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F*O*A*D

On 3/19/14, 11:32 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:44:42 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Even a long, slow boat ride down the ICW is better than a long, slow
drive down I-95. The beauty of the view from 35,000 feet is that within
the United States, it doesn't last very long. It's a six hour flight to
Jackson Hole. How long is the drive? 40-60 hours? Of course, if one
is "retired," time has little meaning.

I am retired and I still like to fly.
The difference I we like to fly up front.

If I'm paying and I can't get the exit row seats, I'll upgrade from
steerage to first class on a long flight, as in...to the left coast or
Europe or beyond. Being in a seat with no legroom only bothers me after
about three hours.

It's only the seat that I see as an advantage to first class. The
first-class food is just a bit pokey to me. I'd rather buy a decent
sandwich and snacks in the airport and carry it aboard.

The first time we flew to Hawaii was about a year before 9-11 and plane
security was lax. I spent most of the flight in the back of the plane,
standing up, having a few drinks and laughing it up with a bunch of guys
and the crew. Alas, the fun days of flying are long gone, and never to
return.

On the trains to New York and New Haven, the onboard snack bar is pretty
decent. We've taken the sleeping car to Florida and back a few times,
takes just a tad longer than driving in a car. The dining car meals are
far better than the first-class fare on the planes, and the meals are
included in the ticket price.

The only real problem on the east coast sleepers is that the trackage is
absolutely miserable. The train cars rock and roll the entire way, and
there are so many crossings, the train whistle seems to blow every 30
seconds. So I keep the in-ear earphone plugs from my iPod in my ears the
entire way. It muffles about 90% of the noise.

Florida remains a great place to rent a car. I got a full-sized almost
new Chrysler sedan for a week for less than $200. The car rental
facility that serves the Ft. Lauderdale airport, however, just plain
stinks.

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