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Im back from parts beyond

And Im exhausted. Three days with only 3 hours of sleep. Its a good thing I dont work in bomb disposal.

As soon as I reaquaint my face with a pillow, I'll be back with 'trip report' of my quick and rather sleepless visits to Denver, Austin, Phoenix.

Oh, and I dont want to sound like I'm going all "Howard Hughes" on the general publics' hygenic habits here, but is it some new custom for people to just cough on you without even trying to cover their mouths? I dont mean the simple reserved throat clearing of "ahem", but the big, wet, nasty, youre-sure-thats-tuberculosis cough that should only come from the throats of Dickensian coal miners. Did we just decide it was too much trouble to even pretend anymore? I stopped counting on this trip when it happened the 12th time. I just assume its new form of greeting, like when Hawaiians cover you with flowers and say aloha when you arrive on their shores.

Ghw,ghwa,ghwagna,ugh,hack,hacka,hack,snort,hhw,hwha,ghwa,ghwa,ghwa,gna,hack,hack, oh sorry man,hack,hack,cough...

And thats from the airline staff who took my ticket. What the hell happened to people? I actually saw people on this trip who couldnt be bothered to wear shoes.

Spend any time on an airline or waiting at airports and you quickly begin to look at howler monkeys as the superior of our two species.

Back in a bit...

Posted @ July 02, 2006 11:54 AM

Comments

Well, Frank, I tried to borrow your coat sleeve to cover up, but you wouldn't let me have it. So it's your own darned fault you got coughed on, you big meanie!

Welcome back!

Regards,

JD

Posted by: JD at July 2, 2006 09:17 PM

...rough go, eh??

Welcome back. Sleep well.

Posted by: leelu at July 3, 2006 08:37 AM

The decline of polite manners. Heinlein wrote about this back in the 80s

Posted by: Gort at July 16, 2006 11:39 AM