Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 11888389)

It was last month. The party was held at a local knitting/crafts emporium. My daughter would love to visit the Eiffel Tower but unfortunately is not as well traveled as yours. She will catch up eventually.

Originally Posted by Plus1 (Post 11888399)

Welcome back.

There's always 3 foot piles of work on my desk. Usually more than one. HR walks by and just shakes their heads.

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11888415)

Sounds like a very cool party! One of my friends who has a daughter a couple days younger than BL JR was saying she may do a princess/dress up/tea party. I said that was a great idea, but wouldn't work for BL JR since so many of her friends were boys. I'm thinking their parents wouldn't appreciate me putting them in boas and make up ;)

I think a tour of CO's baggage services could be a hit :D

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11888385)

Kate will get her 7th cover in a row on Us Magazine.

Come on; Paris and Doug just broke up - that's not coverworthy? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11888398)

:eek: Much worse than affecting their 401k!

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11886126)

Wiki version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident

The war crimes that were being discussed were the murders of civilians and prisoners of war and their subsequent mass grave burial at el-Arish. What was particularly nauseating was Israel's steadfast refusal until late in the Carter administration to pay settlements to the victims' families or to compensate the US Navy for their destroyed ship. The fact that the US even did get money from Israel ended up being a buried news item, because the same day that Israel agreed to a greatly reduced payout was the day that the Iranian Embassy was stormed.

Originally Posted by Plus1

Devil's Advocate - if they wanted to get rid of the information, just strafing the ship wouldn't do the job; they'd need to put the ship entirely out of commission.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 11886388)

The Box discusses Lost every so often. :confused:

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 11888205)

Are you guys a definite now for BCN? I guess we'll see you there or on the plane(s).

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11888235)

When the clock strikes midnight, we're definite for 12/30-1/4. :)

We're on the direct flights to/from JFK so, IIRC, we'll see you on the way there but not on the return if you're going through CDG.

Originally Posted by belynch (Post 11888450)

The PHL mini-mini-mini DO is over.

Pleasure meeting CO 1E and CM.

In other news, I have a weird craving for a car bomb.

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11888408)

We are nearing the point of no return for Zurich. Was there anyone else who purchased tickets for 18-SEP to 20-SEP?

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 11888554)

Cool! We'll be there from 12/26-1/2. We're on the nonstop over but a connection in CDG on the way back.