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CBess

2009-08-06 11:28 AM

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Subject: A matter of perspective

I told my wife and kids at dinner last night that I had an airline "horror" story for them. I proceeded to tell them about the woman whose bike was lost by Air Tran. When I was done telling them, they all stared at me blankly as though waiting for the punchline of an unfunny joke. It seems their idea of horror was a little different from mine. Apparently they were expecting something involving a burning fuselage. They couldn't quite grasp the concept of unfulfilled dreams and all the training, planning and money lost. I guess only those who share the passion can truly empathize.

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firenze11

2009-08-06 12:25 PM

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Subject: RE: A matter of perspective

Something almost identical happened to me yesterday. I was in the car with my Dad and told him all about it and he just kind of looked at me like "so?"

Then again, I also told him I thought the people who do the Weekend to End Cancer and the Ride to Conquer Cancer up here should do a triathlon. I thought it would really give people an incredible sense of accomplishment without having to do multiple day events. Again, he just looked at me and said something about how hard it would be and that only "real athletes" could do something like that, not "regular or middle aged people." Sigh.