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But I will get it back\u2026 Leaving for the \u201cDownUnder\u201d  again\u2026 not a tour<\/strong> or vacation, just work and won\u2019t see much this time<\/strong> either\u2026 although a new spot for me\u2026 pictures later\u2026 but as review\u2026 start here:<\/p>\n

DownUnder trip<\/a><\/p>\n

I won\u2019t be making the New Zealand portion this time\u2026 but will be BUTT weary from being on the airplanes too damn much\u2026 and I do not get good seats, just cheapest thing the company can buy\u2026 you would think that after 30 y ears they would give a little extra consideration but no way\u2026 only the TOPDOGS<\/strong> get to fly<\/strong> anything better than last row economy\u2026 sucks for me\u2026<\/p>\n

When this posts I should be getting on the plane<\/strong> for the 16+ hour<\/strong> flight<\/strong> to western Australia<\/strong> and still have a 3+ hour<\/strong> flight<\/strong> to the next port with night layover and then another few hours into the \u201coutback\u201d\u2026 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

REX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But I will get it back\u2026 Leaving for the \u201cDownUnder\u201d  again\u2026 not a tour or vacation, just work and won\u2019t see much this time either\u2026 although a new spot for me\u2026 pictures later\u2026 but as review\u2026 start here:<\/p>\n

DownUnder trip<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t be making the New Zealand portion this time\u2026 but will be BUTT weary from being on the airplanes too damn much\u2026 and I do not get good seats, just cheapest thing the company can buy\u2026 you would think that after 30 y ears they would give a little extra consideration but no way\u2026 only the TOPDOGS get to fly anything better than last row economy\u2026 sucks for me\u2026<\/p>\n

When this posts I should be getting on the plane for the 16+ hour flight <\/p>\n

“And Now the Rest of the Story – “Once more I get to loose a day\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-12672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christmas-letters","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nOnce more I get to loose a day\u2026 - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/04\/once-more-i-get-to-loose-a-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Once more I get to loose a day\u2026 - 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