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Re: 18 US Orthodox Jewish girls kicked off a Delta flight...
« Reply #1000 on: August 08, 2021, 03:46:06 PM »
X-posting here
You can write into the airline afterward to complain, but don’t get into a flight on the plane

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Re: Re: 18 US Orthodox Jewish girls kicked off a Delta flight...
« Reply #1001 on: August 08, 2021, 03:48:10 PM »
You can write into the airline afterward to complain, but don’t get into a flight on the plane
LOL, thanks
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1002 on: August 08, 2021, 03:50:55 PM »
Proofreader is on vacation, so please post any edits and any other tips :)

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/airlines/airline-news/psa-avoid-getting-kicked-off-next-flight/
Love it!

A few points:

"I wrote about how to avoid getting your credit card shutdown". Should be "shut down" (two words)

"so I figured I may as well write about how to avoid getting kicked off your flight as well" - double use of "as well". You may want to change it to "... I may as well also write about..." (and skip the last "as well")

"You can write into the airline afterward to complain, but don’t get into a flight on the plane or else you may find yourself kicked off a flight or blacklisted from future flights." should say "fight"

"However sticking a camera in a flight attendants face" - should have a comma after "however"



Sorry for nitpicking - it's a really great piece - but you asked for edits and this is what I've got.

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1003 on: August 08, 2021, 03:53:24 PM »
Love it!

A few points:

"I wrote about how to avoid getting your credit card shutdown". Should be "shut down" (two words)

"so I figured I may as well write about how to avoid getting kicked off your flight as well" - double use of "as well". You may want to change it to "... I may as well also write about..." (and skip the last "as well")

"You can write into the airline afterward to complain, but don’t get into a flight on the plane or else you may find yourself kicked off a flight or blacklisted from future flights." should say "fight"

"However sticking a camera in a flight attendants face" - should have a comma after "however"



Sorry for nitpicking - it's a really great piece - but you asked for edits and this is what I've got.

Perfect, thanks!
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1004 on: August 08, 2021, 03:54:01 PM »
“eyewitness” or “eye-witness” ? IINM it’s the former

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1005 on: August 08, 2021, 03:56:43 PM »
Not sure the lollipops will help
Trust me, I'm the last guy to make a scene in such a situation. You should hear me threaten my 3-year-old with all sorts of horrible things if he dares to remove his mask when we fly.
I once gave him a lollypop to suck because he wouldn't keep his mask on (midflight), the SWA FA got on the loudspeaker immediately: "Please make sure your mask is covering your mouth and nose unless actively eating...and no, lollypops don't count"! But she said it with a smile.

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1006 on: October 11, 2021, 02:06:24 PM »
can file under crazy stories for next news roundup  ???
https://onemileatatime.com/news/british-airways-long-flight-hong-kong/

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1007 on: October 11, 2021, 03:02:43 PM »
can file under crazy stories for next news roundup  ???
https://onemileatatime.com/news/british-airways-long-flight-hong-kong/
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I can’t imagine how tough this must have been for those in economy, between having to sit up and wear a mask for all of that time. Meanwhile for those in first and business class, maybe it wasn’t quite as bad.

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1008 on: October 29, 2021, 07:35:10 AM »
It's been too long without a Sunday roundup. Do I really have to start a Change.org petition to get another one??

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1011 on: January 09, 2022, 05:51:50 PM »
Yossi Jacobson? TIL that he's not YY in chabad
When he was maggid shiur in my yeshiva in CH a couple decades ago he was Jakey...
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1012 on: January 09, 2022, 05:52:41 PM »
It's been too long without a Sunday roundup. Do I really have to start a Change.org petition to get another one??
Nope.
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1014 on: January 09, 2022, 06:07:05 PM »

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1015 on: January 09, 2022, 06:07:55 PM »
When he was maggid shiur in my yeshiva in CH a couple decades ago he was Jakey...
Lol that's funny

I would use YY here, that's how he's known to your wider audience.

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1016 on: January 09, 2022, 06:09:03 PM »
Flights
Capitalize Placebo, or lower case nocebo.
Lol that's funny

I would use YY here, that's how he's known to your wider audience.
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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1018 on: January 09, 2022, 06:42:07 PM »
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Personally I was a Palm OS guy until switching to Android in 2011, but it’s crazy to think how crackberries have now come and gone. It’s also amazing that no modern phones have figured out how to properly implement a full keyboard.

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Re: Proofread DDMS Posts In Advance...
« Reply #1019 on: January 09, 2022, 06:42:56 PM »

Is that a typo, thought that was very much intentional?