Do. It. If you fly relatively frequently, it is worth it. If you fly overseas and live in a city with an absurdly busy airport (*cough* JFK *cough*) you will fall to your knees and kiss the dirty ground for global entry after a 14-hour flight.

My pops worked for the airlines for 44 years. When we were coming up we used to fly all over the place for “free” (well standby meaning available seats and you pay tax on the ticket cost). Needless to say a lot of times there were open seats in first class so we piled in there. A family of five. Black. In first class.…

Gotta go with the Global Entry instead. It’s only $15 more if I remember correctly. The “interview” is cursory so don’t fret. You can fill out a lot of the paperwork online when you schedule your appointment which helps further streamline the process.

Certain credit cards will reimburse you if you use them to pay for it. https://www.tsa.gov/precheck/credit-cards-offer

I’ve got Global Entry, and my suggestion, if you are going to fly overseas just once in the next 5 years (GE is good for five years), DO IT!

If you travel internationally with any frequency (at least twice a year), Global Entry is so worth it. The interview is kind of a pain but it’s pretty harmless. And you get PreCheck, which is great if you do a lot of flying domestically as well.

They work like they’re supposed to! Not only does my guy drop them onto his eyes when they’re turned on, they also change the view from the familiar green-hued night vision to the clearer black-and-white featured in more recent Splinter Cell games. I can confirm they make that little activation whine, too.

If we actually supported the troops, we’d pay them better, stop shoving them into meat grinders all over the world, and properly fund the VA.

I feel like the only time people feel some kind of way about dating preferences is when they’re not getting chosen by, and this is crucial, the people they are interested in.

Part of being willing to hold out for what you want means being comfortable with being alone. Too many people can’t handle that. I commend you on knowing your own mind.

c’mon, he’s a good kid, he’s learned his lesson, no need to ruin a young man’s life. they should give him a stern talkin’-to and a firm slap on the wrist.......unless one of his parents is black or mexican. in that case, 15 years no parole.

bumble will make a suggestion to guys that they should “be more open” if it detects certain swiping habits.

Nah. They probably got all SWATed out, fueled up up the AMRAP and was about to call in the helicopters and then it turned out he made it up. They’ll put him under the jail out of sheer disappointment.

Rah rah like a dungeon dragon?

That is one great thing about living in Florida, both of my daughters followed there mother and grandmother tradition of attended FAMU and we only had to pay in state tuition prices.

I think Patrick’s advice is sound. Social media dating apps speed up the process to a great degree, take a lot of the guesswork out. In the olden days, you’d meet a girl at work and have to make sure she was keen before you’d make a move, your coworkers would be prodding you to ask her out, that she’s digging you, but…

Vegas tried that on an industrial scale and it backfired horribly. After a few years the What Happens in Vegas campaign was in full swing and all was right with the world.

Strippers are good, but F1 grid-girls and NFL cheerleaders are bad?

Thank you! Harumph!

I have never, in all my years of spades playing ACROSS THE WORLD, has anyone every said at a table that guarantee is the big joker. Fuck otta here doesn’t even cover it.