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Bummer! I missed him!
Today I drove to LAX to meet Dave Gerecke. Dave Yehudah had called the
day before and said he might come too, but not if it rained, since he would be riding his motorcycle. It didn't rain, so he didn't come. At least I hope he didn't. I didn't see him, anyway. I waited two hours, and saw two or three men who could have matched the picture Dave sent me. One of them glanced at my sign (with my friend's name on it) and moved on. The others didn't even look sideways, just went marching out the door without looking for signs. I left when it got late enough that he would have had to go over to the other terminal. Actually, I walked over to the other terminal and looked around there before leaving. It rained part of the time both ways, too. I'm not feeling very gruntled right now. ;-) I hope he got to St. Louis all right. Joy |
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What a shame Joy to go all that way and miss him!!
Lois "Yoj" wrote in message ... Today I drove to LAX to meet Dave Gerecke. Dave Yehudah had called the day before and said he might come too, but not if it rained, since he would be riding his motorcycle. It didn't rain, so he didn't come. At least I hope he didn't. I didn't see him, anyway. I waited two hours, and saw two or three men who could have matched the picture Dave sent me. One of them glanced at my sign (with my friend's name on it) and moved on. The others didn't even look sideways, just went marching out the door without looking for signs. I left when it got late enough that he would have had to go over to the other terminal. Actually, I walked over to the other terminal and looked around there before leaving. It rained part of the time both ways, too. I'm not feeling very gruntled right now. ;-) I hope he got to St. Louis all right. Joy |
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On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:58:46 GMT, "Yoj" wrote:
Today I drove to LAX to meet Dave Gerecke. Dave Yehudah had called the day before and said he might come too, but not if it rained, since he would be riding his motorcycle. It didn't rain, so he didn't come. At least I hope he didn't. I didn't see him, anyway. I waited two hours, and saw two or three men who could have matched the picture Dave sent me. One of them glanced at my sign (with my friend's name on it) and moved on. The others didn't even look sideways, just went marching out the door without looking for signs. I left when it got late enough that he would have had to go over to the other terminal. Actually, I walked over to the other terminal and looked around there before leaving. It rained part of the time both ways, too. I'm not feeling very gruntled right now. ;-) I hope he got to St. Louis all right. Joy sorry to hear that you all missed each other -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky remove Junk for email |
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"Yoj" wrote It rained part of the time both ways, too. I'm not feeling very gruntled right now. ;-) I hope he got to St. Louis all right. What a shame, Joy, after all that trouble. Soothing purrs on the way. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... "Yoj" wrote It rained part of the time both ways, too. I'm not feeling very gruntled right now. ;-) I hope he got to St. Louis all right. What a shame, Joy, after all that trouble. Soothing purrs on the way. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Thanks to everybody for your sympathy. I'm feeling a little more gruntled this evening. ;-) One good thing came out of it, anyway. I had two nice phone chats with Dave Yehudah. He called yesterday to say he'd be there if it didn't rain, and then again this afternoon to find out how it went. Joy |
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"Yoj" wrote:
Thanks to everybody for your sympathy. I'm feeling a little more gruntled this evening. ;-) One good thing came out of it, anyway. I had two nice phone chats with Dave Yehudah. He called yesterday to say he'd be there if it didn't rain, and then again this afternoon to find out how it went. It was very nice of you to go all that way to see him. Maybe he got bumped to another flight or something? |
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"Takayuki" wrote in message
... "Yoj" wrote: Thanks to everybody for your sympathy. I'm feeling a little more gruntled this evening. ;-) One good thing came out of it, anyway. I had two nice phone chats with Dave Yehudah. He called yesterday to say he'd be there if it didn't rain, and then again this afternoon to find out how it went. It was very nice of you to go all that way to see him. Maybe he got bumped to another flight or something? Something like that. I had an e-mail from him this morning. Apparently his flight came into a different terminal, and his continuing flight was switched to another. He was supposed to fly to Chicago, but it was storming there, so they sent him to Denver instead. If he has enough time between flights on the way back, we'll try again then. Joy |
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I found out some pertinent stuff today, from an ER staffer who flew *into*
and *out of* LAX, then on to Vegas a few days later, then on to NJ from Vegas a few days after that.....all kinds of arbitrary shutdowns, delays, and transfers were going on when she was there; all because of the obnoxious smoke from the San Bernardino area Santa Ana fires; i.e. visibility, breathability, etc. She even said the smoke followed them to Vegas (of course not as bad there)! I bet that's why you and Dave G. couldn't connect. "Yoj" wrote in message ... : "Takayuki" wrote in message : ... : "Yoj" wrote: : Thanks to everybody for your sympathy. I'm feeling a little more : gruntled this evening. ;-) : : One good thing came out of it, anyway. I had two nice phone chats : with : Dave Yehudah. He called yesterday to say he'd be there if it didn't : rain, and then again this afternoon to find out how it went. : : It was very nice of you to go all that way to see him. Maybe he got : bumped to another flight or something? : : Something like that. I had an e-mail from him this morning. Apparently : his flight came into a different terminal, and his continuing flight was : switched to another. He was supposed to fly to Chicago, but it was : storming there, so they sent him to Denver instead. If he has enough : time between flights on the way back, we'll try again then. : : Joy : : |
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The smoke is pretty well gone now, but this may have been an aftermath.
At one point the smoke was actually worse in Las Vegas than it was in the San Fernando Valley (fairly close to the Simi Valley fire). My son flew home from Connecticut on Wednesday, with a stopover in Vegas. He lives in the SFV. Part of the problems originally were caused because the FAA control center for Southern California was evacuated because of the fires. That meant that the center in Seattle had to handle this area, along with several others. They just didn't have the personnel to deal with all the flights. Of course the smoke was a factor too. The center reopened on Friday or Saturday, I think, but I'm sure a lot of things had to be rearranged because of all the people who didn't get to fly when they were originally supposed to. In addition, Dave's flight to St. Louis was rerouted through Denver because there was a storm in Chicago, where he was originally supposed to go next. Joy "Hopitus2" wrote in message news I found out some pertinent stuff today, from an ER staffer who flew *into* and *out of* LAX, then on to Vegas a few days later, then on to NJ from Vegas a few days after that.....all kinds of arbitrary shutdowns, delays, and transfers were going on when she was there; all because of the obnoxious smoke from the San Bernardino area Santa Ana fires; i.e. visibility, breathability, etc. She even said the smoke followed them to Vegas (of course not as bad there)! I bet that's why you and Dave G. couldn't connect. "Yoj" wrote in message ... : "Takayuki" wrote in message : ... : "Yoj" wrote: : Thanks to everybody for your sympathy. I'm feeling a little more : gruntled this evening. ;-) : : One good thing came out of it, anyway. I had two nice phone chats : with : Dave Yehudah. He called yesterday to say he'd be there if it didn't : rain, and then again this afternoon to find out how it went. : : It was very nice of you to go all that way to see him. Maybe he got : bumped to another flight or something? : : Something like that. I had an e-mail from him this morning. Apparently : his flight came into a different terminal, and his continuing flight was : switched to another. He was supposed to fly to Chicago, but it was : storming there, so they sent him to Denver instead. If he has enough : time between flights on the way back, we'll try again then. : : Joy : : |
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