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Their plane, in addition to constant de-icing due to all of this, went through 2 starters, and I'm assuming was all ok when the 3rd got there (I called and her cell was off).
Ugh. I'm still going to meet her at the airport, though. Maybe go get a slurpee and some food or something, even if it does end up being 3 or 4 in the morning.
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Yeah, I know she's going to be both pissy and tired, hence the idea to bring her a Diet Mountain Dew Code Red and get a burger with her- actually, I should probably take one to her, and if she says no, I'll eat it myself.
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I'm from Texas. If it has something to do with planes flying in cold weather and ice then I wouldn't know about it.
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Problem is is that I'm going to try out fencing. What good is it to have a fencing couple if they don't fence each other for winners choice of what movie to go see? Posts: 9754 | Registered: Jul 2002
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Is there a reason she's not flying through Manchester instead? Did she get rerouted for storms perhaps? I've flown to Logan and I've flown to Manchester, and I can tell you that I'll never willingly choose Logan again!!
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We waited to take off for...four hours, three of which were sitting on the plane at the gate.
They couldn't start the plane. They went through four external starters. The last one worked (it was borrowed from another airline). In the meantime, they had to de-ice the plane three times.
The flight itself was uneventful. We arrive four and a half hours late. Duh, no connections. Earliest flight to Salt Lake is at 10 AM arriving in SLC at 12:46 pm or something. I have no luggage aside from my carry-on. "Your bag was checked right through, all you have to do is walk to your gate!"
They say it like it's a GOOD thing. Dammit, all the stuff that cleans me up and makes me feel human is in there!
On the flipside, this is the nicest hotel I've ever been in, all on United Airlines' bill. I'm on the 11th floor, overlooking Chicago in my jeans, Red Sox tshirt, and hoody.
That I get to wear to bed. Unless I decide to be risque. I might. I at least took my socks off.
I managed to score some contact solution from another stranded passenger and the hotel nicely provided shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush. No hair stuff though, so while I'll smell clean, I'll resemble a twelve year old with my hair not done. *shrug*
Am waiting for food.
Foooooooooood.
And, I love Nathan. *insert puke smiley here* MMmmm. burger.
Paul, we're so hitting up Bartley's.
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I flew through Manchester. It's so odd that the WEATHER wasn't the issue, but a mechanical problem. The drive to the airport wasn't even as bad as most folks assumed (my rides buggered out, the weenies). I swore a lot as I searched for long term parking and then dragged my luggage through the mixslushsnowcrap.
Still waiting for food.
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Sounds like my trip home on this past Sunday. Only, as Jamie knows, when I missed the connection cause the first plane was late I scorned the free hotel night and rented a car instead and drove all night to get home. I suppose the drive from Chicago to SLC might be slightly longer, tho. And I don't recall Cincinnati offering me any free food either. This policy of keeping the suitcase in the airport overnight for the new connection flight is really annoying.
Jamie, have the hotel give you a wakeup call as a backup to the alarm clock. I bet you'll need it.
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REALLY annoying. I'd enjoy this hotel stay if I had fresh clothes for tomorrow. I'm grateful that I didn't get showered and dressed till 3 pm today.
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I started to get worried you'd miss your wedding Mack - till I figured out the time difference and realised your plane gets in on Friday, not Saturday.
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I haven't used Lady Speedstick since I was in high school. Bleah. After a weird night of sleep that had me waking up in the middle convinced I was going to throw up, I'm off to catch my flight from O'Hare to SLC.
And the contact solution? Yeah, that'd be the kind I'm allergic to. But it's better than water and the burning only lasts for a little while.
And what sick bastard thought of giving PRETZELS to people on an already desert dry airplane? Augh. My skin and mouth haven't been this dry in a long time.
I hope O'Hare has some place with drugstore-y type stuff so I can moisturize.
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Happy Wedding! You'll have to moisturize 12 times a day while you're in Utah, so don't forget!! Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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Congrats to you two... a bit early. Just think of how all of this will make a great story for your kids and grandkids someday. (Or even the general public.)
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Thanks, Jamie. I'll remember how dry Utah is as I shovel a foot of wet snow from my neighbor's driveway.
Seriously, though, that's one of the first things I noticed about the east coast the first time I went there as a child: the air was so WET. It was like trying to breathe in a swimming pool. Gross.
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