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patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Well the Salt Lake City show I guess wasn't ment to be for me. Getting up early and being on time for my flight yes I did that. What I wasn't expecting was the 2 hr delay due to a surprise FAA inspection on my flight. Something with the back door not sealing the right way and we had to wait and wait until that was fixed. The wait caused myself and many others on my flight to miss our connecting flights in Vegas. Watching the clock and time not on my side was painful but nothing I could have done. Would have got into Salt Lake way late and after a while I cut my losses and made the best of it. Called up a old co-worker who lives in Vegas now and him and his wife picked me up. Enjoyed a nice dinner and a drive down the Vegas strip and relaxed at my friend's home. It was nice also to enjoy some New Glarus Spotted Cow beers. :) I haven't looked at last nites setlist but maybe will sometime. I know I missed a good one but there will be more shows. Sorry that I missed many of you last nite but will see you around the bend soon. And this makes me wanna do Philly even more now. hehe :D

Ohhh and US Airways can kiss my ass!!!!!
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  • Got Some If You Need ItGot Some If You Need It Posts: 435
    THAT SUCKS! that would be like my worst nightamare. i feel for ya dude and im gonna pour one out for ya
    PJ: Hartford 6/27/08 Mansfield 6/30/08 Philly 3 Oct. 30 2009
    Philly 4 Oct. 31 2009 Hartford May 2010 Boston May 2010 MSG 1 May 2010
    EV: Albany 1 and 2 June 2009 Providence June 15 2011 Hartford June 18 2011
  • randallanddarcyrandallanddarcy Posts: 813
    That fucking sucks big time. Sorry to hear that. There's no romance in flying any more.
    My Pearl Jam shows: 1 in 1995, 2 in 1998, 20 in 2003, 13 in 2006, 3 in 2007, 8 in 2008, 5 in 2009, 4 in 2010, 5 in 2012. EV: 8 in 2011, 1 in 2012. Brad: 1 in 1998, 1 in 2002.
  • PearlJamPatriotPearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    Oh man. That is fucking terrible man! Im so sorry that happened to you. I cant even imagine that.
    Pearl Jam Shows: 1998 - 9/11 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 9/13 Hartford, CT || 2000 - 8/24 Wantagh, NY (Jones Beach 2); 8/27 Saratoga Springs; 8/29 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 8/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2) || 2003 - 4/29 Albany, NY; 5/3 State College, PA; 7/2 Mansfield (night 1); 7/6 Camden, NJ (night 2); 7/8 New York, NY (MSG night 1) || 2004 - 9/28 Boston, MA (night 1); 9/29 Boston, MA (night 2) || 2005 - 10/3 Philadelphia, PA || 2006 - 5/12 Albany, NY; 5/13 Hartford, CT; 5/24 Boston, MA (night 1); 5/25 Boston, MA (night 2); 5/27 Camden, NJ (night 1); 5/28 Camden, NJ (night 2)|| 2008 - 6/19 Camden, NJ (night 1); 6/24 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 6/25 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 6/27 Hartford, CT; 6/28 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 6/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2); 7/1 New York, NY (Beacon Theater)|| 2009 - 9/21 Seattle, WA (night 1); 9/22 Seattle, WA (night 2); 10/27 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 1); 10/28 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 2); 10/30 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 3); 10/31 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 4)|| 2010 - 5/15 Hartford, CT; 5/17 Boston, MA; 5/20 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 5/21 New York, NY (MSG night 2)|| 2011 - 9/3 East Troy, WI (PJ20); 9/4 East Troy, WI (PJ20) || 2012 - 9/2 Philadelphia, PA, 9/30 Missoula, MT || 2013 - 7/19 Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), 10/12 Buffalo, NY, 10/15 Worcester, MA (night 1), 10/16 Worcester, MA (night 2), 10/18 Brooklyn, NY (night 1), 10/19 Brooklyn, NY (night 2), 10/25 Hartford, CT || 2014 - 10/22 Denver, CO || 2015 -  9/26 New York, NY (Global Citizen Festival) || 2016 - 5/1 New York, NY (night 1), 5/2 New York, NY (night 2), 8/5 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1), 8/7 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 2) || 2018 - 9/2 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1) || 2020 - 3/30 New York, NY
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  • markin ballmarkin ball Posts: 1,075
    Very sorry. I feel your pain. I missed a vacation day in Hawaii due to similar circumstances. What I learned was...NEVER BOOK A FLIGHT WITH A LAYOVER IF IT IS IMPORTANT! May the next show you get to be one of the best ever.
    "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win ."

    "With our thoughts we make the world"
  • Brain Of JeremyBrain Of Jeremy Posts: 135
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Well the Salt Lake City show I guess wasn't ment to be for me. Getting up early and being on time for my flight yes I did that. What I wasn't expecting was the 2 hr delay due to a surprise FAA inspection on my flight. Something with the back door not sealing the right way and we had to wait and wait until that was fixed. The wait caused myself and many others on my flight to miss our connecting flights in Vegas. Watching the clock and time not on my side was painful but nothing I could have done. Would have got into Salt Lake way late and after a while I cut my losses and made the best of it. Called up a old co-worker who lives in Vegas now and him and his wife picked me up. Enjoyed a nice dinner and a drive down the Vegas strip and relaxed at my friend's home. It was nice also to enjoy some New Glarus Spotted Cow beers. :) I haven't looked at last nites setlist but maybe will sometime. I know I missed a good one but there will be more shows. Sorry that I missed many of you last nite but will see you around the bend soon. And this makes me wanna do Philly even more now. hehe :D

    Ohhh and US Airways can kiss my ass!!!!!

    Very sorry to hear that. You just can't trust airlines anymore. It is sad. I will never take a plane on the "day of the event". Have heard way too many horror stories such as your own.

    Glad you were able to make the best of it for yourself.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,696
    Damn! I was looking forward to meeting a fellow "Cubs Hater" at the pre-party. Your sad story was making the rounds. You're taking this a lot better than I would have!

    P.S. Don't look at the setlist. :o;)
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    man that sucks pat...i was bummed to read last night that you missed your flight

    but yeah, at least you got philly!! :)
  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,163
    Well that sucks!

    I thought you were road tripping?
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    man, that sucks! I'm sorry to hear that. I would so punch that airplane right in its face if it had one!
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  • ACCBootlegGoddessACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,251
    Aww man I feel so horrible for you! Those fuckers BETTER give you some vouchers or something for your trouble!!! GRRRRR!!

    I remember almost missing a flight once. I was on my way to San Diego to see U2. I had a connection in St. Paul MIN. We went to the wrong gate at first then had to RUN LIKE HELL to the correct gate to make our next fight. They were about to close the doors when we showed up. To their credit they knew we were coming in on a different flight so held out a little longer than they normally would have.
    Lucky for me the concert was 3 nights later so even if I had missed the flight I still would have made it for the concert.

    Ya don't look at the setlist yet and don't ask your buddy where he sat either.

    That said Karma is wonderful thing and I know it will pay you back for this in spades...esp given how good you're taking this...I dunno if I'd be as philosophical about things this soon afterwords.

    I'm glad you managed to find something good to do in Vegas.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    we were all pulling for you to make it in the setlist thread ... sorry man.
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  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    That sucks big fat donkey balls bud. Way to keep positive. Go to Philly.
  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    Sorry to hear that Patrick... :( Philly is where it's at anyway!

    I tried to fly out of a small, municipal airport on my way to Toronto this summer (by way of Detroit and the crew up there..) and they CANCELLED my flight. I had to drive to Minneapolis instead of fly, I got to security less than 30 minutes before my flight was scheduled to take off. I told mnpjgrrl who was on my flight to make a scene...but just a little one. Well, I made it on with about 10 minutes to spare.

    (We won't even talk about how I got stuck on the tram for 30 minutes on the layover on the way home and almost missed my flight again...)
    PJ: St. Paul 6.16.2003, St. Paul 6.26.2006, St. Paul 6.27.2006, Hartford 6.27.2008, Mansfield 6.28.2008, Mansfield 6.30.2008, Beacon Theater 7.1.2008, Toronto 8.21.2009, Chicago 8.23.2009, Chicago 8.24.2009, Philly 10.30.2009, Philly 10.31.2009, Columbus 5.6.2010, Noblesville 5.7.2010

    EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Well the Salt Lake City show I guess wasn't ment to be for me. Getting up early and being on time for my flight yes I did that. What I wasn't expecting was the 2 hr delay due to a surprise FAA inspection on my flight. Something with the back door not sealing the right way and we had to wait and wait until that was fixed. The wait caused myself and many others on my flight to miss our connecting flights in Vegas. Watching the clock and time not on my side was painful but nothing I could have done. Would have got into Salt Lake way late and after a while I cut my losses and made the best of it. Called up a old co-worker who lives in Vegas now and him and his wife picked me up. Enjoyed a nice dinner and a drive down the Vegas strip and relaxed at my friend's home. It was nice also to enjoy some New Glarus Spotted Cow beers. :) I haven't looked at last nites setlist but maybe will sometime. I know I missed a good one but there will be more shows. Sorry that I missed many of you last nite but will see you around the bend soon. And this makes me wanna do Philly even more now. hehe :D

    Ohhh and US Airways can kiss my ass!!!!!
    Dude, we missed ya. So sorry you couldn't make it out. US Airways can kiss my ass too!!

    I'm gonna have my gf Holly read your post and see if she can take some positivity from it. She had a brain tumor removed about 6 weeks ago. Things were going pretty well and then a week and a half ago she got very sick and was back in the ICU for over a week, just getting into a regular hospital room last night. She's a die hard fan and has been trying to get medical clearance for a quick leave just for the show. When all of her doctors told her no yesterday she just sobbed and sobbed. What a heartbreaker.
  • Backspacer_BackerBackspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    there's a lesson to be learned here - air travel has become so unreliable - you almost have to fly in at least a day in advance to minimize the risk of this happening (or drive if feasible).

    i would have gone effin' nuts if i was in your situation OP. i'm sure you wanted to. my head would have exploded and covered the inside of the plane in brain matter.
  • in eds treein eds tree Denver Posts: 539
    i flew in on the 645 am flight from denver for that very reason, i was so worried that would happen to me.


    i would wait a while before looking at the setlist. :?


    At least you get another chance this tour. I hope they play everything you want to hear!
    keep on rockin' in the free world.
  • LOV2ROCKLOV2ROCK Minneapolis/St.Paul Posts: 822
    randallanddarcy wrote:
    That fucking sucks big time. Sorry to hear that. There's no romance in flying any more.


    There is in the Mile High Club! ;):o :shock: :lol:
  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    Are they or did they do anything for you or anyone to make it right? Free ticket? refund? Anything of that sort? Not that it matters now, I am just curious as to what they do? Or if its just we are the fucking airline and can do whatever the hell we want! Sorry bro...That really is a drag!
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    That sucks! Sorry that you missed the gig Patrick :cry::cry:
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  • RoughMixRoughMix back of a lorry Posts: 385
    Eliot Rosewater wrote:
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Well the Salt Lake City show I guess wasn't ment to be for me. Getting up early and being on time for my flight yes I did that. What I wasn't expecting was the 2 hr delay due to a surprise FAA inspection on my flight. Something with the back door not sealing the right way and we had to wait and wait until that was fixed. The wait caused myself and many others on my flight to miss our connecting flights in Vegas. Watching the clock and time not on my side was painful but nothing I could have done. Would have got into Salt Lake way late and after a while I cut my losses and made the best of it. Called up a old co-worker who lives in Vegas now and him and his wife picked me up. Enjoyed a nice dinner and a drive down the Vegas strip and relaxed at my friend's home. It was nice also to enjoy some New Glarus Spotted Cow beers. :) I haven't looked at last nites setlist but maybe will sometime. I know I missed a good one but there will be more shows. Sorry that I missed many of you last nite but will see you around the bend soon. And this makes me wanna do Philly even more now. hehe :D

    Ohhh and US Airways can kiss my ass!!!!!
    Dude, we missed ya. So sorry you couldn't make it out. US Airways can kiss my ass too!!

    I'm gonna have my gf Holly read your post and see if she can take some positivity from it. She had a brain tumor removed about 6 weeks ago. Things were going pretty well and then a week and a half ago she got very sick and was back in the ICU for over a week, just getting into a regular hospital room last night. She's a die hard fan and has been trying to get medical clearance for a quick leave just for the show. When all of her doctors told her no yesterday she just sobbed and sobbed. What a heartbreaker.

    Sorry to hear about your situation also.
    Hope your girlfriend gets well.
    "They don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead,
    is that exactly what I thought I read."
  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    sorry you didnt make it bro.. come to philly and i'll get your eyes red :mrgreen:
  • Tuolumne MamaTuolumne Mama Posts: 1,210
    So sorry to hear that happened Patrick. Nice way to make a terrible situation a positive one. I truly hope the Philly shows will more than make up for your loss. US Air is also one of the reasons we are driving rather than flying there. Hope to see you at the pre-parties and shows.
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  • brucebruce Posts: 384
    I'm so glad this didn't happen to me. You must have a good temperament. I would have become crazy and started freaking out (even though it wouldn't make the situation any better) then I would have started to insult people which would lead to my incarceration. Then I probably would have been charged with some sort of act of terrorism for creating pannic at an airtport.

    You're a much bigger man that I..........
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    yeah i heard this news yesterday in the setlist thread too, crappy dude. sorry it happened. it is indeed a nightmare.
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  • ECMECM Posts: 1,687
    I would have gone postal myself..... that sucks major ass
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  • F5F5 Posts: 791
    Patrick!!!! I'm so bummed you couldn't make it last night. :( I was really upset when Steve explained the whole being stuck in Vegas thing. You seriously deserved to go to that show more than anyone!!!! That was really cool of you to call ten club and arrange for Steve to pick up your tickets. (Thank you ten club for being so understanding! :D ) Anyway please make sure to pm your address. Were going to put a little package together for you. Thanks again and I hope all is well.

    Mitch
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    Mansfield I - 6/28/08
    Eddie NYC - 8/4/08
    Seattle - 9/21/09, 9/22/09
    Salt Lake City 9/28/09
    LA 9/30/09, 10/07/09
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Well I gave in and looked at the setlist from SLC. Ouch that really hurt to look at. :(

    I just have to put my sadness and grief in a balloon and let it float away.

    Always next time but DAM what a show.

    I didn't mean to post this thread and to make a scene but thank you everyone for your comments and pms and texts. So glad eveyone at the show had a great time. :)

    I hope to see another show on this tour to make up for SLC.


    Thank you everyone.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    you are very upbeat considering I don't think I could be so strong and
    I'm afraid to fly the day of a show I would be so very stressed I always fly the day before even if inconvenient and more costly
    sorry you missed your show now you have to go to philly for sure
  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    oh Patrick, that blows.

    See you in Philly though. Just get here early :D
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    That sucks
    sorry.

    but good that you have let it go.
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
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