On 10/18/2023 12:49 PM, Bering Sea Bar & Brig@MarthaStewart.GoodThing wrote:
> Come for the 90 minutes delay on a 40 minute flight.
> Stay for the jet exhaust and fuel stench in the cabin and stews too lazy to pass out drinks. Wow 75 cent savings per passenger on drinks is a whole $152. Wait, that's the stews paychecks for the Flight. BRILLIANT

Nice rant. Who is to blame for the delay? Could be weather or other
delays beyond the control of the airline.

Surely you have evidence of your accusation about laziness. Nothing to
do with an airline policy, crazy to expect people to go 40 minutes
without a drink.

On 2023-10-18 2:23 p.m., Ed P wrote:
> On 10/18/2023 12:49 PM, Bering Sea Bar & Brig@MarthaStewart.GoodThing
> wrote:
>> Come for the 90 minutes delay on a 40 minute flight.
>> Stay for the jet exhaust and fuel stench in the cabin and stews too
>> lazy to pass out drinks. Wow 75 cent savings per passenger on drinks
>> is a whole $152. Wait, that's the stews paychecks for the Flight.
>> BRILLIANT
>
> Nice rant.  Who is to blame for the delay?  Could be weather or other
> delays beyond the control of the airline.
>
> Surely you have evidence of your accusation about laziness.  Nothing to
> do with an airline policy, crazy to expect people to go 40 minutes
> without a drink.
>
>
I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.

On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 11:40:02 AM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2023-10-18 2:23 p.m., Ed P wrote:
> > On 10/18/2023 12:49 PM, Bering Sea Bar & Br...@MarthaStewart.GoodThing
> > wrote:
> >> Come for the 90 minutes delay on a 40 minute flight.
> >> Stay for the jet exhaust and fuel stench in the cabin and stews too
> >> lazy to pass out drinks. Wow 75 cent savings per passenger on drinks
> >> is a whole $152. Wait, that's the stews paychecks for the Flight.
> >> BRILLIANT
> >
> > Nice rant. Who is to blame for the delay? Could be weather or other
> > delays beyond the control of the airline.
> >
> > Surely you have evidence of your accusation about laziness. Nothing to
> > do with an airline policy, crazy to expect people to go 40 minutes
> > without a drink.
> >
> >
> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.

I've used a beer voucher on that route in the past and HAD to drink it because of their No Carry out rule, even for unopened containers. $50 a attendant is about what they earn for 40 minutes.

Dave Smith wrote:
....
> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.

they'd have to be a fricken camel!

songbird (with pi humps

Ed P wrote:

> On 10/18/2023 12:49 PM, Bering Sea Bar & Br...@MarthaStewart.GoodThing wrote:
> > Come for the 90 minutes delay on a 40 minute flight.
> > Stay for the jet exhaust and fuel stench in the cabin and stews too lazy to pass out drinks. Wow 75 cent savings per passenger on drinks is a whole $152. Wait, that's the stews paychecks for the Flight. BRILLIANT
> Nice rant. Who is to blame for the delay? Could be weather or other
> delays beyond the control of the airline.
>
> Surely you have evidence of your accusation about laziness. Nothing to
> do with an airline policy, crazy to expect people to go 40 minutes
> without a drink.

We see that Ed is taking "How to be a dried - up old prune" lessons from Jill...

--
GM

On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:21:45 -0400, songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>...
>> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
>> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.
>
>
> they'd have to be a fricken camel!

Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?

Bruce wrote:
....
> Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?

i've known a few people who'd have issues...

songbird

On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:23:13 -0400, songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>...
>> Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?
>
> i've known a few people who'd have issues...

I guess you're talking about alcohol :)

On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:24:37 PM UTC-5, songbird wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
> ...
> > Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?
> i've known a few people who'd have issues...
>
Well, you have to have *something*
to wash down the sausages.
>
> songbird

--Bryan

On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:04:43 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:21:45 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
> wrote:
> >Dave Smith wrote:
> >...
> >> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
> >> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.
> >
> >
> > they'd have to be a fricken camel!
> Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?

I walked into LAS at 1230 pm for a 2pm flight. Water sucks at Vegas. Next chance for water was 430pm in LAX.
NOT Paying for airport drinks
Southwest Sux
No weather issues in Vegas or LA they are deserts.

On 2023-10-19 4:38 p.m., Bering Sea Bar & Brig@MarthaStewart.GoodThing

> I walked into LAS at 1230 pm for a 2pm flight. Water sucks at Vegas.
> Next chance for water was 430pm in LAX. NOT Paying for airport
> drinks Southwest Sux No weather issues in Vegas or LA they are
> deserts.

I can think of one case were I refused to pay an outrageous price for
bottled water at an airport. We were stuck at Newark airport for 7
hours. I was thirsty and water was $3.50, which would have been close to
$5 Cdn, and it would have been about $1.50 Cdn at a Canadian airport. I
found a water fountain and drank from that.... tried to drink from that.
It was disgusting. It was the worst water I had ever tasted in my life.
Now I understand why there is a market for bottled water.

On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:08:54 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>On 2023-10-19 4:38 p.m., Bering Sea Bar & Brig@MarthaStewart.GoodThing
>
>> I walked into LAS at 1230 pm for a 2pm flight. Water sucks at Vegas.
>> Next chance for water was 430pm in LAX. NOT Paying for airport
>> drinks Southwest Sux No weather issues in Vegas or LA they are
>> deserts.
>
>I can think of one case were I refused to pay an outrageous price for
>bottled water at an airport. We were stuck at Newark airport for 7
>hours. I was thirsty and water was $3.50, which would have been close to
>$5 Cdn, and it would have been about $1.50 Cdn at a Canadian airport. I
>found a water fountain and drank from that.... tried to drink from that.
>It was disgusting. It was the worst water I had ever tasted in my life.
> Now I understand why there is a market for bottled water.

Your life's one big adventure, Dave.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2023-10-19 4:38 p.m., Bering Sea Bar &
> Brig@MarthaStewart.GoodThing
>
>> I walked into LAS at 1230 pm for a 2pm flight. Water sucks at
>> Vegas.
>> Next chance for water was 430pm in LAX. NOT Paying for airport
>> drinks Southwest Sux No weather issues in Vegas or LA they are
>> deserts.
>
>
> I can think of one case were I refused to pay an outrageous
> price for bottled water at an airport. We were stuck at Newark
> airport for 7 hours. I was thirsty and water was $3.50, which
> would have been close to $5 Cdn, and it would have been about
> $1.50 Cdn at a Canadian airport.  I found a water fountain and
> drank from that.... tried to drink from that. It was
> disgusting. It was the worst water  I had ever tasted in my
> life.  Now I understand why there is a market for bottled water.

Especially canadian water. But it's very expensive. You should
take a canteen full when you venture into US shit holes.

On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:04:43 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:21:45 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
> wrote:
> >Dave Smith wrote:
> >...
> >> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
> >> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.
> >
> >
> > they'd have to be a fricken camel!
> Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?

I left for Vegas airport at 1130am expecting to get fountain water there . A 2pm on time Departure would see drinks served at 225pm. Instead I deplaned at LAX 4 FREAKING 35PM.
THE PILOT should have entered the cabin and Declared, like the Cook of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "Fellas it too rough to Feed Ya, We're headed to White Fish Bay".
Happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Visit the gift shoppe at the Mariners Museum.

On Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 2:02:10 PM UTC-6, Bering Sea Bar & Brig@MarthaStewart.GoodThing wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:04:43 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:21:45 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
> > wrote:
> > >Dave Smith wrote:
> > >...
> > >> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
> > >> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.
> > >
> > >
> > > they'd have to be a fricken camel!
> > Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?
> I left for Vegas airport at 1130am expecting to get fountain water there .. A 2pm on time Departure would see drinks served at 225pm. Instead I deplaned at LAX 4 FREAKING 35PM.
> THE PILOT should have entered the cabin and Declared, like the Cook of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "Fellas it too rough to Feed Ya, We're headed to White Fish Bay".
> Happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Visit the gift shoppe at the Mariners Museum..

Concluding some terms with a Rio Masquerade Jacuzzi suite
When I left fully loaded for El Segundo
Then late morning the text bell rang for a delayed Boeing
Could it be the north wind Vegas been feelin'?

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the winds turn the minutes to hours?
The passengers all say they'd have made Drink Service
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big Desert they call 'Mojave'
The Desert it is said, never gives up her 737-800s
When the skies of October turn windy

With a load of LA gentiles and jews, 150 more
Than the swa 737 weighed empty
That good ship and true was a 'bone to be chewed'
When the gales of November came early

The coins in the LAS Terminal 2 slots made a tattle-tale sound
When the gambler broke the last 5 dollar bill
And every man knew, as the captains did too
'Twas the slots of Mccarran (Harry Reid) come stealin'

On Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 10:54:46 AM UTC-6, Bering Sea Bar & Brig@MarthaStewart.GoodThing wrote:
> On Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 2:02:10 PM UTC-6, Bering Sea Bar & Br...@MarthaStewart.GoodThing wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:04:43 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:21:45 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >Dave Smith wrote:
> > > >...
> > > >> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
> > > >> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > they'd have to be a fricken camel!
> > > Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?
> > I left for Vegas airport at 1130am expecting to get fountain water there . A 2pm on time Departure would see drinks served at 225pm. Instead I deplaned at LAX 4 FREAKING 35PM.
> > THE PILOT should have entered the cabin and Declared, like the Cook of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "Fellas it too rough to Feed Ya, We're headed to White Fish Bay".
> > Happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Visit the gift shoppe at the Mariners Museum.
> Concluding some terms with a Rio Masquerade Jacuzzi suite
> When I left fully loaded for El Segundo
> Then late morning the text bell rang for a delayed Boeing
> Could it be the north wind Vegas been feelin'?
>
> Does anyone know where the love of God goes
> When the winds turn the minutes to hours?
> The passengers all say they'd have made Drink Service
> If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
>
> The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
> Of the big Desert they call 'Mojave'
> The Desert it is said, never gives up her 737-800s
> When the skies of October turn windy
>
> With a load of LA gentiles and jews, 150 more
> Than the swa 737 weighed empty
> That good ship and true was a 'bone to be chewed'
> When the gales of November came early
>
> The coins in the LAS Terminal 2 slots made a tattle-tale sound
> When the gambler broke the last 5 dollar bill
> And every man knew, as the captains did too
> 'Twas the slots of Mccarran (Harry Reid) come stealin'

+1000

This poem should be emblazoned at the foot of The Statue of Liberty...

Or even inscribed on granite on the National Mall...

--
GM

On Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 12:38:58 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:
> On Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 10:54:46 AM UTC-6, Bering Sea Bar & Br...@MarthaStewart.GoodThing wrote:
> > On Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 2:02:10 PM UTC-6, Bering Sea Bar & Br...@MarthaStewart.GoodThing wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:04:43 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:21:45 -0400, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > >...
> > > > >> I hope that no one died of thirst during that 40 minute flight. I can't
> > > > >> imagine not being served any beverages for such an extended period.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > they'd have to be a fricken camel!
> > > > Is not drinking anything for 40 minutes a problem for anybody?
> > > I left for Vegas airport at 1130am expecting to get fountain water there . A 2pm on time Departure would see drinks served at 225pm. Instead I deplaned at LAX 4 FREAKING 35PM.
> > > THE PILOT should have entered the cabin and Declared, like the Cook of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "Fellas it too rough to Feed Ya, We're headed to White Fish Bay".
> > > Happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Visit the gift shoppe at the Mariners Museum.
> > Concluding some terms with a Rio Masquerade Jacuzzi suite
> > When I left fully loaded for El Segundo
> > Then late morning the text bell rang for a delayed Boeing
> > Could it be the north wind Vegas been feelin'?
> >
> > Does anyone know where the love of God goes
> > When the winds turn the minutes to hours?
> > The passengers all say they'd have made Drink Service
> > If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
> >
> > The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
> > Of the big Desert they call 'Mojave'
> > The Desert it is said, never gives up her 737-800s
> > When the skies of October turn windy
> >
> > With a load of LA gentiles and jews, 150 more
> > Than the swa 737 weighed empty
> > That good ship and true was a 'bone to be chewed'
> > When the gales of November came early
> >
> > The coins in the LAS Terminal 2 slots made a tattle-tale sound
> > When the gambler broke the last 5 dollar bill
> > And every man knew, as the captains did too
> > 'Twas the slots of Mccarran (Harry Reid) come stealin'
> +1000
>
> This poem should be emblazoned at the foot of The Statue of Liberty...
>
> Or even inscribed on granite on the National Mall...
>
> --
> GM

It's Gordon lightfoot customized for Vegas.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald