[] Home late + the nature of backlog
So I’m home a day late because United Airlines delayed my UA934 flight from LAX to LHR by 20 hours. So instead of leaving at 17.02 PDT on saturday, I left at 13.00 PDT on sunday. I was supposed to leave at noon, but the plane was delayed a bit longer that day. So United gave me vouchers for a hotel, transportation to and from the hotel, and dinner/breakfast vouchers. Because of the 1 hour delay I missed my scheduled flight (8.25 GMT+1) at LHR to AMS (though just barely) and had to get the next one (10.40 GMT+1).
As far as backlog is concerned: I realize this probably doesn’t measure up to what other people get, and that part of the messages are there due to the fact that I did actually use email while away, but here’s some frightening statistics on what Thunderbird reported when I turned on my home desktop computer today. (Thunderbird is my email program of choice. I use it to get copies of everything that hits my 2 gmail accounts and an old account at my parents’ ISP. While on the move, I use my laptop and gmail’s web access to stay on top of things)
Unread Mail: 297
Unread Blogposts: 88 (some duplication here, but not too much)
Unread Newsgroup posts: 347
I’ve kept on top of Facebook myself while away, and somewhat the same for bugmail, so that’s a large number of those emails gone out the window - still a lot of newsgroup posts though.
What scares me most is that I’m planning to leave for 6 or 7 weeks this summer - without email/internet access. So multiply the above by that… and you get an idea of what I’m worried about 
I’ll write a more coherent post about my stay in the US and the CSUN conference later. Right now it’s time for sleep - I’ve been up for 24 hours by now.
March 26th, 2007 at 19:57
297? How long were you away? I rack up that much in a couple of days…
March 26th, 2007 at 21:15
Gerv: I left Amsterdam at 11.30, Saturday 17th of March. I was supposed to get back by 16.55, Sunday 25th of March, and actually got back by 13.55, Monday 26th of March. So I guess that makes it 9 days. And yeah, as said, I imagine lots of people get a bundle more than I do… I just didn’t realize I was getting this much by now
March 27th, 2007 at 20:48
Hi Gijs, How are you?
Goed om te horen dat je het er levend af gebracht hebt en veilig terug bent in de hoofdstad
Je gaat dus 6 - 7 weken weg deze zomer? Moet ik daar uit opmaken dat je in Taize zit? Zo ja welke weken ga je?
Groeten!
April 2nd, 2007 at 16:24
Hi Ilja,
Met mij is alles prima, dankje. En ja, ik ga weer naar Taizé. Zwerf daar tussen 1 Juli en 19 Augustus rond, als alles goed gaat (maar dat is nog niet zeker). De begindatum staat al wel vast - heb net mijn kaartjes ernaartoe gekocht bij de NS Internationaal hier in Amsterdam. Ik zie je daar ongetwijfeld, de hele meute uit Apeldoorn komt 15 Juli, meen ik? Dan ben ik er in ieder geval nog.
Groeten!
April 2nd, 2007 at 17:29
Heh, it looks like this happens quite often at United Airlines. Basically, the same happened to me the last time I flew to the US. Except, I was given the choice, between a 24 hour delay and getting vouchers or leaving directly.