PREFACE

As I reached the front of the check-in line in Cleveland, Ohio, the airline representative asked me where I was going and I said, “Los Angeles.” She asked if I was checking any bags, and I replied, “Three.” I also stated, “I would like one bag checked to L.A., the second checked to Istanbul, Turkey, and the third to Auckland, New Zealand.”

With an icy stare and a cutting tone to her voice she slapped her hand on the counter and declared, “Impossible! We can’t do that.”

“That’s funny,” I replied. “Last month you did it for me and I didn’t even ask you to!”

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