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Watching the NY TV stations... run for your lives up in the northeast!! :rolleyes:

Not a cloud in the sky here! Low 60s/upper 50s for us.^

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13462681)

I'm shocked! Curling is on, and there is no Box commentary!^

Can it be too early for curling? :confused:

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Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13462598)

How much will you be traveling with new laptop?
15.6 is rather big. I'd be leaning towards 11.6
and 479 doesn't seem "all" that hot but no big holidays coming up for true bargins

Thanks for the input!^ Actually I am thinking of getting a netbook -- for travel. I need to replace my work laptop -- so am considering any 'deals' that look promising!;)

NY news is reporting minimal delays at EWR and JFK. 4 hour delays at LGA. Can the reports be trusted?

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13462685)

The IRS accepted my e-filed tax return. High point of my day thus far.

Cool!^

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13462685)

The IRS accepted my e-filed tax return. High point of my day thus far.

+1 - mine cleared yesterday. The high point of my day will be a report from teh Orb of CO Knowledge.

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13462719)

NY news is reporting minimal delays at EWR and JFK. 4 hour delays at LGA. Can the reports be trusted?

That's what the FAA is reporting.

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13462719)

NY news is reporting minimal delays at EWR and JFK. 4 hour delays at LGA. Can the reports be trusted?

I think it helps that it is not exceptionally cold here -- right now! So, maybe the planes are able to deal with the 'precipitation' and not keep freezing up!:rolleyes: It's only gonna get worse, though -- steady large flakes still comin' down here (20 min. west of EWR!):rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13462681)

I'm shocked! Curling is on, and there is no Box commentary!^

Only the first end... Canada v. Switzerland women's semi

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Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13462715)

Thanks for the input!^ Actually I am thinking of getting a netbook -- for travel. I need to replace my work laptop -- so am considering any 'deals' that look promising!;)

the 11.6 size might work for both
spend some time over at Fatwallet.com and/or slickdeals.net, some bargains appear over there

They are testing fire alarms at my apartment complex today. Mine has gone off 14 times in the last 18 minutes.

Yes, it works! :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 13462449)

Today's :rolleyes: brought to you by Christopher Elliott:

Hey American Airlines, here’s your $25 — I hope you’re happy

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• If American had offered a fare that included one checked bag per passenger, I would have booked it. Why can’t it do that? American could easily have also offered a fare minus the bag alongside the other fare. Frontier does this.

Let's see...um, Frontier is bankrupt, you idiot. Proof that your idea works well.

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• There are certain passengers who don’t need the ability to check a bag, and some that do. For example, a business traveler may only carry one bag on the plane. A family of five on a ski trip, like us, can’t do that. Ironically, airlines allow the elite-level frequent travelers to check as many bags as they want; they sock it to the budget-conscious families. Where’s the logic in that?

Not even going to waste my time on this bit of stupidity.

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• I’m tired of the pro-ancillary revenues passengers arguing with the anti-ancillary revenue travelers. They both have a point. Nowhere does it say an airline ticket must include a checked bag, a confirmed seat reservation, even a cup of barely-potable tapwater. But passengers are not cargo; we have needs that go beyond a seat. And we hate – repeat, hate – being nickeled and dimed.

I too dislike nickel-and-diming, however I am not a professional journalist and I know that adding a hyphen after an adverb is a no-no. Tool. And by the way, I just told you the very same thing in the comments after your inane post.

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13462703)

Not a cloud in the sky here! Low 60s/upper 50s for us.^

:mad::mad::mad:

:p

I have decided that I will let one of the four less senior employees fight it out to stay for the overtime tonight. I need to get home. :D

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Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13462672)

He should have flown WN.:rolleyes:

Good point.

Then again, the fare was probably higher on WN and would only go to DEN and not EGE.