Be Kind to Kettles! Or… “The View from 30E”
Apr 4, 2013, 6:45 pm
#46
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Such a great story! Maybe next time you can tell us how it was sitting near a colored person or even what it might be like to be in the same room as a homosexual. We all have airline status, its a marketing tool, its a bit different than social status or class, which most of the folks here who use the term "kettle" have neither of.
Are your remarks aimed at my post (#33) ? How do you get to what you posted as far as what I said? Do help me out.
Apr 4, 2013, 8:37 pm
#47
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OTOH, you are an experienced flyer so kettle doesn't fit. Maybe you can help come up with another term for a non-status experienced flyer, eh.
Apr 4, 2013, 8:57 pm
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Hope you are not offended. My wife (UA 1K) and I (DL DM) call our adult kids kettles. It truly is a term of endearment, meant only as those who fly infrequently and just don't know the rules, how to play the game, what is appropriate to ask for, etc.
OTOH, you are an experienced flyer so kettle doesn't fit. Maybe you can help come up with another term for a non-status experienced flyer, eh.
OTOH, you are an experienced flyer so kettle doesn't fit. Maybe you can help come up with another term for a non-status experienced flyer, eh.
Apr 4, 2013, 9:00 pm
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Hope you are not offended. My wife (UA 1K) and I (DL DM) call our adult kids kettles. It truly is a term of endearment, meant only as those who fly infrequently and just don't know the rules, how to play the game, what is appropriate to ask for, etc.
OTOH, you are an experienced flyer so kettle doesn't fit. Maybe you can help come up with another term for a non-status experienced flyer, eh.
OTOH, you are an experienced flyer so kettle doesn't fit. Maybe you can help come up with another term for a non-status experienced flyer, eh.
Back to the drawing board
Apr 4, 2013, 9:09 pm
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Some planes have front and backs? And what's this middle seat thing? Next you'll try telling me that you can stand fully upright in this magical aircraft.
-CRJ flyer
PS funniest thread this year
-CRJ flyer
PS funniest thread this year
Apr 5, 2013, 9:09 am
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Apr 5, 2013, 10:36 am
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Apr 5, 2013, 11:22 am
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Apr 5, 2013, 12:03 pm
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Whether the wether will weather the weather or whether its withers will wither, depends on whence the weather, whither the weather, and wherefore.
In FlyerTalkese: The neutered ram's ability to survive the blizzard vs. starving to death depends on where the storm came from, where the storm is going, and why.
But, we digress...back to the view from 30E
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Apr 5, 2013, 1:56 pm
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Apr 5, 2013, 5:24 pm
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Directed at OP? I assure you my comments were not meant to be condescending. I'm sincere when I say the atmosphere at the back was a refreshing change. Now I am not the guy that when sitting next to you in F, you'll want to pull out the noise-cancelling headphones and pick up a good book, b/c I appreciate my own peace and tranquility as much as anybody. Who knows, i may put the headphones on to shut you up! But maybe in the case of 30E, there was common bond as we were all stuffed in the same sardine can.
Apr 5, 2013, 5:39 pm
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Apr 6, 2013, 6:39 pm
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