Ditto (sorry, had to say that! from Sir Edwin, Yaz and of course, Myself. It's really nice to have new members and new imput into the boards. REALLY!

And a very special MEOWY Welcome to all the Pet owners, especially those OWNED by Beloved CATS! WE cats are very special people indeed!

Thank you for the welcome. I have really gotten some great tips here and many things to think about.

Punki: I also feel sometimes like I live at SeaTac. My first and last stop there is always at one of the Starbucks stands as I fortify or revive myself either for or from that dreadful 60-mile drive to and from the airport. (If only I could get miles for that!) Maybe one day we could meet for a cup of coffee? Again, thanks all for the greetings.

Catman: I took a tour of the Boeing widebody plant just north of Seattle (can't remember the name of the town, maybe Punki can help) a few years ago. It was a highlight of a wonderful week n the Pacific Northwest that included a night at Mt. Rainier, a trip to Orcas Island and a couple of nights there, and a stay at the hotel (also can't remember the name) at Snoqualmie Falls where they filmed the old Twin Peaks series.

I love Seattle! A great place to visit.

Everett

I know I went to the Boeing Museum but I did not know the plant gave tours.

I think that should be an F-T event. We have to know what we're flyingi in!!!

Not only does Boeing give tours (more of an opportunity to look down from an observation deck at some planes being built), but they also have an surplus outlet. Never know what they'll have, but they have had first-class seats. It's in Kent, Wash.

Also, to go on the tour, get there early. They give away the tickets for the day beginning at 8 or 8:30 a.m. and often they're gone for the whole day by 11 a.m.

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The Boeing Everett factory tours are conducted to showcase The Boeing Company and the Everett product line, the 747, 767, and 777. As part of the tour, visitors will be located in the largest building in the world by volume (472,000,000 cubic feet). On the Boeing flight line, visitors will see airplanes in various stages of flight test and manufacture for airline customers around the world. Visitors come from every walk of life and from every region of the globe, all with a common interest -- to see the number one aerospace leader in the world: The Boeing Company.
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/tours/

Thank you Rudi!

I wish I knew this when I last went to Seattle!

The museum was very nice, although there were some junior high school groups and most of the kids were like "WHY are we here?"

Their male teachers were having more fun then they were!

Looks like I have to go back soon!!!

Just bringing this forward as someone was looking for it on Community.

I guess it makes sense that this topic is here since that is where others have been looking for it. Here are the links to previous Who We All Are's so thankfully started by Baobab. Don't be shy now. Let us know who you are (even if you're not posting much).

In the Buzz
Who we all are 2

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum.../001305-4.html

Who we all are
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/000469.html

and don't forget to visit the picture gallery
HTTP://members.aol.com/flyerpics/wanted.htm


[This message has been edited by BlondeBomber (edited 06-01-2000).]

Continuing this on Who We All Are 3 on FT Community:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/000052.html

[This message has been edited by BlondeBomber (edited 06-01-2000).]

Good idea to move it.

As someone who only recently had to learn his way around all the areas of this board (just one more post til "Member"!), I'd always wondered what WWAA I and II were doing in Buzz.

Flyer Talk Community is a recent creation on this board so it and many other threads didn't exist--they all went in the BUZZ in the "old" days. That is why the BUZZ got so large.

Well I've been posting for about a month now so here goes.

I was born in Bellingham, WA but grew up just outside of Vancouver, B.C ( good times! ). Did some travelling as a child, spent 1 year in school at Bathampton, England and sowed my wild oats throughout Europe after high school. Left Canada ( not exactly the job capital of the world ) and joined the U.S Navy and flew all throughout Asia and the Middle East for almost 18 years. I met my beautiful wife in the Philippines and are coming up on 21 years together. We have one son in college, 3 dogs and 4 cats. ( Catman has Yaz and Eddie, I have Balky, Friski, Cosmic and of course BoBo ). So I have a very full house but wouldn't have it any other way. I love to travel, golf, play Ice hockey and chat on the FT boards. I'm looking forward to meeting more of you in my travels and if the opportunity presents itself making more of the get togethers.

Cheers Scott

Thanks Scott, anyone else to follow Scott's lead? We'd love to learn more about you and see some of you at PiP in November.