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Originally Posted by pig
i think the idea of not bringing your kids on a plane, if you suspect one of them may actually act like a kid, is a lot more attractive....before you have kids.
all of a sudden, you have to fly from toronto to the florida keys to see dear old granddad, and you've only got a week. driving one way would almost take the entire time, and well...what are you going to do? never visit relatives who live prohibitively far away for driving? never go to europe? so much for china or japan?
i think that sounds nice, but it's completely impractical in many situations.
it's kind of funny, i can see some bastard having a heart attack next to cyn on a plane, and cyn kind of getting pissed about it ruining his day. 'hey fat man...keep it down. jesus!' :P
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Actually I know many families who did not do anything outside of the house and homes of other families until the kids grew up to about 7-10 for that very reason. No, they did not travel to see sick relatives with the whole family, only sent a representative of the family when the children were young. If both parents had to attend for whatever reason, they left the child behind with other arrangements.
They didn't NEVER get on a plane. They didn't get on a plane with young children, nor go out to restaurants or movies. It was and is a simple sacrifice for courtesy. That is also another choice.
As far as some bastard (sic) having a heart attack next to me. analog would save the man's life as would I since I used to be CPR certified and analog is currently certified.
In my lifetime I did have someone have a heart attack right in front of me as I was walking into the elevator lobby going to work. He collapsed and I stepped over him. I paused long enough to see he was clutching his heart and then as I looked over the room someone else yelled out that they were CPR trained. At that point I left the scene and continued to my office. A few hours later I found out that he had died on the floor. Knowing that someone died in front of me, that ruined my day more than anything ever has.
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Originally Posted by highthief
Actually, no. One of the sacrifices you have to make if you want to fly in perfect peace and quiet is to upgrade to business class, where there are likely to be very few children.
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I don't expect perfect peace and quiet. I expect reasonable peace and quiet.
I don't expect screaming uncontrollable adults. I don't expect screaming uncontrollable children.
I don't think that is unreasonable.
I would gather to say not different than you not expecting your neighbor to use power tools in the middle of the night or have a barking dog during all hours. Those aren't unreasonable expectations.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 07-21-2007 at 07:33 AM..
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