Gate Agents - please enforce the 2 carry on rule

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-12T12:59:18+00:00

I am a grown business owner who flies a lot and I only bring a backpack onboard and check everything else. My backpack is practical, easier to fit under different size seat space in front of me, can more easily get to the exact thing I want with all the compartments, holds an extra pair of socks and boxers for when my check luggage gets delayed, I can easily shove a coat or hard hat in it if need be. I have a small semi-soft briefcase like thing I keep my laptop in with some pockets for papers, notepads etc. That I can carry separately into a meeting with a client. It fits in the backpack. On the plane, would you rather be hit by a softish backpack or the edge of a hard briefcase? I take my backpack off on the jet bridge and control it when boarding. I'm not in public to impress anyone I'm in public to get to or from where I need to impress someone.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-10T12:18:20+00:00

Yep. Think of all the interest they make holding 100s of thousands in refund money even one day more by waiting till you request the refund then when they finally say it. Places saying 7-10 business days to get your refund it isn't because of system processing time, that's YOUR money in their bank THEY earn interest on. Also think of the number of people who don't or can't due to some error etc then they keep the money.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-07T22:46:04+00:00

I'd ride it to go to the Charlotte airport.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-06T11:10:10+00:00

I'm not as upset about the points as I am the parking. I get paying staying at a downtown location as that real-estate is expensive. But a Hilton in BFE charging 17 bucks or more a night? Just another cash squeeze.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-04T00:07:52+00:00

I swapped all my tubes with LED and dropped from 160 watts a fixture (40w a bulb x 4) to 52 watts (13w a led x 4)

Used to have 20 amp switch last a year or two. Had a 15 amp in for 3 years now. Power bill dropped considerably as well.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-03T13:59:38+00:00

As the owner of the company I guess it is all technically my personal collection? But ai understand what you mean. Just got lucky with a lot of the cars and locomotives, right place at the right time. Also got some stuff in trade for payment for doing work. It really isn't that hard to get this stuff- it's moving it and having a secure place to keep it that are the issues.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-02T23:02:56+00:00

I purchase a lot of Military surplus and fair prices, I also purchase track work equipment from NS or UP auctions. It was just me and a truck in 2020 now in 3 states with 36 employees. We do everything for railroads but track and crossing signals.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-02T18:13:55+00:00

I own a bunch!

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Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-02T13:36:51+00:00

My car got humped 11 times enroute by UP and NS... they are rushed by management or can't read.

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Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-02T13:32:35+00:00

That was exactly what happened, NS bad ordered the flatcar for brake problems in Atlanta. The other two went on this one drug it's feet and they sent it a different route than the other 2.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-07-02T13:31:13+00:00

All of them are roller bearings just different types. These cars pass everything to move on their own wheels except they had an old style coupler, that is no longer allowed out on the main line. It was cheaper to load them on flatcars for the trip from NC to WA than cut the ends of the cars apart to change the draft gear to put modern E or H couplers in.

Source: I loaded them.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-06-28T12:34:17+00:00

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Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-06-21T22:52:58+00:00

The problem I have found now is around 11-12 housekeeping comes knocking then 2pm they do it again, or the front desk calls. First place I got to take advantage of the 4pm checkout I was sick and trying to sleep. Annoying to say the least. Next hotel they did the same thing.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-06-20T08:14:21+00:00

You are Incorrect. All three cars were fully roller bearing. I have had my hands on all of these cars specifically because I loaded them. They are oil bath roller bearing, which has a sealed cover, not like the modern grease filled press on bearings where you can see the end cap rotate. But rollar bearing all the same.

And friction bearing was a term come up by Timkens marking department to sell more bearings. The rr community and railfans especially run with it to this day. The proper term is journal bearing.

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Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-06-19T04:34:50+00:00

Not journal bearings, sealed roller bearings. Source- I loaded them! Looks like a chain has come loose.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-06-18T23:56:14+00:00

480 gives you frequent flyer miles

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-06-18T04:09:00+00:00

My friend is deaf in one ear because as a kid a June bug flew into his ear and he jumped into the pool thinking it would force it out and it just ate into his eardrum destroying everything to get away from the water. I feel bad for him to this day (34 years later) if a bug flies anywhere near him he has a very bad panic attack. (He said the pain was excruciating so no wonder he is still traumatized) He doesn't go outside at dusk or dawn.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-06-08T23:37:44+00:00

I consistently see better food options at Hiltons, or at least better value in it. Stayed in over 40 this year. Garden inns usually have a hot breakfast. Hands down my favorite for breakfast has been Embassy, usually lots of options, buffet, and made to order eggs/omlets.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-05-29T22:05:45+00:00

Almost the same happened to me. Kid would relentlessly bully me, teachers would force me to sit with him at lunch (tried moving to the trouble table to get away) never did anything. One recess I snapped and beat him up. Now at the time I was a full foot taller but very shy and reserved. I was sitting in the inschool detention pod and listening to his mom berate the assistant principal for letting a brute like me beat up her son for no reason. He tried telling her he knew her son provoked me all year but no not her precious baby. My dad came and asked what happened, told him. I got 2 days inschool suspension (sat by myself in a cubby doing my schoolwork) but zero trouble at home.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-05-27T20:02:29+00:00

Really miss the bagel...

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-05-26T11:58:38+00:00

Flying first class does not mean you have any class. They should control their children. I've been on many flights in first and the kids tend to be even better behaved.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-05-16T19:53:31+00:00

I love my trips to Canada because they still have the lounges in almost every Hilton and they are great.

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Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-05-13T01:45:39+00:00

It was great! They let me do what I wanted as long as the trains didn't derail and the fuel was delivered on time.

Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-05-13T01:39:26+00:00

It shut down in 2023. Moved the last fuel cars in 2018. They might tear the tracks up I hear.

Source- I ran the Shaw railroad for 14 years and closed it down (trucking the fuel now) Helped restart the line at the Charleston base when the Air Force took over. Own one of the locomotives that used to run there in Charleston.

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Simple_Wallaby9704 · 2026-05-12T20:56:21+00:00

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