tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post113043433269403047..comments2024-03-25T08:08:23.132-07:00Comments on Who Has Time For This?: Heracles' Marathon to Olympus, Athena AwaitsDavid Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-81362556860345499242011-06-10T19:25:20.543-07:002011-06-10T19:25:20.543-07:00David,
I loved the story, and even more, your way...David,<br /><br />I loved the story, and even more, your way of telling it. <br />It also reminded me of the one below, which is incredibly touching (even for atheists):<br />http://www.simpletoremember.com/media/a/weareNeverAlone/<br /><br />Ehud from MowingoEhud Grunfeldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1151145092598963422006-06-24T03:31:00.000-07:002006-06-24T03:31:00.000-07:00Amazing...Just couldn't beleive!! I don't think su...Amazing...Just couldn't beleive!! I don't think such a thing can happen in India where you would've catched the same flight the next year........??Padmavathy Neelakandanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756637046009444325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1150209821613508612006-06-13T07:43:00.000-07:002006-06-13T07:43:00.000-07:00I missed a flight from Zurich to Athens just this ...I missed a flight from Zurich to Athens just this month, should have been there on the 18th May, put my coat on, touch my pocket where my passport SHOULD have been! Disaster. Amazingly I managed to get a replacement passport in a day from the British embassey (would have taken a week in the UK). Missed my class reunion with some very dear friends from LSE.Martin Garthwaitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418473285625244633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1141983671439831712006-03-10T01:41:00.000-08:002006-03-10T01:41:00.000-08:00Awesome story! Reminds me of a flight I took out ...Awesome story! Reminds me of a flight I took out of Orlando to return to San Jose in 2001. I woke up late and there were like 40 minutes to departure time and a 30 minute drive to the airport. I bolted down from the hotel room (the Best Western I think) and the receptionist said "you can't make it" as I checked out. To make matters worse I missed the airport exit and had to take a detour on the way. Next the car rental guys told me I would "not make it" but still drove me (fast) to the terminal. <BR/><BR/>They refused to check me in, but after a couple of calls on the wirless, relented, checked me in and opened the gate (the lady at the gate told me it was my lucky day). I got to the seat, plonked myself down and the flight took off as if on cue! <BR/><BR/>And like you, I remember just sitting there grinning from ear to ear on an adrenaline high.Ravihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840577284683683523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1137901797797921262006-01-21T19:49:00.000-08:002006-01-21T19:49:00.000-08:00That's beautiful.You can be sure I'll recite this ...That's beautiful.<BR/><BR/>You can be sure I'll recite this one in the future to some unsuspecting new friend as a wonderfully exciting anecdote; of course, I won't skip out on the 'don't expect a happy ending line,' to be sure.<BR/><BR/>About that miracles comment; I'm a christian, and I see no way one could say that G-d had to have a hand in that. It's somewhat ignorant, in fact, to say that. Just my two cents<BR/><BR/>.TimothyLacking Latinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039177124384724542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1137599003242129812006-01-18T07:43:00.000-08:002006-01-18T07:43:00.000-08:00As for the Lord, my only prayer would be: Next tim...<I>As for the Lord, my only prayer would be: Next time find a more grateful subject to toy with.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, so it's G-d's fault you didn't check your passport's expiry date? Don't expect much, do you?Stephen Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183937035380636377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1136881797354774512006-01-10T00:29:00.000-08:002006-01-10T00:29:00.000-08:00Great story. Be glad that you're not Canadian, to...Great story. Be glad that you're not Canadian, today, trying to do the same thing. I had to renew my passport 2 years ago and, since I couldn't find my birth certificate, I had to get a new birth certificate (usual waiting time, 20 WEEKS) and then the new passport (usual waiting time 20 BUSINESS DAYS). I ended up getting a new birth certificate processed quickly by going through my local provincial legislator (apparently the way people have always gotten birth certificates quickly) and paying lots of money for my new passport to be done "express": in a week. It still took almost a month, from beginning to end, along with lots of phone calls, begging visits to government offices and general annoyance.xuanzanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738961522556703419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1136498228869577472006-01-05T13:57:00.000-08:002006-01-05T13:57:00.000-08:00You write awesome stories! That was such a great ...You write awesome stories! That was such a great one. I enjoy reading your blog.Marisa And Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723437953752513539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1136394826316613892006-01-04T09:13:00.000-08:002006-01-04T09:13:00.000-08:00Aw, brilliant story!! See what faith can do? ;-)Aw, brilliant story!! See what faith can do? ;-)Bobbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10467498677570582093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1136021592450970822005-12-31T01:33:00.000-08:002005-12-31T01:33:00.000-08:00U seemed to be writing with all guns (err! kbd) bl...U seemed to be writing with all guns (err! kbd) blazing. nice pics and u seem to know about India. i am from india<BR/>www.bellicosebengali.blogspot.com<BR/>Warning: Graphic images of violence<BR/>I didnot sent u email because i have no such intention. HAA<BR/>Happy New year 2006Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1134475320891313372005-12-13T04:02:00.000-08:002005-12-13T04:02:00.000-08:00Amazing....!Amazing....!Aditi Das Patnaikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584644628667363025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1133265949119585802005-11-29T04:05:00.000-08:002005-11-29T04:05:00.000-08:00I tried the same thing at JFK in Dec 2001. KLM Fli...I tried the same thing at JFK in Dec 2001. KLM Flight to Amsterdam. And I was there half an hour before the flight departed. I begged the lady there, and everything.. No luck.<BR/><BR/>had to wait 24 hours in that lobby (spent all my money in NY)<BR/><BR/>But your story is really amazing.. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1132869572338286502005-11-24T13:59:00.000-08:002005-11-24T13:59:00.000-08:00that was like an episode of "24."two thumbs up!that was like an episode of "24."<BR/>two thumbs up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1132734484490162712005-11-23T00:28:00.000-08:002005-11-23T00:28:00.000-08:00Fantastic story. I know the feelings described. ...Fantastic story. I know the feelings described. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1132341135002761882005-11-18T11:12:00.000-08:002005-11-18T11:12:00.000-08:00A story to tell your grandchildren one day about t...A story to tell your grandchildren one day about the old days... Indeed I couldnt imagine something like that 15 years later...vasvoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957598792151795571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1132096028262864282005-11-15T15:07:00.000-08:002005-11-15T15:07:00.000-08:00It's funny what lenghths we will go through for th...It's funny what lenghths we will go through for the ones we love. The flip side to this coin boys, would we do it today? Not to sound like a DeBeers ad, but I hope I fight as hard for her today-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1132051210426061632005-11-15T02:40:00.000-08:002005-11-15T02:40:00.000-08:00Great story. You know you're not supposed to sit o...Great story. You know you're not supposed to sit on an ancient monument though, right? Also, there's no bus from Athens airport to Brendisi. Brindisi is in Italy. You probably mean Piraeus.μολτοhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482171887632253470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131978063512695892005-11-14T06:21:00.000-08:002005-11-14T06:21:00.000-08:00excellent story!!! Greetings from Greece..excellent story!!! Greetings from Greece..psarrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149958855363903695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131840027177146312005-11-12T16:00:00.000-08:002005-11-12T16:00:00.000-08:00Indeed we did, and made 3 little people! (Nathalie...Indeed we did, and made 3 little people! (Nathalie is also featured in my july 13 and sept 27 blog posts.)David Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131839464831887602005-11-12T15:51:00.000-08:002005-11-12T15:51:00.000-08:00did you get married?did you get married?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131778294257432032005-11-11T22:51:00.000-08:002005-11-11T22:51:00.000-08:00Let's only hope that Nathalie would to the same fo...Let's only hope that Nathalie would to the same for you...Valentín Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644752626097866752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131748051315918072005-11-11T14:27:00.000-08:002005-11-11T14:27:00.000-08:00Well done, you make all of us last minute boarders...Well done, you make all of us last minute boarders proud. An you tell a good story at that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131722766771979032005-11-11T07:26:00.000-08:002005-11-11T07:26:00.000-08:00What a beautiful story :)Well written, David.What a beautiful story :)<BR/><BR/>Well written, David.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131721927348958682005-11-11T07:12:00.000-08:002005-11-11T07:12:00.000-08:00That was great! Thanks for sharing a reminder that...That was great! Thanks for sharing a reminder that no matter how many say you can't do it, you still have a shot until YOU say you can't do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1131709408282058452005-11-11T03:43:00.000-08:002005-11-11T03:43:00.000-08:00I'm looking forward for the story on your return b...I'm looking forward for the story on your return back to US. :-)<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your stay here!<BR/><BR/>Panayotis (from Greece)Παναγιώτης Βρυώνηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647111892013876361noreply@blogger.com