Nov 22, 2012, 4:10 am
Last edit by: jackal
Welcome to the 
-- a place to just relax and have some fun. Stop in and see what's happening! 
-- a place to just relax and have some fun. Stop in and see what's happening! 
The Alaska Airlines Bored Room
Nov 18, 2008, 2:19 am
#316
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......I have something to be thankful for: upgrade to an F seat on the SEA-DCA flight this morning! That almost never happens (to me) anymore. ^ 
:-:
In SEABR I observed that the new commercial toaster is still pumping out the BTU's and that there are Kaladi Brothers paper coffee cups at the downstairs self-serve station. I took that as a thinly-veiled message that they are jettisoning Silverhook for Kaladi but the concierges said no. That's just what they currently have in stock.
At last week's Gold lunch I should have asked that they increase the bandwidth on the wireless connection here. It's been awfully slow in the mornings.
:-:In SEABR I observed that the new commercial toaster is still pumping out the BTU's and that there are Kaladi Brothers paper coffee cups at the downstairs self-serve station. I took that as a thinly-veiled message that they are jettisoning Silverhook for Kaladi but the concierges said no. That's just what they currently have in stock.
At last week's Gold lunch I should have asked that they increase the bandwidth on the wireless connection here. It's been awfully slow in the mornings.
I'm also sad the BA award to SYD has been discontinued and that the fuel surcharge is being added for AS awards. I'm currently sitting in the LHR T5 Concorde Room :P and it's absolutely incredible. It will probably be a long while before I am able to travel like this again...
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Nov 18, 2008, 3:18 am
#317
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Silverhook *is* Kaladi...it's just their "export" brand (for Outside retail outlets, I believe). I'm not entirely sure why they separate the two brands, but as far as I know, they're basically the same beans.
I'm also sad the BA award to SYD has been discontinued and that the fuel surcharge is being added for AS awards. I'm currently sitting in the LHR T5 Concorde Room :P and it's absolutely incredible. It will probably be a long while before I am able to travel like this again...
I'm also sad the BA award to SYD has been discontinued and that the fuel surcharge is being added for AS awards. I'm currently sitting in the LHR T5 Concorde Room :P and it's absolutely incredible. It will probably be a long while before I am able to travel like this again...
Some snow & fog waiting upon deplanement @ ANC
Nov 27, 2008, 2:54 pm
#318
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Happy Thanksgiving
About to head off to ANC... dad heading to PA to hunt some deer 
, sadly I can't make it there due to work commitments-
But hope everyone is having some good turkey & stuffing! I'm already stuffed
, sadly I can't make it there due to work commitments- But hope everyone is having some good turkey & stuffing! I'm already stuffed
Nov 27, 2008, 3:10 pm
#319
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Yep deer season opens Monday in PA. I sure miss deer season there. Im no longer a resident there and Im not about to pay for a $101 non resident license for a deer. I suppose I could hunt on the grandparents farm and get some sort of landowners type license instead but the regs on that are somewhat cloudy. OK its off the the dinner I go
Dec 2, 2008, 1:15 am
#321
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Dec 2, 2008, 1:20 am
#322
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Indeed...
Remind me again why we suffer through these winters?
Lately, it certainly hasn't been to enjoy the summers...
Indeed...
Remind me again why we suffer through these winters?
Lately, it certainly hasn't been to enjoy the summers...
Dec 2, 2008, 1:40 am
#323
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Indeed...
Remind me again why we suffer through these winters?
Lately, it certainly hasn't been to enjoy the summers...
Indeed...
Remind me again why we suffer through these winters?
Lately, it certainly hasn't been to enjoy the summers...
Avoiding WN & VX & now UA
Dec 2, 2008, 4:28 am
#325
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Ooooh...so true, so true...
Dec 2, 2008, 10:03 am
#326
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about 1.8 inches tip to tail (assuming it's a solid chunk of aluminum and it goes from uniform 0 to 85 deg F (ie no surface heating or passengers or engines or fuel expansion thermodynamics or ...)
