Text 36439, 62 rader
Skriven 2013-04-27 21:28:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: reductions 435
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 04-17-13  23:15 <=-

 ML>> We'll see. If I don't fly on this itinerary I'll bring
 ML>> an instrument and some music.
 NB>> Sounds good.  :)   Too much trouble to fly with an instrument and
 NB>> music...? 
 ML> Very much. From ticket counter to gate 1 the other day took
 ML> 3 minutes*. I cherish this ability and have cultivated
 ML> habits that allow this to happen. One important thing to
 ML> remember is to let security's job be as easy as possible:
 ML> I put any potentially challengeable items at the top and
 ML> front of the carryon and refrain from making them actually
 ML> have to make a decision or actually do any work.

Makes sense.

 ML> I have taken instruments through and having learned my lesson
 ML> will avoid doing so unless I am well paid for my trouble and
 ML> have lots of spare time to hang around at the airport.

True... an instrument case could raise all sorts of red alerts in their
minds, too many other things it could be carrying besides what we'd
think of as obvious...

 ML> * I allowed an extra hour for eventualities, as someone had
 ML> blown up the Boston Marathon the previous day, so was in a
 ML> position to catch an earlier flight than mine, scheduled
 ML> two hours later; unfortunately that plane turned out to be
 ML> leaving from gate 37, and despite my best efforts, I got
 ML> there one minute after they closed the flight. So I went

So close, but no go...

 ML> to Manchu Wok, having a yen for some spicy tofu, but the
 ML> attendant swore up and down that they had never served tofu
 ML> there, so after hemming and hawing I got pepper steak. Bad.

Sigh... probably hadn't been done since before that particular one had
started working there... or s/he had a bad memory...?  ;)  Even worse
that the substitute was a bigger disappointment...

 ML>> That double-dotty thing? Luckily it's slow, the processional
 ML>> part - you probably didn't get to the troublesome counterpoint
 ML>> section, or was it a big long wedding party.
 NB>> No, I had to do the faster section, just jump in without the
 NB>> beginning easier to play slow part... and now that I'm thinking,
 NB>> I think it was for the recessional... 

 ML> Recessional makes more sense - it's too perky for a
 ML> processional, despite its minority.

Also, it makes better sense for the groom to be picking the recessional
instead of the processional which is usually the bride's exclusive
property... ;)  I think that was what jogged the brain finally... ;)

ttyl       neb

... Don't be afraid of a wild goose chase. That's what wild geese are for.

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