IJMC - The Flight of the Shepard

Wow. Tuesday. I was asked in email what happenned to my diet. Well, it 
wasn't a diet, it was exercise...and every Tuesday I was supposed to post 
my weight (my choice) after my blurb. Uhm, well, I forgot. Not cool. Also 
not cool that my weight's up a bit. Going to have to make the time to 
keep up the routine, two days a week isn't doing it.                -dave

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I was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles.  By the time we took
off,  there had been a 45-minute delay and everybody on board was ticked.

Unexpectedly, we stopped in Sacramento on the way.  The flight
attendant explained that there would be another 45-minute delay, and if we
wanted to get off the aircraft, we would reboard in 30 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman who was blind.  I
noticed him as I walked by and could tell he had flown before because
his Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him
throughout the entire flight.  I could also tell he had flown this very flight
before because the pilot approached him and, calling him by name, said,
"Keith, we're in Sacramento for almost an hour.  Would you like to get off and
stretch your legs?"  Keith replied, "No thanks, but maybe my dog would
like to stretch his legs."

Picture this All the people in the gate area came to a completely
quiet standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with
the Seeing Eye dog!  The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People
scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they also were trying
to change airlines!
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