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dsi1 wrote:

> On Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 11:11:17 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-05-02 4:19 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > On 5/2/2021 3:14 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> >
> > >> If I could teleport, I wouldn't mind traveling. The thought of

> > being >> cooped up in an aluminum tube with a couple hundred
> > strangers >> for half a day doesn't appeal one little bit.
> > >>
> > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>
> > >
> > > Many flights to Europe from the east leave about dinner time.
> > > Order a second drink or wine with dinner and then sleep the rest
> > > of the way and arrive in the morning.
> > >
> > > To make it worthwhile you have to go for at least 10 to 14 days.
> > > IMO, well worth doing at least once in your life.
> > >
> > > Even seeing other parts of the US is good too. I've know people
> > > that never ventured 50 miles from where they were born.
> > >
> > > I run up and down the east coast a few times a year but that is
> > > not seeing anything but highway to my destination in 18 hours. On
> > > a vacation to see things that trip should be 5 days or more as it
> > > has been in the past.

> > I love flying. I love the take off. I love the landing, I love
> > looking out the window and watching the world go by. I don't like
> > the waiting. For me to fly to Europe these days I have to drive to
> > Toronto, which will take a minimum hour and a half, but often much
> > more. Then you have to be there 2-3 hours early. Then you board and
> > sit there waiting to take off.
> >
> > My last trip over was 12 years ago. We left in good time to account
> > for traffic, so of course there were no delays and we ended up at
> > the airport 4 hours early. We departed in the evening and arrived
> > as Schipol at about 5am and had a 4 hour layover, then on to
> > Tallinn Estonia, arriving there around noon. Our niece's husband
> > picked us up and drove us to their apartment where we caught up
> > with our niece while he went back to work.
> >
> > I was tired enough, but after a a couple drinks and a late dinner I
> > was near exhaustion. We had been up early at home, left for the
> > airport around 1 pm. our time and it was almost midnight their time
> > by the time I went to bed.... in a room with white walls, sheer
> > white curtains that covered half the window and at that time of
> > year the sun went down at about 11:30 and was back up an hour later.

>
> The flight over here is pretty boring because it's mostly over a
> great expanse of water. If you're lucky, you might get some
> turbulence or your engine might blow up. That's always fun. Oddly
> enough, renting a car on this rock would probably cost more than the
> plane ticket. Some people will rent a U-Haul to drive around because
> it'll be cheaper. Ha ha, that's so weird.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5USIHRljCs


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