Passenger Lands in Hospital, Misses Flight When Fitness Tracking Ring Crushes Finger [Roundup]

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  1. Seeing the false Canadian/Americans is not unusual. I’ve seen them in Spain, Mauritius, England, France, Malta etc. etc. The funniest was in Mexico, which is filled with Americans. I could not figure out why they wanted to be Canadian. Then it hit me. Magic number 47.

  2. @Steve M. — Those imposters! Magic number(s) 45 and 47, and before that, 43, due to the whole Iraq (2003). Yeah, Canada’s been making better decisions…

  3. Personally, I’d be embarassed to be from Canada. Being led by little lord Carney and his “elbows up” douchebaggery. And, worse yet, this guy will probably stay in power because Canada is so pro socialism that they don’t care about being weaker than Honduras. Not a flag I’d want to display. Then again, I didn’ t vote for Tampon Tim either.

  4. Asiana is a real loss to the miles game. Probably the Asian airline that has been most available, even using Lifemiles. A bit shambolic on the ground, and a solidly mediocre cabin product, but often a great resource. Korean is better in most every way except that I’ve never been able to score an award and have only flown them on paid tickets – though many years ago they were very good for Amex’s long gone BOGO program. Asiana will be missed.

  5. Wait, you’re supposed to put the ring on your finger? Be right back.
    BTW Obama was the 43rd, Biden was the 45th, and the 47th isnt until Trump’s replacement’s replacement.

  6. @AlanZ — Well… 37 Nixon (Watergate), 31 Hoover (Great Depression), 17 Johnson and 15 Buchanan (botched before and after the Civil War), 7 Jackson (Trail of Tears)…yeah, bit of a pattern, but it’s probably nothing.

    @AngryFlier — Thank goodness you aren’t Canadian. Good riddance to you.

  7. @This comes to mind –

    What are you talking about? Trump was 45, Biden was 46, and Trump is 47. When Presidents serve non-consecutive terms, they’re counted twice. Grover Cleveland was 22 & 24.

  8. I have not put my miles on Asiana’s mileage program but rather on an American airline partner’s. I have found the coach accommodations quite reasonable and I like to be able to buy a coach seat upstairs on the A380 for a reasonable fee. Having flown both, I prefer Asiana’s meals to Korean Airline’s but they are not far apart. I will have flown six flight segments on Asiana this year by year’s end with two more at the beginning of next year. I hope the decision to quit flying the A380 after the merger is complete gets rescinded.

  9. “Grover Cleveland was 22 & 24.” A person can’t be the 22nd and 24th president. It’s not physically possible. He was the 22nd person to become president.

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