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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 8:38:39 GMT -5
Yeah, Sundays are typically the most expensive days to fly Leaving Sunday coming back next Monday was dramatically less than leaving Sunday and coming back Saturday or following Sunday. So much so it offset the price of the room another night.
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Post by flemgoblue on Jan 23, 2016 8:58:39 GMT -5
I believe it. Flights on the weekend, especially Sunday, are the most expensive
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Post by Jive Turkey on Jan 26, 2016 15:54:50 GMT -5
Yeah windsor to Toronto to Athens. My only concern is getting stopped at the border and missing my flight. In August we took a trip to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls. We wanted to make this trip for a while but didn’t know if the kids would sit still long enough. For whatever reason, my wife doesn’t want them watching videos in the car. We took the tunnel to the Canadian side of the border. After we paid the toll, we then went to a border guy who was in a different booth. There was a guy at the booth wearing a bulletproof vest who looked angry. I figured he was angry because he realized he looked exactly like Terrell Owens. I wasn’t about to ask him. I gave him the passports and birth certificates. He told me to roll down the windows in order to see into the backseats. He asked a bunch of different questions. I figured after 9/11, border security had to have gotten tighter and I should have expected some dumb questions. I’m not exaggerating. He asked me at least five different ways why we planned the trip. I only know of one way to tell this guy that WE ONLY WANT TO SEE NIGRA FALLS then come home. Seems straightforward. I answered everything. I never got an attitude with the guy. I wasn’t about to jeopardize the trip. I’m not sure what triggered this guy but he was suspicious of MYSELF, my wife and three kids. A couple of times he told me to hold on while he closed the tinted window to his booth to do who knows what. When he opened it, he would continue with the questions. He asked me how long it had been since I last traveled to Canada. My wife ran a 5K there last year. I couldn’t remember going to Canada in who knows how long. That kind of pissed him off. I told him it had been years since I’d been to Canada. He said, “WHAT’S YEARS?” I responded, “I have no idea. Most likely when I was a kid.” I hadn’t been there since you needed a passport to get in. A few weeks later I remembered going there to buy a suit at Freed’s back when they were advertising a lot on WDFN. I couldn’t recall that while I was being interrogated. He closed the window again. When he opened it, he handed me a small slip of paper and told me to drive over to the immigration building. I parked the car in a spot next to a booth/room with lightly tinted windows at the bottom of the ramp that led to the main office. My wife disagreed that we all had to go in. I got out of the car. All of a sudden another angry Canadian wearing a bulletproof vest flew out the door of that booth and said everyone has to go in. I went back to the car to get my wife and kids. I explained to the kids that this place is basically a police station and it’s in everyone’s best interest to sit still and not say anything unless they ask you a question. We walked into the room. There is one guy sitting there in front of the desk on a wooden bench. The desk was strange. IIRC, it came to a point or was “L” shaped with the point positioned in front of the doors as you walk in. There were sheets of bulletproof glass every three feet sectioning the countertop into stations. It was weird. If you started shooting from the corner of the room, the people behind the desk would have been protected. If you were standing right in front of the counter, you had a clear shot as long as they didn’t move too far to the left or right. That’s the best way I can explain it. They must be trained to move to left or right of the shooter. I handed the paper and the documents to an angry female officer behind the desk who was also wearing a bulletproof vest. She told us to sit down on the bench to the right. We sat there for about 10 minutes. All that time she was doing something on her computer. She told us to come back to the desk. She gave me the documents and told us we could leave. The only thing she told us was to take that paper to the guy in the booth at the bottom of the ramp. At this point I wasn’t about to question anything. I’m assuming everything is fine. When we got to the bottom of the ramp, the guy wasn’t in the booth. The way they have this set up, there are no gates. You in theory could just blow through the first security guy and drive into downtown Windsor. I don’t know if I should leave or wait for this guy. I don’t know if this guy is at lunch or what. If his job was that important, you would think they would have a back up officer come to the booth if the regular guy had to leave to take a dump. He eventually came back. He took the paper and that was it. There was no explanation. We still have no idea what that was all about. As I’m driving through Windsor, I’m thinking to myself. I can’t figure out why this place sucks. It kind of looks like Michigan but not really. The people are kind of like people in Michigan but not really. Everyone seems angry. Then it hit me. This place is just like Ohio. That explains the anger. When you go to Ohio, you know immediately when you enter it. Everything seems a bit off. It looks like a cheap facsimile of Michigan. The day before we were leaving Niagara Falls, I told my wife I really don’t want to spend any more time than necessary in this country. I remembered from the map I printed that the ride home through the US was only an hour longer even though you have to drive through NY, Penn and OH. That’s what we did. When we finally got to the border crossing to enter the US, there was an officer with a heavy accent. We had no idea if we were on the Canadian or American side. This time my wife drove. He asked a bunch of questions. He referred to me as my wife’s boyfriend then told us we were free to go. I wasn’t about to correct him. I was happy to get the hell out of Canada. We didn’t have to pay a toll or anything. My wife thought we were still in Canada. When I saw some graffiti on a bridge that said something like “Go Bills”, I figured we were indeed in NY. I don’t get why we didn’t have to pay a toll to get into the country. The drive through NY was nice. We stopped off at a couple of vineyards. We got a couple of cases of wine. I was also surprised to see how much land is on the Lake Eerie shoreline in NY that is either not developed or has abandoned fruit stands. We saw abandoned buildings that were clearly lake view. If that were in Michigan, that land would cost a fortune. Overall I was happy we spent the extra hour driving home through the US.
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Post by philly on Jan 26, 2016 17:19:33 GMT -5
I don't plan on ever going to canada again. No videos in the car? Your wife a masochist?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 18:57:36 GMT -5
Anybody have any good all inclusive ideas for Albion?
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Post by philly on Jan 26, 2016 19:30:27 GMT -5
Is the beetle juice mosquito in Albion?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 19:53:53 GMT -5
No, that's why we are headed there.
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Post by philly on Jan 27, 2016 12:54:16 GMT -5
That virus is crazy. We're all going to have shrunken heads soon if they don't make a vaccine.
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Post by flintoid on Jan 27, 2016 14:02:01 GMT -5
Yeah windsor to Toronto to Athens. My only concern is getting stopped at the border and missing my flight. In August we took a trip to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls. We wanted to make this trip for a while but didn’t know if the kids would sit still long enough. For whatever reason, my wife doesn’t want them watching videos in the car. We took the tunnel to the Canadian side of the border. After we paid the toll, we then went to a border guy who was in a different booth. There was a guy at the booth wearing a bulletproof vest who looked angry. I figured he was angry because he realized he looked exactly like Terrell Owens. I wasn’t about to ask him. I gave him the passports and birth certificates. He told me to roll down the windows in order to see into the backseats. He asked a bunch of different questions. I figured after 9/11, border security had to have gotten tighter and I should have expected some dumb questions. I’m not exaggerating. He asked me at least five different ways why we planned the trip. I only know of one way to tell this guy that WE ONLY WANT TO SEE NIGRA FALLS then come home. Seems straightforward. I answered everything. I never got an attitude with the guy. I wasn’t about to jeopardize the trip. I’m not sure what triggered this guy but he was suspicious of MYSELF, my wife and three kids. A couple of times he told me to hold on while he closed the tinted window to his booth to do who knows what. When he opened it, he would continue with the questions. He asked me how long it had been since I last traveled to Canada. My wife ran a 5K there last year. I couldn’t remember going to Canada in who knows how long. That kind of pissed him off. I told him it had been years since I’d been to Canada. He said, “WHAT’S YEARS?” I responded, “I have no idea. Most likely when I was a kid.” I hadn’t been there since you needed a passport to get in. A few weeks later I remembered going there to buy a suit at Freed’s back when they were advertising a lot on WDFN. I couldn’t recall that while I was being interrogated. He closed the window again. When he opened it, he handed me a small slip of paper and told me to drive over to the immigration building. I parked the car in a spot next to a booth/room with lightly tinted windows at the bottom of the ramp that led to the main office. My wife disagreed that we all had to go in. I got out of the car. All of a sudden another angry Canadian wearing a bulletproof vest flew out the door of that booth and said everyone has to go in. I went back to the car to get my wife and kids. I explained to the kids that this place is basically a police station and it’s in everyone’s best interest to sit still and not say anything unless they ask you a question. We walked into the room. There is one guy sitting there in front of the desk on a wooden bench. The desk was strange. IIRC, it came to a point or was “L” shaped with the point positioned in front of the doors as you walk in. There were sheets of bulletproof glass every three feet sectioning the countertop into stations. It was weird. If you started shooting from the corner of the room, the people behind the desk would have been protected. If you were standing right in front of the counter, you had a clear shot as long as they didn’t move too far to the left or right. That’s the best way I can explain it. They must be trained to move to left or right of the shooter. I handed the paper and the documents to an angry female officer behind the desk who was also wearing a bulletproof vest. She told us to sit down on the bench to the right. We sat there for about 10 minutes. All that time she was doing something on her computer. She told us to come back to the desk. She gave me the documents and told us we could leave. The only thing she told us was to take that paper to the guy in the booth at the bottom of the ramp. At this point I wasn’t about to question anything. I’m assuming everything is fine. When we got to the bottom of the ramp, the guy wasn’t in the booth. The way they have this set up, there are no gates. You in theory could just blow through the first security guy and drive into downtown Windsor. I don’t know if I should leave or wait for this guy. I don’t know if this guy is at lunch or what. If his job was that important, you would think they would have a back up officer come to the booth if the regular guy had to leave to take a dump. He eventually came back. He took the paper and that was it. There was no explanation. We still have no idea what that was all about. As I’m driving through Windsor, I’m thinking to myself. I can’t figure out why this place sucks. It kind of looks like Michigan but not really. The people are kind of like people in Michigan but not really. Everyone seems angry. Then it hit me. This place is just like Ohio. That explains the anger. When you go to Ohio, you know immediately when you enter it. Everything seems a bit off. It looks like a cheap facsimile of Michigan. The day before we were leaving Niagara Falls, I told my wife I really don’t want to spend any more time than necessary in this country. I remembered from the map I printed that the ride home through the US was only an hour longer even though you have to drive through NY, Penn and OH. That’s what we did. When we finally got to the border crossing to enter the US, there was an officer with a heavy accent. We had no idea if we were on the Canadian or American side. This time my wife drove. He asked a bunch of questions. He referred to me as my wife’s boyfriend then told us we were free to go. I wasn’t about to correct him. I was happy to get the hell out of Canada. We didn’t have to pay a toll or anything. My wife thought we were still in Canada. When I saw some graffiti on a bridge that said something like “Go Bills”, I figured we were indeed in NY. I don’t get why we didn’t have to pay a toll to get into the country. The drive through NY was nice. We stopped off at a couple of vineyards. We got a couple of cases of wine. I was also surprised to see how much land is on the Lake Eerie shoreline in NY that is either not developed or has abandoned fruit stands. We saw abandoned buildings that were clearly lake view. If that were in Michigan, that land would cost a fortune. Overall I was happy we spent the extra hour driving home through the US. It's not all about 9/11. Prior to that we made a trip over there to go to Pinery Provincial Park. Dude asked us nature of our trip, (Pinery Sir), how long, (7 days Sir), what campsite number, WTF?? (1101 Sir). Campsite 1101 is like the primo tent site in the whole campground & fortunately we had camped there before. Felt good to slam that back in his face immediately!
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Post by eruff on Jan 28, 2016 8:14:50 GMT -5
I cross into Canada a few times last year and never had a problem crossing. In fact look into the Nexus pass which has made crossing for me and the family much easier. The last time we crossed going to Niagara Falls in less than 20 mins or so. FWIW go to Port Huron to cross it's much easier.....
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Post by preacherboy on Jan 29, 2016 13:24:53 GMT -5
Has anyone here ever flown out of Windsor airport? Prices for Europe are less than half of what they are flying out of Metro. Easiest flying experience ever. Airport is like 10 minutes over the bridge and it takes you another 10 minutes from when you park to get to your gate. Small airport, but no hassle. Security is very easy and friendly. No reason to get there early, even though I still did. That's how they could tell I was from "the States". To most Canadian's it's just like taking a bus ride. Everyone else on the flight showed up right before take off.
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Post by jb on Jan 29, 2016 13:25:36 GMT -5
Has anyone here ever flown out of Windsor airport? Prices for Europe are less than half of what they are flying out of Metro. Easiest flying experience ever. Airport is like 10 minutes over the bridge and it takes you another 10 minutes from when you park to get to your gate. Small airport, but no hassle. Security is very easy and friendly. No reason to get there early, even though I still did. That's how they could tell I was from "the States". To most Canadian's it's just like taking a bus ride. Everyone else on the flight showed up right before take off. Thank you!
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Post by UltimateM on Feb 2, 2016 20:25:33 GMT -5
Anybody have any good all inclusive ideas for Albion? No all inclusive, but I hear there is quite a few meth labs around that city.
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Post by Jive Turkey on Feb 22, 2016 19:30:47 GMT -5
Booked 8 nights at Barcelo in DR per Flems instruction. Found a weird anomaly with the flights ... was actually cheaper to stay another night. Which resort?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 19:37:14 GMT -5
Booked 8 nights at Barcelo in DR per Flems instruction. Found a weird anomaly with the flights ... was actually cheaper to stay another night. Which resort? Bavaro palace deluxe. They have a night club there called spicy.
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Post by Jive Turkey on Feb 22, 2016 19:49:22 GMT -5
Bavaro palace deluxe. They have a night club there called spicy. I'm struggling to find something for December when everyone is off.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 20:07:30 GMT -5
Bavaro palace deluxe. They have a night club there called spicy. I'm struggling to find something for December when everyone is off. Flem recommended it. Check it out.
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Post by Jive Turkey on Feb 22, 2016 20:31:34 GMT -5
I'm struggling to find something for December when everyone is off. Flem recommended it. Check it out. Found it. I'm going to try to see if I can get the entire family down there for Thanksgiving instead of coming to my house. If I know my dick in a box brother in law, he would rather go to the Lions game.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 20:33:30 GMT -5
Flem recommended it. Check it out. Found it. I'm going to try to see if I can get the entire family down there for Thanksgiving instead of coming to my house. If I know my dick in a box brother in law, he would rather go to the Lions game. Prices jumped right after we booked for sept.
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Post by flemgoblue on Feb 23, 2016 7:02:41 GMT -5
Im super annoyed, we haven't booked yet because the other couples have never been anywhere but Jamaica and want to go back there now. That's the last place we went and I don't really want to go back yet
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Post by philly on Feb 23, 2016 8:26:51 GMT -5
FYI black cauc:
Recommendations for men and their pregnant partners Men who reside in or have traveled to an area of active Zika virus transmission who have a pregnant partner should abstain from sexual activity or consistently and correctly use condoms during sex (i.e., vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, or fellatio) for the duration of the pregnancy.
That was sent out to all employees where I work.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 9:41:34 GMT -5
I worked for one of those college painter companies back in the day. The guy that owned it was Canadian and he pronounced caulk like cock. We found it funny.
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Post by Jive Turkey on Feb 23, 2016 14:02:54 GMT -5
FYI black cauc: Recommendations for men and their pregnant partners Men who reside in or have traveled to an area of active Zika virus transmission who have a pregnant partner should abstain from sexual activity or consistently and correctly use condoms during sex (i.e., vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, or fellatio) for the duration of the pregnancy. That was sent out to all employees where I work. My partner isn't knocked up. If she is, it ain't mine. You should be happy that your employer wants to make sure you get safe fellatio.
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Post by flemgoblue on Mar 10, 2016 10:21:35 GMT -5
Just booked the Dominican for Oct. Pretty excited
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Post by volisini on Dec 29, 2016 22:15:17 GMT -5
Got to know about a lot of great places here. My cousin is a lesbian and she came out about a year back.She is in a stable relationship right now and she is very happy.She and her partner are planing on going on a vacation soon.I was searching for some places for her online and I came across a few friendly places for lesbians ( www.bespokematchmaking.com/top-friendly-places-to-visit-for-lesbians/ ). Can anybody suggest any lesbian friendly places abroad?Any help on this would be great.
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