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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Dr Rick Daris on January 26, 2012, 11:26:24 AM
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so i'm about ready to come into a lot of american airlines miles. i live in mhk and want to go somewhere interesting, but don't want to take more than one connecting flight. that means that there has to be a direct to the place that i would go to from either chicago or dallas and it has to be on american. i did a little digging and boom, tokyo. i mean wtf though? why would i go there? i mean i guess the answer is "why not?". there is a direct out of dallas and there are a bunch of hyatts and i could easily transfer my UR reward points to hyatt points and have a free place to stay. could even stay at the hotel that was used for lost in translation. seems like it could be a pretty interesting week of wandering around and not knowing wtf in the world is going on or being said or even what i was eating or how to eat it. thoughts?
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Only if you want to die of radiation poisoning.
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yes, do a really good trip report with tons of pics. the hyatt at ohaire is very nice. ftb
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Only if you want to die of radiation poisoning.
will this really happen? odds?
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Any other options?
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i mean just look at that place :runaway:
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i mean just look at that place :runaway:
yeah. i think i would probably just get a map and put an "x" on where my hotel was and then put it in my pocket and then just get up every morning and start walking. i mean wtf i can't even imagine what i would see. then when i was ready to sleep i just hail a taxi and show him the map.
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Man, I bet that Chicago to Tokyo leg is a doozie.
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I didn't read any posts in this thread, but the answer is yes. Yes, you should definitely go to Tokyo.
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I don't smoke, but that looks like a place where you'd want to get really stoned and just see what happens. I mean the flying dragons, weird language, crazy crap going on? I mean it sounds like a good time for people who like to smoke. :lol:
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***tokyo true story alert***
i have a friend that used to intern at AA. he and the other interns would check weekend flights to see which ones had a ton of availibility and then pick one and go (they could fly for free or for like 35 bucks or something). anyway, once they picked tokyo. they got drunk for free in first class on the way down. spent six hours drinking in tokyo and then hopped a plane back and went into work on monday. i mean wow. also, if i go i would plan on spending more time there than he did.
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oh man, would love to go there.
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Hmmmm, I might go with you. Good friend of mine teaches English there. Would be nice to have a bi-lingual personal tour guide.
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pokemons
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Why would you not go?
I have a friend who went for the weekend, ate blowfish, and came home. Said the blowfish wasn't worth the price.
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it's the largest city in the world. next largest city has 12 million LESS people :sdeek:
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My high school (very small hayseed town) had a Japanese exchange student named satoshi (sp? no idea). cool kid. liked hip hop that hadn't made it to hayseedville, ks. anyway, moral of the story is that he played on our basketball team and could bomb it from 3pointville, USA population 1 tokyo kid named satoshi.
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pokemons
yep, gotta catch em all
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it's the largest city in the world. next largest city has 12 million LESS people :sdeek:
Mexico City? Ya, i'm pretty sure everyone here would die there if visited.
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so i'm about ready to come into a lot of american airlines miles. i live in mhk and want to go somewhere interesting, but don't want to take more than one connecting flight. that means that there has to be a direct to the place that i would go to from either chicago or dallas and it has to be on american. i did a little digging and boom, tokyo. i mean wtf though? why would i go there? i mean i guess the answer is "why not?". there is a direct out of dallas and there are a bunch of hyatts and i could easily transfer my UR reward points to hyatt points and have a free place to stay. could even stay at the hotel that was used for lost in translation. seems like it could be a pretty interesting week of wandering around and not knowing wtf in the world is going on or being said or even what i was eating or how to eat it. thoughts?
I think going to Tokyo would be a much more interesting experience than going to London or Paris.
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BTW guys my minor was in geography. For the future fire away any questions to fanning if need be when traveling. Tokyo scares the crap out of me, but I'm sure it would be a real treat for Daris
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Why would you not go?
because there are other places to go. i mean, when i think about vacations i usually think about beaches. carribean, mexico, etc.
when i get crazy vacation thinking, i think about europe or maybe costa rica or something but i've never ever even thought about tokyo or something similar. never really looked into how few points it takes and how easy it is to get there. then i did the other day and was kind of shocked. i mean the shear absudity of it sounds pretty great but for what it would take points wise i could go to st maarten twice.
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naruto
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Go there. Do a whiskey commercial. Meet a girl (are you married? Doesn't matter). Realize she pretty much hates her life and husband. Do karaoke with her and her friends. Nail some older broad. Whisper something in original girl's ear. Go home.
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Go there. Do a whiskey commercial. Meet a girl (are you married? Doesn't matter). Realize she pretty much hates her life and husband. Do karaoke with her and her friends. Nail some older broad. Whisper something in original girl's ear. Go home.
one of my favs
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but for what it would take points wise i could go to st maarten twice
if you think like this you will never go anywhere outside of your carribean/mexican comfort zone
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Would you even attempt to see any other part of Japan (e.g. country side or whatever) or just cruise around Tokyo? Couldn't really go wrong either way.
Other things that I have always wanted to see/do in Japan:
Sleep in one of those cubby hole hotel things after a hard sake night
Sing Karaoke at place where they take it super serious (might combine with the above)
Eat from one of those strange vending machine-only restaurants
Maybe get a tattoo (I don't have one, but if you are going to get one, Japan seems good)
Watch/gamble on sumo
check out those bath houses
Japanese rock band concert or bar to watch real live Japanese rock bands playing
Go to a video arcade and play all the cool stuff that won't be released in the States for another year
Something to do with a Japanese game show. Can you go to watch these things live?
Take one of the super fast trains
Go to a baseball game
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oh man, that tom selleck baseball movie. amazing.
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also, just a fwiw, satoshi spoke crap for english and he was one of the ones that came over to the USA to go to school so I wouldn't plan on anyone over there knowing crap for english either. I mean, it was mainly hand gestures and confused looks until we figured each other out.
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Go to Rio. Not Tokyo.
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Would you even attempt to see any other part of Japan (e.g. country side or whatever) or just cruise around Tokyo? Couldn't really go wrong either way.
Other things that I have always wanted to see/do in Japan:
Sleep in one of those cubby hole hotel things after a hard sake night
Sing Karaoke at place where they take it super serious (might combine with the above)
Eat from one of those strange vending machine-only restaurants
Maybe get a tattoo (I don't have one, but if you are going to get one, Japan seems good)
Watch/gamble on sumo
check out those bath houses
Japanese rock band concert or bar to watch real live Japanese rock bands playing
Go to a video arcade and play all the cool stuff that won't be released in the States for another year
Something to do with a Japanese game show. Can you go to watch these things live?
Take one of the super fast trains
Go to a baseball game
wow what a fantastic list
also, just a fwiw, satoshi spoke crap for english and he was one of the ones that came over to the USA to go to school so I wouldn't plan on anyone over there knowing crap for english either. I mean, it was mainly hand gestures and confused looks until we figured each other out.
I know someone who minored in Japanese and spent a summer or semester there or something. She'd be on the train and people would be speaking Japanese saying stuff like "LOL @ that stupid American freak" and she'd be like "I speak Japanese, you guys", and they'd be like, "LOL, the stupid American freak speaks Japanese". Sounded like a great time.
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+1 on Pete's list
+1 on those japanese people heckling her sounding awesome
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A friend of mine (AND A POSTER ON THIS VERY MESSAGE BOARD) used to date a girl who went to Japan to teach. She seemed to like it.
I think that's a very good sign that you should go for it, Daris. A very good sign indeed.
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but for what it would take points wise i could go to st maarten twice
if you think like this you will never go anywhere outside of your carribean/mexican comfort zone
what can i say? i like what i like. :dunno:
also, there are a billion islands that i've never been to. i mean have you seen pictures of stingray city in cayman? i mean how could you not want to do that. in the end though, you're probably right. starting to feel like there is no turning back.
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but for what it would take points wise i could go to st maarten twice
if you think like this you will never go anywhere outside of your carribean/mexican comfort zone
what can i say? i like what i like. :dunno:
also, there are a billion islands that i've never been to. i mean have you seen pictures of stingray city in cayman? i mean how could you not want to do that. in the end though, you're probably right. starting to feel like there is no turning back.
Dlew has been to Stingray City. Twice.
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oh man, that tom selleck baseball movie. amazing.
on the flip side though is the bad news bears go to japan. just awful. even tanner boyle knew enough to opt out of that suckfest.
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but for what it would take points wise i could go to st maarten twice
if you think like this you will never go anywhere outside of your carribean/mexican comfort zone
what can i say? i like what i like. :dunno:
also, there are a billion islands that i've never been to. i mean have you seen pictures of stingray city in cayman? i mean how could you not want to do that. in the end though, you're probably right. starting to feel like there is no turning back.
oh, I understand 100%. I'm the exact same way. I've just started to tell myself that same thing though.
ok, another satoshi story/bit of info about japan: we told him to have his parents send him a bunch of sake in a care package because we were in highschool and booze crazy. his parents always sent him the motherload of awesome care packages and I think they were stupid rich or something. anyway, he gets this enormous box in the mail and it is completely full of juice boxes. wait, what on earth, these are SAKE BOXES! even had little straws like a hi-c. so, my highschool class gets bombed on juice box sake for about a week.
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but for what it would take points wise i could go to st maarten twice
if you think like this you will never go anywhere outside of your carribean/mexican comfort zone
what can i say? i like what i like. :dunno:
also, there are a billion islands that i've never been to. i mean have you seen pictures of stingray city in cayman? i mean how could you not want to do that. in the end though, you're probably right. starting to feel like there is no turning back.
oh, I understand 100%. I'm the exact same way. I've just started to tell myself that same thing though.
ok, another satoshi story/bit of info about japan: we told him to have his parents send him a bunch of sake in a care package because we were in highschool and booze crazy. his parents always sent him the motherload of awesome care packages and I think they were stupid rich or something. anyway, he gets this enormous box in the mail and it is completely full of juice boxes. wait, what on earth, these are SAKE BOXES! even had little straws like a hi-c. so, my highschool class gets bombed on juice box sake for about a week.
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oh my god :lol:
more satoshi stories!
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Would you even attempt to see any other part of Japan (e.g. country side or whatever) or just cruise around Tokyo? Couldn't really go wrong either way.
Other things that I have always wanted to see/do in Japan:
Sleep in one of those cubby hole hotel things after a hard sake night
Sing Karaoke at place where they take it super serious (might combine with the above)
Eat from one of those strange vending machine-only restaurants
Maybe get a tattoo (I don't have one, but if you are going to get one, Japan seems good)
Watch/gamble on sumo
check out those bath houses
Japanese rock band concert or bar to watch real live Japanese rock bands playing
Go to a video arcade and play all the cool stuff that won't be released in the States for another year
Something to do with a Japanese game show. Can you go to watch these things live?
Take one of the super fast trains
Go to a baseball game
while i was conducting rigourous (sp?) japan research this morning, i read that a lot of those cubby hole hotel things won't rent out to foreigners because of how complex the rules are to stay there. there is like some list of super complex rules or something. also, most don't allow women. all of the rest seems doable though and is a pretty perfect list.
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Daris did you ever see "The Beach" with Leonardo Dicaprio? Go to Thailand and go get isolated on one of those elite islands with some hott fillys. I mean it looked great in the movie besides the people who died and stuff.
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Daris did you ever see "The Beach" with Leonardo Dicaprio? Go to Thailand and go get isolated on one of those elite islands with some hott fillys. I mean it looked great in the movie besides the people who died and stuff.
thailand would be too time consuming to get to. no directs out of dfw. need to get somewhere as quick as possible. travel it up for maybe five days or so and then hurry home. isn't leo great though?
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Daris did you ever see "The Beach" with Leonardo Dicaprio? Go to Thailand and go get isolated on one of those elite islands with some hott fillys. I mean it looked great in the movie besides the people who died and stuff.
thailand would be too time consuming to get to. no directs out of dfw. need to get somewhere as quick as possible. travel it up for maybe five days or so and then hurry home. isn't leo great though?
Amazing :love:
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it's the largest city in the world. next largest city has 12 million LESS FEWER people :sdeek:
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it's the largest city in the world. next largest city has 12 million LESS people :sdeek:
Mexico City? Ya, i'm pretty sure everyone here would die there if visited.
Seoul
it's the largest city in the world. next largest city has 12 million LESS FEWER people :sdeek:
Thanks hemmy
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If you time it right, you could catch a Cherry Cokes show.
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Definitely go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmSgjPLJPs
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Definitely go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmSgjPLJPs
OMG :lol: #2 is great
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the monkey in the gumby shirt :lol:
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Another Japanese exchange story: when I was little my family hosted this Japanese family with 3 boys for a month during the summer so they could learn English better, they brought a ton of wooden chopsticks with them and could make awesome rubber band guns out of them. Needless to say our basement turned into a reenactment of WW II pretty darn quick, I'll let you figure out who won.
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BTW guys my minor was in geography.
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i read that now is a good time to go. tourism is down, so restaurant and hotel accessibility is up.
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i read that now is a good time to go. tourism is down, so restaurant and hotel accessibility is up.
why is tourism down? :ohno:
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i read that now is a good time to go. tourism is down, so restaurant and hotel accessibility is up.
why is tourism down? :ohno:
Probably the whole nuclear meltdown thingy. Just throwing darts though. :dunno:
I would go to Italy, but that's just me. Depends on what you want. Tokyo would for sure be a crap show that you'd never forget. Italy would be more my style and less crowded, but I prefer old world and countryside to neon lights and crowded streets. Whatever floats your boat dude. The world is your oyster. :thumbs:
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i read that now is a good time to go. tourism is down, so restaurant and hotel accessibility is up.
why is tourism down? :ohno:
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i read that now is a good time to go. tourism is down, so restaurant and hotel accessibility is up.
why is tourism down? :ohno:
Probably the whole nuclear meltdown thingy. Just throwing darts though. :dunno:
I would go to Italy, but that's just me. Depends on what you want. Tokyo would for sure be a crap show that you'd never forget. Italy would be more my style and less crowded, but I prefer old world and countryside to neon lights and crowded streets. Whatever floats your boat dude. The world is your oyster. :thumbs:
this is again where i state that there are no directs from ord or dfw to anywhere in italy. also i hate italians, but that's a different story for another day.
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I think the only directs from ORD/DFW to europe are to OHR/CDG
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i read that now is a good time to go. tourism is down, so restaurant and hotel accessibility is up.
why is tourism down? :ohno:
Probably the whole nuclear meltdown thingy. Just throwing darts though. :dunno:
I would go to Italy, but that's just me. Depends on what you want. Tokyo would for sure be a crap show that you'd never forget. Italy would be more my style and less crowded, but I prefer old world and countryside to neon lights and crowded streets. Whatever floats your boat dude. The world is your oyster. :thumbs:
this is again where i state that there are no directs from ord or dfw to anywhere in italy. also i hate italians, but that's a different story for another day.
Would you consider starting another thread about your hatred of Italians?
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I'm kind of :ohno: for you, RD. I'd just hate to see you burn all those points on an impromptu trip where you got home and just kind of went "...meh". That's a long rough ridin' flight and a lot of points to use. Then again, I'm a planner and I HATE having buyer's remorse. I would spend 3 solid months just planning a trip to Tokyo to make sure I got the most out of it.
Everybody's different...follow your heart. :cheers:
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If you go wouldn't you almost have to look up Satoshi and chill with him?
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If you go wouldn't you almost have to look up Satoshi and chill with him?
OMG what a great idea.
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that is probably a possibility. IIRC he had to go back to Japan after he was no longer a full time student. I can probably look him up via the super weird family he stayed with in my home town.
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This thread is really making me think hard about going to Japan.
Additional things on the list:
Eat at a McDonalds and talk about exactly what is different.
Go to a grocery store and walk around and look at/take pictures of Japanese groceries.
Go to a clothing store and buy an entire set of japanese casual wear, head to toe, put it on and just leave my american clothes there and go walk around the rest of the day.
Walk into office buildings and try to go into places of business and watch people do office work in japanese.
Go to an italian restaurant and see if their italian is super different than our italian.
Hit golf balls at one of those 20 story driving ranges. We have those here, but the Japs (can you say Japs?) invented them.
Rake in one of those rock gardens with the gravel, and just smooth it all out so there are no lines in it.
Maybe pick a day and wear a cowboy hat and boots the entire day, and pretend to be an American cowboy in Japan. Really play it up.
Have realator show me apartments for sale in Tokyo. Tell them I have about $1M to spend and see what that would get me.
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I'm only travelling with Pete from here on out. mrs. dave is so boring. :horrorsurprise:
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I'm only travelling with Pete from here on out. mrs. dave is so boring. :horrorsurprise:
An owners meeting in Japan?
Either way, my ideas are actually all pretty cheap to do. Its the everyday Japanese crap that would fascinate me.
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Do they have rickshaws?
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Do they have rickshaws?
Seems like they should. I would definitely do this.
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it's really cheap to fly to tokyo, ~$600 each way
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I'm only travelling with Pete from here on out. mrs. dave is so boring. :horrorsurprise:
An owners meeting in Japan?
Either way, my ideas are actually all pretty cheap to do. Its the everyday Japanese crap that would fascinate me.
me too on the every day stuff. that's why it'd be fun to go. like i'd just go to the grocery store and just start opening different packages and eating them just to try them. and omg on the wearing cowboy boots and cowboy hat and super getting character. keep 'em coming.
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it's really cheap to fly to tokyo, ~$600 each way
no need to pay though. just cancel that north dakota trip of yours and you're in w/ points.
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it's really cheap to fly to tokyo, ~$600 each way
no need to pay though. just cancel that north dakota trip of yours and you're in w/ points.
Depending on the bonus miles you are getting (I'm platinum on Delta), just paying retail for the flight might be nearly worth it...keep a status level up, get loads of miles, etc.
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it's really cheap to fly to tokyo, ~$600 each way
no need to pay though. just cancel that north dakota trip of yours and you're in w/ points.
Depending on the bonus miles you are getting (I'm platinum on Delta), just paying retail for the flight might be nearly worth it...keep a status level up, get loads of miles, etc.
man oh man, Pete the mileage runner :D
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I'm only travelling with Pete from here on out. :horrorsurprise:
It's crazy how amazing it sounds
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it's really cheap to fly to tokyo, ~$600 each way
from where?
Can't get under $870 out of SFO. :frown:
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it's really cheap to fly to tokyo, ~$600 each way
from where?
Can't get under $870 out of SFO. :frown:
about $940 on average each way out of OMA :frown:
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it's really cheap to fly to tokyo, ~$600 each way
no need to pay though. just cancel that north dakota trip of yours and you're in w/ points.
ya that make sense, maybe instead i should just use my points to fly to chicago. gj rick, tia for the advice, travelpro
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i mean just look at that place :runaway:
lmao. That's paris, not tokyo...the eiffel tower thing is right there. Mods, Get this hayseed over to goEPHAWG.net
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i mean just look at that place :runaway:
lmao. That's paris, not tokyo...the eiffel tower thing is right there. Mods, Get this hayseed over to goEPHAWG.net
:bait: i hope
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oh wait, that was RT for me, not one way. :lol:
See you all in Tokyo soon, bros.
:gocho:
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oh wait, that was RT for me, not one way. :lol:
See you all in Tokyo soon, bros.
:gocho:
:surprised:
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rick, you should stay here, looks pretty swank
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2012/01/26/chasing-the-a380-park-hyatt-tokyo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boardingarea%2Fonemileatatime+%28One+Mile+at+a+Time%29
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rick, you should stay here, looks pretty swank
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2012/01/26/chasing-the-a380-park-hyatt-tokyo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boardingarea%2Fonemileatatime+%28One+Mile+at+a+Time%29
yeah. they pick you up from the airport in a private limo. i mean, if i went i guess i'd pretty much have to stay there huh?
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1066457-d307368-Reviews-Park_Hyatt_Tokyo-Shinjuku_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html
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just realized that it's about a 13 hour flight from dfw. you can get coach roundtrips in april for 50k which is just insane but it's coach. fyi this would be no problem for me as i could probably sit in the same place for a whole day, but i probably wouldn't go solo. 13 in coach is probably too much for most humans right? first class on way there and coach on way back? that'd make sense but i've read books on memories and stuff and people place way too much importance on the end something, so maybe we should do coach on the way and then first class on the way back so that when we look back on the trip in five years we have more fond memories of it? this is getting confusing guys. idk. call it off?
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I'm pretty sure that flight in coach won't kill you. Seems like you're pussing out and trying to rationalize it or something.
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I knew he wouldn't really do it.
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but on the way home you are coming back to the everyday anyway. may as well do it. on the way there it is party time and you will take advantage of the free booze and junk more readily. I say 1st there coach back. :twocents:
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just realized that it's about a 13 hour flight from dfw. you can get coach roundtrips in april for 50k which is just insane but it's coach. fyi this would be no problem for me as i could probably sit in the same place for a whole day, but i probably wouldn't go solo. 13 in coach is probably too much for most humans right? first class on way there and coach on way back? that'd make sense but i've read books on memories and stuff and people place way too much importance on the end something, so maybe we should do coach on the way and then first class on the way back so that when we look back on the trip in five years we have more fond memories of it? this is getting confusing guys. idk. call it off?
go to st. barts
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man on man
you should go someday though
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but on the way home you are coming back to the everyday anyway. may as well do it. on the way there it is party time and you will take advantage of the free booze and junk more readily. I say 1st there coach back. :twocents:
see...that's what you think but if you read the award winning book "stumbling on happiness" by daniel gilbert then you would realize that human's best gift is the ability to imagine the future but they are actually very poor at it and tend to make mistakes which leave their "future selves" unhappy with their previous versions. current sd likes the idea of coach then first but five years from now sd will not. confusing, no?
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man on man
you should go someday though
you want to go? bet i could make it happen. daris and chings living the life at the park hyatt tokyo.
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but on the way home you are coming back to the everyday anyway. may as well do it. on the way there it is party time and you will take advantage of the free booze and junk more readily. I say 1st there coach back. :twocents:
see...that's what you think but if you read the award winning book "stumbling on happiness" by daniel gilbert then you would realize that human's best gift is the ability to imagine the future but they are actually very poor at it and tend to make mistakes which leave their "future selfs" unhappy with their previous versions. current sd likes the idea of coach then first but five years from now sd will not. confusing, no?
yeah, that guys a dumbass
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go to bora bora
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but on the way home you are coming back to the everyday anyway. may as well do it. on the way there it is party time and you will take advantage of the free booze and junk more readily. I say 1st there coach back. :twocents:
see...that's what you think but if you read the award winning book "stumbling on happiness" by daniel gilbert then you would realize that human's best gift is the ability to imagine the future but they are actually very poor at it and tend to make mistakes which leave their "future selfs" unhappy with their previous versions. current sd likes the idea of coach then first but five years from now sd will not. confusing, no?
yeah, that guys a dumbass
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~dtg/gilbert.htm
e d u c a t i o n
University of Colorado at Denver, B.A., Psychology, 1981
Princeton University, Ph.D., Social Psychology, 1985
a c a d e m i c h i s t o r y
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1985 - 1990
Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1990 - 1995
Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1995 - 1996
Professor, Harvard University, 1996 - present
Ford Visiting Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago School of Business, 2003
Harvard College Professor, Harvard University, 2005 - 2010
h o n o r s
B.A. from University of Colorado at Denver, summa cum laude, 1981
Outstanding Graduate Award, University of Colorado at Denver, 1981
Nell G. Fahrion Award for Excellence in Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver, 1981
Princeton University Merit Prize, 1981, 1982, 1983
Phi Beta Kappa, 1981
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, 1981-84
Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University, 1984-85
Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1987-88
President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1990-91
National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award, 1991-96
American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, 1992
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1991-92
Elected Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1996
Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association, 1997
Elected Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1993
James McKeen Cattell Award, 1999
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1999
American Philosophical Society Fellowship, 1999
Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize, Harvard University, 1999
13th Most Frequently Mentioned Contributor to Social Psychology, 2002 (note 1)
Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, 2003
Author of 2 of the "Top 20 Most Cited Articles in JPSP from 1965-2000" (note 2)
"Miswanting" named by Macmillan Dictionary as the 8th most popular new word of 2004
Harvard University's "Favorite Professors" chosen by the Classes of 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Harvard College Professorship, 2005-2010
The Royal Society General Book Prize for Stumbling on Happiness, 2007
Diener Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Psychology, Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, 2008
Elected Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2008
Elected Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists, 2009
Massachusetts Psychological Association, Presidential Citation, 2010
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also, i wasn't being coy in the post about not caring about the flight. honest to god i could ride in the trunk of a car for 13 hours and not care. i just don't. thinking about wife though and it maybe has not been brung up to her yet. you think she'd let me got to tokyo with chings and pete if i let her go to paris with her mom or something?
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the most important decider is going to be what direction you are going. going east you are overnight and will either need a lie flat to sleep or can sleep fine sitting up and the luxury would be wasted. Going west you will be daylight the entire way and will need more entertainment but land tired as hell. laying flat may help you sleep during your natural hours and arrive more rested.
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go to Hong Kong, it is much better than Tokyo.
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Rick, you are going to have to take a lot of pics. Think about investing in some serious camera hardware.
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the most important decider is going to be what direction you are going. going east you are overnight and will either need a lie flat to sleep or can sleep fine sitting up and the luxury would be wasted. Going west you will be daylight the entire way and will need more entertainment but land tired as hell. laying flat may help you sleep during your natural hours and arrive more rested.
what if i just get one of those mask things to cover my eyes and trick my brain into thinking it's dark? also, will i be able to bbs on this plane? books on tape? top 6 leonardo dicaprio movies? really at a loss with what to do for 13 hours? see if there is an ANA flight out of dfw and try to bone one of the stewardesses? starting to wonder if this can really be done.
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you're a rough ridin' pussy. get a can of orange spray paint and a case of busch light. after the wife leaves for work in the morning spray paint "i'm a giant pussy" on your garage door. then sit in your basement and drink your case of beer by yourself. after it's gone, sit on a 5 gallon bucket and stare at the concrete foundation wall until your wife gets home. let her punish you. then go to bed.
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you're a rough ridin' pussy. get a can of orange spray paint and a case of busch light. after the wife leaves for work in the morning spray paint "i'm a giant pussy" on your garage door. then sit in your basement and drink your case of beer by yourself. after it's gone, sit on a 5 gallon bucket and stare at the concrete foundation wall until your wife gets home. let her punish you. then go to bed.
:sdeek:
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you're a rough ridin' pussy. get a can of orange spray paint and a case of busch light. after the wife leaves for work in the morning spray paint "i'm a giant pussy" on your garage door. then sit in your basement and drink your case of beer by yourself. after it's gone, sit on a 5 gallon bucket and stare at the concrete foundation wall until your wife gets home. let her punish you. then go to bed.
i don't like orange. i do like busch light. my wife does not work. i am a pussy and i do have a garage. i do sometimes drink beer by myself. i do not have a 5 gallon bucket. i do have a basement that is half finished with visible concrete in the unfinished part. i do go to bed. 6 out of 9, really pretty amazing. :thumbs:
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you're a rough ridin' pussy. get a can of orange spray paint and a case of busch light. after the wife leaves for work in the morning spray paint "i'm a giant pussy" on your garage door. then sit in your basement and drink your case of beer by yourself. after it's gone, sit on a 5 gallon bucket and stare at the concrete foundation wall until your wife gets home. let her punish you. then go to bed.
i don't like orange. i do like busch light. my wife does not work. i am a pussy and i do have a garage. i do sometimes drink beer by myself. i do not have a 5 gallon bucket. i do have a basement that is half finished with visible concrete in the unfinished part. i do go to bed. 6 out of 9, really pretty amazing. :thumbs:
:thumbs:
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you're a rough ridin' pussy. get a can of orange spray paint and a case of busch light. after the wife leaves for work in the morning spray paint "i'm a giant pussy" on your garage door. then sit in your basement and drink your case of beer by yourself. after it's gone, sit on a 5 gallon bucket and stare at the concrete foundation wall until your wife gets home. let her punish you. then go to bed.
i don't like orange. i do like busch light. my wife does not work. i am a pussy and i do have a garage. i do sometimes drink beer by myself. i do not have a 5 gallon bucket. i do have a basement that is half finished with visible concrete in the unfinished part. i do go to bed. 6 out of 9, really pretty amazing. :thumbs:
sounds like it might be a fun way to burn a sick day or something, i dunno. especially if your job is less fun than pounding a case of busch light. it's no tokyo, but i don't think aa serves busch light
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you're a rough ridin' pussy. get a can of orange spray paint and a case of busch light. after the wife leaves for work in the morning spray paint "i'm a giant pussy" on your garage door. then sit in your basement and drink your case of beer by yourself. after it's gone, sit on a 5 gallon bucket and stare at the concrete foundation wall until your wife gets home. let her punish you. then go to bed.
I enjoyed this.
Also, this thread is really making me hate my children. eff you guys. :frown:
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rdaris, i don't think you should go to tokyo.
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rdaris, i don't think you should go to tokyo.
oh crap why not
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rdaris, i don't think you should go to tokyo.
oh crap why not
i don't like asians or japanese. aren't you part japanese or something?
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rdaris, i don't think you should go to tokyo.
oh crap why not
i don't like asians or japanese. aren't you part japanese or something?
possibly. it's a family question mark that i'd personally like to leave left that way because it's either that or part italian and i'd probably have to punch myself in the face if i knew for a fact that i was part italian.
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i'd love to be part italian. oh well.
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go to Mumbai (India)
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video games
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go to Bali (Indonesia)
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go to Seychelles, and then report back how you liked it.
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i'd love to be part italian. oh well.
well i guess we can no longer be friends. italians are a line in the sand for me. and the sand is an italians face and the line is my fist. and i am vigorously drawing the line over and over again and doing it in a very hey i'm in your face and i don't like you kind of way.
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go to Seychelles, and then report back how you liked it.
this and your other requests are not directs out of dfw or ord. i only want directs.
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go to Tangier
edit: misspelled Tangier
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well i guess we can no longer be friends. italians are a line in the sand for me. and the sand is an italians face and the line is my fist. and i am vigorously drawing the line over and over again and doing it in a very hey i'm in your face and i don't like you kind of way.
why not go to italy and see if you can trace your family history? if you can't then you'll know that you're probably japanese.
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It's like the weird guy at work told me: Italian food and German cars, not the other way around.
I really need a weird guy at work thread.
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Think of the pokemon safari. You won't be sorry.
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well i guess we can no longer be friends. italians are a line in the sand for me. and the sand is an italians face and the line is my fist. and i am vigorously drawing the line over and over again and doing it in a very hey i'm in your face and i don't like you kind of way.
why not go to italy and see if you can trace your family history? if you can't then you'll know that you're probably japanese.
it was an asian rail road worker and then a birth certificate showed up when someone died and then the thought moved to a rogue italian. there was some mexican debate in the middle. i will jump up to hug the mexican or asian possibility but will never recognize the italian if it comes to be so. it'd be like the person that found out that he/she was birthed out of a rape or whatever. i'm here and i'm happy but i have nothing to do w/ "that". also i mean actual italians and not italian americans. they're cool. obv.
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It's like the weird guy at work told me: Italian food and German cars, not the other way around.
I really need a weird guy at work thread.
yep, there are no good car makers in italy
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it was an asian rail road worker and then a birth certificate showed up when someone died and then the thought moved to a rogue italian. there was some mexican debate in the middle. i will jump up to hug the mexican or asian possibility but will never recognize the italian if it comes to be so. it'd be like the person that found out that he/she was birthed out of a rape or whatever. i'm here and i'm happy but i have nothing to do w/ "that". also i mean actual italians and not italian americans. they're cool. obv.
that doesn't make any sense at all, if i'm following your story. this italian rogue that raped your family would have been an italian-american, unless it happened in mexico or asia. irregardless, you admit that he was a rogue, so you shouldn't blame normal italians.
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it was an asian rail road worker and then a birth certificate showed up when someone died and then the thought moved to a rogue italian. there was some mexican debate in the middle. i will jump up to hug the mexican or asian possibility but will never recognize the italian if it comes to be so. it'd be like the person that found out that he/she was birthed out of a rape or whatever. i'm here and i'm happy but i have nothing to do w/ "that". also i mean actual italians and not italian americans. they're cool. obv.
that doesn't make any sense at all, if i'm following your story. this italian rogue that raped your family would have been an italian-american, unless it happened in mexico or asia. irregardless, you admit that he was a rogue, so you shouldn't blame normal italians.
i don't blame the possible rogue raping italian for anything. he's all fine in my book. bygones, etc. i just don't like italians that live in italy. they are an ugly, mean spirited group of people. the ones that i have been around i am pretty sure that i could have taken, but i'm just way to nice of a person to do that. they are cheap, generic, unfunny people that in general have no redeeming qualities. i am sorry for having to spell it out like this but it is a fact. i don't mean to hurt the feelings of anybody here.
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well, you have hurt my feelings. i like italians (not italian-americans,obv).
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well, you have hurt my feelings. i like italians (not italian-americans,obv).
well i guess it just "is what it is" and this is something that we "just can't get past". i respect your opinions and you are one of my favorite people here... but we are no longer "friends". good luck to you and all of your future endeavors. i mean that.
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I dig Italian-American ladies, just not the ones who act too Italian. Also, most of my negative opinions of the stereotypical IA's comes from trashy reality tv. (Those mob wives terrify me.)
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well i guess it just "is what it is" and this is something that we "just can't get past". i respect your opinions and you are one of my favorite people here... but we are no longer "friends". good luck to you and all of your future endeavors. i mean that.
you should go to montevideo or slovakia. if you go to slovakia, take in a clemente game.
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well i guess it just "is what it is" and this is something that we "just can't get past". i respect your opinions and you are one of my favorite people here... but we are no longer "friends". good luck to you and all of your future endeavors. i mean that.
you should go to montevideo or slovakia. if you go to slovakia, take in a clemente game.
that would be great. no directs though.
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that would be great. no directs though.
no directs from dfw to buenos aires? what a joke.
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You should go to China then sneak into North Korea via Shenyang :surprised:
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Tel Aviv
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that would be great. no directs though.
no directs from dfw to buenos aires? what a joke.
has to be on AA
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go to sleep in paris, wake up in tokyo.
/thread
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i'd love to be part italian. oh well.
sounds horrible. If I were I'd deny it.
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that would be great. no directs though.
no directs from dfw to buenos aires? what a joke.
has to be on AA
there are. sorry if i said there weren't. so tokyo or buenos aires? :dunno:
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that would be great. no directs though.
no directs from dfw to buenos aires? what a joke.
has to be on AA
there are. sorry if i said there weren't. so tokyo or buenos aires? :dunno:
Oh Buenos Aires FOR SURE!
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I still say Tokyo :comeatme:
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I vote Tokyo
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Tokyo
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They don't want you to be happy, RD. All they want is pictures of weird crap.
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If it's Tokyo or no Rick go then Tokyo. If it's Buenos Aires or Tokyo then B A
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Delta...
Los Angeles International, CA (LAX) to: Tokyo, Japan, JP (HND) $442
Round trip for under a $1K.
Use the SW miles to get to LAX, then boom.
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absolutely rick. have fun!
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The toilets are one more reason you should go.
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If someone wants to start a "a should rick daris go to buenos aires" thread then go on ahead, but I think we should focus on rick going to tokyo here.
rick, you should go to tokyo. some of the stuff Pete mentioned would not be near as awesome in buenos aires.
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If someone wants to start a "a should rick daris go to buenos aires" thread then go on ahead, but I think we should focus on rick going to tokyo here.
rick, you should go to tokyo. some of the stuff Pete mentioned would not be near as awesome in buenos aires.
i don't think he should go to buenos aires, i think he should fly direct to buenos aires and then catch the ferry to montevideo or maybe colonia de sacramento.
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The toilets are one more reason you should go.
save yourself the headache rick head to branson check out shojis bathrooms
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so this picture is from right outside the shinjuku station in tokyo which is apparently a nine minute walk from the hyatt regency tokyo which is only a cat3 and really pretty super nice looking.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lhup.edu%2Frsandow%2Fimages%2FTokyoAdd%2FShinjuku.jpg&hash=8b418be71fc20ceeea5af021e55315fbb5be9c75)
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so this picture is from right outside the shinjuku station in tokyo which is apparently a nine minute walk from the hyatt regency tokyo which is only a cat3 and really pretty super nice looking.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lhup.edu%2Frsandow%2Fimages%2FTokyoAdd%2FShinjuku.jpg&hash=8b418be71fc20ceeea5af021e55315fbb5be9c75)
They don't have fat smelly people anywhere :sdeek:
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looks like i would smoke a crap load of cigarettes in tokyo
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so this picture is from right outside the shinjuku station in tokyo which is apparently a nine minute walk from the hyatt regency tokyo which is only a cat3 and really pretty super nice looking.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lhup.edu%2Frsandow%2Fimages%2FTokyoAdd%2FShinjuku.jpg&hash=8b418be71fc20ceeea5af021e55315fbb5be9c75)
Yell "fanning, get the eff out the road" at people.
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Hey everybody ... since SkinnyBenny outed me (and Steve Dave tried to cover for me; thanks, SD), I might as well say it. Catmatt's been to Tokyo, even learned a little bit of Japanese before going. It's an amazing a beautiful city if you like cities, but for a broader sense of Japanese culture, take a train to the country. Oh, and enjoy the pizza buffets at their version of Pizza Hut -- seaweed pizza, squid pizza, etc.
I have more advise. And pictures if you want them.
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The toilets are one more reason you should go.
save yourself the headache rick head to branson check out shojis bathrooms
Do they massage the anus?
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Daris, you should try to find a pair of Japanese finger cuffs.
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Daris, you should try to find a pair of Japanese finger cuffs.
:lol:
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example of a bard menu at a karaoke bar. just absurd.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhararie-japan-tokyo-tokyo.com%2Fjapanese_culture%2F2009%2F12%2F26%2FJapanese-Karaoke-bar%2527s-drink-menu-1.gif&hash=460bbf41eea65e2ef3c3ac6c63ece30f75253bab)
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http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2012/02/deal-of-day-finish.html (http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2012/02/deal-of-day-finish.html)
If you’re going to be in Tokyo for a mileage run or otherwise, you can stay in the Hilton Narita for 5,000 ¥ which is about 3,000 ¥ cheaper than normal. You may have to use the Japanese site (instead of English) as there was a glitch, but it should be fixed now.
you probably already went though :frown:
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absolutely rick. have fun!
Hey Daris, you're going to Tokyo now.
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
:surprised:
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
it takes a day to get there and a day to get back. i'd prob only be able to stay for four days or so though, so we'd be talking around six days total maybe?
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
it takes a day to get there and a day to get back. i'd prob only be able to stay for four days or so though, so we'd be talking around six days total maybe?
Done. I heard the powercat is big in Japan. We will be celebrities
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
it takes a day to get there and a day to get back. i'd prob only be able to stay for four days or so though, so we'd be talking around six days total maybe?
Done. I heard the powercat is big in Japan. We will be celebrities
alright. we just need one more. who's in?
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Wow, I thought that there was a better sense of adventure by the posters on this board. Disappointed.
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what are the dates?
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
am i being Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) about seeing this? is there no list of departure and destination cities to which this applies? and the only way to book is by calling?
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
it takes a day to get there and a day to get back. i'd prob only be able to stay for four days or so though, so we'd be talking around six days total maybe?
Done. I heard the powercat is big in Japan. We will be celebrities
alright. we just need one more. who's in?
Well, well, well, looky here. Rick Daris fires up the Tokyo trip again on the very same day that I report that I blew 2 grand on tree services. Hey, I can take a hint pal. :shakesfist:
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what are the dates?
Really doesn't matter for me, what dates work for you?
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
it takes a day to get there and a day to get back. i'd prob only be able to stay for four days or so though, so we'd be talking around six days total maybe?
Done. I heard the powercat is big in Japan. We will be celebrities
alright. we just need one more. who's in?
Also, I think I might be able to do this. Need to run the numbers (ask for permission).
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what are the dates?
Really doesn't matter for me, what dates work for you?
September/October-ish
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what are the dates?
Really doesn't matter for me, what dates work for you?
September/October-ish
That is much better for me, as well. Would be fun to pak and watch a cats game from a bar in Tokyo, assuming that Rick would let me go.
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what are the dates?
Really doesn't matter for me, what dates work for you?
September/October-ish
o, we're talking next month
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
it takes a day to get there and a day to get back. i'd prob only be able to stay for four days or so though, so we'd be talking around six days total maybe?
Done. I heard the powercat is big in Japan. We will be celebrities
alright. we just need one more. who's in?
Well, well, well, looky here. Rick Daris fires up the Tokyo trip again on the very same day that I report that I blew 2 grand on tree services. Hey, I can take a hint pal. :shakesfist:
i don't know what you're talking about. you're my co-pilot in this thing...
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=896.msg516058#msg516058
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If you can't take an afternoon to go to opening day I'd say a week in Japan is not happening.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
i'll go in may if i can find at least two people to go w/ me. anyone? anyone? i'll take care of the hotel.
May is dead at work here. How long are we talking? Fanning/Daris/ChiCat pak
it takes a day to get there and a day to get back. i'd prob only be able to stay for four days or so though, so we'd be talking around six days total maybe?
Done. I heard the powercat is big in Japan. We will be celebrities
alright. we just need one more. who's in?
Also, I think I might be able to do this. Need to run the numbers (ask for permission).
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what are the dates?
Really doesn't matter for me, what dates work for you?
September/October-ish
That is much better for me, as well. Would be fun to pak and watch a cats game from a bar in Tokyo, assuming that Rick would let me go.
i would do it this fall. also and it sounds ridiculous, but there's no reason that we can't just pick a week next may and do it then. everybody would have time to plan and get AA cards and have the miles needed to fly there for free. plus it's less miles (40k roundtrip for coach). plus aasaver flights this spring at least have been open for as far as the eyes can see. plus we could get a baseball game in.
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http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/USASIAFewerMiles.jsp
am i being Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) about seeing this? is there no list of departure and destination cities to which this applies? and the only way to book is by calling?
i'm guessing it's anywhere they fly. weird though. their aasaver flights for this time are usually 50k round trip.
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sounds so amazing
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2012/05/23/sir-im-so-sorry-but-is-it-okay-if-we-upgrade-you-to-first-class/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boardingarea%2Fonemileatatime+%28One+Mile+at+a+Time%29
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we are all still doing this. the absolute confirmed date is april 2013, so everybody that doesn't have enough miles to get over there still has time. chop chop.
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we are all still doing this. the absolute confirmed date is april 2013, so everybody that doesn't have enough miles to get over there still has time. chop chop.
United has super cheap DEN-Tokyo flights for the next couple weeks since it is a new route. Any chance of hammering down a date so I can book a super cheap rate with an insane amount of miles instead of using points? Also, it would have to be by the end of April '13 for this to work and I think the original plan was for May, so maybe its a no go
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we are all still doing this. the absolute confirmed date is april 2013, so everybody that doesn't have enough miles to get over there still has time. chop chop.
United has super cheap DEN-Tokyo flights for the next couple weeks since it is a new route. Any chance of hammering down a date so I can book a super cheap rate with an insane amount of miles instead of using points? Also, it would have to be by the end of April '13 for this to work and I think the original plan was for May, so maybe its a no go
hmmmm. nailing down a date and booking this early would certainly be a way to kickstart this thing. will look into things and report back this weekend.
also, we now know the hotel we are staying at. hilton points are super easy to come by through numerous different cc sign-ups. this place is nice, a cat 6 and less than a ten minute walk to shinjuku station (largest and busiest rail station in the world). in the world you guys.
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/TYOHITW-Hilton-Tokyo-hotel-Tokyo/index.do
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we are all still doing this. the absolute confirmed date is april 2013, so everybody that doesn't have enough miles to get over there still has time. chop chop.
United has super cheap DEN-Tokyo flights for the next couple weeks since it is a new route. Any chance of hammering down a date so I can book a super cheap rate with an insane amount of miles instead of using points? Also, it would have to be by the end of April '13 for this to work and I think the original plan was for May, so maybe its a no go
the united DEN-NRT route just got a lot more interesting
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/boeing-united-787-dreamliner-handson/
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Is this thing still on for April? Mostly just curious. Mrs. chum1 has made it clear that she has no interest, but I probably wouldn't go as soon as anytime this year anyway.
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this is one of the best threads around. rd at his finest.
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***tokyo true story alert***
i have a friend that used to intern at AA. he and the other interns would check weekend flights to see which ones had a ton of availibility and then pick one and go (they could fly for free or for like 35 bucks or something). anyway, once they picked tokyo. they got drunk for free in first class on the way down. spent six hours drinking in tokyo and then hopped a plane back and went into work on monday. i mean wow. also, if i go i would plan on spending more time there than he did.
guess what AA employee is now flying to tokyo every couple of months for AA tokyo business? yep the guy above. am trying to work out something so that can go same time as him and whoever else i can talk into going. prob too late for me to do april this year though. vacation days are already drained dry due to recent fam illness and am going skiing in a month also. hot dang we need to do this though. you in, chum? you'd know who AAcat is if i gave you the name. who else? bubbles? chicat?
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Keep me in the loop.
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in
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I'm going to need some more planning time since I shelved April. Still in though
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***tokyo true story alert***
i have a friend that used to intern at AA. he and the other interns would check weekend flights to see which ones had a ton of availibility and then pick one and go (they could fly for free or for like 35 bucks or something). anyway, once they picked tokyo. they got drunk for free in first class on the way down. spent six hours drinking in tokyo and then hopped a plane back and went into work on monday. i mean wow. also, if i go i would plan on spending more time there than he did.
guess what AA employee is now flying to tokyo every couple of months for AA tokyo business? yep the guy above. am trying to work out something so that can go same time as him and whoever else i can talk into going. prob too late for me to do april this year though. vacation days are already drained dry due to recent fam illness and am going skiing in a month also. hot dang we need to do this though. you in, chum? you'd know who AAcat is if i gave you the name. who else? bubbles? chicat?
That sounds really fun. Could be, depending on timing.
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Is this what we do in this thread now? If so then----> in
I am so goddamned in just try to stop me and there's no way you will be able to though. I'll be buying panties from vending machines and sleeping in metered cubby holes like mad. It's going to be excellent. Watch out Japanese folks cause Mr Bread's coming to town! Just kidding though, I'm going to be totally respectful and polite. :bball:(but Japanese for good time fun okay!)
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#JaPAK
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hey nice to meet you, i'm daris.
oh hey daris, it's bread.
oh great. bread, you're just in time to catch the bullet train to some kind of sumo match with chicat, johnny wichita and i right after we eat some grasshoppers on this street corner and sing some justin bieber karaoke at this basement alley bar with some japanese business men that don't speak any english.
sounds great. let me just drop the luggage off in the room and i'll be right down.
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hey nice to meet you, i'm daris.
oh hey daris, it's bread.
oh great. bread, you're just in time to catch the bullet train to some kind of sumo match with chicat, johnny wichita and i right after we eat some grasshoppers on this street corner and sing some justin bieber karaoke at this basement alley bar with some japanese business men that don't speak any english.
sounds great. let me just drop the luggage off in the room and i'll be right down.
this is one of those posts where after youre done reading it you look over at rick daris's avatar and realize that a cat dressed up in human clothes just wrote this, and then you lol
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@TravlandLeisure 5m
Ever go on a pub crawl? Tokyo’s countless eclectic bars give a taste of the city’s nightlife & of course, food: http://tandl.me/10DMsOa
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@TravlandLeisure 5m
Ever go on a pub crawl? Tokyo’s countless eclectic bars give a taste of the city’s nightlife & of course, food: http://tandl.me/10DMsOa
this post is a huge slap to my face about the fact that i still haven't done this. i feel like a college drop out that says "yeah i'm going back next semester and i'm going into biology because i'm going to be a doctor" but then a year later and i'm still part time at home depot. :frown:
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Home depot has like really good benefits I think
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I like Home Depot, but I'm not too sure I'd want to work there. Working with contractors and other professionals would be fine but the dolts who don't know a screw from a nail, or a drill from a sander, would drive me nuts.
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Home depot has like really good benefits I think
part time though? like 15 hours a week? idk. seems like that just wouldn't be enough.
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good call on not going, rick daris. save those points for an italy trip.
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good call on not going, rick daris. save those points for an italy trip.
idk. italians seem like total assholes though and i don't think i like them. thoughts?
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italians seem like total assholes though and i don't think i like them. thoughts?
maybe you're wrong. that's my thought.
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they will mock you for being less italian than they are. which sucks because they're right.
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Japanese can be mean too
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Japanese can be mean too
seriously? this shocks me. can't i just lol at them?
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Japanese can be mean too
small tho
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Oh look, this old chestnut is being bumped again and Daris is still scared of Tokyo
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I hope daris also makes it to wichita for america's weekend too
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I'm going to track down satoshi. brb.
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really though, this thread makes me feel like a total loser even though i know that i probably am not one. just so sad i can't even bring myself to read it. :frown:
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really though, this thread makes me feel like a total loser even though i know that i probably am not one. just so sad i can't even bring myself to read it. :frown:
you make all these big pie in the sky plans about how we're all going to tokyo and just party and we have a great time but instead you just sit at home and get blackout and turntable. just a fwiw.
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really though, this thread makes me feel like a total loser even though i know that i probably am not one. just so sad i can't even bring myself to read it. :frown:
i know a guy who just moved to new zealand.
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really though, this thread makes me feel like a total loser even though i know that i probably am not one. just so sad i can't even bring myself to read it. :frown:
i know a guy who just moved to new zealand.
a guy from meade that went to kstate moved to new zealand for awhile. said it was ok. they can't hire enough people or something.
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really though, this thread makes me feel like a total loser even though i know that i probably am not one. just so sad i can't even bring myself to read it. :frown:
you make all these big pie in the sky plans about how we're all going to tokyo and just party and we have a great time but instead you just sit at home and get blackout and turntable. just a fwiw.
damnit. :frown:
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really though, this thread makes me feel like a total loser even though i know that i probably am not one. just so sad i can't even bring myself to read it. :frown:
you make all these big pie in the sky plans about how we're all going to tokyo and just party and we have a great time but instead you just sit at home and get blackout and turntable. just a fwiw.
damnit. :frown:
we did all that in chicago though. still pretty boss.
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welp
@TheFlightDeal 3m
#Airfare Deal: [AA] Los Angeles - Beijing & Tokyo. $653 r/t. Info: http://ow.ly/mhxFt #travel Visit both Beijing & Tokyo in one trip
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they can't hire enough people or something.
nto with daris afraid to leave the country they can't.
#Airfare Deal: [AA] Los Angeles - Beijing & Tokyo. $653 r/t. Info: http://ow.ly/mhxFt #travel Visit both Beijing & Tokyo in one trip.
that's a hell of a deal.
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Oh look, this old chestnut is being bumped again and Daris is still scared of Tokyo
delightful term that i just learned reading this thread.
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I would probably still consider dressing up like cowboys with you someday.
I still have a HS friend in the Sapporo area who has offered to tour guide.
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I would probably still consider dressing up like cowboys with you someday.
I still have a HS friend in the Sapporo area who has offered to tour guide.
have i told you that goEMAW.com aa friend is now like the head of asia relations or something and goes there once every six weeks or so? do you know who i'm talking about? we will go some weekend next spring when he is there and oh the stories we will tell.
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I would probably still consider dressing up like cowboys with you someday.
I still have a HS friend in the Sapporo area who has offered to tour guide.
have i told you that goEMAW.com aa friend is now like the head of asia relations or something and goes there once every six weeks or so? do you know who i'm talking about? we will go some weekend next spring when he is there and oh the stories we will tell.
I want this to happen
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use your AA miles to fly cathay pacific btw. probably don't need to tell RD this.
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I'm free in 2015. :(
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I heard the reason daris hasn't gone on this trip yet is that he lost all of his AA points in a pyramid scheme.
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I heard the reason daris hasn't gone on this trip yet is that he lost all of his AA points in a pyramid scheme.
NOT TRUE!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23182523
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23182523
I mean, all cultures are kind of strange in their own way, but Japan seems especially strange.
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Ready Player One Style
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2020 Olympics, tho
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2020 Olympics, tho
would be a slap in the face to two great countries.
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So I decided to take some time off from the rat race and put in my two weeks. I will be traveling for a few months ( :kstategrad:) and my first stop is Tokyo. Did this trip ever happen? Pro tips? I really want to attend a taping of a game show while I'm there.
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MODS!
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MODS!
Also, I'm not a coal grab'r. So yes, I agree I need MODS intervention. :ksu:
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MODS!
Also, I'm not a coal grab'r. So yes, I agree I need MODS intervention. :ksu:
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=36676.0
Here you go bud
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Rick daris never follows through on any of the plans he posts to this forum, that much I can tell you
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Yo, who the eff is this?
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Rick daris never follows through on any of the plans he posts to this forum, that much I can tell you
How could I not have seen this earlier. It all makes sense now.
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There is no way someone with only 9 posts could have accumulated enough goEMAW rewards points to fly to Tokyo.
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There is no way someone with only 9 posts could have accumulated enough goEMAW rewards points to fly to Tokyo.
I'm an expert lurker. SD showed me the way. 30k united to fly to Tokyo. Still have 200K UR's to fund the airfare between each stop. Can we change the thread title to "SJJ follows through on going to Tokyo"??
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Rick daris never follows through on any of the plans he posts to this forum, that much I can tell you
true, I bet that guy didn't even go to fancy creek to hike yet
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There is no way someone with only 9 posts could have accumulated enough goEMAW rewards points to fly to Tokyo.
I'm an expert lurker. SD showed me the way. 30k united to fly to Tokyo. Still have 200K UR's to fund the airfare between each stop. Can we change the thread title to "SJJ follows through on going to Tokyo"??
coach to tok doesn't sound too fun
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There is no way someone with only 9 posts could have accumulated enough goEMAW rewards points to fly to Tokyo.
I'm an expert lurker. SD showed me the way. 30k united to fly to Tokyo. Still have 200K UR's to fund the airfare between each stop. Can we change the thread title to "SJJ follows through on going to Tokyo"??
coach to tok doesn't sound too fun
Yea will be a bit painful but I slept through most of a flight last summer on coach IAH to IST. Just need some ambien and I'll be okay.