Hey, I drink a lot of vodka.

Like what?

The $20 trick is tipping for preferential treatment.

Someone linked a great article here semi-recently about a guy who tried a multitude of $20 tricks at some pretty high end NYC restaurants with interesting results.

Can't find it though obv.

I can see this happening theoretically, but I've flown six times since August and haven't had a problem. I could very well have just been lucky.

How to fold socks

If you want to tell if an egg is boiled, spin it on the counter. If it wobbles it isn't.

for flights, figure out beforehand how your carrier seats. united, for example, seats window then middle then aisle. if it's a short-ish flight and you don't have bladder control issues (I can make a transcon without having to use the lav), book the window seat and get on first to ensure enough room in the overhead.
if you do have to gate-check bags, they (UAL, at least) doesn't charge for it so all you lose is a little time at baggage claim.

when flying to japan or hong kong, just change enough money to get by and keep the rest in greenbacks. the exchange rate in the airports there is much better than you'd get here (in SF) for some reason and miles ahead of the airport rate stateside.

when you're in hawaii, don't try to pull off some local/pigeon accent to look cool/blend in. you don't and you won't and you may get beaten up for it.

Anything peeling up or falling off will stay down w/ silicone. I used it recently also to fix my microwave (piece on front top had broken off and would be $100 to replace). I siliconed the whole piece back into place. It's better than something like superglue because you could pull it off again if you needed to without leaving residue.

Another example was that my dog chewed up some laminate flooring that had partially come up. I siliconed the parts that were still attached back down and siliconed a wooden threshold in place over the whole area he damaged. Sure beats trying to replace part of the floor.

i have seen this happen twice in the last two weeks. its because people bring on like 3 bags and a huge jacket. one person basically takes up an entire thing. also people try and bring on huge bags in the carryon and then flip out when they are last in line and can't fit the thing in any overhead space.

i like how ryanair just makes a hudge line that is first come first serve to get on the plane and also to get seats.

interested in a link to this

Since that type of stuff is now cutting into their bottom line, I imagine they'll be cracking down extra hard.

A six minute video....on how to fold socks........unbelievable.

This is so ridiculous that I'm almost sure it's just an elaborate level to try to get the viewer's head to explode. Unless you're obsessive compulsive to the nth degree, this is a nice guide on how to waste a massive amount of time doing one of the most elementary tasks ever.

There should seriously be a one carry on max. Anything more is **** you.



edit: solids, after a few seconds i took a stab and picked somewhere in the middle and drilled the very beginning of the actual 12 seconds of actually showing how to fold the flipping sox

All the gas stations around me removed the metal plate on the bottom of the handle for the latch to catch on. The trick isn't to to try and wedge the whole handle up but to put the gas cap flat and underneath the latch.

The armpit is a great place to stab a guy with an icepick.

sock knit

In addition to the aforementioned speeding ticket evasion techniques, if you're pulled over and asked if you know how fast you were going, the correct answer is "I don't know. I was just watching the road." I was taught that by a friend who's a cop and have used it successfully more than once. It sounds honest, nonconfrontational, doesn't openly admit guilt, and submits to the officer's authority without giving him any reason to want to screw you over.

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2000/10/pocketful

27-- He actually folds a few pairs of socks, none of which takes less than 30 seconds.

Seriously En Passant, what the **** dude. This sock folding method is actually a counterproductive anti-trick.

I do all of these too actually.

That's the one Yeti. Everyone should read it and open their game up.

Few dubious ones I've heard that are probably not true, just wondering if anyone's heard of them

- Use a match stick to remove clamps from vechicles by letting air out the tyre
- Putting phone cards in the freezer will recharge the credit on them
- Holding the floor you want + close door in elevators will take you there without stopping at any other floor (supposedly for maids in hotels so no one sees them)

Now I really want chicken wings.

In Los Angeles (and likely other places), when transitioning from one freeway to another, there are meters....making it so that only 1 car per lane can go at a time. Often, in these cases, there is more than one lane.

If you're in a hurry, get in the lane with the MOST 18-wheelers/buses/etc (long vehicles).

Naturally, when in a hurry, you don't want to be behind these vehicles. But in a metered situation where "vehicle speed" is less important than "number of vehicles", getting behind these can considerably reduce your waiting time.

lol @ all 3.

Don't know what you're saying about the match stick, but I'm pretty sure the other two are bogus.

Excellent article.

My friend had mediocre tickets to a show in Vegas and tipped the usher ($20 or $50 i think) who was showing him to his seats. They took him to seats front & center, and make a mark on his tickets.

A short while later, another couple arrived with an usher to sit in the seats that had obviously been "reassigned." My friend showed the usher his stubs with the mark on them and the usher led the seats rightful owners somewhere else, never to be seen again... seemed pretty awesome to me.