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><channel><title>Sparkatopia &#187; lesson</title> <atom:link href="http://www.tommytrc.com/sparkatopia/tag/lesson/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.tommytrc.com/sparkatopia</link> <description>Welcome to my little spot in the world</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:30:53 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator><image><title>Sparkatopia</title> <url>http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1464b78a60ab9cdf7a2634af7345ccbb?s=48&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%</url><link>http://www.tommytrc.com/sparkatopia</link> </image> <item><title>Sir, Please Buckle your Seat Belt!</title><link>http://www.tommytrc.com/sparkatopia/sir-please-buckle-your-seat-belt/</link> <comments>http://www.tommytrc.com/sparkatopia/sir-please-buckle-your-seat-belt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tommytrc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General Swill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Laughter Line]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Personal Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flight attendant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[learned]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lesson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Minneapolis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seat belt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[St. Louis  Missouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tommytrc]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.tommytrc.com/sparkatopia/?p=1018</guid> <description><![CDATA[Image by _moonpie via Flickr So I just took my seat on a flight from St. Louis to Minneapolis. Nothing new or glamorous about that. The flight attendants are making their rounds up and down the isles, and one in particular seems about as condescending as could be. I realize I&#8217;m not in first class [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div
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class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000647db" title="Seat belt" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt">seat belt</a>!&#8221; in a rather snotty tone, if I do say myself. Never being one for a loss of words I reply &#8220;With all do respect, you have yet to show me how to properly buckle. Once you show me how to do it, I&#8217;ll give it a shot.&#8221;</p><p>And with that&#8230; you could hear snickers and laughs coming from the peanut gallery aka other passengers and she scoffed off.  I think I may have heard an audible &#8220;DING&#8221; but I&#8217;m not 100% sure about that.</p><p>When was the last time someone gave you a test before you were shown the material? Seriously</p><p>Lesson learned I say&#8230;</p><div
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