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an idiot if he thinks he's going to get a decent raise	2 votes - 40 %
going to get a decent raise	0 votes - 0 %
going to get an awesome raise	3 votes - 60 %
going to be fired	0 votes - 0 %
burning his candles at both ends	3 votes - 60 %
an arrogant asshole	1 vote - 20 %
an egotistical maniac (Top Gun option)	2 votes - 40 %
losing his mind (what little there ever was of it)	3 votes - 60 %
on the fast track to greatness at work	1 vote - 20 %
on the fast track to an early death	3 votes - 60 %
on the fast track to divorce	2 votes - 40 %
fast running out of more poll option	3 votes - 60 %
ran out of good poll options a long time	1 vote - 20 %
and not just this diary either, I mean a LONG time ago	2 votes - 40 %
WIPO	0 votes - 0 %

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I like to buy the small samples for travel by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #1 Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:28:46 AM EST

the little travel toothpaste and travel shaving cream. If it's for two or three days, I try to do it with a carryon, any longer I check baggage. Sometimes I check baggage because I'm too lazy to try and manhandle the bag into the overhead, I'm on company time, who cares how long I have to wait.

Any chance of flying yourself there? What is the mileage payment for personal plane?

I thought it had to be clear containers? by FlightTest (2.00 / 0) #2 Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 12:20:55 PM EST

I've never seen toothpaste or shaving cream in a clear container. Yeah, I don't care about the wait time, I'm effectively hourly, I just don't trust them not to lose my luggage.

If I do end up checking, should I run out and get a hard sided suitcase this weekend? All I have are the normal soft sided. Meh, I REALLY hate commercial air travel.

No chance of flying myself. For one, the Apache is still broken, my mechanic is still in Portugal. For two, that's probably the outer limit of my 1-day travel range, I'd be taking off and landing in the dark going that direction. For three, we're going to try to come back Thursday evening, I'd have to take Friday to come back, which wouldn't be so bad except I have to leave again Sunday for Yuma.

The gentlemen's agreement is, if I take my airplane, I charge the milage as if I had driven. Official policy, however, is that personal airplanes will not be used for business travel. The only air travel officially allowed is scheduled airlines.

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: Containers three ounces or less by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #3 Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 12:36:52 PM EST

and they all must fit in a clear quart bag.
I check my soft sided roll on, I only put clothing and a few games in there,nothing really to break. I typically bring a backpack with my laptop, change of underwear and some books.

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Consider.... by fencepost (4.00 / 1) #4 Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 05:10:10 PM EST

You might be able to get a laptop with XP Pro x64 (get Pro, skip Home or "Media Center"), but you're more likely to have driver issues.

: I actually asked that in my last diary by FlightTest (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 06:08:22 PM EST

I think I saw one laptop on Newegg with XP 64. I didn't see it at all on Dell or Lenovo. XP 64 seems a difficult beast to find, I suspect exactly due to it needs 64 bit drivers and the base is too small to really get people to write drivers for it.
I wonder if MS is requiring vendors to have 64 bit drivers to get the Vista approval?

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Aside from bottled water by MohammedNiyalSayeed (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Feb 29, 2008 at 09:20:13 PM EST

I've never taken a liquid on an airplane. Ever. For any given travel, I tend to stay in one of two types of places: hotels, or the homes of people I know. Both types of place tend to have toiletries I can use once I'm there, or I buy a small bottle of whatever. I'm just gonna forget whatever it was I brought while I'm traveling anyway, then wish I still had it once I get home, so why bother, you know?

Carry-on baggage doesn't get lost, is all I'm sayin'.

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You can build the most elegant fountain in the world, but eventually a winged rat will be using it as a drinking bowl.

: At this point I'm doomed by FlightTest (4.00 / 1) #7 Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 01:09:15 AM EST

I have to support both programs from afield. I've brought home 4 2" binders I need to have with we to do that effectively. Looks like I've little choice at this point.

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