Air travel

We just returned from being gone 2 weeks. I apologize for being remiss about entries for those of you fans of mine. I think I may have 2 now. I can't take you for granted so I will strive to be more regular.

I have a few observations from my trip. I noticed that on the back of the plane seats there is a little warning message, "Fasten seat belt while seated". Thank goodness for that remonstrance. I tried fastening my seat belt while I was standing once and it really did not work. For one thing I couldn't stand up completely, I kept bumping my head. And the belt really wasn't long enough to fasten while I was standing up, not to mention I had a terrible time trying to find the ends while I was bumping my head. NOW I know the correct procedure.

Then the second thing was "Use seat bottom for flotation." Now that is getting a little too personal. How do they know my bottom is big enough for flotation? At least it vgave me something to ponder.

And did you know that if you want to spend the extra money they will give you extra leg room? What they don't tell you is that if you don't pay the extra money, they scrunch the seats together tighter and penalize you.

It reminded me of the episode of Eek the Cat where he is flying coach and sneaks up and peeks in the first class area. He is seated, by the way, between 2 very obese individuals and you can't even see his face. Up in first class everyone is lounging around a swimming pool with cocktails and food. As we were piling out after our 9 hour flight, walking past first class, we noted that they had little footstools, robes and slippers, and nice fuzzy blankets. Really.