total news blackout as all the once a year watchers become experts ....

I hope you had an extra hour or so on the end of the original finish time. The power outage ate up a heck of a lot of time. :evil:

 

[JessicaTam]

An interesting take on a car ad:

Patrol vs Beethoven

 

[JohnK]

Weirdly enough it appears that it's cheaper ($30 or so pp) to book through the much maligned QF multicity tool with connections than book SYD-ZQN as a return. This is for exactly the same flights !! ( SYD-AKL-ZQN and vv) Is there any disadvantage in booking this way?

No disadvantage that I am aware.

I have been tricking the booking engine for years.

 

[Princess Fiona]

No disadvantage that I am aware.

I have been tricking the booking engine for years.

Thanks JohnK, I couldn't think of any negatives and glad to have it confirmed

 

[JohnK]

Please don't post any superbowl results as I watch it all year and have been recording it today....

Have you watched it yet?

You should know better to stay away from off-topic threads in times like these....

 

[The Rok]

An interesting take on a car ad:

Patrol vs Beethoven

Note to self, never buy a Patrol! That car (and driver) struggled!

 

[serfty]

I hope you had an extra hour or so on the end of the original finish time. The power outage ate up a heck of a lot of time. :evil:

Certainly did - just finished watching, but my 300 second advance button on the DVR sorted the outage (NFL is interesting in its variability, I always allow 4½ hours at least - many games are shorter, sometimes little over 3 hours, but you only need to look last months where the Raven beat the Broncos in the second overtime period at 4:22 into my recording to understand.

Have you watched it yet?

You should know better to stay away from off-topic threads in times like these....

In retrospect I should have posted a warning here and started 2 Superbowl 67 comment thread -then stayed away from both.

I saw HVR's post "Well the Raven's ..." pulled back and closed the tab immediately without registering further. I then shrank the window to a small keyhole from where I made my 3:08pm post.