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Valerie

Member since: Jul 5th, 2006

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AOL Mystery Flyer: United Airlines Report Card (AOL Travel News)

May 23rd 2010 9:00PM From my observations as a flying customer, I would have to say that the problem is not the flight attendants. It is the passengers. I realize that flight attendants are supposed to "serve" the customers, but too many customers take advantage of that with multiple requests. I think I have only made a request once in my life to a flight attendant - once for a blanket. I do not understand why so many people feel the need for a FA to cater to their every whim.

Ask Gadling: Kids, allergies and travel (Gadling)

May 10th 2010 7:25AM To those of you who believe you can't become less sensitive to peanut allergies by ingesting tiny amounts of them, and gradually increasing the peanut dose - you are wrong. Duke University does this. Duke is one of the major teaching and research hospitals in the world. This desensitization treatment does not "cure" the allergy. These children are still allergic to peanuts. BUT by being less sensitive to peanuts, an exposure would not be fatal. I have a son with a peanut allergy who had to be treated with an Epi-Pen once. We have not taken part in the study, but have been invited by Duke to do so. I heard from someone who whose son did participate in the study, and they estimate that he could now ingest 7 peanuts without a reaction. They would never intentionally give their son peanuts, but since his allergy has been lessened to the point that he can safely ingest a few peanuts, he obviously will not go into anaphylactic shock just by being around peanuts. Look into the clinical studies currently being done at Duke and other reseach hospitals.

Mother Dressed as Princess Kicked Out of Disneyland Paris (AOL Travel News)

Apr 21st 2010 7:36AM I'm on the woman's side on this one. If Disney has bizarre rules like this they need to posted and well publicized. I would never had known that Disney only allows children ages 9 and under to wear dress up clothes at Disney if I hadn't read the article. Why do they let kids dress up but not adults? I certainly wouldn't care if it "confused children". Also, if a girl shows up in a princess dress do they demand to see proof that she is 9 or less? How many families would even enter Disney's parks with proof-of-age documents for their kids? Disney is weird.

African Billionaire's Family Surviving on U.S. Welfare (BV Black Spin)

Sep 1st 2009 7:53AM Why doesn't she get a job instead of living on welfare?

Jurors Taint Court Case With Incessant Internet Searches (Switched)

Mar 22nd 2009 8:05PM This is absolutely outrageous that so many jurors would behave in this manner. It is probably time to seriously think about "professional juries".

Passengers revolt and refuse to fly without a new pilot (Gadling)

Feb 19th 2009 7:33AM All this based on just some slurred words?? Perhaps the pilot had a speech impedient?

Palin's $180,000 Wardrobe Stuffed in Trash Bags, Not Donated (Stylelist)

Jan 27th 2009 9:42AM Who cares how much was spent on Sarah Palin's clothes or what happens to them now. The money was a pittance compared to total campaign costs of either party. Come on, honestly, aren't there more important issues in our country right now?

The Most Irritating Phrases in the English Language (Lemondrop)

Nov 22nd 2008 11:15AM The one written word that annoys me the most (other than texting slang like ur used in regular e-mails) is "prolly" written when someone meant "probably". I even looked prolly up in the dictionary the first time I saw it. It is not a word.

Bus driver leaves five-year-old to make his own way home (ParentDish)

Sep 26th 2008 10:50AM A child falling asleep on a bus is a very dangerous thing. Children have died that way. Bus seats are high so a young child asleep might not be noticed. I would imagine that proper protocol would be for the bus driver to check to make sure that no one is still on the bus before parking the bus at the end of the route. The vast majority of the time the bus would be empty, but if a bus driver forgets to check, the outcome could be tragic.

Bus driver leaves five-year-old to make his own way home (ParentDish)

Sep 26th 2008 9:05AM The bus driver's behavior was inexcusable! He should be fired. There is no excuse for endangering a child that way.