What cheeses me off

[Flashback]

Security lines at BOS during the holidays...
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So, ironically ..... having a paper boarding pass (couldn't get one via the app) worked out to be good, we joined a shorter line. A disincentive to use the mobile BP? The mobile BP line was way, way longer.

 

[RooFlyer]

I don't think the jacket is a problem per se, but the very poor instructions (which are also found in on the Silversea website about what to pack) where it is a blanket 'indoors' - duh - obviously they mean public areas but were sloppy and no one seemed to have seen the incongruity of the statement.

It’s not even that. It applies after 6 pm- for example not for lunch. The next sentence refers to no jeans etc ‘ prohibited in indoor spaces’ after 6 pm, so that implies that the previous sentence applies all day.

And it’s not even all public spaces. I was told I was allowed to traverse a holy restaurant or bar etc. sans jacket if I needed to get from A to B, or if I wanted to talk to someone at the service desk which is in one of the bar areas.

We’ll see.

 

[BCons]

Security lines at BOS during the holidays...
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Interesting list for AA service desk on the R - everyone’s special with them - that priority list is before they get to OW eligible and the military and the Amex/Mcard/visa ppl, and then you get to queue up to ask a question!

 

[Flashback]

Interesting list for AA service desk on the R - everyone’s special with them - that priority list is before they get to OW eligible and the military and the Amex/Mcard/visa ppl, and then you get to queue up to ask a question!

Yeah, when we dropped our bags I asked if there was priority other than the TSA pre check line etc. and she said, nope .. that's all we have and pointed to the long line

 

[cove]

Having had our largest refrigerator stop running on December 23rd one year has been beaten by our bore watering system stopping running on December 22nd without warning on a 41 degree Celsius day.We have about 2000 sq metres with lots of gardens.
Very good test for us at how to recover during the pre Christmas silly season.

 

[Pushka]

We have sprung a leak in the pipe leading to the garden tap which is of course, under the new deck. But being the country no doubt a quick call to the plumber this morning will have something sorted by Christmas. Or, we will turn of the water

 

[kookaburra75]

Oh, this lot are all twin set and pearls. Gent in the restaurant tonight with jacket and a dapper handkerchief poking out of breast pocket. And it was ‘elegant casual attire’ allowed tonight! I mean my God! I wore an open neck casual shirt with sleeves rolled up in a number of the indoor spaces, including dinner

But isn't a puffer jacket a Tasmanian Tuxedo? You could explain the cultural difference

 

[RooFlyer]

But isn't a puffer jacket a Tasmanian Tuxedo? You could explain the cultural difference

Good thinking! I have said puffer jacket in my luggage left over from the cold European part of my trip.

 

[kookaburra75]

Good thinking! I have said puffer jacket in my luggage left over from the cold European part of my trip.

I figured as much...

 

[RooFlyer]

Jacket update. I talked about the jacket issue with my butler yesterday (yes my butler) and at lunchtime when I came back from today’s excursion, there was a jacket on my bed, unrequested.

It would be rude to turn up such a nice gesture, so I’m currently sitting in the bar with the jacket.

 

[Black Duck]

Having had our largest refrigerator stop running on December 23rd one year has been beaten by our bore watering system stopping running on December 22nd without warning on a 41 degree Celsius day.We have about 2000 sq metres with lots of gardens.
Very good test for us at how to recover during the pre Christmas silly season.

Just found our water heater has a gas leak -lpg. We are rural so it might end up a cold water Christmas. Probably needs the heater replaced.

 

[prozac]

Jacket update. I talked about the jacket issue with my butler yesterday (yes my butler) and at lunchtime when I came back from today’s excursion, there was a jacket on my bed, unrequested.

It would be rude to turn up such a nice gesture, so I’m currently sitting in the bar with the jacket.

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Must be reading your AFF posts.

 

[SuePa]

I’m currently sitting in the bar with the jacket.

Ha, ha, with the jacket, not wearing the jacket.
Go, you rebel!

 

[RooFlyer]

Ha, ha, with the jacket, not wearing the jacket.
Go, you rebel!

I’m not alone

 

[Quickstatus]

I’m not alone

Jacket if you must but don't tuck the shirt in....

 

[ausfox]

This is too laissez-faire. Men should be instructed to wear highly polished black leather shoes as well.

 

[andye]

This is too laissez-faire. Men should be instructed to wear highly polished black leather shoes as well.

And Oxfords not brogues

 

[Hvr]

And Oxfords not brogues

What if they speak with a brogue?

 

[kookaburra75]

This is too laissez-faire. Men should be instructed to wear highly polished black leather shoes as well.

But MrsK relates the warnings they were given before school dances (hers was an all-girls school) to watch out when dancing with young men, as if they had very shiny shoes, as they would try 'see' things in the reflections

 

[TheRealTMA]

But MrsK relates the warnings they were given before school dances (hers was an all-girls school) to watch out when dancing with young men, as if they had very shiny shoes, as they would try 'see' things in the reflections

Standard girls’ school instructions!