News and notes from around the interweb: The new co-branded American Express and Target Prepaid REDcard which should let you load up to $72,000 per year. US to eliminate option to add pages to passports in 2016. Because the rest of the world stopped doing it, after pressure from the US. This can’t be a […]
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I'll have the full details tomorrow, but ouch. My flight was originally scheduled for 12:20AM, and is now scheduled to depart at 1:30PM.
Not sure what's worse:
-- A delay that long
-- That they didn't even spell the name of the destination city correctly
-- Being called a "pussy" and being told to "go f*ck myself" after trying to break up a pissing match between two guys in line who wanted to demonstrate their masculinity by out-cussing one another over what ultimately amounted to nothing
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I get a lot of interesting questions on the "Ask Lucky" page of the blog. Many of them I don't have an answer to, unfortunately, and I'm fine saying "sorry, I don't know." Once in a while I get a question where I'm just truly stumped, though.
A reader just asked me the following question, which falls in that category:
"Lucky, my wife and I are three months into a year-long trip around the world. We’ve mixed up our stays between hotels and homestays via AirBnB. As someone that is also living on the road, I want your opinion on a recent tragic event witnessed at a hotel in Vietnam.
A small child drowned in a hotel pool. We watched as a guest and a hotel staff member attempted to resuscitate the child. An ambulance arrived after several minutes and took the child for further care at a local hospital. Needless to say, my wife and I were completely shocked and traumatized. The imagery from this event not only clouded the rest of our stay, but will remain with us for a long time."
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I’m more than a little bit tired today, but that’s not important right not. I failed to take my own advice, and wound up making a poor choice last night. Here’s a travel conundrum: You arrive at a hotel at 1 a.m. You have to be up at 6 — although it would be better […]
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