tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post114695454417339149..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: The agonies of travel, and the joys of coming homePhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1147122681133683862006-05-08T14:11:00.000-07:002006-05-08T14:11:00.000-07:00Phil:You gotta get the iPod booster pack that runs...Phil:<BR/><BR/>You gotta get the iPod booster pack that runs the thing off of AA batteries after you've exhausted the main battery. Must have! Must have!<BR/><BR/>--JimJim Bublitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888150295999667219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1147102240075223632006-05-08T08:30:00.000-07:002006-05-08T08:30:00.000-07:00I used to love to fly...and I still find it much m...I used to love to fly...and I still find it much more appealing than the 20 hours it takes to DRIVE to visit loved one in Texas.<BR/><BR/>But thanks to things like enduring inevitable flight delays...being sandwiched, uncomfortably and intimately, between perfect strangers...the growing stinginess of airlines when it comes to providing refreshment (leading to the appalling messiness of people who are forced to bring their own food)...fighting off claustrophobia, nervousness about turbulence, and the dim but genuine fear of terrorism (none of which plagued me in my younger years)...and people who take FOREVER to get their luggage out of the overhead bins (why don't they let people who don't have stuff in the overhead bins exit FIRST???)...well...flying is no longer fun.<BR/><BR/>However, none of that stops me from being envious of you for getting to go to Italy, Phil! :)Cindy Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090693362997103412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1147016988629687822006-05-07T08:49:00.000-07:002006-05-07T08:49:00.000-07:00Did you meet the Pope while you were in Rome and h...Did you meet the Pope while you were in Rome and have forgot to tell us about it?Colin Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632698769785766168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1147015127183390332006-05-07T08:18:00.000-07:002006-05-07T08:18:00.000-07:00Glad you're back safe, Phil.Glad you're back safe, Phil.Jonathan Moorheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687367307942260277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1146966487891041782006-05-06T18:48:00.000-07:002006-05-06T18:48:00.000-07:00Glad you and Darlene made it safely back. You hav...Glad you and Darlene made it safely back. You have my admiration for enduring traveling at all. It's very tiring.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288648996304246570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1146963956520025822006-05-06T18:05:00.000-07:002006-05-06T18:05:00.000-07:00O. K. TeamPyro...Straighten up! The man's back in...O. K. TeamPyro...Straighten up! The man's back in town! No more of this comedy or comic book posts. This is about God and His truth.<BR/><BR/>Welcome back, Cotter.Jeremy Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552780649310262425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1146959454083535682006-05-06T16:50:00.000-07:002006-05-06T16:50:00.000-07:00Phil,I sympathize with you. It sounds like my last...Phil,<BR/><BR/>I sympathize with you. It sounds like my last trip back from Italy. I leave Tuesday for Sicily myself. I'm going to the other side of the island near Palermo.<BR/><BR/>RodPastor Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219078094185232711noreply@blogger.com