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Remember Guess-Your-Weight Pitches At Carnivals?


If the guess was wrong, you got money. According to the London Sun, soon airlines may require passengers to be weighed before boarding. And if they determine you’re overweight, you’ll have to pay them more money.

The reason is that a plane full of heavy passengers uses up more fuel, thus costing the airline higher expenses. So, unless you’re ok with giving the airline fat cat executives heavier salaries, try to slim down for future flights. For more info, go to www.thesun.co.uk/travel/8895844/passengers-weighed-flights-airlines-save-fuel
Lonely Planet: World’s Top Ten Places To Visit Now PDF Print E-mail


Although some savvy senior wanderers may not agree nor ever heard of several of them, the list is an interesting compilation. They’re popular destinations suggested by Lonely Planet. They are, including two U.S. cities, in rank order:

Bordeaux, France; Cape Town, South Africa; Los Angeles CA; Merida, Mexico; Ohrid, Macedonia; Pistoia, Italy; Seoul, South Korea; Lisbon, Portugal; Moscow, Russia and Portland OR.

Er .... is something missing from that list? Has any senior wanderer ever heard about such obscure destinations as New York NY, London UK, Paris, France and Venice, Italy?. And where is Tony Bennett’s favorite city with the little cable cars that go halfway to the stars?
 
 
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