Random Questions Mega Thread v1.1

[Fuzz]

If you put a packet of iced tea mix in hot hater, do you have hot iced tea or just tea?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

If you put a packet of iced tea mix in hot hater, do you have hot iced tea or just tea?

Fascist Tea?

[Fuzz]

Well now I'm in hot water...

[Brupal]

In 1995 I took a bus tour of Scotland. There were two other Canadian couples and the rest were Americans - most of whom admitted the reason they chose to come to Scotland was the movie Braveheart. For many of them this was the first time they had ever left the USA, and for one unbelievably nice and charming family the first time they had ever left their home state of Georgia!

Anyway, one lady from Boston had travellers cheques, and was advised to go to a bank to convert them to cash. She got back on the bus and loudly complained to all that would listen how offended she was that the bank had the audacity to ask for her passport in order to cash the TC’s. She told them they had no right to ask an American for their passport and that they were breaking the law for doing so and in the end she relented only because she was so desperate to get the cash she needed.


I’d say the prevalence and convenience of credit (and now debit) cards would make TC’s virtually obsolete these days.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Brupal

In 1995 I took a bus tour of Scotland. There were two other Canadian couples and the rest were Americans - most of whom admitted the reason they chose to come to Scotland was the movie Braveheart. For many of them this was the first time they had ever left the USA, and for one unbelievably nice and charming family the first time they had ever left their home state of Georgia!

Anyway, one lady from Boston had travellers cheques, and was advised to go to a bank to convert them to cash. She got back on the bus and loudly complained to all that would listen how offended she was that the bank had the audacity to ask for her passport in order to cash the TC’s. She told them they had no right to ask an American for their passport and that they were breaking the law for doing so and in the end she relented only because she was so desperate to get the cash she needed.


I’d say the prevalence and convenience of credit (and now debit) cards would make TC’s virtually obsolete these days.

Ahh...the American Traveler. Always something new and fun in store!

You cant get a Hotel room in Europe without showing your passport. Get used to it.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Locke

Ahh...the American Traveler. Always something new and fun in store!

You cant get a Hotel room in Europe without showing your passport. Get used to it.

My favourite American Traveller in Europe story is when we were on a local bus and a woman starts asking the bus driver a question in broken Spanish. He just shrugs at her. She throws a huge fit "my gardener says my Spanish is excellent" "this is racist against Americans" etc.

And maybe that all might have been relevant, except this bus was in Lisbon.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

My favourite American Traveller in Europe story is when we were on a local bus and a woman starts asking the bus driver a question in broken Spanish. He just shrugs at her. She throws a huge fit "my gardener says my Spanish is excellent" "this is racist against Americans" etc.

And maybe that all might have been relevant, except this bus was in Lisbon.

Drop her off in the Basque country and see how she gets along!

[lazypucker]

I remembered that I went with a few uni friends to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, and knowing that they were (and still are) countries that much prefer cash, I was prepared.

As an Asian person, I had pre-exchanged a bunch of Yen and Won for the trip, in addition to carrying USD with me just in case. But one white dude in the group thought he could just whip out his credit card and he would be god. No way man, how could you expect an 80-year old street vendor would have one of those card imprint thing handy at 2am when you buy a bowl of noodles for 2000 won?

Another dude had a bunch of traveler's cheques with him and he had a disastrous time trying to talk to some old Japanese man who speaks almost zero English behind the bank counter trying to convert them to cash.

So at the end, they ended up borrowing money from the rest of the more "prepared" group.

[fotze2]

In a flight watching a led zeppelin doc with my kid and a few rum and cokes. Was only $177 to upgrade to business so worth it.

[btimbit]

The upgrade is worth it every time

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Could be a side effect to a new medication.

It’s ongoing for a couple of years. No new meds. He’s waiting for a specialist appt.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

My friend’s feet and calves have ballooned to double their size. Anyone heard of WTF this is? Heart/circulation issue?

When your organs aren’t working as well as they should, fluid can build up in your legs. Congestive heart failure, kidney disease and liver disease can all cause swelling in your legs.

[WideReceiver]

I’m not aware he has any of those, but I wonder if this makes issues such as heart failure more likely. He has sleep untreated sleep apnea (he refuses), which make him a prime heart-attack candidate.

[undercoverbrother]

It might be Lupus