As some of you may have noticed, I wasn't able to post at CC in the last week- I went to the All-Star game in Atlanta for the past week. Well today in Atlanta, in about an hour long line at the Continental Airlines ticket counter, unbelievably of all people JASON COLLIER just walks up beside me in the line. I was so stunned for a minute, wondering if it was really him. Well, it was, and he was a really nice guy. He talked to me for a couple of minutes while in line, and I got his autograph, etc. All that stuff. Then, he was on the same flight I was to Houston. Not just the same flight mind you- actually just ONE row in front of me. He was in the back row of first class, me in the first row of coach. So I got to talk to him some more, and it was really cool. My first such experience with a Rockets player. And of course when we got to Houston, there were TV cameras ready and waiting for him. However, that was only half of my night. Since I live in Beaumont, I fly out of Lake Charles instead of Houston to save time and money. So I go to the terminal that leads to the Continental Express planes that take you to places like Lake Charles, and find that the FAA is doing a random check on planes. This is at 9:45 on a Sunday night for a 10:00 flight, so I knew it was slightly unusual as they said for the FAA to come late at night on a weekend. 30 minutes later we all waited in the terminal. No word and the check is still going. Then an hour, two hours, and three hours pass after the original start time of the flight and still no word on whether it is cancelled, still going on, or if the check will go on for even more hours. A routine line check by the FAA had turned into making us wait over 3 hours, and even after then they would not let us ride the plane. They left, but did not give authorization to go on the plane, so we had to swap and use another aircraft, which considering luggage, etc. took another half hour or more. Finally, 3 and a half hours after the original start time and after 1 AM, our plane finally made it out of IAH and arrived at Lake Charles a little after 2. I finally have just now arrived at home in Beaumont at about 3:30 AM, after waking up at 7 in the morning today in Myrtle Beach, SC. (That would be 6 Central, so practically I've been up for 24 hours straight) Safe to say, it wasn't a typical day on the airlines. Wait for hours in the check-in line, have Jason Collier walk right up next to me in the line, have him sit one row in front of me on the plane, and then wait 3 and a half hours at IAH on a random FAA check. One of the strangest days I've ever had. But, oh well- at least I'm back to Clutch City now. Go on guys- just thought I'd let you guys hear about my not so typical day. ------------------ Member of the pro-Collier/Langhi movement. IN RUDY WE TRUST!!
Nice to have you back. Thanx for the story it must of been really nice to be up for 24 hours. Ohh yeah and Collier, Was he a nice guy? Did he talk about the rockets? Did he say he was shocked when he got chosen 15 because he thought his ass was going to be selected in the 2nd round? j/k ------------------ "I talked about what degenerates they [Mets fans] were, and they proved me right. Just by saying something, I could make them mad enough to go home and slap their moms." John Rocker
Cat - I don't want to hear any of your stories about staying up for 24 hours When I travel home to Australia its typically about 45 hours door to door. Laste time I went home, we were landing in strong winds in Perth, and the 747 i was in had to abort the first landing attempt (everyone was freaked about that) and on the second attempt, the engine scraped on the ground! Front page news the next day! I had a fair amount of trouble convincing my wife to catch the return flight! ------------------ Current Rocket's Salary & Contract Info
It once took me 3 days to fly from Paris to Houston (because of that stupid American Airlines). I slept for about 30 minutes. ------------------ "One evening I seated Beauty on my knees. And I found her bitter." "I am a sick man...I am a wicked man. An unattractive man. I think my liver hurts."
