Thankfully this is a nice direct flight. Should be back in LA by a bit after 9 AM. Then I just have a full day of work and meetings all over the city to get through.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
NoiseDesign - Oct 29, 2015 3:05:32 am PDT #8031 of 30003
Our wings are not tired
Sparky1 - Oct 29, 2015 3:30:08 am PDT #8032 of 30003
Librarian Warlord
I am working on our budget request, and one of my people is arguing for a 20% raise for one of his returning students and telling me that is what the old director allowed. I am unmoved by this argument.
Jesse - Oct 29, 2015 3:52:17 am PDT #8033 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse how did you know???
Facebook!
lisah - Oct 29, 2015 3:56:54 am PDT #8034 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
I have never gotten to fly first class which seems very unfair indeed!
javachik - Oct 29, 2015 4:23:11 am PDT #8035 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Jesse, oh! Ha!
International first is sweet, business can be fantastic or mediocre depending on airline. Domestic first class on any of the legacy airlines, I find, is a farce. I wish Virgin and Jet Blue flew more places. As it is I'm usually stuck on United. Bleh.
Maria - Oct 29, 2015 5:38:32 am PDT #8036 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I've never flown international first. International business, even when it's bad, is still better than economy. Go for the routes/planes that have lie-flat beds. Some airlines are putting out a very nice premium economy product internationally--Alitalia and Air France come to mind. Domestic first, as Nanita said, is a farce. I am upgraded fairly frequently, but there's not much to recommend it over economy. I'm pretty loyal to Delta these days. I was a Northwest flyer that had no real choice when they merged. I used to love Continental, but the merger with United killed any lingering good will. I'm tempted to try American, but I've heard some horror stories.
Non sequitur: Harriet Klausner died. [link]
Dana - Oct 29, 2015 5:40:43 am PDT #8037 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The fridge will be delivered between 11 and 1. I repeat, we have incoming fridge.
I flew international first class. It was non-stop food.
-t - Oct 29, 2015 5:50:15 am PDT #8038 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go for the routes/planes that have lie-flat beds.
That sounds amazing.
Hooray fridge!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 29, 2015 5:58:29 am PDT #8039 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm not sure non-stop food is that great a prospect when one has airplane bathrooms to use, even if First Class gets its own.
Jackson woke me up at 3:30 attacking my feet and drawing blood; apparently I moved them in the night, and he didn't make the connection that they were attached to me. (He's gotten very good about keeping his claws retracted when I wag a finger for him to bat at or pet his belly.) He is now at the vet for his follow-up visit and shots, and I wonder if he'll associate the two.
Amy - Oct 29, 2015 6:01:45 am PDT #8040 of 30003
Because books.
Non sequitur: Harriet Klausner died. [link]
I saw that the other day. It's sort of sad, really.
I've never flown first class, but I remember when I was about 12 (so ... 1979?) flying by myself to visit friends after we moved. It was an evening flight, and there was no one on it. I had a whole row to myself, and the flight attendant showed me how to put the armrests up so I could stretch out. She also brought me a Shirley Temple. That was probably my most luxurious flight ever.