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Started by Pat Coleman, September 22, 2005, 03:16:50 PM

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Ron Boerger

Pat, you and Keith have a great trip, and I hope you don't have any of the travel problems (cancelled flights etc.) that have been so rampant this summer.

Pat Coleman

Knock on wood. That's why we're not flying Northwest. :)
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Quote from: old 40 on September 25, 2007, 08:23:57 PMLet's discuss (sports) in a positive way, sometimes kidding each other with no disrespect.

K-Mack

No Northwest = We made it.

(actually doesn't have problems on Northwest  :o )
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smedindy

I have to fly Northwest all of the time now. Don't scare me!
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Pat Coleman

Don't worry. They only cancel flights en masse at the end of the month. :)
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Quote from: old 40 on September 25, 2007, 08:23:57 PMLet's discuss (sports) in a positive way, sometimes kidding each other with no disrespect.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 15, 2007, 12:50:52 PM
Don't worry. They only cancel flights en masse at the end of the month. :)
When the flight crews have used up their hours?  ??? ;)

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Quote from: old 40 on September 25, 2007, 08:23:57 PMLet's discuss (sports) in a positive way, sometimes kidding each other with no disrespect.

repete

NWA is actually back on my good side. In MSP this summer, there was a guy in front of me raising all kinds of hell after storms had delayed his flight and shutdown a runaway. He treated the gate folks like crap, said he was a govt. employee and had to get back to NoVa. Threated to complain to company. Complete ass.

I was next in line and told the agent she'd been perfectly professional and too nice. Still, she was pretty shaken up by the jerk so I left a business card and said if there was trouble, I'd rebut it.

So when boarding time arrived, one of her co-workers called me over and handed me a new boarding pass: 2A.

I wasn't looking for that .. but from now on I'm lining up behind belligerent jerks... :)

K-Mack

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Knightstalker

Quote from: Ralph Turner on September 15, 2007, 01:11:30 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 15, 2007, 12:50:52 PM
Don't worry. They only cancel flights en masse at the end of the month. :)
When the flight crews have used up their hours?  ??? ;)

Reached their credit limit for fuel.   ;D

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Pat Coleman

Quote from: repete on September 15, 2007, 02:31:37 PM
NWA is actually back on my good side. In MSP this summer, there was a guy in front of me raising all kinds of hell after storms had delayed his flight and shutdown a runaway. He treated the gate folks like crap, said he was a govt. employee and had to get back to NoVa. Threated to complain to company. Complete ass.

I was next in line and told the agent she'd been perfectly professional and too nice. Still, she was pretty shaken up by the jerk so I left a business card and said if there was trouble, I'd rebut it.

So when boarding time arrived, one of her co-workers called me over and handed me a new boarding pass: 2A.

I wasn't looking for that .. but from now on I'm lining up behind belligerent jerks... :)

Nice.

Unfortunately, even NWA at its best is still tying up too many gates at MSP and keeping fares high. Since it's the destination I prefer to travel to most, that's frustrating.
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Quote from: old 40 on September 25, 2007, 08:23:57 PMLet's discuss (sports) in a positive way, sometimes kidding each other with no disrespect.

downtown48

Love the loungin' shot in the HSU/Linfield photo gallery kmack!

smedindy

My flight back from Indianapolis was actually EARLY last night. Woot!
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K-Mack

Quote from: downtown48 on September 17, 2007, 01:21:49 AM
Love the loungin' shot in the HSU/Linfield photo gallery kmack!

That's funny, all I could think was 'who would want to buy that?'

At least it's amusing. And at least you guys have found the photo galleries. And I'm not even saying it because I shot half the game, but man there are some kick-[butt] shots in those galleries.

Wish I could go back to 95-96-97 and get some shots of a certain lanky corner/safety in action. The yearbook pages will have to do, ah well.

Smed, regarding cross-country flight, I have but one word for you: Direct.

(and actually DirecTV is not a bad Word No. 2, if you've ever flown JetBlue. United this past weekend, but get the JB shuttle to Vegas if you go.)
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