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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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I love this concept though. You take a flight somewhere, but luggage is extra. How do they get away with this? It's happening everywhere too. Like they have 3-D movies, but the glasses are $3.
THe Coke is free, but the glass costs you $4
I say we make it easy. The big issue is that it costs more money to carry more weight on a plane, so the airlines should just weigh each passenger with all baggage and charge accordingly.
As a lifelong thin person, I HATE the idea of weight coming into a flight. Big people have enough humiliation with flying. To me, it's like saying a black person has to sit at the back of a bus.
Five airlines (American, Delta, US Air, United, and Jet Blue) came out yesterday and said they aren't (are NOT) going to charge for carry-on baggage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/business/19bags.html?src=busln
if they start charging by weight I'll quit flying by plane and grow wings.
Kaye, YEAH for your post!!! since I'm a carryon girl because I like to pack light, that makes me smile :)
I learned that you don't have to pay for strollers and car seats...after I had already paid for them, and they wouldn't refund my money. Live and learn.
Good comments everyone.
Kaye, I pack lightly too, and carry on is no problem for me personally. Liquids are a problem though when you're traveling with a whole family. Consider it's cheaper to buy the shampoo/hairspray/deodorant when you arrive and toss the extra before you fly home. :-/
I think Southwest also doesn't charge for luggage, but I could be wrong...?
So agree with you, Denise. It aggravates me to no end. And I pack really tight to carry on the bag. Are you flying Spirit? Eric just told me yesterday they were charging for all bags even carry-ons. Ridiculous!
What airline charges that much, D? The usual checked luggage price is $25. That's each way though. :-( What we did for our St Croix trip is figured out the least number of checked bags we could get by with and put the others in carry on. Maybe you could get by with 2 checked bags for the family then everyone take a carry on? Not sure where you're going though.
It was Allegiant, C. The small print said they would charge btwn 15-35 for checked bags in advance, but when I bought the tickets, it charged $40.00. I'll take my chances at check-in, I think. And yes, we'll carry on as much as we can.
You're right about Southwest, Cheryl. We have to drive 2 1/2 hours to get to them though.
I'm glad I don't fly.
have any one ever use them bags that sucks all the air out of
them and ends up looking like a flat pancake?
if it worked ya wouldn't have to have so much baggage, just a thought! ;)
Not only do you have to worry about the cost of bags, but what if you have a medical condition and must carry on medical equipment such as a CPAP machine or diabetic supplies? Man! The hassles make you think twice about flying!!
I am a diabetic. I use an insulin pump...they want to remove it and run it through the x-ray machine!! I don't think so! And then I have to carry all the supplies for my pump, several vials of insulin (with the proper prescription label for each one), meter for measuring blood glucose, lancets (sharps) to prick my finger for said measuring, and syringes. Depending on how long I'm to be gone, it could be TWO carry-on bags just for my daily medications and my diabetic supplies! And if an inspector decides to give me a hard time about "sharp weapons" and bumps me off the plane, I can protest but it could take days or weeks before I would be allowed to fly. What a mess!!
I think I'll walk.
Denise,
I know that in reality, I WOULD want my daughters sitting by me. Really I would! But the thought of a stranger sitting by daughter and trying to figure out her thought processes and questions --- that just makes me laugh. And with some imagination, I can envision enjoying the quiet while the poor soul lives in my world for a couple of hours. :-)
That's a great idea, Jel.
And Ruthie, I have to give myself daily injections of a hormone, so yikes. That may be a travel nightmare.
That was my thought too, Beverly! Someone else can wonder with my 11 yr old how fast the plane is going and how high it's flying at any given moment throughout the flight.
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