Random Thought Thread

[mikedt]

@Kaat72 How long do you have in Reykjavik? Not been offered that one as a stopover, although I don't think Icelandair has flights to China.

Been offered Amsterdam almost every-time with KLM, always too expensive though. But still cheaper than direct Beijing to London with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or Air China.

 

[huh]

So how dumb was it for me to decide to start getting healthier now? Training Running a 5k no smoking no drinking.. And it's almost holiday) !! Oh well

 

[Kaat72]

@Kaat72 How long do you have in Reykjavik? Not been offered that one as a stopover, although I don't think Icelandair has flights to China.

Been offered Amsterdam almost every-time with KLM, always too expensive though. But still cheaper than direct Beijing to London with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or Air China.

Hi Mike It's about a 1.5/2 hours stop in both Reykjavik and in Seattle. Dinner time in Iceland. I assume we are clearing our luggage and passing customs in Seattle, so all be needing that time there.

KLM is excellent. Good care and food plus drinks. As is Scandinavian SAS.
We fly those frequently.

 

[mikedt]

Have a safe trip @Kaat72 and a great holiday, I'm sure you will.

Might give KLM a try next time I go to the UK. The last 3 times I've used Aeroflot via Moscow, also used Cathay Pacific, Qantas, Air New Zealand, Emirates, Lufthansa, Air China, Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines for going too and from the UK from China, Beijing or Hong Kong.

BTW the worst airline I've ever used is Air Transat, London Gatwick to Toronto. That was awful, terrible food, cramped uncomfortable seats, many screaming babies, noisy aeroplane. But I think they are just a cheap charter airline anyway.

 

[NightHawk877]

Time for me to buy a new tablet. My Nexus 7 2013 model died on me last week. It just HAD to die the night before I left for the Texas Special Olympics basketball tournament. I took home a gold medal in my division.

 

[Clementine_3]

I took home a gold medal in my division.

Congratulations!!

 

[mikedt]

School bike sheds weren't like this when I was a boy. It's all e-bikes and power outlets now.

 

[lunatic59]

Do they have phone charging stations as well?

 

[Clementine_3]

Or Tesla chargers? I just need to know where I can go when I get my Tesla

 

[lunatic59]

I think it's ironic that Nicholas Tesla was working on free energy from the atmosphere and yet you have to plug in Tesla's.

 

[mikedt]

Do they have phone charging stations as well?

Nope.

Want to make a phone call and your phone battery is dead....the school provides payphones.

China Netcom, they're not around any more, actually merged into China Unicom in about 2008.

 

[mikedt]

Or Tesla chargers? I just need to know where I can go when I get my Tesla

Drive your Tesla to China?

Lotus Esprit S1

007, The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.

 

[Clementine_3]

Or...

 

[Deleted User]

I had this, and loved it. Oh happy days.

 

[Clementine_3]

I had the corgi Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, wish I still did, it was awesome.

 

[mikedt]

I actually had one of these...

Of course the one I had wasn't kept in its box for all these years.

 

[Clementine_3]

Yup, that's the one I had. Long gone now but I had a ton of fun with it.

 

[Deleted User]

^---- Yes, me too. Brings back some good memories

 

[Dngrsone]

That looks nothing like a corgi

 

[Dngrsone]

New water heater, old water heater:

Can you guess which is which?

 

[zuben el genub]

Or...

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The DeLorean from Back to the Future has been spotted in McCovey Cove.

 

[Dngrsone]

Huh, finally got a call for an interview on a job I applied for in March.

I'm thinking that these guys must be seriously understaffed, or some things have really hit the fan, or the boss is painfully disorganised.

... or some combination thereof. I had emailed him some twelve days or so after the listed closed out. He replied ten days after, and so I replied to his reply immediately, telling him my schedule, and asking him if he wanted a face-face or teleconference...

Then nothing. A month goes by, and I ask one of the guys who works for him if they ever hired anyone. "Nope, still interviewing... did you interview with him?"

No, I haven't heard from him.

"Huh, weird."

That was a couple weeks ago. Then today, I get a message: "Sorry about that, I dropped the ball: I thought I was waiting for you and you were actually waiting for me."

Of course, he picks the worst week to want a face-face: I work the next two days, then took Monday off for family business, Tuesday (hopefully in the) morning I'm expecting the refrigerator guy to show and fix my fridge, then I'm driving to the coast to spend two days with the rest of the family on vacation before I have to come back and go to work again on Friday.

 

[mikedt]

Dragon Boat Festival on Thursday, yay no work.

 

[Dngrsone]

Mad science time!

I unearthed an HP G72 that had been abandoned for scrap in my son's closet.

I repaired the power connector, and found that it works.

The case is complete trash; which is what caused the problems with the power connector I the first place.

... But I don't need another laptop.

Damn, but 17" screen!

So I made it into a tablet... Well, no touch screen, so... Half a tablet?

 

[kct1975]

Mad science time!

I unearthed an HP G72 that had been abandoned for scrap in my son's closet.

I repaired the power connector, and found that it works.

The case is complete trash; which is what caused the problems with the power connector I the first place.

... But I don't need another laptop.

Damn, but 17" screen!

So I made it into a tablet... Well, no touch screen, so... Half a tablet?

Total Awesome! [emoji106] [emoji120]