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Post by Sara on Sept 17, 2010 9:52:47 GMT -5
Kaylee decided that 1 a.m. was an excellent time to spend 5 minutes or so pawing at her bed. I have to respectfully disagree with her on that one. And who won this disagreement? Well, considering that my first sign that she'd made such a decision was when she was in the midst of following through with it, I'd have to say that she did. I have spoken to her about it since then, explaining my views on the matter, but I have a feeling it pretty much went in one ear and out the other.
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Post by Sara on Sept 17, 2010 9:58:27 GMT -5
Posted this morning by Pete Abraham, Boston Globe sportswriter:
Good morning from Seattle, where it's 5:19 a.m. There weren't many good options for a red-eye last night, so it's an early flight this morning.
There was nearly a rebellion in the Delta baggage line this morning. As people were waiting to drop their bags, a guy with three large bags was at the counter filling out tags with his address. That's a no-no. Do that somewhere else.
Then, when two of his bags were six pounds overweight, he decided to try and defy the laws of physics by rearranging everything. Because shoes on one side of the bag weigh less if you move them to the other side. Shockingly, that didn't work. Then he tried to pay for the overweight charge with currency from Lichtenstein or somewhere.
At that point, people started getting agitated The poor woman at the counter finally told him he needed to go stand in some other line.
There's a simple solution for this. You get one chance to mess up like that. Then the second time you do it, you get "no fly" tattooed on your forehead. Either that you have to spend five minutes in a locked room with the people who were behind you.
Personally, I think this is an outstanding idea and should be incorporated by all airlines as soon as possible.
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Post by Queen E on Sept 17, 2010 10:48:15 GMT -5
Posted this morning by Pete Abraham, Boston Globe sportswriter: Good morning from Seattle, where it's 5:19 a.m. There weren't many good options for a red-eye last night, so it's an early flight this morning.
There was nearly a rebellion in the Delta baggage line this morning. As people were waiting to drop their bags, a guy with three large bags was at the counter filling out tags with his address. That's a no-no. Do that somewhere else.
Then, when two of his bags were six pounds overweight, he decided to try and defy the laws of physics by rearranging everything. Because shoes on one side of the bag weigh less if you move them to the other side. Shockingly, that didn't work. Then he tried to pay for the overweight charge with currency from Lichtenstein or somewhere.
At that point, people started getting agitated The poor woman at the counter finally told him he needed to go stand in some other line.
There's a simple solution for this. You get one chance to mess up like that. Then the second time you do it, you get "no fly" tattooed on your forehead. Either that you have to spend five minutes in a locked room with the people who were behind you.Personally, I think this is an outstanding idea and should be incorporated by all airlines as soon as possible. Hee! Henry Rollins did a bit about that; he called people like that Time Murderers ("murder in the millionth degree").
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Post by Sue on Sept 17, 2010 12:01:38 GMT -5
Posted this morning by Pete Abraham, Boston Globe sportswriter: Good morning from Seattle, where it's 5:19 a.m. There weren't many good options for a red-eye last night, so it's an early flight this morning.
There was nearly a rebellion in the Delta baggage line this morning. As people were waiting to drop their bags, a guy with three large bags was at the counter filling out tags with his address. That's a no-no. Do that somewhere else.
Then, when two of his bags were six pounds overweight, he decided to try and defy the laws of physics by rearranging everything. Because shoes on one side of the bag weigh less if you move them to the other side. Shockingly, that didn't work. Then he tried to pay for the overweight charge with currency from Lichtenstein or somewhere.
At that point, people started getting agitated The poor woman at the counter finally told him he needed to go stand in some other line.
There's a simple solution for this. You get one chance to mess up like that. Then the second time you do it, you get "no fly" tattooed on your forehead. Either that you have to spend five minutes in a locked room with the people who were behind you.Personally, I think this is an outstanding idea and should be incorporated by all airlines as soon as possible. Hee! Henry Rollins did a bit about that; he called people like that Time Murderers ("murder in the millionth degree"). I have a tiny bit of sympathy. On the one hand, Jim and I are frequent travelers and situations like this annoy the heck out of us. On the other hand we have twice found ourselves in something like this situation and, really, there wasn't anything we could do except try to re-distribute and we didn't want to go to the back of the line. We did, however, step to the side and let the person directly behind us have access to the ticketing agent while we were repacking. [When Carolyn graduated from Princeton and headed off directly to the DR Jim, Allison and I had 6 enormous suitcases will all of her stuff, even books and a pole lamp, inside. The first two suitcases were overweight and rather than spend something like $75 per suitcase we redistributed -- but that meant opening and rearranging all 6 (yes, I had tried to balance them all when originally packing). Actually after the first 2 and the redistribution the lovely gate agent didn't actually weigh the rest of them -- hopefully not endangering the flight due to overweight and lack of fuel. The second time we were getting on a flight from the island of Florianopolous, Brazil back to Sao Paulo. There are very strict weight limits for both checked and carry-on luggage which I had learned all about and successfully navigated on the trip over. However, we hit a check in agent who had a completely different interpretation of the rules and we had to repack all 10 bags (5 of us each with a checked bag and a carry on bag) -- the same bags that had gone over to the island just 8 days earlier with no problem. And, of course, the entire discussion had to be translated thru Allison in Portuguese (the Sao Paulo airport had plenty of English speaking agents, but the Florianopolous airport was tiny). Especially annoying because the net weight of all 10 bags amongst the 5 of us didn't change.] So, especially if this guy was from another country I have some sympathy for him, as I know he was well aware of the wrath simmering behind him. The agent should have suggested he step to the side and taken the next customer.
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Post by Sue on Sept 17, 2010 12:07:24 GMT -5
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Sept 17, 2010 12:20:21 GMT -5
And who won this disagreement? Well, considering that my first sign that she'd made such a decision was when she was in the midst of following through with it, I'd have to say that she did. I have spoken to her about it since then, explaining my views on the matter, but I have a feeling it pretty much went in one ear and out the other. Considering her nice floppy ears cover the place where sound goes in, I'm thinking it never went in in the first place.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Sept 17, 2010 12:32:29 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Vlad!
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Sept 17, 2010 12:34:24 GMT -5
In the news today: Channel One to be axed uk.tv.yahoo.com/news-extra/article/60180/bravo-and-channel-one-axed.htmlwhat is channel one? the only one I watch that isn't the BBC. The one with Star Trek, Supernatural, Chuck, Warehouse 13, Star Trek, The X Files, Star Trek, Ghost Whisperer, Star Trek, V coming soon, Leverage starting next Thursday, and a tendency to actually pick up shows I want to watch. They were Virgin One until a couple of weeks ago, and they did a whole rebranding thing, and now the news says the whole channel is going away? And, okay, granted, I already own quite a lot of that list on DVD, but that's so not the point! I'm going to end up having to get new hardware, either satellite box or upgraded computer to do proper online watching. *Sulk* yes, I know, problems of people with too much time on their hands, but still. Dude. My old housemate is going to be pissed. He used to watch Star Trek reruns on that channel. He tried to get me into it, but, at the risk of having my S'cubie membership revoked, I've just never gotten the appeal of any of the Star Treks. That being said, I'd be interested in why other S'cubies like them. A lot of the reading on cult tv that I've been doing for my thesis talks about Star Trek, but it's one thing to hear academic analysis and another for viewer-on-the-ground reasons. appeal of Star Trek Enterprise: 1) Malcolm Reed 2) T'Pol 3) Decon ... I usually watch it while I eat and don't apply brain. it's the only way. the plots... urgh. I thought Enterprise had potential. Start with entire lack of Federation, end with Federation, sounds like a win. But instead they sort of wander around having someone different be either imprisoned by aliens or stuck on an alien planet or possibly stuck in a shuttlepod. I started watching because Virgin One did a 'best of Star Trek' weekend as voted by (British) viewers and the episodes they showed made it look like the show had a lot of (British) Malcolm Reed kicking arse and being noble and stuff. Which works for me. But mostly there's much less of that than there would be if I were writing it. It's like they think the Captain is the main character. Yet he never develops a personality, cause he's wandering around being nice at the universe. Nice and with a puppy. That's kind of it. The only particularly interesting bit is all the save the princess get the girl type plots go to Trip, the Chief Engineer. It is Star Trek for tech geeks. Even more so than usual. He gets all the leaping around heroically really very often. If you have any attachment at all to Star Trek as a 'verse, as a more or less internally consistent continuity, it is very very hard to watch Enterprise. I could only start after I learned to give up on the concept of canon via all the Doctor Who sprawl. Then it's just a whole bunch of stories with pretty people in them. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine I loved for the plots, the intricate world building politics, and the speech about root beer. Quark: What do you think? Elim Garak: It's vile. Quark: I know. It's so bubbly and cloying and happy. Elim Garak: Just like the Federation. Quark: And you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it. Elim Garak: It's insidious. Quark: Just like the Federation. It's the show that shows that actually the Federation is kind of creepy from the wrong angles. Plus I like almost all the characters. And there isn't a one of them where the only thing you can think of to say about them is 'nice', even if you only watch one season. Star Trek Voyager I do not like. I keep trying to like it, because it's on every day and it's Trek I haven't memorised yet, but I just... don't. Next Gen I remember liking, watched it enough as a teenager I could do the words from memory, but I haven't watched it as much lately. The thing I like about Star Trek as a 'verse, as an outlook, is the idea of Team that pulls together and gets things done and has a basic approach of trying to make the team bigger by making allies. In some stories you'll have monsters that have to be destroyed. In Star Trek you'll have differences that have to be understood. The idea that understanding the universe and making lots of friends is the way to survive is pretty win.
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Post by Sara on Sept 17, 2010 13:00:47 GMT -5
Well, considering that my first sign that she'd made such a decision was when she was in the midst of following through with it, I'd have to say that she did. I have spoken to her about it since then, explaining my views on the matter, but I have a feeling it pretty much went in one ear and out the other. Considering her nice floppy ears cover the place where sound goes in, I'm thinking it never went in in the first place. I would think so too, except that I also know you only have to whisper the word "cheese" anywhere in the house and she'll be at your side in about 5 seconds—10 if she has to traverse the stairs. ;D
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Sept 17, 2010 13:12:16 GMT -5
In the news today: Channel One to be axed uk.tv.yahoo.com/news-extra/article/60180/bravo-and-channel-one-axed.htmlwhat is channel one? the only one I watch that isn't the BBC. The one with Star Trek, Supernatural, Chuck, Warehouse 13, Star Trek, The X Files, Star Trek, Ghost Whisperer, Star Trek, V coming soon, Leverage starting next Thursday, and a tendency to actually pick up shows I want to watch. They were Virgin One until a couple of weeks ago, and they did a whole rebranding thing, and now the news says the whole channel is going away? And, okay, granted, I already own quite a lot of that list on DVD, but that's so not the point! I'm going to end up having to get new hardware, either satellite box or upgraded computer to do proper online watching. *Sulk* yes, I know, problems of people with too much time on their hands, but still. Dude. My old housemate is going to be pissed. He used to watch Star Trek reruns on that channel. He tried to get me into it, but, at the risk of having my S'cubie membership revoked, I've just never gotten the appeal of any of the Star Treks. That being said, I'd be interested in why other S'cubies like them. A lot of the reading on cult tv that I've been doing for my thesis talks about Star Trek, but it's one thing to hear academic analysis and another for viewer-on-the-ground reasons. Star Trek for me was about the exploring of the great beyond (appealing to my wanderlust), beyond the familiar world as we know it. The exploration of isolation and confinement (another passion of mine), of worst case scenarios and the strategy and creativity required to get out of these situations, also appealed to me, as well as how people are affected by living in such an environment. There was also the constant challenging and better understanding of ourselves as individuals and as people and the world we live in by telling stories about individuals and people and worlds different from our own. Asking the"what ifs:" What if I wasn't me, what would I be like? What if life was different than we know it? What would the world be like if it was different than earth? The shows also told of stories familiar to us from our own history or contemporary experience, but told through allegory and metaphor (of aliens and alien worlds), so that we are able to step outside ourselves a little bit get a fresh perspective. Personally for me, as I've said before, ST:TNG turned me on to sci-fi in general, the best of which tells stories that address these concepts as well. And Dr. Crusher was what made me want to be a doctor, so there's also that.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Sept 17, 2010 13:30:44 GMT -5
Considering her nice floppy ears cover the place where sound goes in, I'm thinking it never went in in the first place. I would think so too, except that I also know you only have to whisper the word "cheese" anywhere in the house and she'll be at your side in about 5 seconds—10 if she has to traverse the stairs. ;D Oh, that's not hearing. That's cheesdar. All dogs and most cats have it. Works like the lateral line on a fish.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Sept 17, 2010 13:34:39 GMT -5
Dude. My old housemate is going to be pissed. He used to watch Star Trek reruns on that channel. He tried to get me into it, but, at the risk of having my S'cubie membership revoked, I've just never gotten the appeal of any of the Star Treks. That being said, I'd be interested in why other S'cubies like them. A lot of the reading on cult tv that I've been doing for my thesis talks about Star Trek, but it's one thing to hear academic analysis and another for viewer-on-the-ground reasons. Star Trek for me was about the exploring of the great beyond (appealing to my wanderlust), beyond the familiar world as we know it. The exploration of isolation and confinement (another passion of mine), of worst case scenarios and the strategy and creativity required to get out of these situations, also appealed to me, as well as how people are affected by living in such an environment. There was also the constant challenging and better understanding of ourselves as individuals and as people and the world we live in by telling stories about individuals and people and worlds different from our own. Asking the"what ifs:" What if I wasn't me, what would I be like? What if life was different than we know it? What would the world be like if it was different than earth? The shows also told of stories familiar to us from our own history or contemporary experience, but told through allegory and metaphor (of aliens and alien worlds), so that we are able to step outside ourselves a little bit get a fresh perspective. Personally for me, as I've said before, ST:TNG turned me on to sci-fi in general, the best of which tells stories that address these concepts as well. And Dr. Crusher was what made me want to be a doctor, so there's also that. DS9 was my favorite. I liked that nobody was black/white but all of them had shades of gray. The most heroic heroes had darkness to them and the skuzziest villians had something redeeming. It was gritty and interesting and still very Star Trek with all the positives. Plus: Odo. After that I liked Next Gen. A little too clean and tidy for my tastes, but well plotted and acted. After that I liked OS. Just because. And besides, Nimoy looked better than Shatner with his shirt off back then. Enterprise and Voyager never really happened. They were just bad dreams.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Sept 17, 2010 13:47:55 GMT -5
We are the weary Star Trek costumes. We are here to protect you from the nebulous tyre of Captain Planet.
Apparently the RSG agrees with me. I think.
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Post by Michelle on Sept 17, 2010 14:56:05 GMT -5
Considering her nice floppy ears cover the place where sound goes in, I'm thinking it never went in in the first place. I would think so too, except that I also know you only have to whisper the word "cheese" anywhere in the house and she'll be at your side in about 5 seconds—10 if she has to traverse the stairs. ;D
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Sept 17, 2010 14:57:14 GMT -5
Grandson is having his heart procedure done right now. Didn't know until daughter called to tell me.
S'cubie vibes appreciated.
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