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And speaking of carry-on bags...

One tidbit of information I came across in this past Sunday's Travel section was the news that United Airlines checked baggage allowance will be reduced to ONE(!).  If you wish to check a second piece of luggage, that will cost you another $25. And if you happen to have a third or fourth or fifth bag to check, those will cost you another $100 per bag.  Of course, their fees for overweight luggage will also be going up in May too.

And now it's just a matter of when and if the other airlines will follow suit.  

Vibes George!  I’m glad you are getting the cough checked.

Congrats on your new show!

Thanks and Thanks!

At the top of the page (above the dog photo)on the dog auction link, there is a link to a petition requesting PetSmart to stop selling bunnies.  Rabbits are already the third most euthanized animals in shelters across the United States.

Hello and congrats to DR PennyO!

Howdy, gal! Thanks for the lovely photos.

And speaking of carry-on bags...

One tidbit of information I came across in this past Sunday's Travel section was the news that United Airlines checked baggage allowance will be reduced to ONE(!).  If you wish to check a second piece of luggage, that will cost you another $25. And if you happen to have a third or fourth or fifth bag to check, those will cost you another $100 per bag.  Of course, their fees for overweight luggage will also be going up in May too.

And now it's just a matter of when and if the other airlines will follow suit.  

Wait 'til the TSA requires passengers to fly nude!



der Brucer

Thanks! I love it!!!

DR Penny, Miss Kulcha LA! I wish I were there to be your escort.

JMK, to me Sasha is the kind of dog pet stores should be selling instead of pure-breeds.  Sasha didn't come from a pet mill or a breeder only out for the money.  She was likely from a litter that could have ended up in a shelter which might not offer the same exposure as the pet store.  

Sasha was lucky you walked in that day.

While that's true, one of the best dogs I ever had, our pre-BeeGee female mixed breed Sasha, came for a pet store and was about as sweet a dog as you could hope for.  Absolutely calm and loving with everyone, and she was so good with the kids when they were toddlers and pulling at her every 5 seconds.   When I was throwing out old receipts years ago I found the one for Sasha--"dog & collar $35".  I cried.

Significant here is the time frame. Pet retailer's used to get animals from good breeders and care for them well; as times progresed elapsed, good breeders stopped supplying retail outlets, and the Pet Stores started making puppy milling a profitable enterprise. Any day now the Mall Pet Store will be selling clones from China.

der Brucer

FJL, yes, Milla went out Fed Ex ground, as promised.

George, I wasn't familiar with the show.  It looks like fun.  I wish I could go.  Hmmm, maybe Penny can pick me up on her way & drop me back home on her return trip.

Darn-the dates won't work.

George, I wasn't familiar with the show.  It looks like fun.  I wish I could go.  Hmmm, maybe Penny can pick me up on her way & drop me back home on her return trip.

Darn-the dates won't work.

Darn.

Served with hot chaikovsky no doubt.

der Brucer

A nice Puccini Panini or a Mahler Muffin

"Perhaps a piece of Mahler's,"  indeed! Elaine Strich would finally be vindicated!

Thanks, BK!

DR Edisaurus - the vision of your love cat dragging his toy about the house, being impeded by the other kitties, makes me giggle out loud!  

I should make a quicktime movie ot it. The weird theng is, their favorite toy is just the string itself on the stick, with no feathers. They all play with this. It's the equivalent of kids playing with the cardboard box instead of the toy, I guess...