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My Dad was a world traveler and I'm grateful that he got to see some amazing places. Back in the '80s he and my mother visited the Middle East and they were on a plane on the tarmac in Cairo headed for Amman, Jordan. My Dad was quite outgoing, enjoyed meeting and talking with people, and he started up a conversation with the gentleman seated next to him on the plane. Just to break the ice he asked he man if he thought it would be as hot in Amman as it was there in Cairo. The man looked surprised and he said "This plane does not go to Amman, this plane goes to Baghdad!" If it wasn't for my Dad being friendly, my parents would have ended up in Iraq! 
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