Stupid Travel Tips
Jul 4, 2000 | 8:44 am
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Stupid Travel Tips
I'm stuck in Charlotte waiting for my flight and thought I'd see what little tips us travelers have for each other. I'll start off with this minor, but very important tip:
If you are travelling in the a.m. and are served breakfast with one of the items being yogurt, always open the container away from you. If not, you should be prepared to wear your breakfast to where ever you are going.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day. Let's not overlook everything that has happened and has been done to make this a great country.
Have fun...dingo.
If you are travelling in the a.m. and are served breakfast with one of the items being yogurt, always open the container away from you. If not, you should be prepared to wear your breakfast to where ever you are going.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day. Let's not overlook everything that has happened and has been done to make this a great country.
Have fun...dingo.
Jul 4, 2000 | 10:07 am
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I'm sorry about your delay, but more on the yogurt. When flying in the am and served yogurt or OJ in a sealed cup, I always make a small puncture on one end of the foil with a fork/knife and then open it to avoid the splashing of the contents.
Jul 4, 2000 | 11:26 am
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Okay here is a stupid tip. As I am tall I sometimes bump my head boarding a plane. (why this never happens deplaning must be a mr wizard question). Anyway, hold your hand up and place on top of door frame, as you enter,and you will not bang your head.
Jul 4, 2000 | 4:16 pm
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Cigarman,
Any idea whether the tip works for doors in stationary buildings?
Any idea whether the tip works for doors in stationary buildings?
Jul 4, 2000 | 8:09 pm
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My tip is ... just don't fly coach and you never need to worry about foil coverings on the yoghurt OR the OJ! He, he. 
Have a great holiday over there folks.
[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 07-04-2000).]
Have a great holiday over there folks. [This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 07-04-2000).]
Jul 4, 2000 | 11:40 pm
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Not on UA Aust-USA they don't DARE serve one darn thing that involves sticking a fork into, apart from the lobster of course!
Jul 5, 2000 | 12:05 am
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On QF today I got served youghurt in biz and it was one of those that ends up on your shirt or jacket but LUCKILY Qantas has appropriate sized napkins which saved my shirt. I guess if we want to be able to eat safe and clean food then it needs to be hermetically sealed and if it pops then better use a napkin or turn it away from yourself.
which saved my shirt. I guess if we want to be able to eat safe and clean food then it needs to be hermetically sealed and if it pops then better use a napkin or turn it away from yourself.
Jul 5, 2000 | 9:38 am
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Quantas also has really clever salad dressing containers that you squeeze while the top is pointing down toward your salad. A pointy bump in the middle opens up and the dressing goes where it's supposed to. Wonder why nobody else (AFAIK) has picked up on that idea? Maybe the upside-down part only works south of the equator? (I know QF flies north of there too, I just happen never to have had salad with them north of the line.)
Jul 5, 2000 | 3:41 pm
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Breakfast should be eaten at home with the someone special.
Stupid Travel Tip:
Never eat Yogurt, you know what it is?? When this country was founded, the framers of the Constitution were smart enough to leave Yogurt out of it!
Stupid Travel Tip:
Never eat Yogurt, you know what it is?? When this country was founded, the framers of the Constitution were smart enough to leave Yogurt out of it!
Jul 5, 2000 | 10:35 pm
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They did, however, refer (in the preamble) to insuring domestic tranquility. I think eating breakfast with the S.S. does a lot for that. I don't think they cared much what the menu is, though my S.S. likes fruit with vanilla yogurt on top. Even if I didn't like the menu, the company would be worth it.
Jul 6, 2000 | 8:50 am
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Efrem we also get Tomato Sauce (Ketchup) in those little containers. Most places around Australia that sell pies (little single person pastry pies with usually plain meat in them - nothing like it in the US, closest thing probebly those hot pot things) sell their tomato sauce like that. It's a convenient way to sell individual portions and, like you said, the contents are more likely to go where they need.
mmmmmm.... QF's vinagrette yum
Oh and it QANTAS!!!!! NO U!!!!!!
Efrem we also get Tomato Sauce (Ketchup) in those little containers. Most places around Australia that sell pies (little single person pastry pies with usually plain meat in them - nothing like it in the US, closest thing probebly those hot pot things) sell their tomato sauce like that. It's a convenient way to sell individual portions and, like you said, the contents are more likely to go where they need.
mmmmmm.... QF's vinagrette
yumOh and it QANTAS!!!!! NO U!!!!!!