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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #45 on: May 15, 2019, 12:19:39 PM »

We're jamming, in case anyone remotely gives a schitt.  I know you don't, but better than talking about crappy airports.
Hmmm...."could give a schitt" vs "couldn't give a schitt".   I'm still going with the latter vs the former.
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #46 on: May 15, 2019, 12:23:12 PM »

Strategic retirement plan: rest, relax, repeat.
You forgot plan meals and recreation.
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #47 on: May 15, 2019, 12:25:48 PM »

hmmmm, new redhead on her way over to soak up some sun with me. going to be a nice day.
Better make sure she pours her own coffee. Bad wrists and whatnot.
Although it's good that she's coming over....bad wrists and whatnot...
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #48 on: May 15, 2019, 12:26:25 PM »

These best and worst “surveys “ never fail to be laughable.

The Best and Worst Airlines and Airports of 2019

The seventh annual study by AirHelp reveals passenger pinch points in an expanding travel market.

Had a bad experience at Newark Liberty Airport last year? You’re not alone, according to recent rankings.

The New Jersey hub ranked as the worst U.S. airport in the 2019 annual ratings from AirHelp

 - while it is really bad I can’t say it is the worst, I can think of several worse ones staring with            LaGuardia and JFK.

U.S. airports in general didn’t fare particularly well, with the highest-rated Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport taking 34th place of 132 around the world

 - Atlanta, really?  Laughable!

Now look at the rating factors - while food choices are relevant in Airports who the hell cares about anything shopping in an airport for anything beyond basic traveler needs..  Of course a lot of the food importance is because of delays and cancellations.

The airports are rated based on three factors: on-time performance, service quality, and food and shopping options.
Agree on Newark.  Sucks in every category.  The only good thing is the little train from the terminal to the rental car lots.  But that's not enough to redeem it.
No argument here.
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #49 on: May 15, 2019, 12:27:58 PM »

Sorry I'm late to the party.  Jumped into a few projects and time flew.
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #50 on: May 15, 2019, 12:30:22 PM »

Today is Wednesday, May 15, the 135th day of 2019. There are 230 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On May 15, 1930, registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport, a forerunner of United Airlines.

On this date:
In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, married her third husband, James Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell, who had been implicated in (but acquitted of) the death of Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the Department of Agriculture.
In 1918, U.S. airmail began service between Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York.
In 1940, DuPont began selling its nylon stockings nationally. The original McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California, by Richard and Maurice McDonald.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, whose members came to be known as WACs. Wartime gasoline rationing went into effect in 17 Eastern states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles.
In 1948, hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
In 1963, Weight Watchers was incorporated in New York.
In 1968, two days of tornado outbreaks began in 10 Midwestern and Southern states; twisters were blamed for 72 deaths, including 45 in Arkansas and 18 in Iowa.
In 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot and left paralyzed while campaigning for president in Laurel, Maryland, by Arthur H. Bremer, who served 35 years for attempted murder.
In 1975, U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and captured the American merchant ship Mayaguez, which had been seized by the Khmer Rouge. (All 39 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in connection with the operation.)
In 1988, the Soviet Union began the process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after Soviet forces entered the country.
In 2008, California's Supreme Court declared same-sex couples in the state could marry — a victory for the gay rights movement that was overturned the following November by the passage of Proposition 8, which was ultimately struck down by the courts.
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« Reply #51 on: May 15, 2019, 12:30:50 PM »

Ten years ago: General Motors told about 1,100 dealers their franchises would be terminated. CIA Director Leon Panetta defended the agency against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that she was misled in 2002 about the use of waterboarding on detainees. Pope Benedict XVI ended his Mideast visit at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.


Five years ago: President Barack Obama dedicated the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum deep beneath ground zero, calling it a symbol that says of America: "Nothing can ever break us."


One year ago: Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was suspended for 80 games for violating baseball's drug agreement, becoming one of the most prominent players disciplined under the sport's anti-doping rules.
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #52 on: May 15, 2019, 12:32:54 PM »

Today's Birthdays:

Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 83.
Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 83.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is 82.
Singer Trini Lopez is 82.
Singer Lenny Welch is 81.
Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 77.
Actress Gunilla Hutton is 77.
Country singer K.T. Oslin is 77.
Actor Chazz Palminteri is 73.
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is 71.
Singer-songwriter Brian Eno is 71.
Actor Nicholas Hammond (Film: "The Sound of Music") is 69.
Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is 66.
Musician-composer Mike Oldfield is 66.
Actor Lee Horsley is 64.
TV personality Giselle Fernandez is 58.
Rapper Grandmaster Melle Mel is 58.
Actress Brenda Bakke is 56.
Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith is 50.
Actor Brad Rowe is 49.
Actor David Charvet (shahr-VAY') is 47.
Actor Russell Hornsby is 45.
Rock musician Ahmet Zappa is 45.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Amy Chow is 41.
Actor David Krumholtz is 41.
Rock musician David Hartley (The War on Drugs) is 39.
Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler is 38.
Actress Alexandra Breckenridge is 37.
Rock musician Brad Shultz (Cage the Elephant) is 37.
Rock musician Nick Perri is 35.
Tennis player Andy Murray is 32.
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #53 on: May 15, 2019, 12:33:20 PM »

Thought for Today: "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes." — Emily Dickinson, American poet (born 1830, died this date in 1886).
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« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2019, 12:43:51 PM »

Thought for Today: "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes." — Emily Dickinson, American poet (born 1830, died this date in 1886).
Thank goodness Ms Dickinson explained that.  ::)
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« Reply #55 on: May 15, 2019, 01:22:42 PM »

Thought for Today: "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes." — Emily Dickinson, American poet (born 1830, died this date in 1886).
"The Pope is Catholic" - LTG, American commie (died of a pork roll overdose in 2026)
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« Reply #56 on: May 15, 2019, 01:37:18 PM »

Thought for Today: "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes." — Emily Dickinson, American poet (born 1830, died this date in 1886).
"The Pope is Catholic" - LTG, American commie (died of a pork roll overdose in 2026)
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #57 on: May 15, 2019, 01:42:18 PM »



Thought for Today: "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes." — Emily Dickinson, American poet (born 1830, died this date in 1886).
"The Pope is Catholic" - LTG, American commie (died of a pork roll overdose in 2026)

You're giving yourself 11 more years?
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Re: 5/15/2019
« Reply #58 on: May 15, 2019, 01:43:21 PM »



Thought for Today: "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes." — Emily Dickinson, American poet (born 1830, died this date in 1886).
"The Pope is Catholic" - LTG, American commie (died of a pork roll overdose in 2026)

By the way, some might argue that point about the current Pope. Just sayin'.
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« Reply #59 on: May 15, 2019, 02:08:58 PM »



Thought for Today: "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes." — Emily Dickinson, American poet (born 1830, died this date in 1886).
"The Pope is Catholic" - LTG, American commie (died of a pork roll overdose in 2026)

You're giving yourself 11 more years?
Math is hard.
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