The Off Topic Topic

[Pedrito]

I laughed. A lot.



L.

[jimmy olsen]

I dithered for a day, and the cheapest was either a $1400 flight whose return trip included overnight stays in both Newark and Beijing, resulting in a 36 hour travel time, or a $1500 that had a 1 hour turnover in Chicago. In February.

I went with a non-stop $1700 flight that left at a reasonable time.
How far in advance did you get your flight? My flight here was only about $1000, and while I got it only a few weeks in advance, it was one-way.

Do they not pay for your flights?  My friend teaches in Seoul and they pay for his flights home to the UK or anywhere else he wants to go every year.

They paid for mine.

[Josquius]

I seem to have somehow backed my way into a corner of doing a computer games and hci related thesis...Now to think of ideas

[Razgovory]

I'm so fucking cold.

[Archy]

The only good thing coming from the Belgian army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_32moqBAk

[Razgovory]

The only good thing coming from the Belgian army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_32moqBAk

Belgium has an army?

[Archy]

Yes, the ones making the red cross tents and guarding the airport of Kabul. 

[Ed Anger]

The only good thing coming from the Belgian army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_32moqBAk

Belgium has an army?

Speedbumps on the way to northern france.

[Razgovory]

Yes, the ones making the red cross tents and guarding the airport of Kabul. 

I thought the Red Cross made Red Cross tents.

[Josephus]

Yes, the ones making the red cross tents and guarding the airport of Kabul. 

Is that David Gilmour on your avatar? (I know I asked you once, but never saw if you replied.)

[HisMajestyBOB]

I dithered for a day, and the cheapest was either a $1400 flight whose return trip included overnight stays in both Newark and Beijing, resulting in a 36 hour travel time, or a $1500 that had a 1 hour turnover in Chicago. In February.

I went with a non-stop $1700 flight that left at a reasonable time.
How far in advance did you get your flight? My flight here was only about $1000, and while I got it only a few weeks in advance, it was one-way.

Do they not pay for your flights?  My friend teaches in Seoul and they pay for his flights home to the UK or anywhere else he wants to go every year.

I get a 2 million won re-signing bonus, which conveniently comes out to ~$1700. They stopped paying for flights because some foreign teachers were bitching about it, for some reason, so now they just give cash and two weeks vacation before the new school year.

[Jaron]

I dithered for a day, and the cheapest was either a $1400 flight whose return trip included overnight stays in both Newark and Beijing, resulting in a 36 hour travel time, or a $1500 that had a 1 hour turnover in Chicago. In February.

I went with a non-stop $1700 flight that left at a reasonable time.
How far in advance did you get your flight? My flight here was only about $1000, and while I got it only a few weeks in advance, it was one-way.

Do they not pay for your flights?  My friend teaches in Seoul and they pay for his flights home to the UK or anywhere else he wants to go every year.

I get a 2 million won re-signing bonus, which conveniently comes out to ~$1700. They stopped paying for flights because some foreign teachers were bitching about it, for some reason, so now they just give cash and two weeks vacation before the new school year.

You're a millionaire!

[Savonarola]

The Doomsday Clock moved today.  It's now:  Six Minutes 'til Midnight!

[Josquius]

Thats a reverse right?

[Savonarola]

Thats a reverse right?

Yes, it was at 5.