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Thoughts on the day

  • Flying hung over must really suck.  At least I remember it did when I was that young and dumb
  • The pat down at the TSA checkpoint was professional and thorough. I was told I ought to get a PSA test, though, which is troubling.
  • The only thing questioned at the checkpoint was the laser pointer, but when I offered to smash it and put it in the trash, the nice man lost interest.
  • The kid who was an angel on the ground, the one all the women coo’ed over, sprouted horns and a hellish howl at 35,000 feet.
    • You know, it’s a sad state of affairs when a man travelling alone has to think twice before offering advice to a mother travelling alone with her child, but she did say thank you when giving him his pacifier worked.
  • You can tell the military is in transition from a strong wartime footing, but isn’t back to a full peacetime setting yet.  Soldiers still travel in camouflage uniforms, but they were pressed, complete with creases.
  • I have become such a groundhog.  A  little turbulence during the descent and landing made me airsick enough that I wasn’t right until for a couple of hours.  I’m definitely going to eat very lightly tomorrow before flying home.
  • When you’re trying to get over being motion sick, that “new car smell” in a rental car is not a pleasant aroma.
  • Man, there are a lot of Navy guys in Annapolis. Must be something going on.
  • Annapolis in early June reminds me a lot of Monterey in July.  I’m sure once the heat and humidity hit in force, the comparison will disappear.
  • I had forgotten just how good crab cakes are.  I really need to try making them at home if I can get a good source for fresh crab.

2 Comments

  1. Old NFO's avatar

    Damn, wish I’d known you were in the ‘area’, we could have met up for dinner… Hope the trip home is smoother!

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    • daddybear71's avatar

      Thanks, it was. I wasn’t sure I’d be making the trip until a few days beforehand, and we got to work pretty much as soon as I felt better. But if this pans out, I might be doing more trips like this one.

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