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dorkzilla

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33. I spent a very frustrating day yesterday trying to fly home from Italy

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2015, 06:37 AM

May 2015

Flights were cancelled, lots of delays...we were sitting on the runway in Pisa an the pilot kept saying our delay in takeoff was due to increased activity in Europe. We missed our connector to Frankfurt and the ticket agent said we couldn't fly out till today, but I asked her to route us back to JFK via Heathrow which they did. I didn't know all this had happened till we landed. I'm glad I didn't!!

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Fighter Jets Scramble Following Reports of Multiple Threats to Passenger Planes, Officials Say [View all] Purveyor May 2015 OP

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Frightening.... CherokeeDem May 2015 #10

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The Confusing and At-Times Counterproductive 1980s Response to the AIDS Epidemic Jesus Malverde May 2015 #24

Agree AuntPatsy May 2015 #25

+1 n/t Joe Shlabotnik May 2015 #29

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Well said... CherokeeDem May 2015 #32

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Yes, yank, we woulda been!!! elleng May 2015 #6

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THAT'S what a Commander-In-Chief does! Aristus May 2015 #9

another example of Epic Failure by the NSA, it seems Demeter May 2015 #11

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Ah, good ol' NORAD! Almost always there to defend and protect! Peace Patriot May 2015 #18

Like that time Cheney and Lynn were in command nostalgia from the bunker. Octafish May 2015 #35

Executive Decision bpj62 May 2015 #20

It's code red on Memorial Day Jesus Malverde May 2015 #28

I spent a very frustrating day yesterday trying to fly home from Italy dorkzilla May 2015 #33

Oh great. Mz Pip May 2015 #36