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Skriven 2013-01-02 19:43:47 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 32140 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: flying high 006
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Hi Micheal,

 ML> it's hard to tell the one from the other.
 RH> In this case, no movies, in flight food is limited to cookies,
 RH> crackers, peanuts or pretzels besides drinks. One plus for them is that
 RH> they serve Coke products, not pepsi.

 ML> WN (airlinespeak for Southwest, not intuitive*) has carved
 ML> out its clientele, passengers who like folksy midamericaness
 ML> and who seek low fares. It delivers on the former, only
 ML> occasionally on the latter - it's almost always within 10%
 ML> one way or the other of the legacys' fares - and as often
 ML> more expensive as less; I will shell out the premium, if
 ML> there is one, on other airlines for the chance (variable
 ML> depending on carrier) of getting in first class.

I know the first time we flew with them (June of 11), we got the tickets
for about half the cost of what Delta was charging. I don't know if
Steve did a price compare for this trip. Personally, I miss the trip
tracker on Delta.

 ML> * see answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070502204042AA6GqFs
 ML> for examples of why it is silly to believe everything you read
 ML> on the Internet. Even the "best" answer, which correctly gives
 ML> the reason why it's not SW, goes on a lunatic tangent regarding
 ML> why it is WN.

Maybe it sounded good at the time. (G)

 ML> They tested my palms for explosives ... !
 RH> What made them decide to check for that?

 ML> They said it was random.

Yeah, right and I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell you, cheap.

 ML>   When we flew, and two days
 RH> before when we escorted Steve's parents thru, we all had to go thru
 RH> the scanning machine.

 ML> At the biggest airports, I usually get to skip the line and
 ML> then get scanned in a minute or less. My last encounter with
 ML> the men in blue lasted about a minute, while others had a
 ML> half-hour wait; this translated into time for a cup of yummy

We don't fly enough to get those kinds of perks but the line went fairly
fast, considering it was a week before Christmas. Still, it was a
Tuesday so it wasn't that bad. We still had time to stop at a Chinese
place and get a lunch to go before getting to our gate. It was a big
enough entree that we split it, and each had an egg roll.

 ML> oatmeal, some coffee (I needed it), and 6, I am not kidding,
 ML> pieces of peanut brittle. This doesn't mean I'm better than
 ML> others, just better documented. Funny that someone so jealous
 ML> of his privacy has given in and now has about none at all.


In some things, others, you still have it. I'd have probably had
something like a bagel or English muffin & tea.


 RH> Going to get some durian while in SE Asia?

 ML> Why bother? If it shows up, fine; if not, I've had it a
 ML> hundred times, well, dozens anyway, fresh in Singapore and
 ML> Malaysia and maybe Indonesia, both fresh and frozen in the
 ML> US. And consider whom I am with - kissing is not an issue,
 ML> but I doubt she'll even let me in the same room if I smell
 ML> of durian.

Probably not. (G)

 ML>  We just had to explain to
 RH> our son in law what a durian is; I pulled up a picture on the internet
 RH> to show David. He said it looks like an evil avocado.

 ML> Why evil, why not just annoyed, like a cat.

See my note to Nancy about a very annoyed cat. (G) More scared than
annoyed actually but it gave us a good laugh--and it hurt me to laugh
but it was rather funny so I just put up with a few minutes of hurting.


 RH> Couple of my favorite things, mushrooms and seafood.

 ML> Kathy Bates' Hot Curried Crab Dip
 ML> categories: celebrity, starter
 ML> yield: 1 batch

 ML> 1 md green pepper, chopped
 ML> 3 green onions, chopped
 ML> 2 cn condensed cream of mushroom soup
 ML> 2 sm cn crabmeat, drained
 ML> 2 eggs, well beaten
 ML> 3 Tb chopped pimentos
 ML> 2 Tb curry powder

 ML> Wilt the green pepper and onions in butter. Add the
 ML> soup and bring to a boil. Add the crabmeat and boil
 ML> 2 min. Remove from heat and stir in the eggs, pimentos,
 ML> and curry powder. Serve in a chafing dish with Melba
 ML> rounds.

I might serve it over rice but it looks yummy.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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