Maybe in a week or so OMNI will be open again. I can dream.

Then I'll be able to go to the FT Miles section of FT to exchange info on airline, car, and hotel programs and then I'll be able to go to the FT Travel section to enjoy the company of my fellow FT'ers in conversations about all things not travel related in OMNI.

I like to go to OMNI because it gives me the opportunity to get to know members of the FT community. This just is not possible if we speak only of airline miles and hotel points. How else would I know that PierreMcLopez likes Fat Tire Ale? Or that chexfan finds Miss Teenage Maryland more attractive than Miss Kansas? Or that richard prefers to paint the basement in the morning rather than the evening?


As for all the cut and paste news clips that show up in OMNI on a very regular basis, I really don't care at all for them. Not one bit. And I also don't like the attitude that allows someone to do something over and over again and then retreat to the protective fringe of the TOS and claim innocence. It's not technically against the law to slam the door in an elderly woman's face right as she reaches the door but it sure is rude and impolite. And chances are it will not earn you any friends. But that's just me.


I'll thank Randy and the TB in advance for their work.