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Steph3n Mar 20, 2009 1:51 pm


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11446494)
.......FoxNews Spider story was the random discussion of priotism at the end.

oh yea and then you will die with a huge erection! I forgot that part already. I was trying to protect Baglady Jr keeping it super clean here:)

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Mar 20, 2009 1:51 pm


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11446499)
jersey

:rolleyes:

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Mar 20, 2009 1:52 pm


Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11446511)
I am proud to say I have never paid the "rape" charges for parking. I usually try to find street parking somewhere.

In SFO, this is easier said than done.

jrzyshawn Mar 20, 2009 1:53 pm


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11446325)
While I always do it, tipping a valet has always bothered me. Especially at hotels where valet is the only option.

I always tip at the valet, but I agree with sdm1130, I am annoyed when it is the only option at a hotel. I do have no problem in a place like LAS where the valet is free leaving a $5-10 tip if they can get the car fast and bypass a huge line. ^

belynch Mar 20, 2009 1:54 pm


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11446512)
you will die with a huge erection!

That reminds me of a fortune cookie I got one time...

jrzyshawn Mar 20, 2009 1:54 pm


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 11446328)
I felt bad for the cab driver that took me to the dublin airport. I had 22 Euro on me and the ride was 21.65.

:eek: I am sure you were not the first. I have been in that position before and you really feel like a jerk. I know I have.

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Mar 20, 2009 1:56 pm


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11446527)
That reminds me of a fortune cookie I got one time...

What kind of Chinese Restaurants are you going to? :D

jrzyshawn Mar 20, 2009 1:56 pm


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11446337)

In other news, now, call me a prude if you want, but I don't think it's good policy for the Navy to hand over a billion-dollar piece of equipment to a man who has "Welcome Aboard" tattooed on his :rolleyes:.

Lower back :rolleyes: lol

belynch Mar 20, 2009 1:58 pm


Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11446531)
I am sure you were not the first.

My biggest taxi oops was getting into a cab at Victoria Station in LON and asking to go to the Gorring Hotel. The cab driver turned around, looked at me with a combination of :mad: and :rolleyes:.

"It's right there" he said, pointing out the window. "I just waited in a 2 hour quee for a bloody 4 lb fare."

I felt terrible. I had no idea where the hotel was and figured the taxi was the easiest way to find it. I felt so bad for the guy I asked him to give me a 20 minute tour of the city. He was very thankful I wasn't a royal douche.

belynch Mar 20, 2009 1:59 pm


Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11446538)
What kind of Chinese Restaurants are you going to? :D

Apparently ones with happy :rolleyes:ings.

Kentucky Fried Panda. Finger Ling-Ling good.

jrzyshawn Mar 20, 2009 1:59 pm


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11446388)
Especially when there's no other option.

I always either sneak into the employee lot or find a nearby surface lot. I used to always stay at the Westin FLL until they instituted a 'tarded parking fee "because they could." I stayed there so often for a while that I used to be personally greeted by the GM.

After one round of parking fees I started staying at the Sheraton Suites across 95 and after a half year or so I pinged the GM and said "how's that parking fee working out for you?" And attached a .pdf of all of my folios from the Sheraton.

It is my personal mission in life to get people to understand the high cost of small fees. That and the demise of NJ.


I once stayed at a hotel in SFO that charged for parking, but I would let my friend out and he would go into the parking garage and step onto the air sensor hose, like the kind gas stations have. That would raise the garage gate/fence from the inside and I saved myself about $35 a day. :cool:

monitor Mar 20, 2009 2:00 pm


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11446056)
tell me about it, I have someone close to me wanting to go up to siberia now to experience the cold of the wholly mammoth. I like the cold, but Siberia cold?

You don't want it. We were outside the other day in Alaska in 30 below with wind. You cannot believe how quickly you start to freeze. I am never going back there in the winter. Period.

jrzyshawn Mar 20, 2009 2:01 pm


Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11446409)
My biggest gripe is actually internet fees at higher-end SPG Hotels. The ones in Europe are the most egregious :rolleyes:. $40/night for teh toobz? AYFKM?! This isn't 1987, we're not in Bangladesh, and I'm not asking you to install a telegraph key in my room! :rolleyes:

I paid about 37. GBP for a week at the Park Lane in London. Not bad, but with the exchange rate it's :rolleyes:

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Mar 20, 2009 2:01 pm


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11446560)
Apparently ones with happy :rolleyes:ings.

Kentucky Fried Panda. Finger Ling-Ling good.

:D


Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11446561)
I once stayed at a hotel in SFO that charged for parking, but I would let my friend out and he would go into the parking garage and step onto the air sensor hose, like the kind gas stations have. That would raise the garage gate/fence from the inside and I saved myself about $35 a day. :cool:

Awesome.

monitor Mar 20, 2009 2:02 pm


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 11446328)
I felt bad for the cab driver that took me to the dublin airport. I had 22 Euro on me and the ride was 21.65.

You could have given him a few dollars on top of the 22 Euros. I once paid and tipped for one taxi ride in three different national currencies all of which were accepted with gratitude by the driver.


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