Comments on: Sound the Alarm! http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/ Glug Glug Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: WorldWideWaterCooler http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7831 WorldWideWaterCooler Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:08:32 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7831 [...] echie wrote this in the early afternoon: Some of you may remember I was contemplating getting a tattoo while on vacation. It didn’t actually happen, but it came [...] [...] echie wrote this in the early afternoon:
Some of you may remember I was contemplating getting a tattoo while on vacation. It didn’t actually happen, but it came [...]

]]> By: Ven http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7398 Ven Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:41:14 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7398 I got a tattoo on my leg and then travelled on a train for 4 days, so I speak from experience when I say: There are some down sides (like having to find somewhere hygenic to wash the tatoo in hot water every few hours), but there are also some upsides (like not having your real life interrupted by a tattoo). Basically, you have to keep it away from sunlight and keep it from touching other things, so if at work you need to keep that part of your body covered or whatever, that may be a problem. I happily sat for four days with my pant leg rolled up and read. Long-story short: travelling with a fresh tattoo is not all bad. I got a tattoo on my leg and then travelled on a train for 4 days, so I speak from experience when I say:

There are some down sides (like having to find somewhere hygenic to wash the tatoo in hot water every few hours), but there are also some upsides (like not having your real life interrupted by a tattoo).

Basically, you have to keep it away from sunlight and keep it from touching other things, so if at work you need to keep that part of your body covered or whatever, that may be a problem. I happily sat for four days with my pant leg rolled up and read.

Long-story short: travelling with a fresh tattoo is not all bad.

]]> By: Mark http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7350 Mark Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:20:58 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7350 Speaking as someone who has spent more time in Miami Int'l than... well a lot of time. there are a few unadvertised, unsecured wireless hotspots using SSIDs like 'Linksys' :) COncourse F (coincidentally that's where Cayman Airways is) has one. Walk alll the way down to the end where Burger King and the duty free is, and you can probably hop on it. Best place to relax there is the chapel on the 3rd floor. It's dark, it's quiet, and no one hardly goes in there. Use your jacket or whatever for a pillow, stretch out on a pew and away you go. There IS a hotel there. It's... a hotel. Quite expensive, and like any airport, ALWAYS under renovations of some sort. You used to be able to take the elevator up to the 4th floor, pay the $6 drop-in fee at the health club and go for a swim, sit in the hot tub or sauna, have a shower and clean yourself up and then go back downstairs and catch your connector. Fortunately (or unfortunately) im usually running through MIA to catch a flight at the last minute these days. Speaking as someone who has spent more time in Miami Int’l than… well a lot of time. there are a few unadvertised, unsecured wireless hotspots using SSIDs like ‘Linksys’ :)

COncourse F (coincidentally that’s where Cayman Airways is) has one. Walk alll the way down to the end where Burger King and the duty free is, and you can probably hop on it.

Best place to relax there is the chapel on the 3rd floor. It’s dark, it’s quiet, and no one hardly goes in there. Use your jacket or whatever for a pillow, stretch out on a pew and away you go.

There IS a hotel there. It’s… a hotel. Quite expensive, and like any airport, ALWAYS under renovations of some sort.

You used to be able to take the elevator up to the 4th floor, pay the $6 drop-in fee at the health club and go for a swim, sit in the hot tub or sauna, have a shower and clean yourself up and then go back downstairs and catch your connector.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) im usually running through MIA to catch a flight at the last minute these days.

]]> By: NetChick http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7344 NetChick Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:00:27 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7344 I'm getting a tattoo, and a peircing!! You should come with me when you get back! ;) I’m getting a tattoo, and a peircing!! You should come with me when you get back! ;)

]]> By: April http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7343 April Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:11:07 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7343 If you're going to get a tattoo, do it on the way home. You can't get it wet and you can't allow it in direct sunlight but it won't start itching until it starts to heal, which takes a couple of days so you should be alright if you get it at the end of the trip. If you’re going to get a tattoo, do it on the way home. You can’t get it wet and you can’t allow it in direct sunlight but it won’t start itching until it starts to heal, which takes a couple of days so you should be alright if you get it at the end of the trip.

]]> By: Donna http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7342 Donna Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:09:31 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7342 wireless internet: Honolulu's airport had one... if you were willing to pay something like $6 US for an hour. I had an hour to kill, but... $6? Are you kidding? No. I read my book. tattoo: You do not want to travel with a fresh tattoo, I promise you. The first day hurts, and the second (and several subsequent days) itch like a motherfucker while your newly colored skin flakes off rather snake-like. wireless internet: Honolulu’s airport had one… if you were willing to pay something like $6 US for an hour. I had an hour to kill, but… $6? Are you kidding? No. I read my book.

tattoo: You do not want to travel with a fresh tattoo, I promise you. The first day hurts, and the second (and several subsequent days) itch like a motherfucker while your newly colored skin flakes off rather snake-like.

]]> By: `jen http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7341 `jen Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:42:17 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7341 oh and i actually meant to type about wireless internet - derrh. wouldn't there be an airport hotel there or something? they *must* offer wireless... but possibly not for free. oh and i actually meant to type about wireless internet - derrh.

wouldn’t there be an airport hotel there or something? they *must* offer wireless… but possibly not for free.

]]> By: `jen http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7340 `jen Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:39:52 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7340 oooo! a tattoo? what are you thinking of getting? (she asks as someone that has always wanted a tattoo and could never make up her mind for more than five minutes about "what" or "where"...) oooo! a tattoo? what are you thinking of getting?

(she asks as someone that has always wanted a tattoo and could never make up her mind for more than five minutes about “what” or “where”…)

]]> By: peechie http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7339 peechie Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7339 Yah, I'd have done it on the way home. But itching on a couple very long flights isn't my idea of fun. Yah, I’d have done it on the way home. But itching on a couple very long flights isn’t my idea of fun.

]]> By: Special Guest Coach http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7338 Special Guest Coach Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:18:46 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/02/22/sound-the-alarm/#comment-7338 I would agree with Mel. Being tattooed myself, I can tell you that if you're gonna be itchy, you want to do it at home. And strong sun on fresh ink isn't really recommended. I would agree with Mel. Being tattooed myself, I can tell you that if you’re gonna be itchy, you want to do it at home. And strong sun on fresh ink isn’t really recommended.

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