Travails of Travel - Part II - 03/28/09 07:20 PM
Part II - Taking Off Is Hard To Do
Part I, of this saga, ended as I arrived at Terminal 8, with 48 minutes to check my luggage, clear security and make it to the gate.  Checking my bag and clearing security went smoothly.  My flight was on time, leaving from Gate 46. 
Terminal 8 is designed with gates along two parallel legs.  In keeping with how the day was going, Gate 46 was at the end of the far leg.  Okay, I still had time.  All I had to do was cross the first building, escalator down, cross another expanse, … (4 comments)

Travails of Travel - Part I - 03/28/09 11:15 AM
Part I - Troubled Waters Over A Bridge 
I hate being late.  Scenes of rushing across an airline terminal, with just enough time to make my flight, are not my idea of fun.  So, when I arranged for a limo to take me to the airport, for my trip to the Prudential National Sales Convention, in Las Vegas, I left plenty of time.  The limo company suggested a 2 o'clock pickup should easily get me to the airport, an hour before my flight.  I opted for 1:30, knowing that the driver would likely show up 15 minutes early.  That gave … (2 comments)

Westport, CT - Plastic Bag Ban Now in Effect - 03/20/09 04:34 PM
Westport Goes Green.  Plastic Bags Banned from Most Retail Use.
On September 2, 2008, The Representative Town Meeting (RTM) passed an ordinance to ban the use of plastic bags for retail checkout of purchased goods.  Yesterday, that ordinance went into effect, making Westport the first town in Connecticut to institute a plastic bag ban. 
The ordinance passed by a vote of 26 to 5, with one abstention.  The six month delay in implementing the ban was put in place in order to allow time for establishments to use up their supplies of plastic bags and to prepare and educate Westport residents to the change.
The … (4 comments)

 
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