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Here are some more things from the old shoe box.

written by cybercjh

I was going through 2 old shoe boxes full of receipts and other various scraps of paper last night. I put most of it through the shredder, but saved a few things that brought back some memories. So, in this series of posts called The Old Shoe Box, I will post pictures of those things and the short stories behind them.

Spirit Airlines Handwritten Boarding Pass – Even in today’s world of modern technology, nothing beats a pen and paper when the computer can’t or just won’t do what you want it to do. When I flew to Atlantic City, NJ from West Palm Beach, FL on Spirit Airlines on March 12, 2006, I was issued a handwritten boarding pass. Whether this was standard procedure at that time or not, I thought it was a pretty interesting event.

Northwest Airlines Baggage Tag – Ah, the trip from hell. On July 1, 2004, we were scheduled to fly from Newark, NJ to Detroit to Charleston, SC. Our flight leaving Newark departed about 2 hours late which means we missed our connection in Detroit. So, we had to spend the night at a Best Western which probably was a Best Western in 1965 but now was just an Old Western. The rate we paid for the hotel was listed as Passenger Distress which really summed up the evening nicely. The bathroom was so small, you had to stand in the tub if you wanted to shut the door. By the time we got to our room, it was going on midnight. The only place to get food was a gas station at the corner. So, we walked to the gas station, in the middle of the night, in Detroit. Soda and a donut was about all they had that could have been classified as edible. The next morning, we were put on a flight to Charleston with an ‘inoperable bathroom.’ Coming back to Newark the next day, our connection in Detroit was late again.

written by cybercjh