Gosh sometimes I outsmart myself...well often I outsmart myself. I am on my way to Florida for Beyond Leather and I had reservations on American Airlines. Well, and here is where the outsmart part comes in, I heard from a friend who is a flight attendant on American that a strike was imminent, as in any day now.
So I swallowed the cancellation fee and re-booked on Delta, even though they don't have direct flights. What the heck? A connection in Memphis should be easy! WRONG!
The airlines neglected to tell me that the original flight was being delayed by an hour, which means no connection in Memphis. So I am here at the airport, bags checked and arrive at the gate to see the changed time. Now I call Delta and speak with someone in India. He tells me in broken English I can get a connecting flight at 3:40 out of Memphis....through Atlanta, getting me into Ft. Lauderdale at 9:00pm instead of 3:00pm.
We shall see if my bags make it. If not I will be doing three workshops without any materials or gear and all my leather in in the baggage. I am praying they don't lose it!
God I hate flying!
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Bummer. Sorry to hear that and i hope everything works out in the end!
Hardy, I enjoyed your class at BL3 (glad you made it - we were actually supposed to be on the same flight!).
However, I confess to disagreeing almost completely with what you said in your Keynote - and I have done so publicly on my latest Ropecast (respectfully rebutting, you might say). I wanted to let you know about it, and also to apologize in advance if I misquoted you at all. I haven't found a copy of your speech anywhere online, but I would like to, so that my listeners can read it and let me know if they think I'm full of it.
As always, I remain your respectful admirer and friend, Gray Miller (aka "Graydancer")
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