I used to travel extensively; often accumulating ½ million miles a year as I commuted to California, visited clients, attended scientific/medical conferences, etc. around the world. And, there were plenty of accidents involving airlines. So much so, that I had more than my share of opportunities to experience airline crashes.
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I could pick a million examples. OK. Maybe only 2000 or so. So, I’ll pick one.
My son and I were off to visit the college of his choice. We had a tight window- we were leaving in the morning, to return that evening. He had a track meet the next day.
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I admit it. I hardly travel nowadays. Oh, don’t get too excited. My comparison is from 20 and 30 years ago, when I commuted from Charlottesville (Virginia) to Long Beach (California) – 3 to 4 times a week. And, I went to Atlanta once every other week. And, New York twice a month. Taiwan once a month. Paris once a month. Milwaukee, Kansas City, Corpus Christi, and Dallas once a week. And, about 5 more trips a quarter.
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I was listening to Science Friday today (ok, this was written on 9 March) where my friend, Ira Flatow, was interviewing Barb Stuckey. She wrote a book, Taste What You’re Missing, where, among other things, she writes why food tastes so pitifully bad on an airplane.
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