That is so weird to me. I've flown countless times.
Just another reason why commercial airlines suck
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it was a lot of fun, when I was a kid in the 70s.
By the mid 80s it already began to suck.
they couldn’t pay me to do it today.
Yup. We got to go in the cockpit with the pilots and got our own plastic wings.
I've flown around the country many times. Hawaii 2x, Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, Panama 2x, and Europe 2x.
... Plus I learned about Gladiator movies, Turkish Prisons and other interesting stuff.
I used to fly once or twice a year until my oldest was about 2., so it's been over 20 years. One reason I stopped was when you have to fly 3 or 4 people it was cheaper to drive. Also, after 9/11 it started to take too long and be even more of a hassle than it was before. At least when I'm driving if there's a traffic jam I have the option of pulling off the highway to wait it out or not, I can stop to eat or pee when I want, I can pack what I want, and it ends up not taking much longer. I figure by the time I drive 1 1/2 hours to the airport, get frisked by a fat guy with a God complex, sit around the airport for 2 hours minimum before take off, fly for 2 1/2 hours (based on going to Kansas City non-stop), wait in baggage claim for an hour to find out my luggage took a different vacation than me, have another 2 hour drive to get to a family member's house, and then wait 3 days for my luggage to arrive from its trip to God knows where and back, I could have had a nice relaxing drive, a stay at a hotel, and another shorter drive and be at my destination far less frazzled with all of my belongings. That's IF everything goes well and the flight's not delayed.
That is more fun than I got to do.
I got to fly and land/take off on Navy carriers.
So you got to visit the cockpit but they didn't give you a set of plastic wings?
Not plastic.
In the old Navy you had to drink for them.
That sounds exciting.
It is not much of a nice cruise experience.
But the food was free.
Cruising doesn't appeal to me.
blacklabman
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Well, I got ten cats and traps in an S-3 aboard USS NIMITZ on its' first at-sea period as a commissioned ship.
I don't know what that means.
jrt_ms1995
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It means he was in the Navy, and assigned to shipboard pest (usually rats) control. He was issued 10 cats as part of his assignment; usually all are neutered/spayed to prevent a proliferation and mess up the U.S. Government's inventory control system. He also got 10 traps which were to be used to catch the cats (when you wanted to move them to a different part of the ship) who would catch the rats. He's bragging about catching 10 rats with his 10 cats in one fell swoop in an S-3, which is short for a shipboard 3-stall sh*tter.
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Ok.It means he was in the Navy, and assigned to shipboard pest (usually rats) control. He was issued 10 cats as part of his assignment; usually all are neutered/spayed to prevent a proliferation and mess up the U.S. Government's inventory control system. He also got 10 traps which were to be used to catch the cats (when you wanted to move them to a different part of the ship) who would catch the rats. He's bragging about catching 10 rats with his 10 cats in one fell swoop in an S-3, which is short for a shipboard 3-stall sh*tter.
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Not if its an EV. No oil changes at all.
We can build giant solar balloons in the sky to act as charging stations.
frequentflier
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My husband's company offered to send me to South Korea when he had a recent medical emergency. My first reaction was that my face would be plastered all over the internet for kicking the $hit out of some ignorant mother on one of the flights for letting her fu@k trophy kick my seat or climb on me. Or some loud, rude self entitled and self important idiot that won't shut up. I have flown many times commercially and the last several times were not pleasant but not as bad as it looks like traveling has become!
My husband is a globe trotter and has seen the world. Me- not so much. The thought of all those hours in travel and finding my way around stressed me out. Besides his other medical issue, he was in a Covid quarantine so I probably wouldn't have been able to see him anyways! Though it was nice of his company to offer, he told me not to go there and as it turns out, he was released from the hospital much sooner than expected.
My husband is a globe trotter and has seen the world. Me- not so much. The thought of all those hours in travel and finding my way around stressed me out. Besides his other medical issue, he was in a Covid quarantine so I probably wouldn't have been able to see him anyways! Though it was nice of his company to offer, he told me not to go there and as it turns out, he was released from the hospital much sooner than expected.
Glad you didn't go unnecessarily ( i dont know thati would have either, unless it was REALLY bad), but that is really cool the company offered. Hope your husband is doing better now!