{"id":31935,"date":"2012-12-27T23:16:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T06:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/tales-of-flight.html"},"modified":"2012-12-27T23:16:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T06:16:25","slug":"tales-of-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/tales-of-flight.html","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wouldn&#39;t call these &quot;shocking,&quot; but they are kind of interesting. \u00a0I might think of something other than Diet Coke to order in the future.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/diet-coke-plane.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/archives\/131754'>10 Shocking Secrets of Flight Attendants &#8211; Mental Floss<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 Flight Attendant SecretsHeather Poole has worked for a major airline for more than 15 years. We begged her to reveal 10 workplace secrets.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/8vuruUBUATN' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wouldn&#39;t call these &quot;shocking,&quot; but they are kind of interesting. \u00a0I might think of something other than Diet Coke to order in the future. Embedded Link 10 Shocking Secrets of Flight Attendants &#8211; Mental Floss 10 Flight Attendant SecretsHeather Poole has worked for a major airline for more than 15 years. 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