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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JHP who wrote (97875)	12/6/2002 10:45:23 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

John, this was a Joe Blxtfxyzzpkq trip all the way. For those too young or culturally deprived to remember, Joe was a cartoon guy in "Lil Abner" who had bad luck everywhere he went. He traveled with a black cloud over his head. Anyway, the planning was meticulous as we flew out on Thanksgiving weekend. Nobody else traveling at that time. <g> The first class restroom was out of order and they didn't have Chivas ("Is Canadian Club o.k.?" No! I like CC, but not when I want Scotch.) Then we got the aforementioned "cold day in Hartford." It coincided with "work night," where we had to stay late at the office, so it was nice and chilly by the time we crawled out of the joint. To top things off, we left town on "National Let's Snow freakin' Everywhere Day." We had to de-ice the plane and clear the runways and took off an hour late. I arrived in Atlanta and asked the agent "where's the plane to Hobby?" She pointed at blinking lights in the air speeding away from Georgia. Big deal, the next plane was due in 2 hours. Right! Another hour's delay for that thing to get in. All the bitching and moaning aside, this was by far the best training session in Hartford. They did a lot of psychological testing that I found valuable and they didn't even call the police when they read mine. I did find it embarrassing when they looked at mine and asked "is butt-head spelled with or without a dash?" My classmates who made it this far (about 50% are gonzo) were the cream of the crop (or cream of the crap, to hear the others ones talk <g>) and we got along well and had fun in our 7 free minutes. They fed us well and often. Hello, workouts this morning. The main negative was that the real babes didn't make it, but I heard the women say the same thing about the "hunks." Just us uglies. But in the dark, who the hell knows? <g<