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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:16:51 PM EDT
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Just applied for mine a few days ago. Should I hide my dag? Clear (not .gov but still) and Global entry All my dags are fine so far. Shout out to American Express for paying for it for me. 
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:17:48 PM EDT
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It is a real convenience.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:17:59 PM EDT
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Just applied for mine a few days ago. Should I hide my dag? I was contemplating just doing it the next time I re-enter but I don't do as much international anymore and i really hate taking more time on arrival. Just wanna get home. ETA: all animals are completely safe. But then again I think I've had background checks and fingerprints from at least a half dozen agencies. If they wanted my dog, they woulda gotten him a long time ago. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:19:13 PM EDT
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Precheck was awesome before the unwashed masses started getting in.
Now you get the choice to pay $80 for pre-9/11 security with half the people on your flight, or stand in line to get your balls fondled with the trailer trash who didn't know about the $80 deal. My employer won't pay for Clear. 
Kharn |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:20:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah. I am renewing mine and have to go for an interview again (global entry). Interviews are about 2-3 months out at the moment and I have to travel a few hours to get there even. Nothing close to me for an extremely long time. I was contemplating just doing it the next time I re-enter but I don't do as much international anymore and i really hate taking more time on arrival. Just wanna get home. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:22:09 PM EDT
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Precheck was awesome before the unwashed masses started getting in. Now you get the choice to pay $80 for pre-9/11 security with half the people on your flight, or stand in line to get your balls fondled with the trailer trash who didn't know about the $80 deal. My employer won't pay for Clear.
Kharn 
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:22:39 PM EDT
[#7]
oops, doubletap
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:23:11 PM EDT
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My wife and I have global entry and precheck, it makes travel pleasant again. I would highly recommend it.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:23:22 PM EDT
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Precheck was awesome before the unwashed masses started getting in. Now you get the choice to pay $80 for pre-9/11 security with half the people on your flight, or stand in line to get your balls fondled with the trailer trash who didn't know about the $80 deal. My employer won't pay for Clear.
Kharn |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:23:40 PM EDT
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I have Global Entry so by default I have Pre Check. In a lot of airports it doesn't really save a lot of time. However, it is worth it to me to not have to take out my laptop, CPAP and take off my shoes. It is just a smoother process.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:24:41 PM EDT
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My wife has it and it is nice when I fly with her because I get included.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:24:58 PM EDT
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For the airports I fly through it's been great but I've talked to others that say that at their airports the Pre-Check lines are as long as the normal lines. For me it seems to be best at airports with more international and tourist travel and less business travel.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:25:18 PM EDT
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I fucking hate flying, but hate going through the TSA even more. I MAYBE fly once every couple of years.
Having said that, best $85 I ever spent (except maybe that two dozen roses that got me laid one time when I was a teenager. No pics, before cell phones. Shit, before landlines even). |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:27:19 PM EDT
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I renewed my GE in 2019 and didn't have a do an interview. just did the renewal online and 6 weeks later, I had my new GE card. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:28:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah. I am renewing mine and have to go for an interview again (global entry). Interviews are about 2-3 months out at the moment and I have to travel a few hours to get there even. Nothing close to me for an extremely long time. I was contemplating just doing it the next time I re-enter but I don't do as much international anymore and i really hate taking more time on arrival. Just wanna get home. ETA: all animals are completely safe. But then again I think I've had background checks and fingerprints from at least a half dozen agencies. If they wanted my dog, they woulda gotten him a long time ago.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:28:13 PM EDT
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Unwashed masses here. Its vera, vera nice when I'm chosen. I practice my disdainful look just in case.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:29:57 PM EDT
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Worth it just not having to go through strip search.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:30:14 PM EDT
[#18]
Yes, very convenient at large airports and small regionals also give you better treatment than the masses.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:30:36 PM EDT
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For 6 years now.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:30:36 PM EDT
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Precheck was awesome before the unwashed masses started Kharn |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:30:47 PM EDT
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It’s a low cost bribe to make the process marginally less dumb usually and I’d pay more for it than they ask.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:30:50 PM EDT
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I've thought about getting it. Not sure I fly enough to justify it. But we had it on our honeymoon due to flying first class. It was really nice flying back into the country in Miami.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:31:37 PM EDT
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Just applied for mine a few days ago. Should I hide my dag? I fly at least a few times a year. Always wanted to skip the lines. I only fly once or twice a year and it was worth it to me. Also there are a lot of credit cards that will reimburse you the fees for applying for PreCheck. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:33:09 PM EDT
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It's nice but don't always expect it to be faster.
Its not uncommon for the pre line to be longer than the regular line at some airports. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:33:30 PM EDT
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Wife and I have it. It’s amazing.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:33:44 PM EDT
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Have Pre check. Been useful so far. No belt and shoes to take off is nice. Has saved me quite a bit of time going through Tampa and Mccarran. Not much time savings at Detroit, I have yet to encounter a crowded security checkpoint there. One time at Tampa I walked through the precheck line with no delay. Normal security was taking 45min-hour to get through the line.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:34:00 PM EDT
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Pre + Clear here
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:34:34 PM EDT
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Just be advised depending on where you are and what time you get there, the TSA PreCheck area may not be open and you'll have to go through regular security with everyone else. I only fly once or twice a year and it was worth it to me. Also there are a lot of credit cards that will reimburse you the fees for applying for PreCheck. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:39:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah. I am renewing mine and have to go for an interview again (global entry). Interviews are about 2-3 months out at the moment and I have to travel a few hours to get there even. Nothing close to me for an extremely long time. I was contemplating just doing it the next time I re-enter but I don't do as much international anymore and i really hate taking more time on arrival. Just wanna get home. ETA: all animals are completely safe. But then again I think I've had background checks and fingerprints from at least a half dozen agencies. If they wanted my dog, they woulda gotten him a long time ago. See if the closer CBP locations take "walk-ins". Many do. If so, roll the dice and show up an hour before they open. Sign in. Once all of the appointments are finished, they will call the walk in list. I was precondition approved last year in 2 weeks (pretty sure this was all online). Immediately after I received my conf#, I went to the local CBP interview facility and signed in on the next day they were conducting scheduled interviews. There were 8 or so folks there that had been waiting MONTHS for their interview. I was called in #3 on the wait list and walked out 3 min later. The ones that scheduled interviews 6 months ago were pissed that they did not know this was possible. Do some googling... this is a real thing. took me less than 5 weeks from start to finish with card in hand. Well worth the extra $20ish for not re-upping my TSAPRE |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:40:16 PM EDT
[#30]
Global Entry for me. CC reimburses me for the fee.
Yes, the line is now almost as long as the regular line, but no shoe removal, no imager, and the people in the pre/GE line tend to be more seasoned travelers who know what they're doing so the line moves faster. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:40:47 PM EDT
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Interesting info on reimbursement. I need to call my American Express. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just be advised depending on where you are and what time you get there, the TSA PreCheck area may not be open and you'll have to go through regular security with everyone else. I only fly once or twice a year and it was worth it to me. Also there are a lot of credit cards that will reimburse you the fees for applying for PreCheck. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:41:39 PM EDT
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Or just say NO to the whole charade.
Some people have to fly for business. I get that. Everyone else? Get groped so you can go to Disneyworld and get fleeced or get shoehorned into a 28" seat spacing flying petri dish with "Oh but we went to Machu Pikachu and it was so awesome" "only 600 others in our tour group!" "We flew to San Francisco and smelled the street poop for ourselves! It was awesome!" "We flew to Haiti and only had a mild case of AIDS, but the beaches were awwweeesssommeee" No thank you. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:43:36 PM EDT
[#33]
At MIA the pre-check lines are as long, or longer, than the steerage lines.
But it moves faster because of the near-adult treatment. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:48:04 PM EDT
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Or just say NO to the whole charade. Some people have to fly for business. I get that. Everyone else? Get groped so you can go to Disneyworld and get fleeced or get shoehorned into a 28" seat spacing flying petri dish with "Oh but we went to Machu Pikachu and it was so awesome" "only 600 others in our tour group!" "We flew to San Francisco and smelled the street poop for ourselves! It was awesome!" "We flew to Haiti and only had a mild case of AIDS, but the beaches were awwweeesssommeee" No thank you.  Attached FileP.S. Machu Picchu is awesome when you stay at Inkaterra Pueblo Hotel. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:49:20 PM EDT
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My wife and I have had it for years, my daughter got it because she travel as a Rodeo Queen and now with her job. My son was the last in the family not to get it and we made just last week because we are going on a big family vacation and we don't want to be held up by him having to go through the line with the masses.
Especially around holidays , it saves at least 1/2 hour in Orlando |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:52:50 PM EDT
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Easily saved me an hour last time i flew out of LAX. Plus you get to leave your shoes on at security.
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:56:21 PM EDT
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For the airports I fly through it's been great but I've talked to others that say that at their airports the Pre-Check lines are as long as the normal lines. For me it seems to be best at airports with more international and tourist travel and less business travel. Still no where near the cattle lines. |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:57:48 PM EDT
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I did see a rough looking couple applying in front of me. Would they be considered unwashed or am I in the same category. P.S. I do take a shower every couple of days. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Precheck was awesome before the unwashed masses started getting in. Now you get the choice to pay $80 for pre-9/11 security with half the people on your flight, or stand in line to get your balls fondled with the trailer trash who didn't know about the $80 deal. My employer won't pay for Clear.
Kharn Kharn |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:58:12 PM EDT
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Or just say NO to the whole charade. Some people have to fly for business. I get that. Everyone else? Get groped so you can go to Disneyworld and get fleeced or get shoehorned into a 28" seat spacing flying petri dish with "Oh but we went to Machu Pikachu and it was so awesome" "only 600 others in our tour group!" "We flew to San Francisco and smelled the street poop for ourselves! It was awesome!" "We flew to Haiti and only had a mild case of AIDS, but the beaches were awwweeesssommeee" No thank you. 
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:59:03 PM EDT
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Just be advised depending on where you are and what time you get there, the TSA PreCheck area may not be open and you'll have to go through regular security with everyone else. I only fly once or twice a year and it was worth it to me. Also there are a lot of credit cards that will reimburse you the fees for applying for PreCheck. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just applied for mine a few days ago. Should I hide my dag? I fly at least a few times a year. Always wanted to skip the lines. I only fly once or twice a year and it was worth it to me. Also there are a lot of credit cards that will reimburse you the fees for applying for PreCheck. My corporate Amex covered it. 10 minute interview in West Palm |
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Posted: 2/18/2020 11:59:46 PM EDT
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Also as others said it's not always faster, but it is almost always more convenient. I've always gotten through ATL security reasonably quick despite how many people they move through there, so at my home airport, PreCheck is kind of a waste.
I applied for PreCheck solely for San Antonio. I fly to SAT for work every now and then, and those fucking TSA guys, man, is it against the CoC if I hope those fucking dudes get hit by a garbage truck on the way to work? If it is, I apologize and I'll edit this post. But goddamn, every time I've come back through San Antonio, it's like a full body cavity search for me going through security. Belt, shoes, hat, jacket, pants, bag, where ya goin', where are you coming from, what'd you have for breakfast, read any good books lately...? I am not a seasoned traveler or an airport warrior, I've got less than a half dozen different airports to my name, but SAT was the absolute #1 reason for me applying for PreCheck. So I can try to get through there and get in the air and the fuck out of that airport as soon as possible. |
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:01:00 AM EDT
[#42]
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Just applied for mine a few days ago. Should I hide my dag? I fly at least a few times a year. Always wanted to skip the lines. |
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:01:25 AM EDT
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Or just say NO to the whole charade. Some people have to fly for business. I get that. Everyone else? Get groped so you can go to Disneyworld and get fleeced or get shoehorned into a 28" seat spacing flying petri dish with "Oh but we went to Machu Pikachu and it was so awesome" "only 600 others in our tour group!" "We flew to San Francisco and smelled the street poop for ourselves! It was awesome!" "We flew to Haiti and only had a mild case of AIDS, but the beaches were awwweeesssommeee" No thank you. Thanks Sunshine. Must be a hoot hanging out with you holy shit. Sig and tag line soooo appropriate Wtf |
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:05:37 AM EDT
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My wife and I have had it for years, my daughter got it because she travel as a Rodeo Queen and now with her job. My son was the last in the family not to get it and we made just last week because we are going on a big family vacation and we don't want to be held up by him having to go through the line with the masses. Especially around holidays , it saves at least 1/2 hour in Orlando We have two small kids, under Precheck rules, I can bring the kids, their stroller, all of their food, milk, etc, with me through the checkpoint, and she can meet me on the other side. Does she agree to that? No. She insists all four of us wait in the non-precheck line, I get my balls fondled while the agent looks at my pass and questions me on why I'm not in the Precheck line so he digs even further into my stuff. Our kids go nuts and start running around the security zone, start fighting with each other, and other bullshit instead of being strapped to their stroller on the other side watching their tablets or playing with toys while having a snack and waiting for my wife to be done getting fondled. So, I refuse to go on any vacations with her that require flying. It's a road trip or we're not going. Kharn |
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:11:02 AM EDT
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Sitting on the tarmac right now lol.
TSA pre check. Work paid for it. Worth it, yeah I would pay out of pocket if it comes to that. I fly about 12 times per year. Sometimes no one is in either line. But more often than not, especially at busy airports, I side step the huge line and don't get hassled with shoes, taking my laptop out my bag, etc. |
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:12:05 AM EDT
[#46]
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I get my balls fondled while the agent looks at my pass and questions me on why I'm not in the Precheck line 
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:12:33 AM EDT
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Or just say NO to the whole charade. Some people have to fly for business. I get that. Everyone else? Get groped so you can go to Disneyworld and get fleeced or get shoehorned into a 28" seat spacing flying petri dish with "Oh but we went to Machu Pikachu and it was so awesome" "only 600 others in our tour group!" "We flew to San Francisco and smelled the street poop for ourselves! It was awesome!" "We flew to Haiti and only had a mild case of AIDS, but the beaches were awwweeesssommeee" No thank you. My wife and I are Hilton Emerald, United Gold for life, I'm retired so I don't get higher status anymore. We will be staying in a two bedroom suite with our son and daughter in the Haven (First Class ) section, upper most deck, over the ships bridge on a Mediterranean cruise for our 30th anniversary and my son's graduation. We are going on tours of Pompeii and Herculaneum, The Coliseum, and other Roman antiquities. Going to Naples and Pizza too. But I'm sure it's better just to stay home and read about it or watch National Geographic. 
Just one airline. I have millions of miles on others through the years. The Haven |
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:15:34 AM EDT
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Merrell. I always consider you to be a reasonable poster. However what you posted above makes me go.. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/EgcB5I3-51.gif P.S. Machu Picchu is awesome when you stay at Inkaterra Pueblo Hotel.
No need to go anywhere besides the grocery store, Dr's office and Walgreens on Senior Discount Day
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:19:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can't get Haitiaids if you never leave the basement. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/105138/temp-97-1282130.gif If I want to see the world I'll watch Animal Planet. Get to see the strange critters without the lines, cost and smells, and by smells I mean other tourists who have adopted a "bathing is evil" mantra. Plus I know my bathroom is clean, there are no bugs with malaria or superEbola and I don't have to pay outrageous prices for a beer. #basementsrock |
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Posted: 2/19/2020 12:19:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah being a hermit is the way to go through life. Not! My wife and I are Hilton Emerald, United Gold for life, I'm retired so I don't get higher status anymore 
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