GM's thread about nothing (18 Viewers)

[Josie Maran]

Homer - why the rush to go somewhere else? Yeah, you have the freedom to do so and can go anywhere but if you are happy right now, why not keep doing that until you aren't happy?

'Cause I can go tropical for a few months and come back here when the season starts up again. Fall in the northeast is awesome...carry that into the holidays with family and friends...and then my choice is either four months of dreary/miserable/cold Long Island or beaches/babes/sunshine somewhere near the equator. Which would you choose?

Oh, i misunderstood. I thought you were talking about leaving Gatsby's for good. Aren't you in the middle of four months of dreary/miserable/cold at the moment? So you're talking about a plan for next year? DO you need to have a way to make money or are you saving some loot? I would offer this...1. Come to Austin as full-time Stoner Poodle Caretaker2. Volunteer for something in an impoverished area. I can certainly see the appeal of bartending at a beach bar in the Bahamas or packing around Europe having a beer in 15 different countries. But at least consider - for a moment - doing something for 4 months that will change who you are and change your perspective on the world for the rest of your life. Just a suggestion that I feel obligated to make to a person that truly can go anywhere.

Dude. Seriously.Why ya gotta be a downer? Let's talk about Homer-adventures, not building huts for desert-dwelling sandfarmers.

Volunteer at a Middle School?Win-win?

Now THIS is the kind of inside-the-preteen-box thinking I'm really looking for.Well done, IB.

 

[Josie Maran]

OK, I really am gonna get a little sleep.

 

[Bogart]

OK, I really am gonna get a little sleep.

I don't believe you.

 

[Guster]

Homer - why the rush to go somewhere else? Yeah, you have the freedom to do so and can go anywhere but if you are happy right now, why not keep doing that until you aren't happy?

'Cause I can go tropical for a few months and come back here when the season starts up again. Fall in the northeast is awesome...carry that into the holidays with family and friends...and then my choice is either four months of dreary/miserable/cold Long Island or beaches/babes/sunshine somewhere near the equator. Which would you choose?

Oh, i misunderstood. I thought you were talking about leaving Gatsby's for good. Aren't you in the middle of four months of dreary/miserable/cold at the moment? So you're talking about a plan for next year? DO you need to have a way to make money or are you saving some loot? I would offer this...1. Come to Austin as full-time Stoner Poodle Caretaker2. Volunteer for something in an impoverished area. I can certainly see the appeal of bartending at a beach bar in the Bahamas or packing around Europe having a beer in 15 different countries. But at least consider - for a moment - doing something for 4 months that will change who you are and change your perspective on the world for the rest of your life. Just a suggestion that I feel obligated to make to a person that truly can go anywhere.

Dude. Seriously.Why ya gotta be a downer? Let's talk about Homer-adventures, not building huts for desert-dwelling sandfarmers.

Jebus, I'm such a spectacular ###hole sometimes.

 

[Abraham]

Homer - why the rush to go somewhere else? Yeah, you have the freedom to do so and can go anywhere but if you are happy right now, why not keep doing that until you aren't happy?

'Cause I can go tropical for a few months and come back here when the season starts up again. Fall in the northeast is awesome...carry that into the holidays with family and friends...and then my choice is either four months of dreary/miserable/cold Long Island or beaches/babes/sunshine somewhere near the equator. Which would you choose?

Oh, i misunderstood. I thought you were talking about leaving Gatsby's for good. Aren't you in the middle of four months of dreary/miserable/cold at the moment? So you're talking about a plan for next year? DO you need to have a way to make money or are you saving some loot? I would offer this...1. Come to Austin as full-time Stoner Poodle Caretaker2. Volunteer for something in an impoverished area. I can certainly see the appeal of bartending at a beach bar in the Bahamas or packing around Europe having a beer in 15 different countries. But at least consider - for a moment - doing something for 4 months that will change who you are and change your perspective on the world for the rest of your life. Just a suggestion that I feel obligated to make to a person that truly can go anywhere.

Dude. Seriously.Why ya gotta be a downer? Let's talk about Homer-adventures, not building huts for desert-dwelling sandfarmers.

I am fully aware of the fun you would have chasing chicks on the beach and whatnot. But I wasn't trying to be a downer - it sounds lame on the surface but I can't think of anyone I know that ever regretted spending a few weeks helping someone else somewhere else. (Granted, I don't know anyone that regretted backpacking around Europe either). It isn't chicks and liquor and partying, but it is a good experience and worthwhile. Plus when you come home and get arrested for something you can yell to the judge "look dude, in a good person".

 

[Aerial Assault]

Thank you, all. I shouldn't post after drinking but I was so pissed off, as was my wife. I hope he enjoys the donation we made to HRC in his name vs. giving money for his trip. Hope he enjoys all the HRC materials that will be making its way to his mailbox. And sorry for the typos. I'll just blame that on the wine. Good to know we have so many good people on this board. Xoxo.

Love the donation.

 

[walnutz]

So, tomorrow I have to do the thing that gives me anxiety. We are flying to Arizona with the kids for Spring Break. No, vacation does not give me anxiety but flying does. Add in the fact that the kids are with us and it is a 3 hour flight and I am hot mess now. Any other folks out here anxious about flying? Outside of drugs and liquor how have you dealt with it.

Any advice from K4 would be welcome as i understand she is a professional flyer - being in the uber diamond level elite level for airline rewards

 

[T Bell]

Mac, I'm truly sorry for your experiences with your Christian family. That really makes me angry.

Yeah, this. I just read the backstory after replying to Bentley's post, and this is the more appropriate response. Sucks.

 

[T Bell]

Sorry to hear all of that, McArtist. Good luck, K4

Thanks, and thanks SLB.Very awkward right now in that I haven't decided what to do. Love that fisherman story that was posted, BTW. But anyway, makes the announcement a bit awkward. Usually you'd see so-and-so is leaving because of great opportunity X. If someone is fired you get "leaving to pursue other opportunities". Mine we have to word more like the latter since I haven't decided, but without making it seem like I was fired. Of course, with my team I intend to tell the truth, which won't be a surprise, but for broader consumption it would be better if I were throwing some great job on there instead of being forthright and doing a "#### you" to the company. Our SVP of Communications has his hands full drafting this.

"Kidnapped by gypsies"?

 

[Tecumseh]

So, tomorrow I have to do the thing that gives me anxiety. We are flying to Arizona with the kids for Spring Break. No, vacation does not give me anxiety but flying does. Add in the fact that the kids are with us and it is a 3 hour flight and I am hot mess now. Any other folks out here anxious about flying? Outside of drugs and liquor how have you dealt with it. Any advice from K4 would be welcome as i understand she is a professional flyer - being in the uber diamond level elite level for airline rewards

[YSR]You should reconsider drugs and liquor.[/YSR]

 

[T Bell]

OK, so F### this catching up bull####. Here's an update on Homer J's life and times.I'm getting an apartment right behind my bar. like literally 27 feet from the back door, which is great but it's tiny and $1500 a month. Oof. I currently live in a beautiful house with a pool and a spectacular kitchen and bathrooms every seven feet and I don't pay a dime in rent or utilities...but since my sister's girlfriend is kind of a seeyounexttuesday, I have to make myself scarce for the whole friggin summer. So rather than waiting til June, I'm gonna grab what I can at the moment. It's way too expensive, but my rationale is that it will undoubtedly save me from a DUI which in New York is extraordinarily painful. Like, 10 grand in cost plus riding a bike to work for six months at least. And considering that if i did get pulled over, my blood alcohol level would probably get me put in Riker's to get butthurt for 90 days...I'm thinking the expensive apartment is the way to go.Anyway, I'm only gonna sign a lease until December 31st. I'll leave NY the week before Christmas and get plenty of family and friend time back in Youngstown. Xmas, New Year's, et cetera...But what I'm coming to the GMTAN for is waht to do From January 7th until May. i have friends from here that have done winter in Hawaii and the Carribean and South Beach, so I have connections there. But #### it, I can literally go anywhere in the world. What would you suggest?Hawaii? Brazil? Southeast Asia? Europe? South Pacific? The Bahamas?There's gotta be some world travellers up in this mofo besides Krista, so I want some input.

Given the alcohol situation I'm gathering we can rule out the middle east...

 

[T Bell]

My 2 year old daughter walked in on me peeing. She's in the middle of potty training and when she got in she walked over to the bowl and started cheering me on. "Good job daddy! You did it!! YAAAAAYYY!!!" Then she tried to give me her lollipop as a reward (which i refused because it had already been in her mouth and then on the floor).Anyway, I never realized before what a good pee'er I was.

Now you need a boy so you can experience spontaneous lightsaber duels.

My son likes to "race". He sees me putting the seat up and getting Jimmy all set to empty, and he starts pulling down his pants in the hallway in his haste to get to the bowl and start speed-urinating. He always wins, which is of course aided in no small part by the walnut-sized bladder he's emptying.

 

[T Bell]

Oh yeaH

BTW I get paid ridiculous amoun=ts of money to have that lay on my bar.

I was really worried about that being a cork pic.

 

[YSR]

So, tomorrow I have to do the thing that gives me anxiety. We are flying to Arizona with the kids for Spring Break. No, vacation does not give me anxiety but flying does. Add in the fact that the kids are with us and it is a 3 hour flight and I am hot mess now. Any other folks out here anxious about flying? Outside of drugs and liquor how have you dealt with it. Any advice from K4 would be welcome as i understand she is a professional flyer - being in the uber diamond level elite level for airline rewards

[YSR]You should reconsider drugs and liquor.[/YSR]

Gives me anxiety even thinking about him having to go through that tomorrow.Although... interestingly enough, I had no problems booking myself on a flight to FL for a baby shower in Boca Grande with my college friends. For some reason, I have this comfort that the Universe isn't going to be ####ty enough to kill me AND our unborn child. Completely twisted, I know. And, while I'm talking big now, you guys can expect a "OMG, I'm sick to my stomach at the prospect of flying tomorrow" post on April 18th, I'm sure.Sorry walnutz. Wish I had words of wisdom, but drugs and liquor have always been my go-to for my flying anxiety.

 

[walnutz]

So, tomorrow I have to do the thing that gives me anxiety. We are flying to Arizona with the kids for Spring Break. No, vacation does not give me anxiety but flying does. Add in the fact that the kids are with us and it is a 3 hour flight and I am hot mess now. Any other folks out here anxious about flying? Outside of drugs and liquor how have you dealt with it. Any advice from K4 would be welcome as i understand she is a professional flyer - being in the uber diamond level elite level for airline rewards

[YSR]You should reconsider drugs and liquor.[/YSR]

Gives me anxiety even thinking about him having to go through that tomorrow.Although... interestingly enough, I had no problems booking myself on a flight to FL for a baby shower in Boca Grande with my college friends. For some reason, I have this comfort that the Universe isn't going to be ####ty enough to kill me AND our unborn child. Completely twisted, I know. And, while I'm talking big now, you guys can expect a "OMG, I'm sick to my stomach at the prospect of flying tomorrow" post on April 18th, I'm sure.Sorry walnutz. Wish I had words of wisdom, but drugs and liquor have always been my go-to for my flying anxiety.

Thanks YSR. Funny thing is I used to have no problem with flying whatsoever. Ever since we had kids I have been miserable at the thought of it. Can't do the drugs or alcohol though as we will have the kids with us and that would be an even worse deal.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

I'm gonna keep going until someone that's NOT Canadian starts hanging out here.

 

[charvik]

Sorry to hear about your brother Mac. I hope he will come around, but in the mean time, you have our support 100%.

Homer, I have done the euro-hopping scene in the past. What dates are you looking at? I've done Cyprus, Ibiza, Adriatic Sea (Rimini etc), Algarve for the summer months, and Kitzbuhl, Innsbruck for the winter. You will have your pick of anything you could imagine...

 

[charvik]

... I realize now that Homer is probably passed out, and won't be reading that post until later tonight, when drunk, IF he scrolls back.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm a Christian but I don't understand the whole gay marriage thing. The bible has a lot of stuff in it, and most Christians do a terrible job following most of it. But for some reason many of them/us get fired up about gay marriage and know chapter and verse...but can't even name a single book that talks about love and conpassion and acceptance and having a heart open to helping and healing others. It's bizarre.

Me either. Drives me nuts. One thing that's for sure is that it's pretty pointless to talk with them about it. The angriest I've ever seen my Glen Beck loving father-in-law get was when my wife dared question him about it. Came up when we were discussing her cousin (his niece) who got married to another woman in Canada.I don't want to get in in much of a religious debate here, but the other problem is that they're largely wrong. Outside of Leviticus (which has all kinds of absurd stuff that we choose to ignore), homosexuality doesn't really seem to be any worse than any other kind of extramarital sex. And I'd love to see those folks judge themselves by this standard:

The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do either of you Austin Gents know a guy in the t-shirt biz? We had a vendor back out on us at the last minute. Scrambling.TIA.Also, Mac - your package should be there any day now if it hasn't come already. Look carefully in the deck of cards I sent you.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Volunteer at a Middle School?

 

[General Malaise]

Not sure why Homer wouldn't just take his talents to Austin for the winter. Dude would flat out crush it there. And I'm talking about the women, forget the gobs of tip money he'd rake in.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Not sure why Homer wouldn't just take his talents to Austin for the winter. Dude would flat out crush it there. And I'm talking about the women, forget the gobs of tip money he'd rake in.

He could be known as "the bartender who pours beer on his head because it doesn't bother him".

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Homer going to live at Albert Oaks? Sounds like a sitcom in the making.

 

[charvik]

Not sure why Homer wouldn't just take his talents to Austin for the winter. Dude would flat out crush it there. And I'm talking about the women, forget the gobs of tip money he'd rake in.

It's not a bad idea, but if I was Homer, I would take the opportunity to travel and see the world a little, while he still has the chance. While a college town is nice and all, after a while you will start to see the same people over and over again, but in a resort/charter town, you literally get 20 busloads of new, young, horny, and partying girls every week.It's not the way to meet the future missus, but I get the impression that's not our hero's goal here.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

There is hope for the future

I use Grooveshark to play music when my kids are working. "Kool Thing" came on. One kid in the back asked me "Is this...is this...Sonic Youth?" Little hipster gets an automatic "A" for the rest of the year.

 

[General Malaise]

Not sure why Homer wouldn't just take his talents to Austin for the winter. Dude would flat out crush it there. And I'm talking about the women, forget the gobs of tip money he'd rake in.

It's not a bad idea, but if I was Homer, I would take the opportunity to travel and see the world a little, while he still has the chance. While a college town is nice and all, after a while you will start to see the same people over and over again, but in a resort/charter town, you literally get 20 busloads of new, young, horny, and partying girls every week.It's not the way to meet the future missus, but I get the impression that's not our hero's goal here.

 

[charvik]

Not sure why Homer wouldn't just take his talents to Austin for the winter. Dude would flat out crush it there. And I'm talking about the women, forget the gobs of tip money he'd rake in.

It's not a bad idea, but if I was Homer, I would take the opportunity to travel and see the world a little, while he still has the chance. While a college town is nice and all, after a while you will start to see the same people over and over again, but in a resort/charter town, you literally get 20 busloads of new, young, horny, and partying girls every week.It's not the way to meet the future missus, but I get the impression that's not our hero's goal here.

I meant while he's still single and not middle aged.

 

[General Malaise]

Not sure why Homer wouldn't just take his talents to Austin for the winter. Dude would flat out crush it there. And I'm talking about the women, forget the gobs of tip money he'd rake in.

It's not a bad idea, but if I was Homer, I would take the opportunity to travel and see the world a little, while he still has the chance. While a college town is nice and all, after a while you will start to see the same people over and over again, but in a resort/charter town, you literally get 20 busloads of new, young, horny, and partying girls every week.It's not the way to meet the future missus, but I get the impression that's not our hero's goal here.

I meant while he's still single and not middle aged.

 

[General Malaise]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

 

[charvik]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

Where are you flying?

 

[General Malaise]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.Ban me.

 

[charvik]

looks like a $500 ticket... seems cheapish considering they have to pay the aircrew extra to volunteer to fly to banjo-country.

 

[Drifter]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.Ban me.

Jackson isn't exactly a major hub... Might have better luck looking at Memphis, although even that might require a stop through Atlanta.

 

[proninja]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.

Ban me.

I found the root problem

 

[Guster]

I'm a Christian but I don't understand the whole gay marriage thing. The bible has a lot of stuff in it, and most Christians do a terrible job following most of it. But for some reason many of them/us get fired up about gay marriage and know chapter and verse...but can't even name a single book that talks about love and conpassion and acceptance and having a heart open to helping and healing others. It's bizarre.

Me either. Drives me nuts. One thing that's for sure is that it's pretty pointless to talk with them about it. The angriest I've ever seen my Glen Beck loving father-in-law get was when my wife dared question him about it. Came up when we were discussing her cousin (his niece) who got married to another woman in Canada.I don't want to get in in much of a religious debate here, but the other problem is that they're largely wrong. Outside of Leviticus (which has all kinds of absurd stuff that we choose to ignore), homosexuality doesn't really seem to be any worse than any other kind of extramarital sex. And I'd love to see those folks judge themselves by this standard:

The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do either of you Austin Gents know a guy in the t-shirt biz? We had a vendor back out on us at the last minute. Scrambling.TIA.Also, Mac - your package should be there any day now if it hasn't come already. Look carefully in the deck of cards I sent you.

cos does

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Homer going to live at Albert Oaks? Sounds like a sitcom in the making.

Now this is the story all about howMy life got flipped, turned upside downI could have saved my money and bought a LexusInstead I became the prince of a town called Austin TexasIn west Youngstown born and raisedIn the bar where I spent most of my daysDrinking, smoking, listening to The BossContemplating visiting some dude named "Cos"When a couple of guys, wanted to pound me to smushSo I squared-up to both and gave them a pushThen I packed up some vodka and carton of smokesAnd moved in with the stoner poodles at Albert Oaks...

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

 

[General Malaise]

I'm a Christian but I don't understand the whole gay marriage thing. The bible has a lot of stuff in it, and most Christians do a terrible job following most of it. But for some reason many of them/us get fired up about gay marriage and know chapter and verse...but can't even name a single book that talks about love and conpassion and acceptance and having a heart open to helping and healing others. It's bizarre.

Me either. Drives me nuts. One thing that's for sure is that it's pretty pointless to talk with them about it. The angriest I've ever seen my Glen Beck loving father-in-law get was when my wife dared question him about it. Came up when we were discussing her cousin (his niece) who got married to another woman in Canada.I don't want to get in in much of a religious debate here, but the other problem is that they're largely wrong. Outside of Leviticus (which has all kinds of absurd stuff that we choose to ignore), homosexuality doesn't really seem to be any worse than any other kind of extramarital sex. And I'd love to see those folks judge themselves by this standard:

The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do either of you Austin Gents know a guy in the t-shirt biz? We had a vendor back out on us at the last minute. Scrambling.TIA.Also, Mac - your package should be there any day now if it hasn't come already. Look carefully in the deck of cards I sent you.

cos does

Yeah, I've reached out to him, but he's pretty slammed right now.

 

[General Malaise]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.Ban me.

Jackson isn't exactly a major hub... Might have better luck looking at Memphis, although even that might require a stop through Atlanta.

Yeah, I know. I'm just venting. I'm flying to Dallas and driving. Take that, airlines.

 

[charvik]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.Ban me.

Jackson isn't exactly a major hub... Might have better luck looking at Memphis, although even that might require a stop through Atlanta.

Yeah, I know. I'm just venting. I'm flying to Dallas and driving. Take that, airlines.

When is the trip?

 

[Disco Stu]

Homer going to live at Albert Oaks? Sounds like a sitcom in the making.

Now this is the story all about how

My life got flipped, turned upside down

I could have saved my money and bought a Lexus

Instead I became the prince of a town called Austin Texas

In west Youngstown born and raised

In the bar where I spent most of my days

Drinking, smoking, listening to The Boss

Contemplating visiting some dude named "Cos"

When a couple of guys, wanted to pound me to smush

So I squared-up to both and gave them a push

Then I packed up some vodka and carton of smokes

And moved in with the stoner poodles at Albert Oaks...

My link

 

[General Malaise]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.Ban me.

Jackson isn't exactly a major hub... Might have better luck looking at Memphis, although even that might require a stop through Atlanta.

Yeah, I know. I'm just venting. I'm flying to Dallas and driving. Take that, airlines.

When is the trip?

4/4 - 4/8

 

[Stoneys]

Homer going to live at Albert Oaks? Sounds like a sitcom in the making.

Now this is the story all about howMy life got flipped, turned upside downI could have saved my money and bought a LexusInstead I became the prince of a town called Austin TexasIn west Youngstown born and raisedIn the bar where I spent most of my daysDrinking, smoking, listening to The BossContemplating visiting some dude named "Cos"When a couple of guys, wanted to pound me to smushSo I squared-up to both and gave them a pushThen I packed up some vodka and carton of smokesAnd moved in with the stoner poodles at Albert Oaks...

 

[Thorn]

Sorry to hear, MacArtist. People are dumb sometimes.

 

[charvik]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.Ban me.

Jackson isn't exactly a major hub... Might have better luck looking at Memphis, although even that might require a stop through Atlanta.

Yeah, I know. I'm just venting. I'm flying to Dallas and driving. Take that, airlines.

When is the trip?

4/4 - 4/8

Guess I'm confused. I found 545 tickets for those dates, with United I believe. The Dallas rt is 350, so if 200-ish more, and you add a rental car cost and a 12hour roundtrip driving?ETA: Yeah, 1 stop, United 4/4 to 4/8 PDX to JAN $549

 

[Bogart]

Homer going to live at Albert Oaks? Sounds like a sitcom in the making.

"BJ and the Bear" is already taken, but I can see a similar name working.

 

[UniAlias]

Homer going to live at Albert Oaks? Sounds like a sitcom in the making.

Now this is the story all about howMy life got flipped, turned upside downI could have saved my money and bought a LexusInstead I became the prince of a town called Austin TexasIn west Youngstown born and raisedIn the bar where I spent most of my daysDrinking, smoking, listening to The BossContemplating visiting some dude named "Cos"When a couple of guys, wanted to pound me to smushSo I squared-up to both and gave them a pushThen I packed up some vodka and carton of smokesAnd moved in with the stoner poodles at Albert Oaks...

 

[General Malaise]

Why is flying so ####### ### #### mother bull#### ####### expensive? eat a ####, airlines.

All I want to do is go to Jackson, Mississippi. Not Paris, not Istanbul, not Tokyo, not Saturn. Jackson ####### Mississippi, the hell hole of the south, a breeding ground for giant cockroaches and ignorance. That flight should be free. The state should subsidize tickets for people actually flying into it because I assure you, once I land, I'll drop good money on your liquor, your gambling and probably some pretty dumb impulse purchases. But #### you, airlines. #### in you the ear. And #### you the 2,500 miles it would take me to drive there one way. And #### you t-shirt makers who promise on a deliverable and then back out at the last minute. #### you not in the ear hole but the eye hole.Ban me.

Jackson isn't exactly a major hub... Might have better luck looking at Memphis, although even that might require a stop through Atlanta.

Yeah, I know. I'm just venting. I'm flying to Dallas and driving. Take that, airlines.

When is the trip?

4/4 - 4/8

Guess I'm confused. I found 545 tickets for those dates, with United I believe. The Dallas rt is 350, so if 200-ish more, and you add a rental car cost and a 12hour roundtrip driving?ETA: Yeah, 1 stop, United 4/4 to 4/8 PDX to JAN $549

I'll look. Been pricelining this for weeks now with little luck finding anything < $600. Southwest to Dallas was $300 last night and hotwire Rental was $75 for the four days. Again, just venting. Frustrated.

 

[charvik]

I'll look. Been pricelining this for weeks now with little luck finding anything < $600. Southwest to Dallas was $300 last night and hotwire Rental was $75 for the four days. Again, just venting. Frustrated.

www.cheapoair.comThe layover on the $549 ticket sucks, but there's a combo United/AA flight with no long layover for $586.ETA: priceline seems to be an issue... I know some people have gotten lucky with them in the past, but generally it doesn't work.

 

[UniAlias]

GM, if you happen to end up in Dallas on 4/4 and have time to kill, I'm off work and planning an all day Dallas brewery tour at three local places from noon until late.