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Apr 23, 2009 | 3:09 pm
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Man o man, this was cold! Even for me! 
Apr 23, 2009 | 3:23 pm
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I bet MikeMpls makes a gesture at the Embraer repair hangar every time he flies to BNA.
Apr 23, 2009 | 3:39 pm
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Only a single hangar but I should note that if you go down this path, you damage "the hublet", a WN hub, and a WN focus city. You wouldn't hurt the hublet, would you?
Apr 23, 2009 | 3:58 pm
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What is it with the credit cards and their timing on these fraud alerts? I traveled to MSP, then HNL for FIVE days, and then once back in MSP they finally made the decision that something was "suspicious". You'd think they would have done something a bit earlier.
Apr 23, 2009 | 4:37 pm
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All these fancy locale's had them confused!
Apr 23, 2009 | 5:15 pm
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Apr 23, 2009 | 5:16 pm
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A very convienent option is the Global ATM Alliance where ATM fees are waived for participating banks (B of A, BNP Paribas, Detusche Bank, Barclays). ATMs are everywhere and the exchange rate is favorable so you don't have to carry around cash.
Apr 23, 2009 | 5:18 pm
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They were obviously on the right track. Nobody in his/her right mind who is from elsewhere would dump MN for Hawaii & then voluntarily return.
Apr 23, 2009 | 5:42 pm
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And while I obviously enjoyed my $27 breakfast overlooking the Pacific, a Waffle House would have been good, too. Can't take the southern out of me, I suppose.
Apr 23, 2009 | 5:50 pm
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Apr 23, 2009 | 6:13 pm
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As far as food and such - if anyone has ideas of "must experience" in Kona, please let me know.
Apr 23, 2009 | 7:51 pm
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Oh the good ol' days of walking into Waffle House at 130a on a Wednesday morning and the waitress seeing our car, calling our orders in, having our drinks on the table immediately and having our food ready within 3 minutes. I was always the 2x Waffle, 2 friends always went with Texas Bacon Egg and Cheese Plate with Double Hash Browns, and the fourth would never know what he wanted, so he had to wait for his food...(the waitress even gave him a signed WH menu that he put up in the dorm room...)
Oh god I miss college.
Apr 23, 2009 | 8:38 pm
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BTW...I love how Cartman is standing at what looks like a Delta ticket counter asking the agent (who he calls a land-loverrrrrrrrrrrrr) for an exit row for "me and my hardees" on his way to Somalia.
Oh South Park how I love thee.
Oh South Park how I love thee.
Apr 23, 2009 | 9:15 pm
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I saw that last night and I thought "DEN-MIA"? And the mocking of the French was just wrong. 
Apr 23, 2009 | 9:40 pm
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I completely missed last night's episode.... I was watching "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" reruns with some friends of mine....
....it'll probably be on allsp.org...
....it'll probably be on allsp.org...