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Related: About this forumJohn Foggerty - City of New Orleans...
https://music.&list=RDAMVM7zmNs6sWTD8I think Steve Goodman would approve.
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John Foggerty - City of New Orleans... (Original Post)
OAITW r.2.0
Jul 2021
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question everything
(47,486 posts)1. First for a donkey to express himself in front of a mic
And the Teddy bear adds a nice touch
A nice way to end the day with a smile
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)2. I'm going to go with the original by Arlo Guthrie
I used to be an airline ticket agent at DCA, National Airport in Washington, DC. One afternoon, sometime in the late 1970s, a young man showed up, checking in for a flight, and he had several guitars with him. I told him he not only had to pay excess baggage rates for the guitars, but he also needed to carry them down to the gate because if I took them, they'd get put down our baggage chute, which was a barely controlled drop that honestly sometimes destroyed luggage. Once I was done with all that, and I will say that I recall he was polite and cooperative despite my aggressiveness, a fellow agent came over to me and asked to see the excess baggage form I'd filled out. He then made me look at the passenger's name. Arlo Guthrie. Oh, my. I had not recognized him, but the other agent had. I will probably never again meet Arlo Guthrie, but I feel, after all these many years, that I owe him an apology.
I had a certain amount of discretion about excess baggage. One time I was checking in a couple on their way to Philadelphia who had six or seven extra bags, beyond their free limit. I was writing up the excess baggage charges when they mentioned they were on their way to somewhere in Africa because they were now in the Peace Corps. I promptly voided the excess baggage charges, told them why (mainly because my very best friend then and to this day was a former Peace Corps Volunteer) but also told them that the next agent might not be as understanding. I have always hoped the next agent was as understanding.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)3. I think Steve Goodman wrote it.
Ptetty sure, But the Best Steve Goodman Song? Thus one...
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)4. Thank you for that.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)5. That's what I am here for/
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)6. Thank you.
thucythucy
(8,069 posts)7. Thank you for posting this!