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Re: Where is everyone???
From: Bill B
Date: 2005 Jan 3, 21:26 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2005 Jan 3, 21:26 -0500
> I only bring it up as a reminder that even when one thinks and/or plans some > activity on the big ponds of the world it can go to hell-in-a-handbasket at > the worst of times over the most trivial of events. Sounds interesting. For a real challenge try getting your 86 year-old mother (wheel chair and broke two ribs several days earlier) from South Bend, IN to Newburg, NY through Cincinnati, OH on Delta's ConAir. A little snow storm that *may* have delayed school buses in South Bend a few days before our 23rd departure shut down Cincinnati. That resulted in an overload on Delta's brand new, state-of-the-art computer system which crashed the whole wondrous thing. You know things are not going well when you call their number at the airport and finally a Captain answers because passengers are backed up over 100 deep at a regional terminal counter and he has nothing else to do! And of course, the police are there to keep the crowd under control. Finally reached Delta and find we don't exist for them. My ticket number is Mike Somebody going to Orlando, FL. I agree if no ID required on our part and a free hotel room; and mom and I will hop the next flight to Florida. Everybody is happy. A win win. No go. Have always been of the opinion that one can flirt with Mother Nature, perhaps dance with her, and if one is respectful can enjoy the dance and come out alive. Odds of anticipating her moods or beating her at her game are nil. Meanwhile the digital digerati rant, "Tradition backups, we don't need no stinking traditional backups."Bill