Just kidding JP. Have been to both NC and SC and loved every minute of = it, incl. the golf! And I just LOVE those old homes around Charleston. Liam. YVR. Fan of REAL money. =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: www.joepries.com=20 To: The Airline List ; Liam Tully=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:15 AM Subject: Re: U.S. Airports Not Ready For Airbus A380, Says Lufthansa Grant, Liam, all, I know its been quite a while for me, but i've been monitoring = nontheless- my life is insanely busy so posting is on the bottom of the = list unfortunately. As far as Charlotte, it is the most underestimated = city in the country- the growth here is phenomenal- there are many folks = moving here from the northeast, many with money and it shows, the homes = being built, the neighborhoods, the beauty here is just wonderful- if = you've never been here, you think rednecks and fields- couldn't be = further from the truth, believe me. LH is starting A340 daily MUC-CLT = service in 10 days, this is the 2nd biggest banking center in the = country next to NYC, even bigger than San Francisco's banking center- = imagine?? And golf courses? man o man, there are some beautiful ones here, = some that rival many others around the country. I don't golf but i know = beautiful courses when i see them and they are here. on the DAL flight, i went to the MUC slide convention, supposed to = be for 24 hours and I fly standby on a pass so i barely got on friday = night, last coach seat on the airplane, and coming back sunday i was = bumped because sat night the military booked a bunch of soldiers = returning from Doha. I had no problem being bumped so that our guys can = get home so I did not feel bad. Monday morning i got on, sat in 12C so = that was nice and the beef tenderloin was absolutely delicious.. -also = nice flying a 732 clt-atl & atl-clt JP