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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Charlie Sheen IS the anti-christ

Hello from Washington, DC. OK, Dulles Airport. I splurged and flew Business class as this is a long day with multiple stops. I am currently in the Red Carpet lounge.  But, no bananas. Dang. I had a  great seat but they had to change equipment at the last minute and we got a 777 that Wilbur and Orville flew. It was a fine aircraft but it had the original entertainment system. One reason that I like to fly United is that you get to listen to air traffic control on the way. It was broken. Now, every other flight in the world had a personal entertainment system on board so you could pick your movies. Not so on United 977 Heavy. It was like being in the 90's with the flight attendants picking the movies. They played the same episode of Two and a Half men for 14 hours. That's 28 times. I watched it 3 times, I was bored. Also if you wanted to watch a movie you had to time it right so you could catch the beginning. I never did . I can tell you how many movies end, I can't tell you the names because I never saw the beginning. Some were in Spanish with Arabic subtitles. Made my head explode. One had Ted Danson, another had Natilie Portman having sex, and Wall-E, but he wasn't having sex. And old spies, but they are too old to have sex. I slept through dinner. They served it at 0100 and I was in full recline mode. I did have breakfast and a cup of tea. That I made myself. The tea not the breakfast.  I think that our expectations are so low for US carriers that if you arrive without crashing into a river, you consider it a success. "Your bags are available for pick up at Pier 7. Oops missed it, Pier 9...." When you clear customs you put "Dubai" as your starting point. Using the "A" word could cause problems.
My two patients were aboard that I sent home. I needed to pay $10 to Kenyan airways for one of them. It was  a "medical tax" or something but I couldn't find the Rep. so I never paid it. I hope he got on. Last I saw him he was in the VIP lounge.  Nice.
Well, time for more tea,  Had to ask for the pin number for the internet. You'd think that they would give it to you when you checked it,. Gee, where do they think they are, Afghanistan?

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