travel
It’s a rather odd feeling to fly from the US Central time zone to the Eastern time zone, then drive back in to the Central time zone in the same day. The whole “lost an hour, gained an hour” thing has zero meaning in this case.
DFW đ GSO to drive the college kid back home for the summer.
Will fly over 4-5 states and drive back through 4 states later today.
“Why do you have no desire to go on a cruise, Chris?”
Gee, I don’t know.
On the road with the oldest driving him back to college in North Carolina. As naturalized and native Texans, we fulfilled our obligation of stopping at Buc-ee’s. (This one in Leeds, AL.)
The two ladies manning the Hertz customer service booth at Dayton International were an utter delight to interact with. Sweet and quickly competent, a dream customer interaction.
Plane: booked
Hotel: booked
Car: booked
2-day pass: booked
I’m going to Immortal Fest II - Part 2! www.bmieventcenter.com/2nd-immor…
In the last 22 hours, I have:
- flown 860 miles from Texas to North Carolina
- drove through 4 states (NC, SC, GA, AL)
- spent the night near my parents' old home in AL
- drove through 4 states (AL, MS, LA, TX), having lunch with my parents in MS, for a total of 1,002 miles
All Aboard the Texas Eagle: Austin to Dallas Edition â No. 4 St. James
All Aboard the Texas Eagle: Austin to Dallas Edition â No. 4 St. James
Dallas or Fort Worth -> San Antonio might be a fun trip with the boys the next time we head down there for vacation. Of course, then weâd have to rent a vehicleâŠ
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Three generations at the 18th tee. (Taken with instagram)
First time in the ocean on Flickr.
First time the boys have been in an ocean (even if it was only their feet this time). This was something of a scouting trip, taken at the end of a relaxing day around the resort.
Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair
Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair
Bruce Schneierâs exasperation is informed by his job-related need to spend a lot of time in Airportland. He has 10 million frequent-flier miles and takes about 170 flights a year; his average speed, he has calculated, is 32 miles and hour. âThe only useful airport security measures since 9/11,â he says, âwere locking and reinforcing the cockpit doors, so terrorists canât break in, positive baggage matchingââensuring that people canât put luggage on planes, and then not board them ââand teaching the passengers to fight back. The rest is security theater.â
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American anti-smoking campaigns are too tame. on Flickr.
Shot in the duty-free shop of Kigali International Airport.
Fliers Still Must Turn Off Devices, but It's Not Clear Why - NYTimes.com
Fliers Still Must Turn Off Devices, but It's Not Clear Why - NYTimes.com
âAccording to the F.A.A., 712 million passengers flew within the United States in 2010. Letâs assume that just 1 percent of those passengers â about two people per Boeing 737, a conservative number â left a cellphone, e-reader or laptop turned on during takeoff or landing. That would mean seven million people on 11 million flights endangered the lives of their fellow passengers.“Yet, in 2010, no crashes were attributed to people using technology on a plane. None were in 2009. Or 2008, 2007 and so on. You get the point.
“Surely if electronic gadgets could bring down an airplane, you can be sure that the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, which has a consuming fear of 3.5 ounces of hand lotion and gel shoe inserts, wouldnât allow passengers to board a plane with an iPad or Kindle, for fear that they would be used by terrorists.â
And to add insult to injury: you canât use your iPad during takeoff and landing, but Unitedâs issuing iPads with flight procedures, manuals, and maps to its pilots.