Karyn J. Powers's Blog – September 2007 Archive (2)

Flat-Earth Airlines

If man were meant to fly....

I think the Flat-Earth society has taken over commercial air transportation. I am willing to stipulate that I am one of the way-too-impatient, way-too-intollerant, gnat-on-crack-attention-span-blessed common folk. That being said, it seems to be a sad state of affairs when the best thing you can say for flying coach is that you survived.

The airline employees are not to blame. They work hard, with little support. They face a frustrated…

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Added by Karyn J. Powers on September 8, 2007 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Vacation Diary Day #1 "Called 911"

We are both okay. The house is fine. Around 6 PM, I went out on the front porch and lit the grill to cook some turkey burgers. Pat brought the burgers out and we chatted. Suddenly flames started shooting out where the hose connected to the propane tank nozzle. While Pat was getting the fire extinguisher, I burned three fingers trying to turn off the gas through the flames.

We couldn't get the fire extinguisher to work, so I dragged the unit down four steps to the edge of the…

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Added by Karyn J. Powers on September 7, 2007 at 11:40am — No Comments