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Skriven 2014-02-12 20:47:54 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 9768 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: equipment 186
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Our junk drawers have other junk in them--tape, velcro wraps,
 RH> scissors, light bulbs, etc.

 ML> I've seen such drawers. Giving the lie to the adage "junk is
 ML> stuff you throw away, and stuff is junk you keep."

Yes, and we've got lots of both. A lot of the "stuff" is just future
junk. (G)

 ML> contents are airline memorabilia that I don't know what to do
 ML> with but haven't the heart to toss. I'm lucky I didn't get all
 RH> Look at it an reminisce about previous trips. About all you can do
 RH> unless you want to organise it somewhat.

 ML> Pretty much, but since doing trip reports I don't have to
 ML> do that so much. Though I've lost (that gigantic 660MB hard
 ML> drive that died a terrible death along with much of my brain)
 ML> some of my most precious memories, including eating black
 ML> chicken at my grandfather's restaurant (at least he owned part
 ML> of it), my second visit to Rodney Strong, and climbing the
 ML> 'Iao Needle with my sister and b-i-l, while visiting three rain
 ML> forests and other cool things, during a month-long traverse of
 ML> the Pacific Rim with just a carry-on and a personal item, back
 ML> in the '90s. Some of the memories that remain include having
 ML> my hiking boots rot off my feet and getting a fungal infection
 ML> that made various parts of my body swell to multiple times the
 ML> normal size. Good times.

Sigh! No way that stuff can be recovered, even by some of the dead drive
revivers we've got here?

 ML> thematic with something like thimbles or spoons. Oh, yes, I do
 RH> I've got a few spoons but went with the thimbles as a natural
 RH> collectable for a seamstress. They're also small, lightweight and

 ML> I know what you mean, as I once had up to 6 stringed instruments,
 ML> and I knew a guy who had 50. Not so small and lightweight, though.

No, and hazardous to you if you are carrying a Stradivarious. At least
the Minneapolis concertmaster got his back with no apparant ill effects
or damage to the instrument.

 RH> (generally) inexpensive--very easy to pack.

 ML> ... nor inexpensive nor easy to pack, which are among the best
 ML> traits for a collectible, which is part of why menus are so
 ML> good compared to musical instruments.

Very much so--the menus are flat and can be slipped into a lot of places
where an instrument would have trouble fitting.


 ML> have a bunch of airplane menus from back when airplanes offered
 ML> menus.
 RH> Probably some interesting reading there. Unless we fly international
 RH> again, I doubt we'll ever have proper meals on a flight again.

 ML> To be blunt, when did any of us ever have proper meals on a
 ML> flight? Okay, I did, but that was in the 1970s at the latest.
 ML> After that, even when my reports report something as good,
 ML> that term has to be taken in context.

I know, I've had a lot of mediocre meals but they beat what's being
handed out now. Southwest gives a choice of honey roasted peanuts,
pretzels, airplane crackers (like animal crackers but in airplane shape)
and sometimes vanilla oreo type cookies. Others don't even give that
much, just peanuts, but have stuff available for purchase--at a hefty
price. At least non alcholic drinks are still free.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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