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Air Travel: Carry-On Bins Getting Larger


Back a dozen years ago, when airlines started charging for checked luggage, people reverted to carry-ons. When carry-on bins got too stuffed, airlines began charging for them.

Several airlines are now actually doing something sensible that may not cost passengers extra. They’re redesigning the overhead bins so they can hold more bags. A genius came up with the simple solution to expand the bins outward and make the doors curved.

Of course, it will make getting in and out of your squeezed seat a bit more difficult and increase the chance that you’ll bump your head on the way to the loo. But, hey, you can’t have everything.
Senior Romantics: Send Valentine Gift of Love to a GI PDF Print E-mail
 
Along with loving greetings to your family loved ones, why not also send a Valentine Day “I love you” note or useful gift to a serviceman or woman. It doesn’t matter if they’re deployed overseas or in a lonely post in the US. They’ll appreciate your thoughtfulness and kindness. Considering the time snailmail takes to get through, you should do it right away.
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Check some websites for information, suggestions and commercial products appropriate for Valentine Day gifts to service people. The sources include USO.com, americanredcross.com, americasupportsyou.mil, treatsfortroops.com and others.

Your gifts could include, depending on what you want to spend, greeting cards, homemade cookies, photos, DVDs, CDs, iPods, clothing, games, portable GPU, laptop computer, camera or hundreds of other items that will be received with thanks by those deserving young people.

Be careful not to pack perishable and other unstable stuff. During WWII when I was in the Philippines, my aunt sent me a big package. It had homemade cookies, chocolates, soap and cans of herring. Have you ever eaten fishy-soapy smelling cookies and oozy Clark bars?
 
 
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