Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12438771)

Teh plan for 2011 is that 150,000 StyMiles will convert to a certificate good for one signature cocktail. All other awards will be priced accordingly along a sliding-scale.

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12438457)

...Why has DL/NW not closed either of the clubs in Terminal B at EWR? :confused: Two clubs right across from one another seems a bit much. I've never even been in the DL club...

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 12439658)

Had to look that one up. :-:

Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 12436046)

Wegmans is excellent, but is very pricey compared with other supermarkets. Still, you get what you pay for, I guess. I usually go to Wegmans when I want to find something a little unusual.

They have the best cheese counter ... and their tartes and cakes are oh, so delicious....:D

Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 12439372)

For the record my total amtrack delay was four and a half hours. Made it in time to pound one beer & off to eat.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12440114)

Life is too short to eat bad food. About 75% of our food comes from Wegman's. The produce is so much better, and we buy a lot of it! I'm sick of mealy fruit and rotten heads of lettuce that look fine on the outside. I get those at the other markets near us. Never again!

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12439597)

This crowd isn't just Christian. It's not even CHRISTIAN. It's OMG We love Jesus sooooooo much and every letter printed in the Bible is the literal truth and not to be questioned at all CHRISTIAN.

I actually do like going there — they're generally very easy to work with and California is a nice break from my usual Texas/Louisiana work haunts. But it is like walking into an alternate reality sometimes. It's certainly different from the church crowd I grew up around, or am used to seeing on Sundays and religious holidays.

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12439737)

The CR7 and CR9 do a lot to solve the contortion issue, especially in the window seats. But they still suffer from the low ceiling and tiny overhead bins that I swear are smaller than those on an ERJ-145. Embraer got it right when going above 50 seats. The ERJ-145 was built off the dimensions of the earlier EMB-120 turboprop, which was fine for a plane of its size. But Embraer was smart and realized a plane with 65-100 seats needed larger dimensions, with bigger overhead bins, a higher ceiling, and a second lavatory.

Bombardier just decided to mostly stretch the CRJ, with some modifications to the wings, engines, and landing gear, and mostly cosmetic changes to correct some of the really awful features on the original CRJ, like the tiny, low placed windows and design of the interior wall panels. But unlike the large Embraer, which looks nothing like the original ERJ inside or out, the big CRJs still show their roots as the CRJ (and the Challenger business jet before that) all over the place.

I can't believe Bombardier stretched that thing even more. The CRJ-1000 is one type you'll never catch me chasing after.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12440114)

Life is too short to eat bad food.

Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12440114)

Life is too short to eat bad food.

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Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12439807)

More airports in the US need to be connected to public transportation like MSP is connected to the Minneapolis light rail. It's not a huge system, but 5-10 minutes from gate to train + $1.75 and 20 minutes and you're downtown.