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Life in the Silly and Weird Lane

Photo by Mary Vee I am sitting in the Chicago airport at this very moment. Hubby and I arrived an hour ago. The announcer said our flight to Paris would depart from gate H3. We had 3 hours to get there. How hard could it be? We gathered our things and walked into Ohara airport's terminals and looked for a monitor to confirm the information. Of course, Paris was the ONLY International city not listed. We saw a courtesy desk with two elderly volunteers. "Can you tell us which gate is for the flight for Paris?" The man looked at his pad of paper and said, go to gate K19. The answer seemed reasonable. But we had our doubts because he had his information scribbled on a small pad of paper. Halfway to gate K19 we saw a booth with American Airlines courtesy phones. We called the airlines and asked, what gate we should go to. The person said, "The gate has not yet been assigned." Really? Hubby and I walked a few gates farther and found an American Ai...