On 6/12/14, 6:20 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/12/2014 5:34 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:17:05 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 6/12/2014 5:06 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:44:31 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:
I realized something else also. I *enjoy* driving. I'd much rather
drive eight hours to get
somewhere than spend four hours doing the same thing by plane. And,
I can honestly say I've never
lost my luggage!
Maybe that is my problem. In that "factory job" Harry thinks I had I
was driving about 50,000 a year (less after I moved here). It is not
my favorite thing to do, particularly mind numbing hours on the
interstate.
Where I live now I am a solid 5-6 hours, just to get out of Florida
and then I am only in Georgia.
We have vacationed in the west for the last 10 years. Driving would
just be ridiculous.
It's just different strokes for different folks. When working I
traveled often and almost always by air. It was work with scheduled
meetings to attend, timetables to meet, etc. Most of that was done
before 9/11 and all the added security measures that were added and also
before airlines started packing seats into airplanes to the max like
they do now.
In my semi-retirement I much rather drive. I enjoy it. It's at my
pace, my timing and my schedule. If I get tired or just feel like
stopping somewhere, I do.
When we had the places in Florida I must have driven down and back a
dozen times or more, often hauling a trailer or driving a RV. I
enjoyed it, especially the areas south of Virginia. I-95 north of
Virginia gets downright horrible.
Four round trips to Korea, two to Vietnam, and at least a dozen to
Europe have somewhat affected my
attitude towards flying.
Unless you want to spring for first class, flying is a horrible way to
travel, IMO. Even first class isn't really first class anymore. The
last time I flew commercially was in 2002 or 2003 when I had to return
to MA from Florida unexpectedly due to the death of a friend. Haven't
flown in a commercial airliner since. I have flown occasionally .. but
it was me doing the flying in recreational aircraft.
We had a very pleasant round trip flight to Ft. Lauderdale recently. The
flight wasn't long enough to bother with or pay for first class, but we
did get the "emergency exit" by request both ways, and there was plenty
of legroom. I don't disagree with your opinion, though, that flying
usually is a pretty miserable experience.
Managed to "sneak" a couple of non-airport deli sandwiches through TSA
and aboard, and even the TSA checks were easier.
We have a much longer airliner flight coming up this summer. Got enough
frequent flyer miles between us to go first class.
--
If right-wing assholes could fly,
rec.boats would be an airport!