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Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Burrell - Apr 20, 2010 10:53:54 am PDT #24051 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Stephanie, God bless you for doing what you do.

It is making me very cranky, the idea that someone is having trouble bringing her own kids to live with her and her wife here in the States just because someone else feels the need to "protect" their marriage from the presence of hers. AND that people have the gall to argue "think of the children." We ARE thinking of the children, damnit.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 20, 2010 10:55:13 am PDT #24052 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I wonder if people would respond better if offered a discount for not bringing bags. I'm sure the airlines must have considered this approach, though.

Isn't travelling without any bags now considered suspicious behavior?


§ ita § - Apr 20, 2010 10:56:43 am PDT #24053 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How many people have the option to fly without bags, though? That's why I don't get Spirit.

Airline baggage fee table.


SuziQ - Apr 20, 2010 10:57:36 am PDT #24054 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I'm pretty sure the whole point about airlines charging for luggage isn't for them to save money on fuel or anything, it's for them to obfuscate how much it costs to fly, to make it harder for people to compare prices with other airlines.

Another part of it is that the airlines are taxed on fares, but not on fees. So the more "add ons", the less taxes the airlines have to pay.


Stephanie - Apr 20, 2010 11:05:40 am PDT #24055 of 30001
Trust my rage

Thanks, Burrell. I really appreciate that. Although the truth is that I love working in immigration because every once in a while, cases come along where you feel like you might be able to make a real difference. Which sounds cheesy and cliche, but it feels good.


Jesse - Apr 20, 2010 11:11:52 am PDT #24056 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I totally agree with Burrell. I thought I was full up on cranky, but no! Good luck, Stephanie.


Atropa - Apr 20, 2010 11:18:27 am PDT #24057 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

How many people have the option to fly without bags, though?

That sentence doesn't even seem like English to me.

Isn't travelling without any bags now considered suspicious behavior?

Yeah, I thought that was an automatic red flag.

Man, I need to hurry up with this becoming a wealthy eccentric plan, so I can have my own plane and pilot.


Kathy A - Apr 20, 2010 11:20:46 am PDT #24058 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I finally got my hair cut--a rather cute short(ish) bob. Considering the last time I had my hair cut was before Christmas, I was way overdue. She chopped off close to three inches in places.


Vortex - Apr 20, 2010 11:25:59 am PDT #24059 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Isn't travelling without any bags now considered suspicious behavior?

Yeah, I thought that was an automatic red flag.

So, now there's a new game -- terrorist or cheapskate?


Steph L. - Apr 20, 2010 11:35:20 am PDT #24060 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

So, now there's a new game -- terrorist or cheapskate?

Man, I miss gay or Eurotrash.