The ORIGINAL 1000+ Posts Club

[MaineWriter]

Thanks for that chuckle, David.

As soon as Lucise wakes up and makes a post, she's launching herself into the 6000 club. Woo-wee!!

Leslie

[David]

Thanks for that chuckle, David.

As soon as Lucise wakes up and makes a post, she's launching herself into the 6000 club. Woo-wee!!

Leslie

I know!   And I'm going to have to find a new color to represent the 6000+ catagory!    LOL

[David]

Toddler's temper ousts family from plane
 
From the USA Today Online news.

ORLANDO (AP) — Flight attendants often deal with obnoxious passengers who won't listen to instructions by kicking them off the plane. But a Massachusetts couple think AirTran Airways went overboard by treating their crying 3-year-old daughter in much the same way.
Julie and Gerry Kulesza and daughter Elly were removed from the flight when the girl refused to take her seat before takeoff, airline officials said Tuesday. But her parents said they just needed a little more time to calm her down.

The Kuleszas, of Worcester, planned to fly to Boston on Jan. 14 from Fort Myers after a four-day visit with the girl's paternal grandparents. She was removed because "she was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn't get in her seat" during boarding, AirTran spokeswoman Judy Graham-Weaver said.

AirTran officials say they were only following Federal Aviation Administration rules that children age 2 and above must have their own seat and be wearing a seatbelt upon takeoff.

"The flight was already delayed 15 minutes and in fairness to the other 112 passengers on the plane, the crew made an operational decision to remove the family," Graham-Weaver said.

But Julie Kulesza said: "We weren't giving an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything."

"Elly was sitting in front of our seat crying," she said in a phone interview. "The attendant motioned to a seat and asked if we purchased it for her."

They had paid for the seat. Gerry Kulesza said another attendant then approached the family and told him: "You need to get her in control and in her seat."

The couple told the attendants they were trying. Julie Kulesza said she asked the attendants if Elly could sit on her lap, but they said no.

The family flew home the next day.

The Orlando-based carrier reimbursed the family $595.80, the cost of the three tickets, and offered them three roundtrip tickets anywhere the airline flies, Graham-Weaver said.

But that's too little, too late for the Kuleszas. The father said they would never fly AirTran again.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. 

Aw come on now!    They were given a refund and three free tickets to use later?   Sounded like a great deal to me!

But truthfully.  Haven't we all had a child sitting behind us on a plane that constantly kicked the back of your seat?    I sure have.   And it is infuriating that parents don't take responcibility for their kids today.

I know it is expensive, but ALL kids should be in their own seats regardless of age.    Do they have any idea how fast the kid on their lap will hit the ceiling if the plane enters a major air pocket?     

The unruly child already held the plane up 15 minutes.  How much longer does the pilot hold the plane?     

PS:   AirTran was formerly known as ValueJet.   

[MaineWriter]

Here's a why why why for you David...

Why, at the airport, do they call it the TERMINAL?

Why, when you are landing is it THE FINAL APPROACH?

L

[David]

Here's a why why why for you David...

Why, at the airport, do they call it the TERMINAL?
L

Ha ha ha!    I see your point.   But it is being used as a noun, not an adjective.

Here is the Definition:
ter·mi·nal    (tûrm-nl) 

ADJECTIVE:

Of, at, relating to, or forming a limit, boundary, extremity, or end.

Botany Growing or appearing at the end of a stem, branch, stalk, or similar part.

Of, at, relating to, or being the end of a section or series; final. See Synonyms at last 1.
Relating to or occurring in a term or each term: terminal inventories.
 
Causing, ending in, or approaching death; fatal: terminal cancer; a terminal patient.

NOUN:

A point or part that forms the end.
 
An ornamental figure or object placed at the end of a larger structure; a finial.
Electricity

A position in a circuit or device at which a connection is normally established or broken.

A passive conductor at such a position used to facilitate the connection.

Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; a terminus.

A station at the end of a transportation line or at a major junction on a transportation line.

A town at the end of a transportation line.

Computer Science A device, often equipped with a keyboard and a video display, through which data or information can be entered or displayed.

It is interesting to wonder how the word became associated with transportation.   Perhaps it goes back to ancient times.   Did the greeks us the word Terminus to imply a port or destination?   

To say:"Your flight terminates in Boston at the Terminal."   Adjective and noun.

[David In Indy]

CONGRATULATIONS  MELISSA!!!

 

1000  POSTS!!!!!!!!!

                            

GEFELICITEERD!!

      

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Way To Go Melissa!!! Welcome to the Club!!!!!!     

[mvansand76]

Welllll thank you! Am I allowed to post here now?

[MaineWriter]

You could have posted here before...but welcome to the club!

Ready to learn the secret handshake?

L

[moremojo]

Am I allowed to post here now?

It looks like you just did! Congratulations, and welcome!

[mvansand76]

You could have posted here before...but welcome to the club!

Ready to learn the secret handshake?

L

YES YES AND YES!

Weeheeheeheee