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Quoted in the New York Times:
“I really do not understand why anybody would want to go anywhere,” Bill Threlkeld wrote. “Stay home. Read a book. Tend your garden. Make love. Drink wine. But most of all — stay home.”

Suits me. I'm dreading the flights to my brother-in-law's wedding in September. Not because I'm afraid of flying. I'm sulky that I can't take my water bottle on a 4+ hour flight, and probably should forego the iPod as well. I'd much rather spend my vacation sitting on the deck here with a cold Chardonnay, in fact.

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Re: Water, water...

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By September they'll have hopefully worked out having enough water on-flight for requests. When I was returning from China a few years ago (2001), the flight was long enough (20 hrs) that the timed refreshments weren't enough for me. I requested the first bottle by button, but after that I just started walking to the back to get my own, although if a staff person was present I did ask for permission to take one. Most people won't ask for more than they're given, but I would say go ahead and ask.

Elwynne/Heather