Society & Culture Things you do/did that you probably think no one else does the sequel; More Things

[Gough]

I weigh my coffee beans and time my tea, 80g for a full pot of coffee and six mins with a Yorkshire tea bag for a brew.

 

[Billy ray]

I weight my coffee beans and time it for perfect extraction.

 

[GreyCrow]

I have multiple sized teaspoons and the one I grab is the amount of coffee I have

 

[peternorth]

When entering a lift I look down and away from eye level in case i bump into someone who I may know

 

[emuboy]

Does anyone else when boarding a plane worry that they have packed something they should not have by accident, such as an aerosol, either in their check in baggage or carry-on?

 

[peternorth]

Does anyone else when boarding a plane worry that they have packed something they should not have by accident, such as an aerosol, either in their check in baggage or carry-on?

yes. youd think security would through their pat downs and xrays pick up such objects.

or the other way around, do i have my passport?

 

[emuboy]

yes. youd think security would through their pat downs and xrays pick up such objects.

or the other way around, do i have my passport?

Or in the case of the McCallister family from Chicago Illinois, their youngest son Kevin.

 

[peternorth]

Or in the case of the McCallister family from Chicago Illinois, their youngest son Kevin.

or in the recent case, a shotgun

 

[Shell]

Does anyone else when boarding a plane worry that they have packed something they should not have by accident, such as an aerosol, either in their check in baggage or carry-on?

The flight attendants had to tell me to stop spraying my deodorant it was setting off the smoke detectors

Oops

 

[Shell]

or in the recent case, a shotgun

 

[emuboy]

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Sometimes you can't believe certain things with planes and air travel can actually take place, especially post September 11. Like the passenger boarding with the loaded shot gun recently. Or a case from the 2000s where in a situation that sounds like something from a Home Alone query, a boy from London after having a fight with his older brother and sister went to the airport and somehow despite having no ticket, boarding pass nor passport somehow managing to get on board a flight to America. IIRC there was a similar case in Australia more recently, this boy cutting school and somehow flying to another state capital.

But strangest of all is MH370, of which the 11th anniversary is approaching. Just how does an aviation incident so serious happen post 9/11 with advanced technology, a plane vanishing with no trace, no mayday or other communications, nothing picked up on satellite or radar, no witnesses, no wreckage that could be 100 percent identified and still as unexplained more than a decade on as the day it simply vanished into thin air?

 

[Xtreme]

Probably mentioned this in this or the old thread but as I discussed it on another forum I'm going to mention it again here.

When I'm finished with the laptop that I use I don't leave it out in the open. I pack it away, not in a laptop bag (which I used to do with my older ones from the 2010s)..... but in the original cardboard packaging it came in.

I do it to keep the area I use it in neater then it would be if I left it out (also prevents it from being a dust magnet).

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I've done similar with other electronics over the years. I used to unpack my game consoles then pack them back up in the original packaging when I was done. Looking back it seems OCD but the method in my madness was that I had space for only 1 item at a time, so it made sense to pack it away and not leave a cluttered mess around.

I don't do it so much today because my entertainment unit is big enough to house multiple consoles, plus a media player etc.

 

[Chief]

Does anyone else when boarding a plane worry that they have packed something they should not have by accident, such as an aerosol, either in their check in baggage or carry-on?

Loaded shotgun?

 

[Cruyff14]

Probably mentioned this in this or the old thread but as I discussed it on another forum I'm going to mention it again here.

When I'm finished with the laptop that I use I don't leave it out in the open. I pack it away, not in a laptop bag (which I used to do with my older ones from the 2010s)..... but in the original cardboard packaging it came in.

I do it to keep the area I use it in neater then it would be if I left it out (also prevents it from being a dust magnet).

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I've done similar with other electronics over the years. I used to unpack my game consoles then pack them back up in the original packaging when I was done. Looking back it seems OCD but the method in my madness was that I had space for only 1 item at a time, so it made sense to pack it away and not leave a cluttered mess around.

I don't do it so much today because my entertainment unit is big enough to house multiple consoles, plus a media player etc.

Verified psychopath.

 

[Xtreme]

Verified psychopath.

Nothing wrong with preventing a messy house

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Does anyone else when boarding a plane worry that they have packed something they should not have by accident, such as an aerosol, either in their check in baggage or carry-on?

Or a shotgun?

 

[Gough]

I remember talking with some friends a couple of weeks after September 11 and we all had tales of airport security being pretty lax at times, you had to admit they spotted that weakness well. Arguably it was over-corrected for a long time afterwards.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Sometimes you can't believe certain things with planes and air travel can actually take place, especially post September 11. Like the passenger boarding with the loaded shot gun recently. Or a case from the 2000s where in a situation that sounds like something from a Home Alone query, a boy from London after having a fight with his older brother and sister went to the airport and somehow despite having no ticket, boarding pass nor passport somehow managing to get on board a flight to America. IIRC there was a similar case in Australia more recently, this boy cutting school and somehow flying to another state capital.

But strangest of all is MH370, of which the 11th anniversary is approaching. Just how does an aviation incident so serious happen post 9/11 with advanced technology, a plane vanishing with no trace, no mayday or other communications, nothing picked up on satellite or radar, no witnesses, no wreckage that could be 100 percent identified and still as unexplained more than a decade on as the day it simply vanished into thin air?

It was fairly soon after 9/11, but the one I immediately think of is Richard Reid's shoes.

 

[Plugger35]

I remember talking with some friends a couple of weeks after September 11 and we all had tales of airport security being pretty lax at times, you had to admit they spotted that weakness well. Arguably it was over-corrected for a long time afterwards.

They had curbside check ins at US airports when I was there in 1999 to make it faster and easier to check in with minimal security

Along with allowing passengers to have easy access to the cockpits it was a terrorist attack waiting to happen.

.

 

[peternorth]

How about a shotgun?

 

[JHF1870]

I'm reading a book that is so intense that I googled a spoiler so I could calm tf down

I just did a speed run of Continuum of which I've watched before. I watched the first two and last two episodes of every series

 

[JHF1870]

When I owe people money, I pay them back.

I'd be willing to say that 90+ % of people I've ever lent money to, or people who have owed me money haven't paid me back, OR I had to remind them of fact.

The pertinent fact is that I learn quickly whether I can depend on that person, or trust them.

 

[Shell]

When I owe people money, I pay them back.

Same. And quickly too like within a day or so

 

[Simon_Says]

I use reflections in windows when reversing in parks

Jess's especially in parallel Parking.
See how far my Tow Ball is to the car behind me.

 

[peternorth]

Pay debts quickly I say. Feels good