tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post8805815930502663080..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.401-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Phil and Patti's Truly Horrible Adventurepattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5337508063510117702011-03-25T07:46:56.538-04:002011-03-25T07:46:56.538-04:00We had a bad trip to England once-supposed to stay...We had a bad trip to England once-supposed to stay a year and came back in ten days because we could not find housing within three hours of Oxford. It took us ten years to pay that one off.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-77666563505611790592011-03-24T22:08:44.280-04:002011-03-24T22:08:44.280-04:00I've had bad trips, but none of them were near...I've had bad trips, but none of them were nearly that expensive.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-80514750504592265572011-03-24T09:56:07.261-04:002011-03-24T09:56:07.261-04:00(the extra six is for extra sicks)(the extra six is for extra sicks)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-78218134650282953182011-03-24T09:45:16.817-04:002011-03-24T09:45:16.817-04:00I was used to "gringo" huevos rancheros,...I was used to "gringo" huevos rancheros, and didn't note that the hr served to me wasn't just scrambled eggs with salsa or even that with cheese but loaded with intestinal sausage...till I was about halfway through. It proceeded, in tandem with whatever Continental was pleased to share with all the passengers on flight 6666, to make a sausage of my intestines and immune system generally for the next coupla days.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71386861315263031762011-03-24T08:25:14.170-04:002011-03-24T08:25:14.170-04:00Accidental Ingestion of Chorizo?
There's a st...Accidental Ingestion of Chorizo?<br /><br />There's a story there, Todd.<br /><br />Amd as Dave Barry would say, a good name for a rock band.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10511549820418299712011-03-24T08:23:03.144-04:002011-03-24T08:23:03.144-04:00Nothing like yours though some time I can tell eve...Nothing like yours though some time I can tell everyone about how our wedding went.<br /><br />So sorry to hear about the trip.Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18127933798294275172011-03-24T06:48:29.009-04:002011-03-24T06:48:29.009-04:00I can't help but think of the line from "...I can't help but think of the line from "Withnail & I": "We've gone on holiday by mistake."<br /><br />So far (fingers firmy crossed) our trips have all been relatively pleasant with none of the horrors you endured. The worst thing that has happened to us was losing our camera (with over 200 pictures on it) on the last day of our Washington D.C. vacation in 2007. As traumatic holidays go, that's pretty minor (although I'd love to have those pictures back!)Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22228319898589607932011-03-23T21:45:44.148-04:002011-03-23T21:45:44.148-04:00I have never traveled well. Lots of anger when thi...I have never traveled well. Lots of anger when things don't go well. What you describe would have induced in me rage-o-rama. My poor wife. A wonderful description of a trip to hell, Patti.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25089122578866045782011-03-23T19:58:17.872-04:002011-03-23T19:58:17.872-04:00Continental Airlines disease incubator and acciden...Continental Airlines disease incubator and accidental ingestion of chorizo helped make for my worst trip so far, I'd say...though at least that one didn't have too much trip-stress interpersonal hassle, such as with the folks early on or with lovers and friends (including hosts) later on...<br /><br />Definitely look into those hotels, increasingly common (less so in NYC?)(at remotely acceptable prices?) with kitchenettes...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8685282800772722011-03-23T18:34:38.620-04:002011-03-23T18:34:38.620-04:00Why, no. Every trip I've ever taken has been s...Why, no. Every trip I've ever taken has been superb. Free upgrades to First Class on the flights, upgrades to luxury suites in the hotels, complementary chauffeured limos wherever we went. The food and drink was always top notch. There was never a hint of illness or injury. The wild animals posed for our cameras, the sun came out just as we arrived, the rain was only gentle and refreshing, the lines non-existent. I just can't imagine what you must have done, which of the gods you must have angered, to have the problems you describe. <br /><br />Uh, well there was getting sick on the train and no one would let us into the bathroom, and the rafting trip in the icy pouring rain, and the flight with a seat by the bathroom and the screaming, stinking child next to us, and the lost camera with a week's fabulous photos, and the motel cafe with food made of processed cardboard and limp vegetable rejects, and coming down with the stomach flu for FIVE days as soon as we got to the wonderful cabin on the coast, and the rental car that rolled down the hill into a tree, and well, you get the idea. But all that really didn't matter, did it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46027699967714452512011-03-23T16:59:53.304-04:002011-03-23T16:59:53.304-04:00If you travel a lot, as you and Phil are able to d...If you travel a lot, as you and Phil are able to do, then that probably ups your odds of having a clunker once in a while. Look at it this way--the next one will seem like the Best Trip Ever! by comparison. And take care of that ankle...BV Lawsonhttp://inreferencetomurder.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52032259148693776482011-03-23T15:49:16.351-04:002011-03-23T15:49:16.351-04:00Yvette, I like it, especially the Metrecal. I won...Yvette, I like it, especially the Metrecal. I wonder how many people even remember that.<br /><br />I bet it would make a good movie.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70727450376007594512011-03-23T15:46:56.595-04:002011-03-23T15:46:56.595-04:00Pretty nasty, Yvette.
I should mention we have ha...Pretty nasty, Yvette. <br />I should mention we have had many fine trips to New York. Although we have stayed in some places that were almost but not quite this bad. <br />You pay your money and take your chances with apartments. Hotels, you can check out if the room isn't to your liking.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88788068351716622552011-03-23T15:43:40.052-04:002011-03-23T15:43:40.052-04:00Exactly what Phil said, Ron.
Give yourself a few ...Exactly what Phil said, Ron. <br />Give yourself a few years, Chris. It will come.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28198279734270170872011-03-23T15:34:03.436-04:002011-03-23T15:34:03.436-04:00Sounds like scenes from Neil Simon's THE OUT O...Sounds like scenes from Neil Simon's THE OUT OF TOWNERS... I've had bad vacations, but your experience beats mine by a mile.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84157726125060236462011-03-23T15:20:57.716-04:002011-03-23T15:20:57.716-04:00Sorry to hear about your terrible trip, Patti. I&#...Sorry to hear about your terrible trip, Patti. I've had bad spots here and there, but never for entire trips.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070278104646895235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90321609413506722552011-03-23T15:15:24.819-04:002011-03-23T15:15:24.819-04:00OMG! Patti, I feel for you. This sounds like the s...OMG! Patti, I feel for you. This sounds like the sort of thing that might happen to me - 'ME' being the bad luck magnet of the universe. Jeez. I'm trying to remember if I've ever had such a disaster of a trip...I did, once, go cross-country (NYC to California) by Greyhound bus, but I survived and thinking back it wasn't as bad as it should have been. Though I spent a lot of time crying when I realized that the rest of the country didn't look like New York. (I was about 19 at the time.)And in Reno, Nevada they expected me to pay for tap water and I'd packed all my money in my suitcase which was unreachable at the time. (Possibly it was even on another bus.) Didn't have anything left to eat in my carry-on bag but a couple of cans of Metrecal. Luckily, a nice young sailor came to my rescue. <br /><br />When we reached California and my eventual destination of Monterey. I was expected to shop for my own food and when I did so that afternoon into evening. I got so lost in those twisty California streets and didn't know where the hell I was with my little pull wagon full of groceries and the sky getting darker and darker. I finally saw a mailman drive up his driveway and his family opened the door to him, I threw myself on their mercym - literally. SOBBING my story of just having arrived from NYC and not knowing where I was. SO embarrassing. They took pity on me - clearly I was demented. And once I told them the address where I was supposed to be staying, they drove me back. <br /><br />Does that count as a misery trip?<br /><br />Best I could come up with.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13208812035772256842011-03-23T14:41:19.477-04:002011-03-23T14:41:19.477-04:00My one trip to New York was pretty nice, although ...My one trip to New York was pretty nice, although we did stay in a tiny place without much room. Still, we were scarcely in the room anyway. Still, I've had a few pretty bad trips. Maybe not "this" bad.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88443993193991745502011-03-23T14:15:02.426-04:002011-03-23T14:15:02.426-04:00This was on VRBO, which we have had good luck with...This was on VRBO, which we have had good luck with. The mistake was rushing into it this time.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47562889134660109182011-03-23T14:00:34.235-04:002011-03-23T14:00:34.235-04:00If I've had a trip as bad as this it, like Geo...If I've had a trip as bad as this it, like George's adventure, is well buried in the subconscious hopefully to never surface again. I'm a review reader for accommodation - Tripadvisor or another, though I'm too lazy to post up my own! It's usually pretty good. And I always pick serviced apartments, if we go that route. You'll be dining on this trip for a while.Rob Kitchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19490652329088520242011-03-23T13:45:12.547-04:002011-03-23T13:45:12.547-04:00Sheesh, never had some ones that sucked, but never...Sheesh, never had some ones that sucked, but never that bad.Chris Rhatiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769089157184374652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87881820234279034922011-03-23T11:03:48.621-04:002011-03-23T11:03:48.621-04:00I'll save you the horror of an explanation. It...I'll save you the horror of an explanation. It wasn't a plague of locusts though.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15867279207338274522011-03-23T10:48:03.206-04:002011-03-23T10:48:03.206-04:00Oh dear; should one laugh or cry - but I must admi...Oh dear; should one laugh or cry - but I must admit that those biblical things you didnĀ“t know still existed make me mighty curious ;)Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47996850457745467412011-03-23T09:57:25.332-04:002011-03-23T09:57:25.332-04:00Patti - Oh, what a horrible, horrible trip! I am s...Patti - Oh, what a horrible, horrible trip! I am so sorry that happened to you! I have to say, nothing that's happened to me has been quite that bad. But I have had some pretty unpleasant experiences. I'm just glad you're back home safely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42967532946213568862011-03-23T09:47:44.407-04:002011-03-23T09:47:44.407-04:00Wow, this is really, really awful. I can't say...Wow, this is really, really awful. I can't say I've ever had a trip that bad...<br /><br />I've had my share of lousy hotels and rentals, though. I'm Dutch, so cheap by nature--but not when it comes to lodging, not anymore. I'm at the point where if I can't afford a decent place to stay, I'm just not going.<br /><br />In your case, I don't think you could've predicted this though. You were duped, plain and simple.<br /><br />Hope you feel better soon...YA Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371132883359264412noreply@blogger.com