"Tell me about it! I recently got trapped that way flying from Rio de Janeiro to Miami"

Just passing through but had to stop and smile and comment on this thread.

Just flown back to California from Philadelphia this past weekend and got to experience the other way of being "trapped".

Within minutes of getting settled on the Philly to Chicago flight the woman next to me couldn't help herself and I learned all about her grand-children whose mother was a heathen and they have no faith and she's so worried and on and on.....

Then on the Chicago to Oakland portion before I could get my iPod headset on I learned that my neighbor was going to Ca. to run in the Bay to Breakers..... naked.... and that next month he's going to do a naked bicycle ride.

Got that headset on as fast as possible....

V.