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[Steve Sensible]

I learned that the earth is 5 million kilometers closer to the sun on January 3rd than it is in the middle of July.

[Chris Fenton]

That's awesome, shame I've just finished doing Earth, Moon and Sun at school otherwise that fact would be in my next lesson.

[stephanie familiar]

i learned that the pineapple carrot muffin i initially turned my nose up at is actually pretty darn good, and that piano versions of disney songs make me kinda sad.

[Henry Blanco]

I learned that some medications do work as advertised.

[David Meadows]

After nearly four years of cursing Word 2007/2010 for changing the print preview, I've learned how to get the old style print preview back

[stephanie familiar]

I learned that some medications do work as advertised.

so the diarrhea's gone then?

[Henry Blanco]

so the diarrhea's gone then?

*SPLORT*

... yes.

After nearly four years of cursing Word 2007/2010 for changing the print preview, I've learned how to get the old style print preview back

Your computer listened. See? Nagging does work.

[David Meadows]

I have learned that Adele's album 21 has overtaken Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon to take seventh place in the list of best-selling UK albums, and is only 12,000 copies behind the sixth best-selling album, Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms.

Amazing, for just one year of sales.

It means that about one in 15 people in the UK now own a copy of that album.

[garjones]

After travelling to 3 continents over the last 3 weeks it has been confirmed to me that security rules at airports are entirely random and not even consistent within countries.

Shouted at by a guy in LA for trying to put my tablet in the tray - 'laptops only, your 'ipad' (sic) must stay in the luggage'. They don't agree with him in Austin TX, where they need a tray each, or Gatwick where they should both go in the same tray. Shoes and belts - just ask, there's no rule, sometimes on, sometimes off, who knows?

[Arjan Dirkse]

After travelling to 3 continents over the last 3 weeks it has been confirmed to me that security rules at airports are entirely random and not even consistent within countries.

Shouted at by a guy in LA for trying to put my tablet in the tray - 'laptops only, your 'ipad' (sic) must stay in the luggage'. They don't agree with him in Austin TX, where they need a tray each, or Gatwick where they should both go in the same tray. Shoes and belts - just ask, there's no rule, sometimes on, sometimes off, who knows?

Oh Christ, I agree. I never know what to do with those damned trays, usually I just ignore them and walk through the detector thingy, wait for them to get pissed, and then tell them they ought to explain things better.

[garjones]

Oh Christ, I agree. I never know what to do with those damned trays, usually I just ignore them and walk through the detector thingy, wait for them to get pissed, and then tell them they ought to explain things better.

It's as good a plan as any, you could toss a coin perhaps. The one that riles me most was that arsehole in LA, he was looking at me like I was retarted to take the tablet out of my bag and yet that's the only airport I've ever been to that said you shouldn't.

Oh and I'll add coins, half the airports say leave them in your pocket and half say put them in the tray.

[Jim Ohara]

Shouted at by a guy in LA for trying to put my tablet in the tray - 'laptops only, your 'ipad' (sic) must stay in the luggage'. They don't agree with him in Austin TX, where they need a tray each, or Gatwick where they should both go in the same tray. Shoes and belts - just ask, there's no rule, sometimes on, sometimes off, who knows?

Each airport sets their own guidelines. They follow federal regulations but often add in their own rules. It's a pain, but then the TSA in the US is a total mess that no-one wants to solve.

[garjones]

It's not just the US though Jim, believe me, I have a list so long it would bore me, with cutlery and liquids, immigration and many more not even mentioned. It's just as random everywhere else, the TSA just hold the crown for having the biggest arseholes supervising it that get a hard-on at the 'power' they have.

[Ulf Imwiehe]

It's not just the US though Jim, believe me, I have a list so long it would bore me, with cutlery and liquids and many more not even mentioned. It's just as random everywhere else, the TSA just hold the crown for having the biggest arseholes supervising it that get a hard-on at the 'power' they have.

Quoted for truth. As opposed to New Zealand where everyone is super relaxed and the oldest and kindest drug-sniffing dogs of the world are sent to spend the remainder of their career in blissful, tail-wagging peace.

[garjones]

Quoted for truth. As opposed to New Zealand where everyone is super relaxed and the oldest and kindest drug-sniffing dogs of the world are sent to spend the remainder of their career in blissful, tail-wagging peace.

New Zealand immigration rocks. I love those guys, they saw my name and got into a conversation about rugby, smiling all the way. You can check people without being a dick.

The US is not bottom of my list though, that goes to Oman, who may have seen Jones on my passport and imagined I was Indiana Jones as they accused me of stealing ancient artifacts from Egypt when I had a 2 quid Tutankhamun head I bought off some street urchin!

[Ulf Imwiehe]

New Zealand immigration rocks. I love those guys, they saw my name and got into a conversation about rugby, smiling all the way. You can check people without being a dick.

The US is not bottom of my list though, that goes to Oman, who may have seen Jones on my passport and imagined I was Indiana Jones as they accused me of stealing ancient artifacts from Egypt when I had a 2 quid Tutankhamun head I bought off some street urchin!

New Zealand truly rocks. One time the ancient dog that was supposed to sniff me up and down rolled on his back and demanded to have his tummy scratched while the officer chatted me up about Berlin, Techno and Vikings and even drew me a rough map of Christchurch to make sure I was going to find his favorite pub.

[Arjan Dirkse]

Those drug sniffing dogs are probably high all the time anyway.

[Ulf Imwiehe]

Best job ever!

[garjones]

I have more, this online check-in or pay more idea from budget airlines. I check in online, I queue up to put my baggage through, they check my passport and give me a boarding pass. That's exactly the same as before with a 'standard' check in, where is the saving?

To be fair the added boarding pass was only at Gatwick but it seems entirely pointless.

[jamon g]

in malaysia i had my luggage put through the scanner, then handed back to me to check it in to the plane and then I got scanned. I was like 'uh guys, you're not supposed to let me have my luggage back after you've scanned it - why don't I just put it on the plane and then you check me??'.
In Brunei they didn't check my carry-on luggage on wand me because I was carrying a sleeping kid.
In LA there used to be signs up saying you can take guns on board, but no bullets.
In Borneo they fingerprint you on entry but don't check your documents.
In Mexico you have to locate the customs yourself to get your passport stamped, otherwise you get stuck paying a bribe to the officials carrying machine guns at the border to let you out of the country.
In Australia we randomly swab people for explosive dust.
It's a crazy world out there.