Soon You Can Clip On the Go-Go in the Air-Air


	Soon You Can Clip On the Go-Go in the Air-Air

floridapublisher

7-2-2008 1:48 AM

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floridapublisher says:

The original article was in The Wall Street Journal. Now that in-flight service is available, what do you suppose is next? Underwater internet service? I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Once in a while, it's nice to be "unavailable."

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