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    Don’t survey me without something in exchange 2

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler December 14, 2011June 5, 2024

    I would have not written part 2 (part 1 is here) but related things have happened : It was a survey for an insurance company I collect Aeroplan miles so I had to click on ‘No, thanks’  Also, this is an e-mail I received after I stayed at a Radisson hotel: Dear …. We want…

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    My Quest for the Self-Cleaning Toilet

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler December 14, 2011June 5, 2024

    A few years ago I was in the Frankfurt Airport, I saw it for the first time and I was ‘fascinated’. And it wasn’t in a lounge or something similar, it was in a washroom everyone had access to. This year I was in the Frankfurt airport again and I wanted to find it but I could…

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    Los Angeles

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler December 13, 2011June 5, 2024

    These photos will conclude my ‘series’ about LA.          

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    Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler December 12, 2011June 5, 2024

    For a recent flight from Winnipeg to Calgary, I checked in online using my iPhone, and got my first offer of a complimentary upgrade. It was a bit strangely worded: <My name>, would all passengers like a complimentary upgrade for the flight? It didn’t entirely make sense – how would I know about the other…

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    A Photo: so close, but so far apart

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler December 9, 2011June 5, 2024

    Sulphur Mountain in Banff, Canada  

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    The Red Pepper

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler December 3, 2011June 5, 2024

    Sometime ago, someone told me that the red pepper contains more Vitamin C than citrus fruit. Apparently this is true: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1197490/Why-pepper-worth-salt-Vitamin-C.html So I began to eat more red peppers than I used to. I mean, I use them in meals and salads; I don’t just bite into them like an apple. However, maybe I should start…

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    “An apology for our salutation mistake”

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler November 25, 2011June 5, 2024

    Actually I didn’t notice it, but it is nice of them they apologized. It would have been nicer a few Aeroplan miles for people who would have written back and said the salutation mistake caused inconvenience for them or at least a draw for them with 3 prizes. I would have not written back as first of…

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    A Photo

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler November 18, 2011June 5, 2024

    I don’t know where I found this photo with 5 pigs some time ago. I suppose the pig that seems ostracized is Greece. Too late, the contagion has already happened.

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    11/11/11 and travel stories

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler November 11, 2011June 5, 2024

    Everyone tries to come up with something clever for this date; it seems there are even 2 separate movies with this title: 11-11-11 and 11/11/11 And this site to be launched came with their own 11/11/11 .  I suppose they meant 111 quality submissions as I have already sent them 3 stories (guys, please send an acknowledgement e-mail…

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    Radisson Giveaway – yes, I got it

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler November 9, 2011June 5, 2024

    It has been like that since around 11 PM EST. Perhaps the site has been hacked. The promotion should have started midnight EST 10 November . The countdown that stopped working was a test. Do you give up easily? Do you have what it takes? This is what Radisson wanted to find out. A free night isn’t…

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