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Skriven 2006-06-10 12:14:35 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: CRUISE PART 1, 793 60610
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to All <=-

 ML> 0602 WN1021 BWI MCO 1025 1245 733 16EF

 ML> Don't blame me for this! Carol's agent booked it. I tried

 ML> I hate the cattle call. And with Group A being hogged by
 ML> the on-line-checker-inners, well. Not to mention that I
 ML> think that on-line checkin is a huge potential security
 ML> hole and should be banned forever.

 ML> (this is what seasoned - read obnoxious - Southwest fliers
 ML> do all the time).

 ML> Our aircraft was slightly over the hill - as bad as a
 ML> US Air one, perhaps worse than a United or Continental.

 ML> The flight attendants suffered from a massive dose of the
 ML> forced levity syndrome; the jokes that they tell were
 ML> stupid the first time I heard them ("if the oxygen masks
 ML> fall from the compartment above your head, put on your mask
 ML> first before helping others who need your assistance, such
 ML> as small children or those acting like small children" and

So they _still_ tell the same jokes I remember from years back!

 ML>   and become cumulatively more
 ML> irritating as one realizes that the whole thing, just like
 ML> the "low fare airline" thing, the "you are now free to move
 ML> about the country" thing, and the "luv" noxiousness, is pure
 ML> hype dedicated to lining the pockets of yet more evil
 ML> rednecks from Texas. Disclaimer: the Bush family is actually

Did the FA sing the SW Airlines song?

 ML> The flight itself was inconsequential, but I must say that
 ML> if all flights were like Southwest flights, I would not be
 ML> going anywhere. One thing: my ears hurt on the way down,
 ML> which happens mostly with Southwest, Continental, US Air
 ML> Express, and Airtran, which makes me think that these
 ML> companies pressurize to the absolute minimum allowed by
 ML> law, and others are slightly more generous. Either that or
 ML> internal guidelines allow for steeper descents than more
 ML> cautious legacy airlines.

Your enthusiasm for SW Airlines and their personnel is such that I
can't wait to read your account of the return flight!

 ML> Sat there waiting for an hour and half - our group had lost
 ML> about 20 bags; it turns out another cruise company had taken
 ML> them under the impression that our tags were their tags;
 ML> this was eventually rectified, and we were off for the hour
 ML> ride to Port Canaveral.

Such cool efficiency is to be commended...

I can't wait to read the next episode!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Tasty Drumsticks
 Categories: Australian, Chicken
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2 T  Canola oil
     70 g  Bacon, diced
      8    Chicken drumsticks (1 kg)
      1 md Onion, chopped
      4 cl Garlic, crushed and chopped
      1    Carrot, diced
      3 md Tomatoes, chopped
    150 g  Okra, sliced
      2 T  Tomato paste
      1 ts Tumeric
      1 T  Mixed herbs
      2 ts Coarse black pepper
      1 ts Majoram
      1 lg Glass dry red wine
      1 c  Chicken stock
    200 g  Cauliflower
    200 g  Broccoli
           Salt to taste
 
  Gently fry the bacon pieces until crisp, and remove and keep. Remove
  skin from chicken drumsticks and brown drumsticks in the bacon fat
  and remove. Saute onion, garlic and carrot until translucent. Add
  bacon. Add okra and stir fry.  Add tomato and stir fry until mushy.
  Add tomato paste and tumeric and stir. When the mass thickens under
  the influence of the okra, add the glass of wine (or two, if you
  like), and the chicken stock. Add mixed herbs and majoram and pepper
  and stir in. Return drumsticks to the pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
  Add florets of cauliflower and broccoli and simmer until cooked, but
  crisp.
  
  Serve with fresh bread suitable for mopping the gravy.
  
  :       Recipe by Glen Jamieson and fridge "remainders".
 
MMMMM
 

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