The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Songbird76 said:
Oh that's so nice that they gave you a voucher! I know they lost the luggage, but with the re-routing, it does happen. On our first family trip to Orlando, in 2010, our flight back home was delayed by 7 hours. We were supposed to leave at 5pm, and international flights, checkin was 3 hours early. So we had to be there at 2 and we had to sit in the line for HOURS before they finally told us we were delayed until Midnight. They gave us each a $15 dinner voucher for the airport, and that was the extent of the compensation we got. Because we were delayed so long, we missed our connection in Amsterdam...we had flown out of Dusseldorf, Germany because it's about equal distance as Amsterdam, and it was cheaper. When we landed in Amsterdam, we were told that they didn't have any other flights going to Dusseldorf to put us on, and there were about 30 people on our flight who were going there and had missed their connections. So they chartered a bus for us instead of setting up a new flight or trying to get us on existing flights.

We were to pick up our luggage from carousel 20 and then we'd get on the bus....no time to eat anything, we couldn't stop....just get your luggage and go. Then the luggage never came..they told us they had changed the carousel....so we were led to a different one and everything came out except one of our carseats. (It's illegal not to have your child in a carseat in Germany, so without it, we couldn't get home) We spent an hour and a half waiting for the carseat...everyone was on the bus waiting for us. They had told us we couldn't stop for food, we'd be given sandwiches on the bus. We were finally told we couldn't wait any longer, we needed to board the bus, they lost the carseat. We get on the bus, starving and exhausted...they had distributed the food while we were waiting for the carseat and had given our share out among the people on the bus, so there was nothing left for us. They had broken the clasp on one of the suitcases, and we were facing the prospect of not being able to get home because of the missing carseat. We were very fortunate that we went within about 15 minutes of my in-laws' house in getting to Dusseldorf, so we asked the driver to let the kids off the bus at a gas station where my in-laws could pick them up, as they had carseats, and that way at least the KIDS could be fed as it was now 7pm Dutch time and we hadn't eaten in about 16 hours, and it was another 3 hours to Dusseldorf by bus.

We ended up putting in a claim for compensation because I guess the law says that if your flight is delayed more than 5 hours when the flight is more than 1500 miles, they are required to give you a portion of the costs back, and of course we wanted compensation for the suitcase that was broken, not to mention that we paid for a FLIGHT to Dusseldorf, not a bus ride, but they denied our claim. We got NOTHING. Not a cent. I don't even understand how they could get away with that. They should have at least had to pay for the suitcase.
We ended up getting the carseat back. We called when we got home and they told us it was in Dusseldorf, we could come pick it up. DH told them they had a couple of options. 1, they could buy us a new carseat. 2, they could ship the carseat to us at their expense, since they lost it. 3, they could compensate him for his time lost on his job because he had to go and pick it up from them, and as an engineer, they charge 100 euros an hour for his time, and it's a 2 hour drive each way. So he'd have to take 4 hours off of work to go pick it up. Their choice. They shipped it to us. Worst customer service EVER, though...no compensation for the loss of the one flight, no food or drink, no time to stop and GET food, loss of luggage, broken luggage, and they wanted us to come pick up the thing they lost? We won't fly KLM ever again. Too bad we didn't know about twitter then, or have smartphones to use it. Nowadays, a couple of tweets would shame them into doing something about it.
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How the hell they did deny the compensation when they did all that wrong stuff?
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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dryerlintfan said:
We have an airline here called U.S Airways, and I didn't know this until it was too late, but when they overbook their smaller jets, they're allowed to just take off whenever enough of their people arrive. So, I was flying and my connection was only twenty or so minutes long. I was already stressed about making the connection because of course they drop you off at the opposite side of the airport than where you board your next flight. The attendant at the gate said not to worry about it because she already called ahead but this is the last flight of the day so of course I'm worried. So I'm running (and I do NOT run in airports) and I'm sweaty and I'm just thinking man I'm going to make it in the knick of time....

Only to get to the gate and be told that the airplane left BEFORE my connection even landed. They left almost a half an hour early. And because I technically "missed" the flight, they didn't put me up or offer compensation or anything. I had to sleep in the terminal and wait for the next day to get a new flight out.
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Wow, talk about twisting the laws to ruin the flier's experience to save a few pennies on the huge pockets of airline investors.
 
MouseDreaming

MouseDreaming

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Goofyernmost said:
Ouch... however, that was the last hit for Peggy Lee and was in late 1969. She hadn't recorded anything for years. It was just a song that happened to catch a lot of us in a pretty stressful time of our lives. So, yes, she was a favorite of my parents, but, it wasn't part of that era. And remember that she was the voice for "He's a Tramp" in Lady and the Tramp.
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And she wasn't just an incredible voice, the woman could write, too. Her music isn't old, it is timeless. Our HS basketball team does before game shoot around to the pep band playing Fever.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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21stamps said:
This is why he is the BEST in the World, maybe ever.

Maradona’s reaction though:hilarious::hilarious:..I loved him as a player, but he’s a lunatic off the pitch.

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Messi goal was very good! but I still say they did not deserve to pass. Nigeria even put better general effort.
Only individual genius saved Argentina. Like Germany did as well.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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Cesar R M said:
Messi goal was very good! but I still say they did not deserve to pass. Nigeria even put better general effort.
Only individual genius saved Argentina. Like Germany did as well.
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I think Messi may have the best first touch skills in history. I’ve watched that goal so many times now, the control is unbelievable.


They played as a team today, night and day from prior games..but not enough. They have to do better.
 
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wdwfan4ver

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donaldtoo said:
I don't know if any of you watch/have watched "Pawn Stars", but, Richard "The Old Man" Harrison passed earlier today from Parkinson's. I didn't even know he had Parkinsons's.
Anyway, I only found out because I channel surfed onto History Channel on a night it is scheduled for American Pickers and a PS rerun was ending with an "In memory/loving memory of..." dedication.
Anyway, for anyone that might care, there it is.
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I admit to watch the show for the items.

I had no idea he had Parkinson's either, but I know that there was death hoax about him in 2016. The only medical problem I was aware of was he had a stroke in 2016 based on what I read online, but there was never an update on that.

This is something History Channel, and the Harrison Family managed to keep it a secret from the press. People had been wondering about the old man for a few years.
 
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wdwfan4ver

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Cesar R M said:
Didnt one of the sons also get jailtime and thus why the cancellation of the show?
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No. Chumlee was arrested a few years ago, but he never served time in jail. Chumlee though is not related the Harrisons. I believe Corey was arrested in 2011, but he never served jail time.

At the time Chumlee was arrested, the show was not canceled.

If Pawn Stars is canceled, it is nothing to do with the arrests in question due to the amount of time after the arrest.

The latest new episode aired in on May 21st and History Channel never announced if the show is canceled. If History Channeled it, they did it quietly like they did to the Pawn Stars Quiz show.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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ajrwdwgirl said:
Yeah it was neat to meet up with a few of the great folks on here. And Cali Grill was excellent, this meal really blew me away. Presentation, taste, and service were spot on.
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Every review I've read has given it very high marks, for all the reasons above. Happy to hear that you had such a great dinner experience. I was only up there once -- it was called the Top of the World back when my mother and I went. You see, it wasn't until 1995 that it became the California Grill. :)
 

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