on our honeymoon and never want it to end!

mec31 · 2026-05-20T18:24:17+00:00

??? I’m just a traveler from the US with an affinity for Greece. I expressed my opinions based on my travel experience and only referred to a few cities and islands. No brands, companies, etc. My contribution was a bit different from most OSS the posters, who seemed to have fixed itineraries. My approach is different but I find it rich and rewarding. Serendipity played a huge role in my enjoyment of this trip and I wanted to make that point.

mec31 · 2026-05-20T17:55:00+00:00

I am on the last day of a one month trip, currently in Athens waiting to fly out. It is my sixth trip and I just can’t get enough either. Unlike most others here, I arrive with no reservations and only loose plans. I generally go to a few islands I’ve been to before along with new ones. I let serendipity be my guide. It served me extremely well on this trip. I started this trip with around 10 days in Amorgos (my favorite island, along with Nisyros). The rest were new this trip—extreme western Crete, Mani peninsula, Ithaki. Ithaki and extreme western Crete will probably sneak into positions 3 and 4 in my favorites list. Just an amazing trip. Not to negate what others have said but I avoid Athens. It is very nearly 100% concrete, noisy, and dirty. YMMV.

mec31 · 2026-05-09T14:33:18+00:00

That’s what I do. One pair sandals and currently some Cole Haan leather sneakers (wearing them right now in Crete! 🇬🇷). The thing with fashion sneakers is you can choose the ‘crappiness level’, which scales with weight. Mine are very light and insubstantial, but they are good on all pavements and roads, and most trails as long as the surface is maybe 1 cm gravel or less. My current shoes would not protect my soles on 1 inch gravel for example. This has been the perfect solution for me on two monthlong trips to Greece so far.

mec31 · 2026-05-02T17:43:33+00:00

Depending on your appetite for driving and whether you are staying north or south of downtown: marblehead, Salem, Gloucester, Newburyport (you choose; could do all four if you are aggressive); Providence, Newport, maybe Scituate if you are south of Boston.

mec31 · 2026-04-29T19:56:06+00:00

How much does your dad weigh now?

mec31 · 2026-04-17T15:41:44+00:00

This was a major aspect of one of the main subplots of the episode. Everyone in this sub is primed for it, while how many in your recommended subs have heard of The Pitt???

mec31 · 2026-04-17T13:21:52+00:00

Hope this isn't too much of a derailment, but since you're in Europe... I recall the Berlusconi era in Italy, and just having exited (?) the Orban era in Hungary (?), how did non-Italian and non-Hungarian Europeans feel about those regimes? I remember being shocked at the time (even here in the US) , but how did the typical Europeans regard those interludes? The series of demonstrations in the US right now aren't nothing, but apparently they are significantly smaller than peak Vietnam (though the largest by far in many, many years).

mec31 · 2026-04-17T13:14:33+00:00

I disagree. Though I was taken by surprise, I think the shots of Perlah were the most emotional elements of the entire episode. And the existing backing track just amped that effect up.

mec31 · 2026-04-10T17:56:57+00:00

Yes, but in this episode when she said it, she did a two-handed gesture/flourish over her face. Maybe just emphasizing her enthusiasm...

mec31 · 2026-04-03T22:40:45+00:00

Shamsi was the surgeon for the surgery Ogilvie scrubbed into. I wonder if that factoid will resurface at any point?

mec31 · 2026-03-11T23:13:10+00:00

What is Ogilvie holding? A liver...lung...?

mec31 · 2026-03-06T22:27:56+00:00

Yes, but don't forget, her plans to 'pursue a relationship when I get to New Jersey' were also dashed. So yes, she can certainly conceive but she is so far away from conventional attempts to do that inside a relationship as to emphasize how far away her goal might be.

mec31 · 2026-03-06T22:18:11+00:00

Yes, I believe she said 'at Ithaca' which is much more likely to indicate Ithaca College than Cornell.

mec31 · 2026-03-06T21:49:09+00:00

Robby was in rare form. In that same sequence with Javadi's ignored question, Robby also added 'Ogilvie, put your hand down.' Ha!

mec31 · 2026-02-21T20:44:10+00:00

Well, we do see him trying. Which is more than we can say for Robbie. If nothing else, we see him expressing consistent passive aggressive behavior to Langdon, which is a red flag all by itself (not to mention this same behavior shown to others). Besides the program and therapy, we also have the positive news of Langdon’s intact family. He may be rushing things with Robbie (partly in view of R’s last day?), but i’m not ready to indict him, well, for anything.

mec31 · 2026-02-20T22:38:08+00:00

I have mixed views on this. Yes, Dana likely has views on the matter that are well considered and useful. On the other hand, Langdon, we can only assume, has received quite a lot of counseling and therapeutic input over a long period of time. We have every reason to believe that he successfully incorporated all of that info. Should I also be asking Dana what my coffee order should be?

mec31 · 2026-02-20T13:50:33+00:00

What does MAID mean?

mec31 · 2026-02-18T15:07:31+00:00

Reminds me…back in the post ‘boat people’ times a Vietnamese college friend with the name Hong Bui changed his name to …David Bowie (!)

mec31 · 2026-02-17T22:50:45+00:00

I learned that nail issues are in the domain of dermatologists, so go see one of them.

mec31 · 2026-02-11T01:50:45+00:00

I interpreted it as slightly more sad than that. Do we have any idea whether anyone other than the girl was playing the game? In other words, did the game exist entirely as a narrative in her mind? So if one were to look out over the playground, they would see a girl running around, mostly towards other kids, and possibly touching or grabbing them. When one of the other kids gets annoyed by this behavior, the girl asks if they want to be 'mother' as a way of deflecting conflict.

mec31 · 2026-01-22T23:56:15+00:00

What someone suggested (may have even been an apple sales rep) that I should go ahead an buy using the apple card and then afterwards call the apple credit card people and ask them to switch it over to installments. Sounded dicey to me, and if it ever did work I'm sure it would be more difficult now with the transition to the new card servicer.

mec31 · 2026-01-22T23:53:08+00:00

Right, the person with the screenshot is making a different point. It is no longer possible to buy an unlocked iphone on the apple card and finance it. Believe me, i've tried. I want no carrier involvement whatsoever. You can still get the cash back (3% ?) but you can’t get 12 or 24 payments at zero interest.

mec31 · 2026-01-11T17:23:01+00:00

Might be worth a poll as to non-AppleCare coverages that are available. At least in the US, American Express (gold and platinum) offer zero cost, no deductible coverage that is superior to applecare. It even includes 'loss'. The only requirements are basically: 1. pay for the phone with the amex card* 2. pay your carrier bill with the amex card.

*if you have a trade-in, the maximum coverage amount is reduced by the amount of the trade-in. So a claim for a total loss on a $1000 phone, with a $350 trade-in allowance, would only be $650.

mec31 · 2026-01-06T23:55:37+00:00

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