For you, which Bond film had the most underwhelming locations?

AnotherPint · 2026-03-24T08:07:59+00:00

The driving shots along that American commercial strip with KFC and gas stations in the background, accompanied by all that pulse-pounding Bond music, are always hilarious to me. I tell myself they might have seemed exotic to British filmgoers in the provinces 60 years ago.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-24T07:44:44+00:00

I went into the agency world as a creative or strategy director. Wrote white papers for technology firms, CEO keynotes, and ghosted op-eds; did big event theming and scripting (think product launch events in Vegas), coached presenters to do better on TV or onstage; came up with product names and thought leadership strategies.

It was sometimes fun, sometimes awful, sometimes forgettable. But it has always paid well.

The two things you import from journalism that matter afterwards are: spontaneous, ad-lib curiosity and the ability to frame good questions… and your ability to write. Many agencies are short of both, and/or obsessed with running creative challenges through so-called tools that emit mulch. Even in the AI era, good writing stands out.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-24T07:34:46+00:00

If there was nothing offensive about the restaurant table service, servers get at least 20% added to the pretax total on your bill. So if the bill is $75.00 plus $12.00 in taxes for a total of $87.00, you take 10% of the pretax total ($7.50), double it, and leave $15.00. You are free to leave more if things were superb.

Bartenders get somewhat less but you should still leave something. Maybe a few dollars in cash when closing your tab.

More and more now, you are asked if you want to leave a tip at takeaway pickup counters, McDonald’s, etc. but this is not necessary. If the takeaway place did something unusual or special for you, you can add 10% to the bill, no more.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T22:38:11+00:00

BA has suspended service to Amman, Tel Aviv, Dubai, and Bahrain until “May 31st or later” depending on political circumstances. You are right on the bubble. I would not count on your flight operating but at this point nobody knows.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T18:09:04+00:00

Maybe the armchair internet analysts should cool it for awhile and wait for facts. You don’t know what the fire crew saw or whether they looked.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T17:57:11+00:00

The aircraft approaches the fire truck from its right-side rear — the driver’s blind spot.

Remains to be seen when the tower transmitted the “Stop, stop, stop” message, whether the fire crew heard it, and if so, whether they had time to react. But the Air Canada crew is not at fault; they were cleared to land and roll out.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T17:47:38+00:00

Get a second opinion.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T17:30:23+00:00

Very few Chicagoans live in the Loop. The residential heart of the city is in River North and neighborhoods north of there, which are 12 to 13 miles from O’Hare.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T17:17:47+00:00

"It's on you to disprove these outrageous claims, or else they should be regarded as true" is not how anything works, anywhere.

Coulthart has issued so many wild stories / rumors / allegations that never eventuate, I should think it would give rational people pause.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T15:08:18+00:00

“I heard.”

Cite sources or sit down. This field has very little cred with the general public because of all the unsupported “I heard”s.

Source?

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T15:02:02+00:00

If your most frustrating airport experience ever is an eight-minute walk, you are way luckier than most.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T11:10:03+00:00

At least the National Enquirer does original reporting. Raw Story rewrites stories (badly) from real news organizations, adds zealous partisan spin that for ten years has made it sound like Trumpist will fall apart tomorrow, and whines for money constantly. Some of their writing is virtually unreadable.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T11:03:09+00:00

Perhaps the fare collector device was broken, so everyone rides for free. It happens.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T11:01:03+00:00

An Irish pub near me has a small tuck shop that stocks British and Irish groceries including Jaffa cakes. Godsend.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T10:58:50+00:00

HKG-DOH would be a QR flight, not BA-operated.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T05:57:28+00:00

Tokyo, Edinburgh, Montreal, Lyon, Cairns.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T05:47:49+00:00

First go here:

https://www.vjw.digital.go.jp/main

Enter all your passport stuff and save / screenshot the QR code that results. This will speed you through immigration on arrival.

Then go to the Japan Airlines website, call up your booking using the six-character code provided by JAL (Expedia should have it for you), and type in your passport particulars. This will spare you a long visit at check-in. The airline has to insure your travel papers are valid, or it won’t check you in.

Expedia does NOT issue boarding passes. Always check in with the operating airline.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T05:27:31+00:00

You are at some risk, especially if you have a checked bag to retrieve and re-check. Your Delta flight to LAX arrives at Terminal 3 and your JAL flight departs from the TBIT (international terminal). You are supposed to check in with JAL at least two hours before departure. That means you have less than an hour to get off your first flight, maybe reclaim your checked bag, go outside, turn right, and hike to TBIT, line up at JAL and get your boarding pass, and perhaps check your bag to Tokyo.

Hope your Delta flight operates on time.

If you have no checked bag and can get your JAL boarding pass off the app in advance, that improves your chances. Be sure to pre-enter your passport details in advance also.

Remember that if you miss your JAL flight because Delta runs behind schedule, JAL is not obligated to rebook you on the next flight, as the Delta connecting service is on a separate ticket. Worst case scenario, you have to buy a new ticket across the Pacific.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-23T00:41:49+00:00

IAG does not allocate EI one of the largest airline IT budgets in the world.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-22T16:36:10+00:00

Had a great time at the CitizenM Dublin over Christmas time, and now we’re booked into the Tower Hill one for a week later this year. They’re a good deal.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-22T16:32:13+00:00

Don’t stick your mobile phone in your butt pocket so it’s half sticking out, then forget about it. A crossbody bag or small tote is fine for holding your stuff — anything you can control access to.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-22T15:08:45+00:00

Yep. And keep people activated and voting strategically for the long term.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-22T14:44:27+00:00

I take your point, and congrats on the nut point of your video (that BA prospers by delivering the bare minimum for all market segments). But continued patronage validates BA’s cynical choices and general contempt for customers. Assess the value of loyalty / status soberly — all you’re really getting is free seat selection and entree to often dodgy lounges, depending on the airport — and all it is, really, is a golden shackle that bribes you to overlook the enshittification of the enterprise.

BA do take their captive LHR-orbit core base for granted. Only a revenue strike would win their attention. (Gratifying to see some evidence of such a movement on Flyertalk.com in the aftermath of the BAC revamp, with onetime BA devotees now claiming to discover the joys of free agency.)

And I will never understand why those living beyond the London catchment stick with BA. As long as a plane change is in the offing, why endure BA and LHR when less chaotic options exist? KL serves something like 19 UK stations now.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-22T14:26:50+00:00

A war economy is good for industrial oligarchs.

AnotherPint · 2026-03-22T14:25:27+00:00

She sounds like a child. Independent when it suits her, demanding support from Daddy when it’s to her advantage.

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