I just finished a seven day Mediterranean cruise thanks to my wife getting roundtrip airfare from N.Y. to Barcelona for only $304. The only caveat was the age of the jet. It was so old it still had working ashtrays in the armrests, and large tube monitors for the inflight movies. As we boarded we were told there would be a delay because the brakes had over heated. I wondered how that can happen when it was sitting still for 2 hours. Eventually a ground crew member came out on the tarmac to direct the plane to the runway. Moments later we heard a thud and it felt like we ran over something, or someone. Again it was delayed a short while, but we arrived on time. My wife didn't mind, and like the song says "she's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care", although the guy laying in the middle of the runway might.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Ticket to ride.
I just finished a seven day Mediterranean cruise thanks to my wife getting roundtrip airfare from N.Y. to Barcelona for only $304. The only caveat was the age of the jet. It was so old it still had working ashtrays in the armrests, and large tube monitors for the inflight movies. As we boarded we were told there would be a delay because the brakes had over heated. I wondered how that can happen when it was sitting still for 2 hours. Eventually a ground crew member came out on the tarmac to direct the plane to the runway. Moments later we heard a thud and it felt like we ran over something, or someone. Again it was delayed a short while, but we arrived on time. My wife didn't mind, and like the song says "she's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care", although the guy laying in the middle of the runway might.
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