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Good evening, Box.

Home from Chicago. Flight was 100% full, but no bumps - bugger.

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13780487)

I can haz summa cum laude. w00t.

Fabbo! Excellent! Well done, ALCO!

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 13780845)

I had turkey on multigrain with Tostitos and hummus for dinner. I'm in the throes of that problem as we speak.

I had the turkey sandwich and a packet of crisps on CO1174 ORD-EWR :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13781189)

Home from Chicago. Flight was 100% full, but no bumps - bugger.

Traveling with department chair tomorrow - no potential for actively-seeking bumps through selective SDC.

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13780487)

I can haz summa cum laude. w00t.

Congratulations!

As someone who worked through law school, I can appreciate the significance of this accomplishment.

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Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 13780928)

I believe he put it at the toll booth near the MD border. He had someone pretending to be a toll taker telling people the state was closed, IIRC.

Nice. That is one of the few Letterman bits I have ever found funny...Dave being the Taco Bell drive thru guy was hilarious too.

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Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 13781081)

Heck, I can get on the train at one of the far terminii (like Kenosha, Wisconsin- 65 miles one-way!), and do a roundtrip for $15.

And if Kenosha, Wisconsin ever becomes the center of the universe we are screwed as a people. :D

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Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 13781131)

We discovered the mistake at the Delaware border crossing.

Only missed it by 20-some miles. Not nearly as bad as the guy who called me when I worked at Tropicana who was looking for directions. Said he was on the Turnpike. I asked where on the Turnpike, and my right hand to God, this was his answer: "I came from Maryland and the numbers are getting bigger."

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Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 13781131)

and my wife's got an aunt and uncle who live up in Wilmington (he's a Dupont retiree).

I have found no other reason to live in that area other than absence of state taxes. So long as you have the coin for private school since no state taxation equals horrific education, I guess there's redeeming value. All the guys that work for me tell me that the southern two of DE's three counties are called "Slower Lower". :eek: And I thought it was bad when I hand them car keys and they ask me if I want the car pulled up. :rolleyes:

Night, Box. I have to mentally prepare myself for tomorrow, which will be long on activity and short on tips, or so I'm told.

I like DE, we have a branch of company there :D

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13780557)

And to think my parents made :rolleyes: at study holidays in Honolulu, Saskatoon, and Rotterdam.

Yea... they are from a diffrent generation!! ;)

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13780590)

That, and the fact that it's the most boring city on the planet, and there's nothing else to do. :D

The Canadian immigration officials were absolutely stunned that :-:anyone:-: would schedule a vacation there... in late November, no less. I got "interrogated" for about 30 minutes. I think the officer was just lonely.

Sounds like your officer transfer to Calgary when I went two years ago!

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Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 13780877)

As far as I know we always seem to run this flight. It could be that the time has changed to before midnight for that Sunday, which would really make it Saturday.

Now that I work in baggage I don't care about outbounds, just the inbounds.

Edit: I don't have any details other than the start date. When US Air did the shuttle run they required a valid boarding pass so who knows.

This would actually be the sunday evening/monday morning one. Understand about the boarding pass. Perhaps I can con my way on the bus with the tought of going to the clubs over there!!

Pretty neat Yahoo Travel video!

Congrats ALCO, very nicely done.

Early wake up for me tomorrow. Good night Box.

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13780487)

I can haz summa cum laude. w00t.

That sure looks great on a resume!! Congrats^

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13780487)

I can haz summa cum laude. w00t.

Mucho congratulations on your brainiac-ness and hard work!!:-::-:^

Attempt #1 at getting E+ seats: Fail

I'll have to try again at the gate.

SPG promo is out. Free weekend night after 3 stays.

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Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 13782411)

SPG promo is out. Free weekend night after 3 stays.

It's pretty funny (or sad, I guess) how everyone in the SPG forum thread is complaining about the promotion. Isn't SPG giving away something free? They're complaining about free? I don't get it.

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Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 13782434)

It's pretty funny (or sad, I guess) how everyone in the SPG forum thread is complaining about the promotion. Isn't SPG giving away something free? They're complaining about free? I don't get it.

Yeah, it's pretty sad. Sure, the promo is a step back from what was offered last year (free night after 2 stays), but they're still giving something for "free". If someone doesn't like it, they should move on to another hotel program and not bash the SPG marketing group. :-: