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All Road And Air Traffic Will Eventually Go Electric |
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![](/images2/2011pics/srairplold3.jpg) According to some reports, the trend has already started and will happen totally within 25 years. Of course, some of we elder wanderers won’t be around to enjoy the reduced noise and end of gasoline-caused air pollution.
But thankfully, we’ll have the extreme pleasure of knowing travelers will no longer be robbed by Middle East oil emirs and their crooked American oil company pals.
The move away from oil dependency is already happening in England, India, France, Japan. China and other nations.
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Robocalls: Thieves Use Phone Info To Rob You |
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![](/images2/2011pics/robotevilcall.jpg) Ever-repeated TV ads about phony products and services are annoying enough. However. as hard as they try, the TV lawyers, drug makers and auto dealers are not quite as crooked as robocallers.
They’re the unwanted, too often daily, rings on your phone. Then, when you answer, you may hear a cheerful: How are you today? Or a similar insincere greeting.
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WOW Air Ads Offer $99.99 Tickets To Europe, But... |
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Good bargains, but why do they do the snarky 99¢ routine in their ads? Actually, the $99.99 one-way price quotes are before taxes and other charges. Why not reveal the real, out-of-pocket costs? Compared to most other airlines, they’re still a great bargain.
Taxes add another $50. The return flight is about $120. Checked bags could add another $50. Buy a seat upgrade: $20. For example, a total WOW round trip from Boston to Reykjavik may cost $400, not bad when compared with major airline lowest rate averages of $1,500.
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USA Today Advises Travelers With Depression |
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![](/images2/2011pics/srtaxi2.jpg) The informative article helps those with mental health problems cope with the strains of today’s air, sea and land challenges. Of course, the article is very competent and helpful, especially to wandering seniors.
We not only face the normal pressures of getting from here to there, but are more physically challenged than younger travelers. Therefore, we must add a list of on air, sea and land encounters that cause senior mental and physical breakdowns:
Crooked taxi drivers who charge an arm and a leg for a short ride Security guards who enjoy groping between arm and leg Snooty hotel desk clerks who put you in a $400-a-night closet Greedy travel agent who books your cheap seat $1,500 flight 500-pound seatmate who smells of stale tobacco and BO City guide who takes you to overpriced markets run by his family Gangs of ten-year-old pickpockets who greet you at the city park
www.usatoday.com/story/travel/advice/2017/09/28/traveling-depression
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