Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
**Back dated
Yesterday was interesting to say the least. Just as we were leaving for the airport I could not find my passport, and when we got to the airport they suggested I go get my birth certificate. So we went home and my wife found that. As I waited in the airport, a guy sat down next to me with a palm pilot and key board and began typing. I asked a couple of questions about the compatibility of his keyboard, and we started talking about technology until it was time to board. He could play movies on his Palm. On board it turned out he was sitting next to me so we talked all the way to Toronto.
In TO I found where I was supposed to go and waited and waited. Finally it was time to board. They boarded first class first, and then worked their way to the back of the plane. This creates line-ups. Load the back then the front and you do not have the waiting that we had! On this flight I sat by the window, beside me was a nice guy from England, and beside him was a woman from southern Ontario and the three of us talked all the way to Chicago. It was fun. We talked about nearly everything.
The final leg was quite. No talking, no learning about new people. I even slept through the take off. I also realized that my landing time was going to be too late to pick up the car I had rented. When I got there I went to the airport rental agency and they did not have any but referred us to the companies there who did. Then I found out that with the huge conference centre in town that the car rentals over book and expect some people to no show. A guy that I rode with to another car rental place had shown up for his rental and discovered that there were no cars left despite his reservation! I finally got a car and started driving to my wife’s uncle’s house. It took quite a while to get all the way over to this part of the city (or is it this city?). Dallas is a lot bigger than the map lets me believe. I know it is big, but time and space seem to have expanded or maybe I have trouble wrapping my mind around some distances. Today I now head out for some golf, if I can find the place.
Yesterday was interesting to say the least. Just as we were leaving for the airport I could not find my passport, and when we got to the airport they suggested I go get my birth certificate. So we went home and my wife found that. As I waited in the airport, a guy sat down next to me with a palm pilot and key board and began typing. I asked a couple of questions about the compatibility of his keyboard, and we started talking about technology until it was time to board. He could play movies on his Palm. On board it turned out he was sitting next to me so we talked all the way to Toronto.
In TO I found where I was supposed to go and waited and waited. Finally it was time to board. They boarded first class first, and then worked their way to the back of the plane. This creates line-ups. Load the back then the front and you do not have the waiting that we had! On this flight I sat by the window, beside me was a nice guy from England, and beside him was a woman from southern Ontario and the three of us talked all the way to Chicago. It was fun. We talked about nearly everything.
The final leg was quite. No talking, no learning about new people. I even slept through the take off. I also realized that my landing time was going to be too late to pick up the car I had rented. When I got there I went to the airport rental agency and they did not have any but referred us to the companies there who did. Then I found out that with the huge conference centre in town that the car rentals over book and expect some people to no show. A guy that I rode with to another car rental place had shown up for his rental and discovered that there were no cars left despite his reservation! I finally got a car and started driving to my wife’s uncle’s house. It took quite a while to get all the way over to this part of the city (or is it this city?). Dallas is a lot bigger than the map lets me believe. I know it is big, but time and space seem to have expanded or maybe I have trouble wrapping my mind around some distances. Today I now head out for some golf, if I can find the place.
// posted by Eric @ 1:16 PM 
