On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:10:28 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I don't know how old you are, but there was actually a time when
flying was comfortable and enjoyable.

And expensive!

In 1958, I left my job in Frankfurt and looked at modes of
transportation home. I got a ticket on the Holland-America line for
$278. An airplane would have been $400--one-way!

To translate into millennium dollars, multiply by ten.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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