KnitKnacks

Soooo, where was I...

Saturday and Sunday it snowed...a lot...in Vermont. I was there. We got about 16 inches before we left Sunday evening and it had started snowing again then. Looks like winter arrived with a real snowstorm and there will be a white Christmas this year. Yea!

We are now in Utah...got to the Hotel about 4am Eastern time yesterday .... made for a short sleep night for us. I was listening to the radio this morning about the big storm they had yesterday and a few more like that would make a significant different in the drought conditions. I certainly hope there was something more in the mountains because there is nothing here on the ground that is all that exciting...rain either for what I could tell. Maybe I missed it being inside. It's cold but the roads and sidewalks are all clear. No boots necessary, Thank you, since I didn't wear/bring any.

So I sometimes meanmouth my preferred status airline USAir..I know, you haven't really noticed. Anyway...when they do something right, I feel I should say something. This morning's email brought notification from USAir that no longer would Expedia be allowed to sell tickets on USAir flights. Seems USAir was not thrilled with the $5 surcharge Expedia tacked on to begin with but sometime over the Thanksgiving Holiday, the fee increased with no warning to $8.99. Factoring in these fees represents to the public that USAir tickets are more expensive than competitors blah blah blah. Sooooooooooo not only was Expedia getting commissions from USAir for selling their tickets, they were also getting fees from the consumer and ONLY those consumers buying USAir tickets. So, USAir told them NO....good for them. I have to say I haven't bought a ticket or reserved a room from any travel site which tacks on their own fees on top of the commisions they are already earning from the hotel or airline in quite a while. I'm not going to either...the noive. Bad Microsoft....

Soooooo, what do we think about Al Gore endorsing Howard Dean for President? I think most Vermonters are still flabbergasted and may now have to consider Howard's chances very real. Oh my.......

Hey out there...be careful...use a virus scan....I've been notified that 2 viruses have been removed from my computer in the last 5 days...one worm this morning. Whatcha all doing to me? What have I been doing?? Where have I been??? Why am I getting these? Of course in the hotel, I'm not behind a firewall either. gggrrr.....

Guess I'll go out there again to see what I can find for Christmas gifts...have a find day all.

Posted by frani at December 9, 2003 11:55 AM