Wow!
This thread goes off on more tangents than - ME!

Just back from a great holiday overseas (but not such a great UAL flight starting out) and checking in to say Happy New Year!

As for me, the good ole' BofA cahd is doing just fine. 36k and climbing... no forms, no probs, no conspiracies or lists... Just right.

Why all the worries, mates? Just get one and earn.

(which hardly explains why, upon my return, the IRS, a Bank of America exec, and airport security were waiting to escort me out of the terminal, bring me to a small windowless room, sit me down under a hot hanging lamp and make me wait for what seemed like days... hours, even...

Then, out of nowhere, this tall, Germanic- looking man hurriedly entered and slammed the door shut. He leaned toward me from across the desk with his stern face and monocle on, and said, "Sir, vee are takink bach zose mylez!" With the stroke of a pen and a big ink stamp, my Alaska Airlines account was empty and that was that! The camera panned to a bird's eye view and I shreaked, "KHAAAAAAAN!!!!" But then he walked out and I was free to leave, just like that.)

A wise man in here once reminded me, at a time when I really NEEDED a vacation: It's all only about MILES... 36k and climbing.


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If speed is not your thing, distance may as well be. Enjoy and embrace it all!