Things I am bad at:

Wasn’t there another version going around in like 2007 as well? I seem to recall the website, but I know I wasn’t aware in the dial-up days. I don’t think? Maybe my old people memory is making everything blurry...

A+ for “jazzy wondergirl”. I am liking the new addition to your handle.

The only thing holding me back is my picture splashed across the Jez pages...I don’t suppose a cute cartoon avatar of a representation of my makeover would cut it, would it?

I am a borderline atheist, but more along the agnostic alignment currently. My husband’s family is very devout Catholic. My daughter (age 7) talks about “her” belief in Jesus an God and all that goes with it, and I have a really hard time holding my personal non-beliefs to myself and allowing her to learn about the…

I wasn’t old enough to see Bruce compete in the hey day of his career as the world’s greatest decathalete, but as a track and field athlete myself, I knew of his accomplishments. I had the good fortune of meeting him in 2001 and when surrounded by his peers, the greatest track and field athletes of the past decades,…

Or cokeheads. (My experiences)

The term “papist” makes me think you’re deep in the Outlander series/show. I haven’t heard that term used anywhere else. (Unless you’re a thousand year old Scots?)

I had to star your comment for invoking the cracker meme. My gf and I use that one all the time.

I think it is totally okay for one passenger to ask another passenger to help them, if they need it. If a carry-on fits the guidelines, then there really shouldn’t be any problem. (Side note: the people I encountered who had troubles with their carry-on never NEVER met the guidelines. Not even once.) I don’t think…

We sang it too, as a jump rope song. The last line was different tho, we sang it as “made a mistake/kissed a snake/how many doctors did it take” And then we would speed up the ropes and count really fast.

I will hold my childhood/youth and subsequent adolescence/young adulthood up as Exhibit A.

I agree. Everyone should quit fucking complaining, it is all a bonus. Walk if you’re so inconvenienced by air travel.

Thank you! Not all emergencies are crashing into a mountain, most require being alert and able to move your ass quickly off a plane that may or may not be about to become a firey ball of death.

I travel with my 3 kids frequently, and yes, it is a pain to wait for luggage, but I prefer to have my hands free and not have to carry everything around with me, getting all sweaty and flustered trying to get my bag(s) in the bin.

Short people and pregnant ladies can get help, but they can also either put their bags under their seat, or not bring giant carry-ons. Really. Overhead bin storage is a bonus.

And yes, I starred my own comment. I’m just that passionate about OH&S.

Since you probably don’t need the extra leg room (right?) do you ever tuck it under the seat in front of you? The little speech we used to give was “put heavier items under the seat in front of you, with lighter items stowed in the overhead bin” just so people wouldn’t hurt themselves and other passengers trying to…

Fun fact - the newer aircraft even have a little step under the seat to get a leg up so you don’t put your potentially dirty shoes on someone’s (most likely your own) seat and wind up with a messy bum.

Actually, people need to know that as an OH&S requirement on airlines FA’s are generally not supposed to lift your bags into the OH bin. Can you imagine me, a 120lb 5’4 woman lifting upwards of say 115 bags a day into the bin? That’s not a FA’s job. Sorry to be harsh, but that’s just the way it is. When I was a flight…