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Ghost of LL

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  1. 12 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    I'm guessing you're arriving sometime in the morning which makes B a no brainer. Unless you like jostling amongst the unwashed masses at Wetherspoon.

    To be clear--if I followed Option A, I wouldn't be going to Weatherspoon's.  I'd go straight to the BA First Class Lounge as soon as I cleared the connection security at T5.  The real issue with that plan is that the showers at the BA First Lounge are inferior and there aren't many of them.  But at the AA Arrivals lounge, there are a ton of showers.

    I just don't know the geography of LHR well enough to remember if clearing customs and going to the AA Arrivals lounge is going to commit me to a whole ton of extra walking.

  2. On 11/11/2025 at 2:51 PM, Chopper said:

    A tragic and interesting story about connecting through LHR if you don't follow the fucking signs.

     

    Ok--I have a very specific scenario/question on this.

    I am going through LHR in January, and I have to transfer from Terminal 3 to Terminal 5 on the outbound leg.  I am Executive Platinum on AA.  I will have no checked luggage.  My layover is 3 hours 15 minutes.  With that information, should I:

    (A) Follow the purple "Flight Connections" signs and take the airside bus to Terminal 5, where I'd still have to go through security (though they do have a premium line), or 

    (B) Clear immigration, hit the AA arrivals lounge at Terminal 3 to grab a shower and cup of coffee, take the Underground over to Terminal 5 where I can go through the BA First check-in situation which has a minimal security line and empties directly into the First Class Lounge?

  3. As someone who is an alumnus of SMU but who has a son for whom Berkeley is pretty high on his college list, I'll agree for this week only "Fuck Cal."

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  4. One of my more eclectic interests is the Age of Sail.  I've read Utt's really excellent history of the naval War of 1812 (Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron), and I've made it all the way through the Aubrey-Maturin series.  But I really feel incomplete without having read a biography of the greatest figure of the age--Nelson.  And I can't really find a biography out there that is particularly well rated.

    Does anyone have any suggestions?

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  5. Just as an FYI for all who may be interested--an Eastern Airlines 777 just landed at AUS.  Eastern Airlines is a charter company that has been used extensively by ICE to run deportation flights.

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  6. 20 minutes ago, Bookman said:

    It's fucking WILD. Never seen anything like it. 

    Maybe we need mental health tests for our judges. 

    Smith is 79 years old.  He was never a particularly good jurist.  But at this point he's obviously suffering some pretty serious cognitive decline.

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  7. 2 hours ago, berlinerbaer said:

    He can’t pull out of the tailspin without an assist from the courts tossing his tariffs aside and working with congress to undo much of the OBBB crap. That’s really the only way the economy improves to get him back up to 42% approval before the midterms.

    I really think this dude is cooked.

    That SCOTUS decision isn't going to come out until March at the earliest.  By then, it's too late.  It'd take the economy at least six months to even start to recover.

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  8. 2 hours ago, The Dog said:

    more details on what HJ posted:

    I hope this woman prosecutes every case for the DOJ in their witch hunt. She's wonderfully incompetent.

    Three things on this:

    1) You generally don't get disbarred for gross negligence as a lawyer; it requires intentional and willful malfeasance.  That being said, incompetence of this level can result in some form of discipline from either the Court or the Bar.

    2) Lindsay Halligan is really kind of hot, and as an officer of the Court I am willing to offer my services in carrying out whatever punishment the Court may deem appropriate for her.

    3) At the risk of being presumptuous, I might suggest a year or two in my sex dungeon (which, we we have established on another thread, does not bear any resemblance to Sei Less in Manhattan) as the appropriate sanction for Ms. Halligan (that naughty and incompetent little minx).

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  9. 9 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    I've commented-- I have also stayed at that Moxy and it made me feel weird like a sex dungeon. You must be a live one!

    Huh--I guess I don't have enough experience with sex dungeons.

    Mine has a very different vibe from the vibe at the Moxy.

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  10. 14 hours ago, Bullneck said:

    THAT'S IT!!   THAT'S THE BLUE BMW.  HE'S GETTING AWAY!!!

     

    There's definitely a "Texas sketchy" and a "NE urban sketchy" and it takes some recalibration to know the difference.  When you're walking around Philly or NYC at first EVERYWHERE seems dangerous.  You have to acclimatize to the run down nature of the Northeast.

    This seems pretty decent:

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    Sei Less is really good.  I went there the last time I was in New York (stayed at the Moxy at 36th and 7th because I was going to a show at MSG).  It is definitely not a rough area.

    Admittedly, I was not getting into fights at 2 AM.  But still--the whole area seemed pretty damned safe.

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