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Email from/to Mark

I love getting email from my older brother Mark. It's the most confused of all my relationships.  August 15-16th  http://kdvr.com/2015/08/15/d-c-new-york-flight-delays-caused-by-air-traffic-glitch-faa-says/ ----------------------------  Email from Mark: Mme?  Did the airline get u out?  --------------------------------- Email reply from Mme L: How astute of you to remember.  Yeah. Yes: by the very hair of my teeth. By FIVE stinkin' minutes and only because one of the pilots was double-parking his previous flight. Many didn't make it home at all and I had no kids, no plans I couldn't get out of today. I felt very guilty and you know I don't favor guilt. There were two large packs of  Chinese high school student totaling more than 120; these were informed that there two flights connecting back home  had been cancelled outright. Confusion, mayhem, hysteria. Bad very bad. I was a complete disaster: I may have burst...