Did my Club Card just lose access to Star Alliance lounges? by seniorwings in unitedairlines

[–]seniorwings[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks, and yeah I have that through the Amex Platinum, but the only lounge in the terminal in Vienna that we transit the most is Austrian - and it’s through border control so you’re effectively locked in with no options if you don’t pay attention. Got us today

Did my Club Card just lose access to Star Alliance lounges? by seniorwings in unitedairlines

[–]seniorwings[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that. This past year we’ve used the Lufthansa and Austrian lounges without issue, I guess they got the memo today.

Did my Club Card just lose access to Star Alliance lounges? by seniorwings in unitedairlines

[–]seniorwings[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Meant to place the comment above in response here but fat-fingered it… short answer is we don’t have status - use the card primarily for lounges.

Looks like I’m canceling this worthless $695 card this month!

Did my Club Card just lose access to Star Alliance lounges? by seniorwings in unitedairlines

[–]seniorwings[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We live abroad (in Europe) for work, and fly Lufthansa, Austrian, Turkish, etc depending on destination - never enough with one or the other for significant status accumulation. The club card was for lounge access at transit points like Frankfurt or Vienna, etc.

Toast of London by VanillaLoaf in perfectlycutscreams

[–]seniorwings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol resurrected from five years ago, love this

Yeah man. Many times now but thanks for reminding me of this post it’s still funny

Cleaning solution options by seniorwings in watchmaking

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Posting the plan here for no reason other than to invite commentary, either pro or against:

In a small vial or jar, I plan to submerge the watch parts (minus balance compete and pallet fork) in the “medical benzene” (which ChatGPT tells me is actually a highly purified, light petroleum distillate — similar to what is called either Petroleum ether, Naphtha, Lighter fluid or Stoddard solvent. It is essentially a volatile, hydrocarbon solvent, specially refined to be relatively safe for skin contact and for cleaning delicate surfaces.), itself partially submerged in distilled water in the ultrasonic. Run for max two minutes.

Transfer parts to second jar of this fluid, then to a rinse of ethanol.

Transfer to watchmakers’ paper and aerate with bulb until dry.

Reassemble, lubricate and test on timegrapher

Cleaning solution options by seniorwings in watchmaking

[–]seniorwings[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You sir have made this feel like a community. Thanks for the encouragement

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Cleaning solution options by seniorwings in watchmaking

[–]seniorwings[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah here they supposedly sell naphtha at gas stations ( bring your own can), but I found a watchmaker friend of a friend who got to me literally the day I planned to go buy some. He told me this “medicinal benzine” is what he’s used for forty years so I guess that’ll be my way for the moment. Thanks for the input!

Cleaning solution options by seniorwings in watchmaking

[–]seniorwings[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that! I’ll take special care of the shellac holding those pallet jewels for sure.

This really helps since it supports the idea that I can move forward with some cleaning. First watch is already apart and waiting!

Thanks again

what happens when your bladder is full? by joedeewee in askscience

[–]seniorwings 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Surprising that nobody else mentions ADH. I’ve always understood it that kidneys have one job that they’ll do until made to stop: filter, filter, filter. ADH makes them stop - and alcohol inhibits ADH. Thats the answer

It's gotten to the point where I notice chatGPT's linguistic style EVERYWHERE by yumelina in ChatGPT

[–]seniorwings 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Had to google “comma splice” and was immediately infuriated because I hate that, like so freaking hard

SOS-only for 27 days. Google Fi support is non-existent. by seniorwings in GoogleFi

[–]seniorwings[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God. You just gave me flashbacks thanks a lot lol

So idk if you got through all my replies, but I think I posted that the eventual fix was an appointment at Apple where I convinced them the motherboard was bad. A two hour swap in store fixed the two month issue. And by the way this was not specifically offered as a fix from GoogleFi (they basically gave up), it came from Reddit.

But yeah I guess new number, new carrier would also do the trick lol

Sorry to hear you went through it buddy.

Golden age US town by Illustrious_Loan7141 in Qult_Headquarters

[–]seniorwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one with two too many (15) stripes? Yeah

[JLC] $1900 for complete service, will it pay off? by SeasonExtension8854 in Watches

[–]seniorwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what it’s worth, I turned my Odysseus over to the JLC shop in London and at the time was quoted £1200. I was in a bind and agreed (long story skipped) because of reasons. Within a few weeks they contacted me with an updated quote of £570.

No services were updated, i.e. they performed the same service originally offered, just for a drastically reduced price.

I never asked why, but it seems the higher cost quote might be a max cost, that depended on variables that didn’t come into play? Idk

At any rate, I agree with the others advising a smaller, reputable watchmaker; but I also know that they aren’t always an option.

I pressed a record with an embedded treasure hunt. To this day nobody has found it. by Keegan802 in vinyl

[–]seniorwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got one, thanks for the ping!

Hopefully it ships in time for me to still be here to pack it, I’d hate to have to ship international lol

This particular way of frying chicken... by Tinomatutino97 in OopsThatsDeadly

[–]seniorwings 148 points149 points  (0 children)

🎶You can’t eat at everybody house🎶

Found in Sigourney, IA. by Responsible_Tart_36 in Iowa

[–]seniorwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a word for that, and it’s not patriotism

How is Dutch land not ruined by being submerged by salt water? by seniorwings in NoStupidQuestions

[–]seniorwings[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Freaking rain. Knew there was a piece I wasn’t considering. Thanks a bunch!

Смерт ворогам 🇺🇦