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April 02, 2005
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and rental car buses
The trip down to the Bay Area/Valley was a thrash. I was late to the airport, tried to use the terminal to check in and as usual was not able to. Two reasons it turns out. First the flight was cancelled. This is a pretty common occurance going/coming to/from the Bay Area on Alaska according to friends who commute a lot. There is a second reason, which is why I have not been successful using a terminal to check in for a while. Apparently my name has made it onto the TSA watch list. Super. So now when I want to fly, I need to leave an extra 30 minutes for the Airline attendant to take my ID and look me up in some government database. They gave me an 8th generation xerox form on how to contact the government and get this fixed. Yeah, that'll work. After this post I'll probably go on some other list.
So I was able to catch a flight into San Francisco but my rental car was waiting in San Jose and they were out of cars in SF. Plus the drop-off fee is $100. So I ended up taking BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) over one stop and hopping on CalTrain. $3.00 and 45 minutes later, I'm at my destination in Sunnyvale. Sure beats fighting the traffic on the 101. When I was done, I hopped back on CalTrain, got off at Santa Clara and caught a free bus to the airport to pick up my rental car.
It was like 80 ° in the valley Thursday. I was half tempted to stay. The weather in Seattle has been so bad this last week, that the ski slopes have finally opened the ski season.
Posted by David Adams at April 2, 2005 09:48 PM
Comments
Hey David,
Couldn't resist posting a comment:
You're forming the possessive of your name incorrectly. It should be written:
David Adams's.
I know it looks funny but it's grammatically correct. Your last name is not a noun nor is it plural.
The only name who gets an s' is Jesus.
Read your Strunk & White.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1
:-)
Posted by: Nina at April 4, 2005 04:46 PM
In general you are correct. However for possesives that sound awkward, end in a 'z' sound, or have been traditionally spelled without the 's; no s is added. This is why Jesus' is proper. The same hold true for Adams' .
I'll see your "Strunk & White", and raise you a "Gregg Reference Manual", and a first edition of "The Education of Henry Adams".
-David
Posted by: David Adams at April 4, 2005 08:48 PM