I have a feeling I'm gonna be super bored all week stuck at the hotel for 3 days. I want to bring my 360 but think airport security might think it's a
bomb or something. What should I do?
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 cromulent357 |
I'm going on business trip next week and |
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Hordain Prima |
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Posts: 1333 05-01-08 6:12 PM |
They know what 360's look like. They may ask you to turn it on.
"I got kicked off the high school debate team for saying `Yeah, well F#CK YOU!` I thought I had won. The other kid was speechless. I thought that was
what we were tryin' to do." - Ron White
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Posts: 1161 05-01-08 6:12 PM Froga wake up at |
Got a PsP or DS?
Otherwise just buy a 360 while your down there.....duh |
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Posts: 1763 05-01-08 6:33 PM Test Forum Mod |
Hordain Prima wrote:
They have a little section off to the side labelled PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii checks?
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Posts: 1763 05-01-08 6:34 PM Test Forum Mod |
sora55 wrote: My PSP is dead so I might buy another one for the trip. I got plenty of games collecting dust.
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EQTazer |
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Posts: 1024 05-01-08 6:41 PM Community Member |
Where are you going?
You could always box up the 360 and check it in instead of carrying it on. |
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Posts: 1763 05-01-08 6:44 PM Test Forum Mod |
Going to San Jose. I might just do that. I should go buy GTA4 and still need to play Dark Sector. Though I wonder if the hotel's tvs are wired goofy so I
can't mess with it. Now I gotta bring a monitor as well? WTF
now that i think about it, it all seems like too much trouble. maybe i can rent one over there. also I'm renting a mustang coupe. 100 bucks a day. Hopefully my work will pay for that.
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Posts: 7112 05-01-08 8:08 PM 100% Soybean |
PSP and porn. Np. You're welcome.
I'm not givin' you attitude. I just want another drink.
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EQTazer |
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Posts: 1024 05-01-08 8:09 PM Community Member |
I think hotels in general have tv's with component jacks in case kids bring their game systems.
You should also be able to rent from a blockbuster video I think. |
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Gandol teh Pirate |
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Posts: 2264 05-01-08 8:09 PM Time-traveling
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Since you're going to San Jose, go to Tied House or Gordon Biersch and enjoy some of the best microbrew ever, on tap.
Both are downtown.
Borofin tells you:
Not you, jagoff... You are obviously lying in claiming ignorance of whom I was addressing. But lying is natural for you, isn't it? Go away you Bay area, anti-American leftist pos. |
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Posts: 2294 05-01-08 11:55 PM 1-900-Santa |
bring a book or two?
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uhh, go out? there isn't a lack of stuff to do there.
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Posts: 1333 05-02-08 1:46 AM |
cromulent357 wrote: Yup - it's called the electronics area. My Brother-in-law is a Technical Instruction Officer for TSA and he indicates that practice is to allow the
device if it can power up - in most cases. Because there is no natural display, they may or may not give it the bomb chemical rub-down.
"I got kicked off the high school debate team for saying `Yeah, well F#CK YOU!` I thought I had won. The other kid was speechless. I thought that was
what we were tryin' to do." - Ron White
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Posts: 7112 05-02-08 6:37 AM 100% Soybean |
Trike wrote: Maybe he doesn't want to spend money or go hang out alone or spend money on a hooker to keep him company while he does 'stuff'. Did you ever
think of that?
I'm not givin' you attitude. I just want another drink.
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Posts: 583 05-02-08 9:06 AM Everyone still hates me
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when I go on business trips, even after the meetings, there is generally this "rule" that you have to socialize with the other morons that are there.
This usually includes a large amount of alochol. No idea what type of business you're in but..................damn?
Also, avoid Gordon Biersch unless you absolutely love garlic. They put 4 pounds of it on every dish. |
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Posts: 3288 05-02-08 9:21 AM You can never have too |
Go out and drink with your fellow employees otherwise you'll forever be known as the guy who holed up in his hotel room watching massive amounts of porn.
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Posts: 1161 05-02-08 11:58 AM Froga wake up at |
Damn you Zifnab!
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Posts: 1763 05-02-08 12:03 PM Test Forum Mod |
Well I won't know anyone there and the type of person who are coming aren't known for their partying down skills, me especially. It's gonna
basically be a nerd fest.
I'll probably go shopping most the time; bet there some nice clothes shops and music shops around there. |
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Posts: 1763 05-02-08 12:12 PM Test Forum Mod |
Also, what constitutes as a business expense? This is my first business trip ever so I don't know all the shady secrets of buying stuff and reporting as
business. Do prostitutes qualify if you talk business while fucking? Buying a new guitar if you come up with a company jingle on it?
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Gandol teh Pirate |
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Posts: 2264 05-02-08 12:22 PM Time-traveling
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You have the hotel concierge send a hooker and bill it as "laundry."
Borofin tells you:
Not you, jagoff... You are obviously lying in claiming ignorance of whom I was addressing. But lying is natural for you, isn't it? Go away you Bay area, anti-American leftist pos. |
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Posts: 2639 05-02-08 12:35 PM |
Thanks for the image of Crom starching some chick's dress.
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Posts: 2582 05-04-08 5:30 AM Legend in the making... |
1. When the husband travels, which is frequently, he always has IPod, Laptop, digital camera, cell phone, and assorted wires and technology for his amusement. He never has a problem at security- they sometimes have him open the bag and turn on the equipment. 2. When he travels, his business expenses are related to everything in the hotel (laundry, bar bill, food, room service) although sometimes they per diem him a certain amount per day so what he then does is go out and spend money at a grocery store and save his per diem for shopping, etc. He very seldom does the socialization thing but prefers exploration. He asks locals at the hotel for good cheap eats that are representative of the region and usually has a very good time.
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Gandol teh Pirate |
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Posts: 2264 05-05-08 2:20 AM Time-traveling
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Well I totally missed out on what I wanted to do this weekend and failed miserably to even suggest it to Crom. This weekend was the Maker Fair in San Mateo,
not a far drive from San Jose. It's basically a science and craft fair for uber-nerds such as the people on this board.
Yay for crappy contractor messing up my dad's bathroom...
Borofin tells you:
Not you, jagoff... You are obviously lying in claiming ignorance of whom I was addressing. But lying is natural for you, isn't it? Go away you Bay area, anti-American leftist pos. |
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Posts: 1763 05-05-08 4:18 AM Test Forum Mod |
that's ok. I leave monday anyways :)
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Posts: 19 05-05-08 6:06 PM Narcoleptic Bard |
I went to the maker faire...
Was ok...was a bit of a circus though. |
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Posts: 122 05-09-08 7:14 AM |
mfer haze wrote: Ditto when I use to travel for business. Although I would grab a cab from the airport to the hotel, grab a handful of receipts from the mexican, fill out
all the receipts saying I spend every dime of cash the company gave me and use the company American Express for the remainder of the trip. Then I would get to
the hotel, immediately call the airline and bump my flight up by 2-3 days, party my ass off for the 2 days I was there then go home 2-3 days early with their
cash in my pocket and relax for a few days while pretending I was at some fucked up conference I asked them not to send me to in the first place. Some how in
the two days I was actually at the conference I would pick up a few clients while drinking with them and everyone back at the office was happy with my mexican
cab and handwritten bar napkin receipts. No questions asked.
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Likezoz Tittays |
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Posts: 291 05-09-08 7:42 AM Community Member |
They don't pay for the booze you drink when they send anyone here on business trips, but the way around it is to pay with a CC so you don't get an
itemized reciept, I think they give us 50 bucks a day to eat? It's been a while since I was sent anywhere. They also pay us from the time we step foot out
my door the day we leave to the time we get back, the only time they aren't paying is when we are sleeping at night. Business trips for us = lots of free
overtime. Generally business trips kinda suck anyway, where I'm a trainer it's usually getting sent out to a client to learn some new thing we are
going to support so I have to pay attention and come back here and train.
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Posts: 7112 05-09-08 7:44 AM 100% Soybean |
Surreal wrote: Your parents raised quite the thief and liar.
I'm not givin' you attitude. I just want another drink.
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Posts: 2558 05-09-08 10:56 AM Mera's Master |
I've always enjoyed going on business trips when I get the chance. Half the time I get to take my wife along to nicer cities and just pay for her airfare
while my employer covers the hotel and most food and meals (for both of us).
I take about 15 trips out of my normal territory a year. The non-itemized receipt is the second best trick on the books to really partying and not being questioned about the cost ;) Then again, my boss is a fucking party guy like none other, so it all comes out in the wash. |
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