is<\/strong><\/em> a plot).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis wouldn’t be so bad if airlines return to full (and free) beverage service (where you can get your soda refilled on flights of under an hour).<\/p>\n
Hotels now will supply toothpaste and skin and hair emollients, in addition to the shampoo and mouthwash they now put on the vanity?<\/p>\n
Body odor. It is so<\/i> foreign. -30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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