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Post by bjd on Apr 5, 2013 10:44:18 GMT
I just tried to get on TT and it was taking forever so I stopped. Maybe they are having more issues? It was working this morning.
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Post by nutraxfornerves on Apr 5, 2013 22:05:18 GMT
One f the mods posted that the Recent Pots Bug has returned & that TT might be "wonky"
Nutrax
The plural of anecdote is not data.
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Post by gabriele on Apr 5, 2013 22:41:12 GMT
Is it just me or is the type smaller?
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Post by gabriele on Apr 5, 2013 22:55:50 GMT
I reset my text size to largest so TT is back to the regular size but it makes this site and others look like a large-text book...either like a child's book or one for people with eye problems... I can remember working for one company that had an old computer system (1993) and there had been so many fixes done on it when they needed to change something it took them a week to figure out what all the previous patches were, when they were done, what they involved and so on and so on...and the company had its HQ in New Orleans and branch offices in every port city in the US...and this was just an AS400...can't imagine how complex the LP/TT xyxtem is
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Post by gabriele on Apr 6, 2013 0:57:39 GMT
I just posted on WE Amsterdam Flower Parade....interesting parade...but the main reason was the last line...a greeting in Dutch whiching Ansh a happy birthday...on Sunday he'll be 16! Bonne anniversaire Ansh! (sfgirl)
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Post by bjd on Apr 6, 2013 7:53:22 GMT
Not just you, Gabriele -- the type is smaller but only on the posts. The ads are normal size.
Happy Birthday, Ansh!
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 6, 2013 13:58:46 GMT
Thanks guys!; but it's tomorrow, so I'll try to login using my current account tomorrow- I want to restore some of my PMs. If I can't, looks like I'll need to wait till Monday to reach the mods by email.
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Post by nautiker on Apr 6, 2013 22:01:08 GMT
it seems they put some minimal work on the layout, e.g. the log-in area - but why? for lack of anything better to do? interesting remark about the board at Rough's Guide, gabriele, nice to see others still deem an active community a good idea - thanks for sharing! the advice given looks pretty decent at a glance, however the lack of sorting by country (or at least continent!) doesn't encourage me to take part as a contributor over there, maybe their outline is a wee bit short-sighted. as regards ansh, I can think of a more appropriate place...
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Post by gabriele on Apr 7, 2013 2:32:20 GMT
Did some research for a reply on shipping a bike from Munich airport to lHR...everything was old on the advice forums...gave a couple links, the usual attempt to assist...and it got an automatic 'must be approved'. But when I went back and posted that the first post would be delayed so it could be approved by the mods...that posted immediately!
So far I'm not too happy with some of what I read on RG forum. Poster said he didn't want to drive down from San Francisco to Big Sur, what public transportation was there? Someone who has supposedly posted a lot said, oh, well, you really need to drive to see all the scenery. Coast Hiway 1 while beautiful can also be frightening...the hiway in many places goes right along cliffsides above the ocean. I really like the Big Sur area, been there a couple times and I KNOW there is public transporation, just a matter of a little searching, which I did. Train from SF to Monterey, bus from Monterey to Big Sur. Gave links, some transit times, etc., suggested they'd need to spend the nite in either Big Sur or Monterey. OP could decide from the schedules, etc if it was worth it to them to make the trip. Well the first replier came back and said, no, no, no, they can't take public transportation, they'll miss the whole beauty of the drive and it will take too long. If it were TT I would have gone back and reminded the guy that the OP said they WANTED public transporatation, and didn't want to drive, they don't drive much so his advice was quite contrary to what the OP had requested. But RG doesn't feel like my forum yet so I didn't. But it certainly felt like a very big ego trip (and I don't care that he lives in Asia now and has posted X number of times it was still bad advice) and someone on Has LP Had Its Day? made a similar comment about a 'regular' poster or advisor. Thanks for the confirmation bjd I was wondering if I'd done something wrong on my computer. I wonder if they're trying to downsize things so they fit on a phone screen...
Ansh, I know your birthday is the 7th (which is why I mentioned that date in the Flower Parade post, but with the East of GMT and West of GMT I decided I would be early rather than late. Any special celebration with your family? If your mother fixes a special meal you should post it on Get Stuffed...
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 7, 2013 2:47:34 GMT
Nothing special, in fact I'm insisting on being nothing special- my parents would like for us to go out or something but I want it to be just like a normal day.
I couldn't log into my previous account. Maybe I should wait for when it's 7th wherever the LP offices are?
Nautiker, what do have in mind?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2013 2:49:49 GMT
Concerning replies, I have the same problem at TA. People ask a question, and I reply to the question. But all sorts of other people pile on to say that the person is in the wrong location and should cancel their reservation, or what they want to see the wrong thing and should see this other thing instead or that they shouldn't be asking for metro directions because the bus is inifintely better.
If I protest about them redoing the person's trip, I am told that it is only normal to correct ignorant people's incorrect desires. (Those are not the exact terms that they use, but that's what it amounts to.)
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Post by gabriele on Apr 9, 2013 10:33:55 GMT
It sort of seemed as if TT was slow...so I counted: 18 posts in a 24 hour period (8 April) for WE forum. I'm sure there are more popular forums but since it's the one I know best it's what I used. For those who frequent other forums, are you seeing a decrease-perhaps I should write 'continuing decrease' --on those as well?
Any my complaint about the type size? Now I can't change the type size to Largest, if I want larger type I have to use the Zoom (yes I'm on IE) to 125%....seems like another case of 'let us fix it by making it worse'.
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Post by bjd on Apr 9, 2013 11:20:56 GMT
The message type is normal-sized again, but the blue branch names are huge. I didn't adjust anything on my screen, figuring the problem is theirs and I just wait it out.
More annoying is having to reply and discard an answer to see my recent posts.
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 9, 2013 11:42:25 GMT
I'm back with a new profile...hopefully will be able to reactivate my old one.
You can just click on the forum activity from the dropdown menu to check your recent threads.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2013 11:54:10 GMT
Happy that you exist again! (not that you ever stopped existing, of course!)
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 9, 2013 12:42:56 GMT
Thanks!
I am dreading the loss of my PMs though...
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Post by bjd on Apr 9, 2013 16:00:59 GMT
Well, you have a couple of days left to copy and paste them, but you might find that many of them are of no interest any more. I ended up deleting most of mine.
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 10, 2013 1:10:32 GMT
That is only if they can revive my old account before then- which is unlikely.
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Post by gabriele on Apr 11, 2013 3:45:31 GMT
Ansh, I was looking at my old PMs and I have some from you, so they're still in the system. Nothing I think you would want to keep, though...fingers crossed you are able to access them...
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 11, 2013 12:02:20 GMT
They seem pretty incompetent at the moment. How difficult can it be to revive an account?
But they spend their time making needless changes to the layout- as a result I am momentarily logged in from any computer I log in once from, even if it's a new window and even if I haven't clicked "remember me."
BTW I'll be in San Francisco on Saturday night.
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Post by nutraxfornerves on Apr 12, 2013 1:38:23 GMT
Ansh is back under his old profile.
Hey, Ansh! Do post your impressions of SF on TT. We'd love to get your viewpoint.
Nutrax
The plural of anecdote is not data.
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Post by bjd on Apr 12, 2013 8:09:48 GMT
And you can post your photos on here!
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 12, 2013 8:57:13 GMT
Surely I will post a report here!
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 14, 2013 12:27:10 GMT
Is it only me or is the sign in page not working? I;ve been trying to sign in- from two new devices over two wifi networks and one Internet networks- and the text boxes aren't showing (for username and password)
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Post by bjd on Apr 14, 2013 14:33:20 GMT
There are still bugs. Don't know about signing in, but you still have to reply (and discard) in order to get recent threads.
Can't help about signing in because I'm "being remembered" for a few more days.
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 14, 2013 21:20:45 GMT
Thanks for the answer, bjd. Still not working, though.
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Post by bjd on Apr 15, 2013 6:16:57 GMT
Actually, I had no trouble logging in again later in the day, but I think MTL had complained to the mods that using an iPad or similar wasn't working.
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Post by gabriele on Apr 17, 2013 10:30:48 GMT
News of a sort: skift.com/2013/04/03/breaking-arthur-frommer-gets-his-brand-name-back-from-google/Arthur Frommer has regained the right to publish the guidebooks and run the travel website that bears his name. The guidebook founder confirmed the return of the name to the Associated Press’ travel editor Beth Harpaz in a phone call late Wednesday night. No price for the naming rights was disclosed. I'll probably post this on a thread or two on TT...
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Post by nautiker on Apr 21, 2013 20:11:26 GMT
when I rummaged through my pms salvaging a couple of them, I was unpleasantly reminded that ansh had a rather rough welcome to TT back when he first registered a couple of years ago - good you kept a stiff upper lip, ansh!
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Post by anshjain97 on Apr 22, 2013 3:53:27 GMT
Yes, I remember that as well- but I admit the larger fault there was mine. That was the main reason why I changed my handle almost 3 years ago.
I'm being moderated for around half of my posts on the US branch- somewhere I've not posted for a while.
P.S. When I was travelling and used other computers where I was not "remembered," my recent threads appeared as soon as I logged in. I thought the bug was fixed but realized that wasn't the case when I started using my home computer where I'm remembered.
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