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Wow, that's the first I heard of that

Hey, they can't do basic fact checking on themselves http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701913.html Give them a break!

Right. the issue is should the fat guy pay a fare commensurate with the added space he requires, or receive special accomodation. Most airlines already have written policies about person of size/fat people. The issue is why didn't the groundstaff figure that out and do something about it before he boarded the plane (since seat width does vary by airplane and airline this is dependant on the equipment of the day)

I thought the winners became dinners

Yeah, i'd second that. I tried the PNW thing from '00 to '02 and I was "off keel" after that first winter ,for sure. My bro has lived up there for ten years and he loves the weather and has no effect on him. Hits some and misses others. Within a week of moving back to CO, the winter blues were gone and have never returned. Cured by sunshine. If you are one of those hit hard by it then you should really think about living elsewhere... in the sun. 3rded. Perhaps if I had a job where I wasn't in an office 5 days a week it'd be different, but that's not current reality.

What, are you ecru? Feeling discriminated against because you are taupe?

I'm guessing because the guides, guide service and contract are all subject to British law. (the guides are British citizens, the guide service a british company, and the contract presumably entered into in Britain)

Perhaps, a distillation of the hope of anyone who goes to church. Nah, god tells W things outside of church.

Oh come on, don't be a fool. He was briefed by his press secretary the very morning of the funeral. I've always thought of him in the Reagan mold - given a briefing to read but skipping it because the Sound of Music was on TV

Hype the biggest dumbest sport of them all.

Vintage inversion JayB - in case you haven't paid attention, Bushco opposes civil rights legislation of the kind favored by traditional black lobbying groups. This makes them political opponents!

An amusing coda http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/politics/08nasa.html

They've always shown themselves willing to cash in on those outside the faith, as well as being bright and educated.

how much a night? My, uh, "friend" is interested.

It wasn't when Ronald Reagan past away - we were all supposed to canonize the imbecilic crook.

Tax season, eh?

Heh, it's been that way for the past month here

So why did GWB show up? The man is almost universally disliked in the black community (see voting patterns) and his administration has spent a good bit of energy dismantling and weakening the legislation people like King worked for. Oh, I suppose W does pay lip service to King's accomplishments. Can't imagine why guests gave him a hard time.....

Retitle your post "I'm completely ignorant of how my world is constructed and find reality troublesome" Would you prefer that dye be synthesized from nasty wasty chemicals?

A patient of my mothers, lifelong activist, wished her funeral to be a rallying call. To each their own memorial.

Why are you in Chapter 11 if you make quality patches?

Someone's never read the WSJ editorial page.....

I realize that you like the feel of newsprint gently baked by the butler so the ink doesn't soil your hands, but there is this thingy called the intraweb and the WSJ is on it! PS - isn't it about time you post the Americans & leisure time article from the Economist? That was a good one. Maybe you can share the good news yourself. I think part of the answer to the conundrum raised by the article is the fact that most people take a great deal of pride in the extent of their overwork, and overburdening, and tend to inflate their own numbers when reporting them. Protestantism, salvation by works, look what ye have wrought... http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5476124 I was going to explain it via the billable hours phenomena (the mental startup/shutdown for work in my experience ~1hr) and the changing nature of domestic work - it is no longer a social activity.

I imagine Dan ____ orchestrating the event - I think it'd be a riot.

I can usually polish it off PDX-SJC or the like. Except for the yearend issue, that's a 3rd world airport special.