:p

aren't ensure, insure, and assure interchangeable most of the time?

Ouch. :(

Yeah, technically they are, although traditionally ensure was used in many cases where people today would use insure.

That is going to hurt the wallet. Make sure to at least get your miles!!


I have been to the one in LAS. perhaps a visit to the original is in order!

There is no comparison. Beyond the great beer and food, the ambiance is second to none. Sure, there are more "authentic" places in Munchen, but the HB holds a special place in my heart as I ALWAYS have a ton of fun.

No, ouch was when the floor dropped out a couple years ago and I went from Plat to Silver. Gold is key for me as I can grab Exit Row seating.

I would save the 10 euro - having the nicest room equals "party".

I'm enjoying cheap (e.g. "buy a tin every few months") coffee in the office.

Quite true. CO without access to exit row seats isn't a pleasant experience if you're tall.

I usually find that kind difficult to enjoy.

And is painful enough for me to grab a status match on other airline to make my travel time easier.

My partner is at the bank taking care of the transaction to finally get our other car sold this morning.

Sunday afternoon another family called and wanted to come see it. They showed up a couple of hours later. Like the two previous cases where it was a parent looking at the car as a purchase for a teenage daughter, once again, we had parents and a kid involved. However, unlike the last princess who wouldn't even come look at it and was demanding Mom do all the work, Mom, Dad, and Daughter showed up. Daughter looked at it and loved the car. They had looked at a couple of used Civics earlier that afternoon at the local Honda dealers that had more miles, weren't as nice, and were more expensive. They all loved this car and wrote my partner a check for $1,000 on the spot to hold it for them. Now, they're at the bank paying off my partner's loan and filling out the paperwork. I am glad this ordeal is over with. Selling a car yourself is not a fun experience, and you see just how ridiculous some people are.

Now watch my other half go and get a job in NYC or some other place where we don't need a car, and we have to go through this again with my Accord.

I am with you as well. In my last office environment I was lucky enough to have a very nice coffee shop on the ground floor as our "courtesy" coffee was just nasty and I got tired of listening to our COO nag about people's lack of courtesy surrounding it.

I went to the doctor yesterday for this flu bug I have and he asked me if I felt like I had been hit by a truck. I told him it felt more like I did a round the world flight in coach.:p Im feeling better but still pretty crappy and I think the wife caught it too.

I do enjoy some higher end coffee (and have some hidden in my office) but coffee is as much a social experience in academia as a drinking / caffeine experience.