And you could take a bottle of freaking water on a plane.
And TSA didn’t rifle through your shit.
YNGWZRD on
I remember that one.
“AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND?!”
“FOURTEEN HOURS?!”
“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!”
paintbrush666 on
I dunno, but I definitely saw less bare feet at the airport before shoe-bomber.
alk_adio_ost on
In the 90s there was this fun trend of handing off things from one flight to another without leaving the airport. I ended up with a stuffed bear in ATL with a backpack and a diary. The bear had a little bit of a cult following.
As instructed in the bear’s diary, the “job” of the bear was to be handed off in airports from LA to NY then back to LA with diary entries of where it had been.
At some point the bear was plane hopping with those following the Grateful Dead. There were some great diary entries from the concerts and someone put a tie dye t-shirt on it.
My leg was ATL to MSP. At MSP I found another road warrior to take the bear back to the West Coast.
Now we’re all too paranoid for this but I couldn’t help remember the delight of being “picked” to shuttle this bear on my flight.
coolbaby1978 on
Go watch Home Alone in which they run through the airport. I’ve done that, a mad dash from entrance to gate with a very quick breezy run through security. Not anymore.
According-Shopping19 on
Brown people could walk on the streets without much abuse
Nyango_Star on
9/11 was the springboard for Fox “news”.
BarbecueGod on
This actually happened, some time maybe in the early 90’s. A man had a ticket to fly from LAX to Oakland, CA, but got on a plane to Auckland and didn’t realize it until 2 hours after takeoff with no land in sight.
EDIT: The trivia section for this episode (season 6, episode 1) in IMDB has more details; it actually happened in 1985.
Groan_Of_Wind on
So was Home Alone 2 Lost in NY. He didn’t even need a boarding pass to get on. Or actually locate his family.
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And you could take swords on airplanes
And you could meet your loved one at the gate.
And you didn’t have to take off your shoes.
And you could take a bottle of freaking water on a plane.
And TSA didn’t rifle through your shit.
I remember that one.
“AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND?!”
“FOURTEEN HOURS?!”
“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!”
I dunno, but I definitely saw less bare feet at the airport before shoe-bomber.
In the 90s there was this fun trend of handing off things from one flight to another without leaving the airport. I ended up with a stuffed bear in ATL with a backpack and a diary. The bear had a little bit of a cult following.
As instructed in the bear’s diary, the “job” of the bear was to be handed off in airports from LA to NY then back to LA with diary entries of where it had been.
At some point the bear was plane hopping with those following the Grateful Dead. There were some great diary entries from the concerts and someone put a tie dye t-shirt on it.
My leg was ATL to MSP. At MSP I found another road warrior to take the bear back to the West Coast.
Now we’re all too paranoid for this but I couldn’t help remember the delight of being “picked” to shuttle this bear on my flight.
Go watch Home Alone in which they run through the airport. I’ve done that, a mad dash from entrance to gate with a very quick breezy run through security. Not anymore.
Brown people could walk on the streets without much abuse
9/11 was the springboard for Fox “news”.
This actually happened, some time maybe in the early 90’s. A man had a ticket to fly from LAX to Oakland, CA, but got on a plane to Auckland and didn’t realize it until 2 hours after takeoff with no land in sight.
EDIT: The trivia section for this episode (season 6, episode 1) in IMDB has more details; it actually happened in 1985.
So was Home Alone 2 Lost in NY. He didn’t even need a boarding pass to get on. Or actually locate his family.