Book Board Chat

Hi Everyone
It's me again, finally have something to write about. I saw that everyone was discussing our beautiful weather so I thought I would add my two cents. On January 5th it dropped down to -18 and I quite looking for the wind chill. On the 6th I had an early evening flight from Chicago-O'hara to Dallas-Fort Worth. I live in Rockford, IL roughly 90 miles North-West and take a bus in to O'hara. As they request you to be 2 hours early I planned at least 3 hours in case of accidents/weather. My plane at that time was listed as on time! Worst of the bus trip was going out the station door and across the ice unmelted on the sidewalk to the bus. Got to airport on time--a little early, showed them my boarding pass, did a compliementry quick luggage drop and stood in line for security. Let me tell you, everything out of your pockets I don't care what it is, be it kleenix, lip gloss, letters, if it is not part of the pocket it comes out. As I am now 76 I got to keep my shoes on and my light jacket(I dressed in layers because of difference in weather), but I did get patted down, guess the ex-ray isn't enough any more. After throwing away my water bottle I started the long long walk to terminal E and my gate. To wait and wait. There were delays, some told me they had been on lists since the day before. Thank the Lord I packed a lunch for a 2 hour flight, only had to buy a $3.00 bottle of water. The airline started canceling flights about 8 pm and offering refunds for those who wished to try another day. By this time I would have to wait for the early morning bus around 6 am to return home so I said we are only delayed and I have no where to go, I'll just wait as long as they don't cancel my flight. H--l I will have to wait til bus runs to go anywhere any way. So all evening I people watched and talked to people. My DD's tell me not to talk to strangers but I have not yet met a stranger. It seems the pumping equipment that pumps the fuel froze up, not with just my airline but most all of the airlines were having the same trouble. Felt sorry for the ground crews working on this little problem by this time it was down around -17. By the time they got enough fuel boarded they boarded us and we left about 2 hours after we should have been landing at DFW.
I have rambled long enough, we will just call this journal chapter 1. I am generally a 1 a day book reader, it took me the full week to read 1.
Take care and stay warm
Marefus