United Airlines has gone and lost something important belonging to someone important again. This time it’s Dolph Ziggler’s luggage, complete with WWE Intercontinental title. Hopefully he gets it back in one piece. United doesn’t exactly have the best record when it comes to that sort of thing. WWE Intercontinental champion Dolph Ziggler has been writing …
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How Do You Get Rid Of Your Landline When Your Landline Is Your Doorbell
For all sorts of reasons, Carin and I have been thinking a lot lately about getting rid of our house phone. We each have cell phones. We have unlimited Canadian long distance calling on them. We don’t call the States much, but if we need to we can always buy some Skype credits for cheap. …
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You Lost My Guitar
Believe it or not, the world’s airlines are still mishandling musicians’ guitars. And believe it or not, some musicians aren’t quite as nice about it as Dave Carroll was. On the way to record my new album US Airways lost my gate-checked guitar and has not replaced it. This is my ode to them and …
The TSA’s 12 Banned Items Of Christmas
Yeah, this is kind of a christmas themed video, but is there ever a bad time to point out how stupid the TSA’s can and cannot take on the flight with you rules are? The TSA’s 12 Banned Items of Christmas
U.S. Customs Demolishes 13 Handmade Flutes. Your Move, United
I imagine Boujemaa Razgui wishes that United had just broken his guitar. As much as that whole situation sucked and was shitty, it sounds much more pleasant than being out 13 irreplaceable handmade flutes because some dope at Customs in New York’s JFK airport mistook them for chunks of bamboo and had them destroyed. In …
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United Breaks Cats And Dogs
Actually, make that United *bakes* cats and dogs. But, according to Sinclair, her pets were not safe. In fact, she says, the comfort stop nearly killed them. As she sat in her window seat looking out onto the tarmac of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Sinclair says she saw a cargo employee kick Sedona’s …
Canada Post Is Going To Make Us Pay More Money For Less Service. Who Do They Think They Are, Bell?
In the face of mounting losses, Canada Post has come up with an innovative plan to keep its services sustainable. that plan? Massive service cuts and price increases. The Conference Board of Canada study estimated savings of $576 million a year by eliminating door-to-door delivery to urban homes. Those areas – which account for about …
We’ve Lived In Kitchener For A year. Oh, And Metropolitan Movers Is Still Amazingly Terrible
Today marks a year since Carin and I moved to Kitchener from guelph. I’m not sure where all that time went, but here we are. We’re doing well and really starting to like it here. We’re constantly learning more and more useful things about how to get around these 3 cities that somebody decided should …
United Breaks Hygiene
If just one airline is going to forget to bring toilet paper along on a 10-hour flight, you just know that that airline is gonna be United. That’s pretty gross and terrible, you’re saying. I wonder how those poor people managed all that time without proper shit tickets. Well, the United crew, helpful and resourceful …
How To Opt Out Of Bell’s New Everything Tracking And A Few Other Items Of Interest
Yesterday we learned of Bell’s plan to track the crap out of many of the services you pay them a king’s ransom for and then sell your usage patterns to whomever it chooses. Since then, a few things have happened. Several people have complained, which is nice. I don’t know how many, but it was …