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May 23, 2024 | 4:37 am

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PLeblond

Formerly known as tireman77

Join Date: Dec 2013

Posts: 7,707

Quote:

Originally Posted by DataPlumber

I guess I have way more going on at home than I've given myself credit for....
Flying commercial, it aint climbing Kilimanjaro. You have a short life, but if a lounge or airline "something" meets the definition of new, different, crazy experience; you have my most sincere condolences. I really mean that.

Being in an airplane is my happy place. Every time a plane rotates and takes flight, I get the feeling I had when I first saw an airplane as a kid. Flying is a privilege few people get to experience, and I enjoy it, despite all the poop that surrounds the experience today.

I flew a 6 segment TATL flight for 22 hours on the ground for my birthday last year. When flying alone, I'll add segments to experience metal I haven’t flown on or airports I've never been to. I'll take a multi stop propellor flight over a direct 'jet' flight if I can.

I’ve been to several dozen countries across 6 continents and to places where time forgot. For me, a trip starts when I step foot in the airport. It’ part of the total experience.

You see it as not experiencing life, I see it as maximizing one of the fantastic things that life offers to a selected few people and enhancing everything else in life.

Please save your condolences for someone who needs them.

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