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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Fugee

About whether there is enough water in coffee or espresso to make them more hydrating than non-hydrating.

Pay attention!

I thought someone said that coffee and espresso don't have enough water to counteract the dehydrating effects of the caffeine, but that soda does, although it's a close thing and YMMV depending on other health issues. If not, I think that's right.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I just watched Delirious with my wife the other night. The use of "faggot" sans irony dates it a bit, but other than that, it still holds as one of the top five stand ups in history.

(Behind a couple Carlin specials, which are the gold standard.)

And Eddie Izzard Dressed to Kill.

[Hank Chinaski]

2 questions-

Do any of you have "expedited airport security?" It sounds like a hassle to get, even if you qualify. Is it that much quicker?

I might be going to Australia, certainly to Perth. Any advice on a few other places to go?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

2 questions-

Do any of you have "expedited airport security?" It sounds like a hassle to get, even if you qualify. Is it that much quicker?

I might be going to Australia, certainly to Perth. Any advice on a few other places to go?

1) You mean Global Entry, which qualifies one for Pre-Check? Yes. There are two minor hassles with global entry--a) filling out the form, which is a bit like a security clearance; b) arranging the interview, which sometimes can't be scheduled for a couple of months and has to be done at an airport (pretty sure Detroit is one). If you pass the background check, you can use it to enroll in pre-check with any airline that supports it.

2) Used precheck the first time a couple of weeks ago at Reagan National. Security line was unusually long (10m wait probably). But lines are now for suckers, as the precheck line was 3 people long. Kept shoes, belt on, no nude-o-scope, and to the gate within 5 minutes of exiting taxi. Even better on international returns. I have gone from mobile lounge to taxi at IAD in <5 minutes when I haven't checked luggage. Checked luggage is generally a disaster at IAD, but on most recent return I waited only about 5 minutes for it and we were in taxi within 15 minutes of getting off mobile lounge.

Bottom line: for $100, even if you travel internationally only once a year it is totally and completely worth it.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

2 questions-

Do any of you have "expedited airport security?" It sounds like a hassle to get, even if you qualify. Is it that much quicker?

I might be going to Australia, certainly to Perth. Any advice on a few other places to go?

Can you meet a guy for me there? Same rate as before. Saves my client having to pay for a $27,000 first class ticket.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

1) You mean Global Entry, which qualifies one for Pre-Check? Yes. There are two minor hassles with global entry--a) filling out the form, which is a bit like a security clearance; b) arranging the interview, which sometimes can't be scheduled for a couple of months and has to be done at an airport (pretty sure Detroit is one). If you pass the background check, you can use it to enroll in pre-check with any airline that supports it.

2) Used precheck the first time a couple of weeks ago at Reagan National. Security line was unusually long (10m wait probably). But lines are now for suckers, as the precheck line was 3 people long. Kept shoes, belt on, no nude-o-scope, and to the gate within 5 minutes of exiting taxi. Even better on international returns. I have gone from mobile lounge to taxi at IAD in <5 minutes when I haven't checked luggage. Checked luggage is generally a disaster at IAD, but on most recent return I waited only about 5 minutes for it and we were in taxi within 15 minutes of getting off mobile lounge.

Bottom line: for $100, even if you travel internationally only once a year it is totally and completely worth it.

Does Jet Blue participate? What about the airport in Tuscaloosa?

ETA: ooo, didn't see it cost a hundred dollars. My firm won't pay for that because it's in a category that can't be passed on to a client. They say we should be happy to fly because we get free peanuts and juice.

[Atticus Grinch]

Turn out, Amy Sohn isn't nearly as confessional as she would like you to believe.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I thought someone said that coffee and espresso don't have enough water to counteract the dehydrating effects of the caffeine, but that soda does, although it's a close thing and YMMV depending on other health issues. If not, I think that's right.

My experience is anecdotal, but as someone who pays far more attention than anyone else here to the amount of fluid in my body, I am pretty confident in saying that no, the diuretic effect of the caffeine is not even close to enough to overcome the hydrating effect of the beverage, which is, of course, almost entirely water.

[Atticus Grinch]

I don't have Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome, but I am an asymptomatic carrier. Hey-o!

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

2 questions-

Do any of you have "expedited airport security?" It sounds like a hassle to get, even if you qualify. Is it that much quicker?

I might be going to Australia, certainly to Perth. Any advice on a few other places to go?

2 or 3 times a year I have to go to a meeting abroad with several other people from Boston; I'm just about the only one going who doesn't have Global Entry. It seems to be akin to or slighly better than flying first class in terms of security.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

2 or 3 times a year I have to go to a meeting abroad with several other people from Boston; I'm just about the only one going who doesn't have Global Entry. It seems to be akin to or slighly better than flying first class in terms of security.

So why don't you get Global Entry?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Fugee

So why don't you get Global Entry?

Lazy. Besides, it's only marginally better than first class.

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Turn out, Amy Sohn isn't nearly as confessional as she would like you to believe.

1. A writer of fiction engages in hyperbole, or (gasp!) maybe even makes stuff up? Heavens to Murgatroyd, release the hounds!

2. I get the irritation expressed by the writer of the Gothamist piece and of the Awl commenters in response to her original post (summarized as either "that's not what Park Slope is really like!" plus some "shit, am I missing out?" and a lot of "you can't pretend to write literary fiction when you are really a trashy Judith Krantz and how dare you set it in Brooklyn?" I mean, when the characteristics of my town/part of the country get sorta mocked and exaggerated in a book, I also join with the literary establishment in expressing outrage ... Uh, nevermind.

(from the early blog, TheGreeksDontWantNoFreaks.Geocities.com: "...and where does the author get this married his mother and blinded himself when he found out thing? Absurd. I know many royal families and this never happens.")

3. Carry on.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

2 or 3 times a year I have to go to a meeting abroad with several other people from Boston; I'm just about the only one going who doesn't have Global Entry. It seems to be akin to or slighly better than flying first class in terms of security.

You must be talking about something else, because Global Entry is only for immigration/customs on the return, and pre check supposedly isnt available for international flights (although the line cutting privileges are similar to elite/premium class lines.