Don't you just love airline ads, like this one from Emirates promoting their new non-stop service from San Francisco to Dubai.....

They make it look so wonderful. Large, comfortable seats. Excellent service featuring wine and caviar. Of course, that's only true if you're in one of the 5 first class seats on a 500 seat airliner. For the rest of us, it's this........

I used to love to travel. Especially international. But, I avoid flying like the plague these days. I only travel places where it's close enough to drive. I guess there's only so much sitting crammed in a seat with my knees poking out my eyes while the guy in front of me reclines for 18 hours that I can take.