Various observations & Morning after

[Jeff Norman]

> > An amusing note from the government statistics: the top income 
> > quintile actually spends the most on public transportation -- 
> > because unless one goes private, flying is public transport.
> 
> Someone said that travel is the most conspicuous form of conspicuous
> consumption.  FWIW, most of the people I know who travel a lot aren't
> very rich, but of course they aren't flying on a weekly basis.
> 

I don't think it has as much to do with frequency as it does to do with
"class" -- the difference between economy, business, and first class can
appropriately be measured in orders of magnitude.
If I were "very rich" I probably wouldn't think twice about always  
travelling first class and/or booking at the last minute!

J