[ckissick]

Reminds of the time I flew out of Sydney, en route to LA. We were in a 747 with not one empty seat. I think I was the only passeneger who was not a John Deere dealer or his wife.

Imagine this: About 200 tractor dealers from Kansas, Nebraska, etc. Each one the size of an offensive lineman. And their wives were even bigger. Apparently, while every Billy Bob and Jerry Jeff was boozing it up at the convention center, every Betty Lou and Norma Jean was hitting the malls of Sydney, and hitting them hard, denuding Australia of every last kangaroo-based knick-knack and any other piece of crap they could buy. I still don't know how that 747 ever got off the ground. I think we dragged a length of chain link all the way to LAX.