Between this and that guy on the CRJ who said that the airline needed to learn how to wash heavy equipment when the plane was being de-iced, I don't know how you manage to drag yourself into airports several times a week. The stupidity that you witness in a given week must be astounding.

ETA: Link added for those not familiar.

After missing my connection I headed back to the sushi place in Terminal A at DTW. While eating I witnessed a woman who was traveling with her obnoxious little yappy dog shut it up by feeding it sushi. With chopsticks. The same chopsticks she was eating with. And yes, after doing this, she used resumed using those same chopsticks for eating the sushi herself. :eek: She then proceeded to order more sushi, about half of which was consumed by the dog. And all of it was served to both herself and the dog using a the same chopsticks. Everything about that was just so wrong.

Why retype the same sentiment so soon? Work smarter, not harder.

Read my next post. :D

There's also the guy at IAH a couple of years ago where the TSA confiscated a six pack of really cheap beer he had in his carry-on. That was followed by him telling the TSA "What the f*** am I supposed to drink on the plane if you take my beer?"

I see all kinds of crazy crap traveling. And what I don't see, my partner or my coworkers see. Yet somehow we all manage to drag ourselves back to the airport all the time. Somehow the elite perks, lounge membership (fortunately is reimbursed by my employer), and lots of upgrades make it all bearable for me.

And I'm not so sure I'd want to be on a plane with a dog that just ate sushi.:eek:

The craziest thing I think I've seen so far since the modern era of the security checkpoint was when I was going thru at the new and improved PHL D/E checkpoint for the Party Flight. The woman who loudly insisted that her bouquet of balloons get past the checkpoint was answered in fine fashion by the TSA: they put the balloons thru the scanner, complete with an ossifer marshaling the balloons by inverting a plastic bin and pushing the recalcitrant balloons into the X-ray.

God as my witness, those balloons came out of the X-Ray machine smaller than they went in.

If I got 100% EQMs, I would be down with it.

The best thing about missing a connection? When your 50% EQM fare class gets rebooked into full Y, and you get 150% EQMs. :D Too bad it's on such a short flight. But I'll gladly take 750 EQMs for DTW-FWA over 250.

My arms-length suggestion is to go with term insurance -- probably 20-25 yr policy (since I don't know you're whole fin'l situation, my assumption is that you want coverage through your child's college yrs). Whole life is really not cost-effective, as you're paying a lot more -- when all your really need is basic life insurance -- in this interest rate environment, you're not going to be getting that much more for the $.

How was FRA?

Do the trip instead of rosetta stone. I found most French people will speak English when they want to. Just smile alot and be pleasant.

I bet it's some metric system converstion. :rolleyes:

I am SO tired of the US media. :rolleyes::mad:

I had some crazy Hot Pocket® looking thing on Friday night. It was ugly, but it ate fine. Served with salad and a Twix™.

Or breakfast.