Keeping the Location Secret

tinerj

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I stopped at a restaurant that I ate at once ever few months. Sign on the door: "We've moved. See ya at our new location!" I looked around for more info about the new location. Nothing at all. I wanted to pencil in "No, you won't because you didn't tell me the new location."

I was on the Cessna 150 club forum, and someone asked, "Are you going to Arlington Fly-in this year? He gave a link and I went to the site. No where on the home page did it tell where Arlington was. (This was five years ago -- it does give the essential info on the main page now.) Even the frequently asked question pages had nothing about the location (not even the state which would have helped -- there are about 22 Arlington's in the US, and some of them are reasonable places for a Fly-in, Arlington TX for instance.) After poking around far longer than I should have, I went to the Hotel Registration page and found that the hotels were in the Arlington, WA.

Just saying.
 
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tinerj said:
This year, just a few minutes ago, I wanted to find the Airport code for
Sun - N - Fun. OK, most you you know where it is located, and probably the airport code. But think as if you don't. Then go to their home page, and see how long it takes for you to find useful information such as the city, airport name, and airport code.

http://www.sun-n-fun.org/
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3 seconds.

Left nav, front page:

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Dammit. Don't you just hate it when you edit your post to remove your question, but somebody already quoted it?! GEEZ-A-LOU! :dunno: :rofl:
 
Yes, I deleted my last paragraph while you were responding. In my search, I'd been directed to an internal page that looked like the home page.

The paragraph I deleted was about not finding some of the essential info about Sun - N - Fun, but it is there on the main page.

My bad.
 
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I hear you though; sometimes they don't make it as easy as it should be! For example, you should have had that basic info in view without even scrolling.

Even POA's front page is a bit of a mess, to be honest. Discussed here often.
 
Can someone help me? I have this plane, and I think something is wrong with it. What should I check first?

:goofy:
 
The advent of the Internet deformalized communications, and in that never really developed any formalization of style sheets and formats that were used in generations prior. There is still a bit of bleed over in the word processor templates, but even there there are far more choices than were formerly deemed appropriate.
 
Heres what bugs me

Someone posts a news story that looks interesting along with a link. You click on the link and get the story in what looks like a legitimate news article, complete with the name of the radio station or newspaper....with NO reference to the town, city, or even State.
 
Mason said:
Heres what bugs me

Someone posts a news story that looks interesting along with a link. You click on the link and get the story in what looks like a legitimate news article, complete with the name of the radio station or newspaper....with NO reference to the town, city, or even State.
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Yeah, that kind of crap is annoying, most likely to drive Google ratings of people searching their identifier or something equally asinine.
 
aaarrrrgggh ye mateys . . . we have us a pirate map search . . . .arrrgghhhh
 
Everskyward said:
What's really strange is that I was just looking at a map trying to figure out how could get to that location by bus in order to meet some people for lunch...
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don't bother, the taco stand is closed
 
Back on topic, when EAA spams me with their standard "give us yer moneyz" letter, NOWHERE in the whole eletter does it say WHAT THE HELL thise 3 letters mean.
Yes, I realize that it is a somehow well-known organization but that is no excuse.

Communication standards have gone to c*ap and nobody knows how to use "dem inglesh no moh".
 
BigBadLou said:
Back on topic, when EAA spams me with their standard "give us yer moneyz" letter, NOWHERE in the whole eletter does it say WHAT THE HELL thise 3 letters mean.
Yes, I realize that it is a somehow well-known organization but that is no excuse.

Communication standards have gone to c*ap and nobody knows how to use "dem inglesh no moh".
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Next year it will just be a meme of an ancient, near dead, Grumpy Cat in a Spad diving, strafing a Cirrus on a grass runway yelling "Get off my lawn".
 
TangoWhiskey said:
Dammit. Don't you just hate it when you edit your post to remove your question, but somebody already quoted it?! GEEZ-A-LOU! :dunno: :rofl:
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Just making sure you don't remove that post, too. We should quote each other forever, just to keep each other honest. Quote every post! LOL
 
Henning said:
Next year it will just be a meme of an ancient, near dead, Grumpy Cat in a Spad diving, strafing a Cirrus on a grass runway yelling "Get off my lawn".
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I'd pay to join any organization that had such an awesome meme. Are you kidding? Grumpy cat in a Spad yelling at so,else to get off his grass runway? That's awesome.

Can the person he's strafing be Clint Eastwood, shooting back saying the same thing? I'd buy two memberships then!
 
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