Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 12791762)

I am trying to hold onto my bank of flex EQM and still have plat via DEQM. I am not expecting as much business travel next year and may need it to requall for plat :D

Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 12791995)

Let me guess, EQMs from sopping??

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12792118)

My crew on the flight home almost seemed like they knew everyone's fares. Nice to one person, cold to the next, and it had nothing to do with speaking German or English. The guy in the window seat next to me: "Vood you like lunch service, sir?" Then to me: "You vant to eeeeet?"

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12793553)

Well now you know why. :D

Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 12793589)

Us lowly silvers are getting new OnePass cards with the *A logo. Mine arrived today. Should I start a new thread?

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12793590)

I need to win a Powerball Jackpot. :-:

Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12793672)

If you are wearing a suit, I assume the boots are underneath the pants legs, making them appear more or less as high shoes. Ergo, it is probably not the boots that are drawing the looks, one might think.

Originally Posted by belynch (Post 12793665)

This post is worthless without pictures.

Sorry!:rolleyes:
This post is even more worthless without pictures.
sorry, again!;)


My fiancee deems black knee-high boots as impractical. It's all Uggs and Muck-a-lucks (sp?) in Canuckland. I suppose this is a drawback of her being a high school teacher.
Well, one can hope, eh?!

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12793720)

Having seen all the colors in our house, I think the silver card is the most attractive; that being said, I'm not giving up Plat status for a pretty card ;)

BL JR was very upset when we took her gold card away and put it in my wallet; she wanted it in *HER* purse. We should have named her Veruca.

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12793817)

:eek::D The photo of Faith was indeed bootworthy.

I bought 2 new pair of boots this weekend at Nordstrom's Rack in SAT including a fabulous pair of Paul Green's (Mrs. Monitor alert) that I can't wait to wear. If the economy wasn't stimulated over the weekend, it certainly isn't my fault!

Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 12793856)

I was just calculating my run this coming Jan and all the fun that I will have. Here are the basics:

16 Flights
6 days
18,776 BIS and 42224 Miles w/ Bonus
3,128 Average Daily miles
3 Hotels
6 Airports
2 complete days behind Security
5 Different Aircraft
2 Trans-Cons
2 Mid-Cons
Tons of Lounges
1 Lose of Sanity by flyer

This should be fun. Slow as H*LL at work. May put these in my FM by the end of the day.

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12793887)

You can have the Powerball if I can have the Mega Millions.

Note to box, if I ever do win the lottery, we're going on a helluva mileage run.

Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12793988)

Not in the sense of day trading or active in-and-out. But I will put on long term positions in currency futures or options, bets placed on fundamentals and very basic trend following. Been long the EUR for a while now, and, while I think the fundamentals are exhausted a ways below here, the trend indications just won't stop.

One comment on in-and-out: while these percentages are wags, they're not wrong: 90% of markets' movement happens in 10% of calendar time. Timing attempts put one at risk of missing those moves.

Originally Posted by belynch (Post 12794006)

I just had the startling realization that several exes are going to be at a party I'm attending on Saturday night. With the Canuck.

I'm suddenly not looking forward to this weekend as much as I was about 5 minutes ago.

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12794023)

Plus1 leaves on Friday, so I told (sick at home) BL JR that if there were good CO specials, she and I would take a trip this weekend. She asked if we could go to Paris. I told her that probably wasn't a co.com special. She then asked if we could go to India; I said the same. She then asked about Africa - anywhere in Africa; I repeated it. She said, "alright then, I suppose we could just go to London again" as if we were going to Baton Rouge or somewhere similar. I explained it was the weekend only, she said we could stay any of those places for just 2 days. Think twice before you start making runs with your kids!

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12794059)

My drs. office still hasn't gotten to my# yet. I'm not sure I'll get the vaccination before I get H1N1. BL JR has had one, but not the second (due the end of this week) and she has several symptoms of H1N1. She'll have to stay home again tomorrow because she still has a fever. I need to pack, go see a customer and was hoping to fit in hair, massage and pedicure tomorrow. NOT LIKELY!

Originally Posted by rolov (Post 12794145)

Deny Deny Deny

Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12794167)

Denial rarely works against prima facia.

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12794211)

Great idea; but for some reason women remember things - even under the influence - that they shouldn't.

Originally Posted by sfogate (Post 12794434)

Any guy that dates alot of women, that know each other, deserves all that happens to him. :D

Someone needs to attend this party with a video camera. Youtube material.

Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 12794562)

This one might be more the Box's speed.

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12794906)

My mom sent me an email letting me know they wouldn't be spending Christmas with us because it would be too hard on my dad (my dad has alzheimer's so I have sympathy to a point) although it's a long weekend. Instead, after we go to a NYE party, we'll go there and celebrate Christmas on New Year's Day. I'm sorry, but that is :rolleyes:. I'm letting off steam here, because I'm upset. I'll handle it fine without them and it's not like we've spent Christmas together for the past 8 years, but seriously, sending me an email when you said you'd call to talk to me about it?
That truly sucks - so sorry to hear!
Home with BL JR and she wanted to watch the Nanny Diaries (her choice); she wanted to know what the word adultary meant :eek: G movies only going forward!

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12796197)

He may be back in the midwest. He was in rare form this past week.

Said person was harassing one of the girls about being married and a boxer quickly replied, rather loudly, "she's not your type".

That was rather priceless.

Originally Posted by tommy777 (Post 12796308)

I registered the outbound flights on UA and LH to my UA account to get over the 125K EQM threshold for 2 extra SWUs. UA usually posts the day after the flight for both UA and LH. But I'm surprised that it took less than a day to register two LH segments to my OP account as it will take up to 5 days for even CO transactions to post to OP.

Charter miles will post quickly. Oliver is still in Germany for work and will send the respective airlines a list when he returns on Wednesday

Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 12797906)

'energetic connection'

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12796818)

Good point...although you should mention the scare I provided you in the Sheraton lobby. That was indeed classic.

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12796849)

Noted; thanks for the offer. I was recently cautioned to not engage in any more solo travel...so if we come, we will be certain to let the Box know.

Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12796983)

You should do the Live Oak "tour."

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12797063)

Attention, Box.

http://www.thebarblogger.com/how-to-...a-becomes-law/

Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 12798138)

This is the best euphemism I've read in months.

Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12796983)

You should do the Live Oak "tour."

Originally Posted by COFreqFlyer (Post 12798249)

Good morning, box. I would observe that Norfork, NE, is not only out here in the middle of nowhere, but the Hampton internet aspirates with a vacuum effect. :td::td::td:

Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 12798258)

No 3G coverage I take it?

Originally Posted by COFreqFlyer (Post 12798269)

1xRTT :(

Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 12798278)

Yep, that's painful. I suppose the solution might be to get the funk and wagnalls out of Nebraska. ;)

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 12797280)

If I know how you're referring to, and I think I do, that was far from the first time it happened at a FT gathering.

Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 12798187)

I will be there too -- so lots of ladies to socialize with -- on this DO!^

Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12798325)

I'm sure it has happened at other gatherings, but I lead something of a sheltered life and it was the first time I'd ever seen it done in person.



She has met some of the ladies from coming to Box Hibachi, so that's a selling point too. I'm waiting on an answer to my email of last night; she should be getting up right about now since she tries to get out of the house to hit her first store around 10.

Morning, Box.