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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:16 AM Original message |
Screw the stupid airlines! Carry-on bag Nazis |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. i HATE the carry-on madness as it is these days. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't blame the airlines; with the price of fuel, they have to cut |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. Blame the repeated airline bailouts. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. I hate people who HOG the carryon space because they refuse to check their bags |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Exactly, see my reply post#10 n/t |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
79. I flew to Cleveland two weeks ago... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. I dream of cheap fast inter city rail transit |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Bullet trains across America! |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Some of us don't have 30 hours to take a bullet train. nt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. We should all slow down. What is the rush? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. 10 days of paid vacation a year? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. That's another way in which the Murkan worker is screwed. Those pinko commie Yurpeens typically get |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Isn't that the truth n/t |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. A bullet train wouldn't take 30 hours |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
80. New York, Los Angeles, California, 2462 miles |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. The TGV *ROUTINELY* travels at 200 MPH. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I'd even settle for a stop or two. and 20 hours. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. but amtrak is on it's last legs too |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
78. Then some of us will be staying home |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. You've been spoilt all these years |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I live overseas. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. I didn't mean you literally |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. k, snark removal accepted |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. Look For More Charges Not Less... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. deregulated. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. I, for one, actually think these fees are a good thing |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, carry on, you Bag Nazis n/t |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. If people would just follow the rules. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I usually only carry my laptop and some small items |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. I blame the airline employees for letting the people bring all that shit on with them... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
82. I bought one of those "Bathroom Reader" books one time, |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. I am flying next week and I am dreading it |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Me, too. Leaving for Florida with wife, three kids, and my mother |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Flying with children is more and more difficult |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. It is difficult. We took our 2 kids (baby & age 4) on 3 trips in the past |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. no, they should NOT make air travel easier for small children -- they should probably ban it |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Give me a break |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
71. Carrying a child on your lap is unacceptably dangerous. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. they allow it because of public demand -- many people love $ more than their own child |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. wtf? carrying a two year old on an air trip is about ego? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. It's also unfair to other travelers and the kid, because the kid will throw a fit. |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
13. 48percenter.....stop the bitching/rambling/RANT |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Umm, excuse us? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Did you read the OP? The airlines are now going to limit |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. At the big airports, maybe |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Bags Take Fuel To Transport |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. You must have meant your post for someone else. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I can bitch all I want. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. 48monther more like |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. hey douche, what's with the name change? |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Thanks for Buying USA |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. that's right I am |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. My sis has almost 20 years in. The morale the last several years is in the tank. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. i usually check my luggage and i will admit i am a bad packer so in July |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Here's a good tip: |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. you're right, my daughter packs that way, she takes a whole outfit and rolls it together |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Also, you're coming to the |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. that's exactly why i think i'll be ok with a carry on, like 4 pairs of shorts and |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. If I could get away with being nekid in Houston in the summertime..... |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. boo hoo |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Read post #22 |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Bringing stuff with you like clean clothes and a laptop? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. yeah, but how much stuff do you need? |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. boycotts are the enemy of Labor. n/t |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. i won't stop traveling, it's the one thing i really look forward to. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. The fees are a terrible idea...they incent people to carry everything on |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
36. Your ticket price should increase for every hundred pounds you and your luggage weighs. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. I actually agree with that. Currently people are stuffing whatever they |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I've seen those contraptions as well but it wasn't London it was the 1970's nt |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. I know I wish they'd just make things simple and fair this way |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
62. Right, so I am 5'8" and weigh about 150 lbs. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
73. That's exactly what they do |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. a) inappropriate nazi reference. b) dumb complaint |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. No, and no. |
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canucksawbones (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'd be happy to see carry on enforcment |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. Okay, everybody breathe slowly and think of the real criminal: Saint Ronald |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. Yeah and the American public is paying for it. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
55. "Carry-on Guy" is the bane of my existence |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
64. Thankfully, all our funeral-worthy family members are gone now |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Let's say, flying any AMERICAN airline is not fun anymore. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. carry on restrictions (and enforcing them) |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
69. I can't remember the last time I checked a bag--been more than a decade. |
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