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Pumpkin Shortage Means No Pie for Thanksgiving {Holidash News}
Nov 19th 2009 12:03PM People who saw all of these pumpkins left over in the field and so this can't be true -- go right on out, grab one of those jack-o-lantern pumpkins and try to cook ANYTHING using it. UGH.
MOST OF THE PUMPKINS YOU SEE ARE NOT FIT TO EAT.
Like it's been said a dozen times here, canned pumpkin isn't jack-o-lantern pumkin most of you are seeing.
How one minute can cost you $530 at Calgary International Airport {Gadling}
Mar 18th 2009 3:30PM LOL
Barry, don't get your panties in a wad. It was a joke, I can take care of my children just fine, thank you. Hence, the :) They are experienced travelers, as am I, and we have more manners than MANY of the adults we fly with, thank you.
Do I think the airlines are stellar? No. Do I think my fellow travelers make my experience pleasant either? No. But I also know how to travel and take care of myself and my brood and don't complain endlessly about every annoyance. More people should try it, makes it much easier.
I've been in a car accident before a flight and the airline was helpful with rebooking our trip with no change fees. I've also had a dead battery and called AAA and the airline wasn't as understanding but I worked with them and they worked with me. I've been late through my own disorganized fault and got what I deserved. I was angry but ultimately, my own fault. I can take responsibility for myself.
The information I shared about flight crews might help other travelers understand how the system works so, though it won't help with their delay, it may make the delay less aggravating.
How one minute can cost you $530 at Calgary International Airport {Gadling}
Mar 18th 2009 12:18PM We've all had mixed experiences flying. You deal with that many people, you are bound to encounter every personality type.
A little aside: to the people who commented on flight crew being late or "missing." If the flight attendant was late, consider that the originally scheduled attendant got in a car accident, or in the case of my friend's sister, had a major heart-related incident before take off and was pulled off the aircraft. That was her first flight of the day and she was sent to the hospital. She had three flights scheduled that day. her next flight? The one that landed in the Hudson! Amazing, i know. So the "late" attendant might have been an emergency replacement. Apologize for the delay, sure, but don't blame her.
As for "finding" a flight crew. I would bet you that the scheduled flight crew had a time issue. There are rules for how many hours a crew can fly. "flight time" starts at push back from the gate. So if the incoming crew for your Mom's flight got delayed on the tarmac somewhere and would be going over the alloted time to fly your mom's flight, they have to be replaced. The bookers have to assemble a new crew quickly to take over the flight, so they are "finding" a crew. They have plans for that, but it takes a little bit of time. Hope your Mom wasn't too late, hope it makes more sense once you know how that can happen.
Though I do wish airlines could run with well oiled, german-like precision, it is really impossible. Getting all those thousands of employees to be perfect, the equipment perfect, the weather decent, and the passengers to ALL do EXACTLY as they are supposed to -- something has got to give. Personally, I have some patience when i fly. Not much, but some. I've flown so much, I've seen it all, if it isn't the worst of them I'll survive it.
And thank so everyone who has flown those 17 flights I've been on with my littlest one by the time she was 17 months old. (including 4 x 9 hour flights over the atlantic) FYI, we are flying again on Saturday, (domestic), bring your earplugs, she's has hit the terrible two's now!!!! :)
And the dollar rallies! {Gadling}
Aug 17th 2008 3:38PM I was so shocked at the exchange last summer. This year I was quietly resigned to the further demise of the dollar. I guess I took my trip a little too early this summer, right when the dollar was at it's lowest!
In your last paragraph you claim the dollar has regained about 8% against the Euro, then use and example that has nothing to do with the Euro? Exchange $100 at Heathrow for $67? Do you mean £67? Then you are talking in British Pounds and not Euros.
Topanga Is on Fire {TMZ}
Nov 2nd 2007 3:36PM That picture is weird. She was always cute and she still is. She was always a little short and a little chubby, but always cute. If her real body looks something like this, good for her.
And now that's enough. Please don't keep going until we can count every rib. I know it's addictive and people say how great you look and you want to keep on that high, but slim is sexy, bony is not.
I"m not into girls, but Danielle is hot.
Brit & K-Fed -- A Tale of Two Bank Accounts {TMZ}
Nov 1st 2007 9:55PM to add . . . not that those kids could go to daycare or preschool anyway, the "press" makes sure of that. They don't have the slightest chance at normal. But still, that's a stupid jab to take at them, TMZ. I don't spend anything on education either. Not for my grandma, not for my kids that are too little to pack off to school. Lots of us don't spend on education -- there is public school and involved parents that make throwing money at it not necessary.
Dumb judgement, completely irrelevant.
Brit & K-Fed -- A Tale of Two Bank Accounts {TMZ}
Nov 1st 2007 9:38PM this whole thing is stupid. How they spend it is stupid but it's their business. I might do it differently but I have different priorities.
OF COURSE they didn't spend anything on education, at least not for those kids. Her kids are too young for "school" and anything less than kindergarten is legally considered daycare. Preschool = daycare=childcare =NOT education for accounting purposes. Thank goodness, because I get to write preschool off as a daycare expense for one more year. How old are her kids? 3 and 2 in September, right? Not old enough for education for this statement's purposes. Now, a little night school / university course for either of the adults (oh yeah, I'm using that term loosely) might not be a bad idea, but who am I kidding? Never would happen.
Enrique Iglesias: Touring Is a Grind {TMZ}
Nov 1st 2007 12:07PM He is so yummy, he can sing to me anytime. He knows how to work those dark eyes and that grin. Whatever else he is, he is very sexy.
I'm not impressed with this little bit of stage show though. Doesn't do a thing for me, I'd be embarrassed for both of them if I was at the concert. A little sexy/suggestive dancing would be plenty. Heck, he can sing and have one particular look that makes me think of sex, I don't have to see an actual horizontal show.
mmmmm, I haven't seen anything from Enrique in a long time. I sure would have appreciated a picture of the boy's face in this article! He's definitely got the goods.
