MBN, Monte Bubbles Network

Written by Joyce L Chow & William Hoehne February 18,2006

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U.S.-based airlines last year lost about 10,000 bags a day on average, the worst performance since 1990.

The rate of lost suitcase reports per 1,000 passengers on flights soared 23% from a year earlier, according to recent numbers from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Among the reasons: a surge in the number of passengers, airline budget cuts, backed-up flights and tighter inspections of luggage.

In all, passengers filed with airlines more than 3.5 million reports of lost bags, most of which eventually find their way back to owners. Inside the 2005 numbers.

US Airways, which exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year, had the highest lost-bag rate of major carriers.

Southwest Airlines' rate of lost bags jumped nearly 27%. Southwest blames the airline's cranky new bag systems in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Delta Air Lines, third-biggest airline, lost more bags than any other carrier. Its customers filed 573,419 lost bags.

Norway Two Gold Seven Silver Seven Bronze

Germany Six Gold Six Silver Two Bronze

United States Seven Gold Four Silver One Bronze

Russia Six Gold Two Silver Five Bronze

Canada Two Gold Four Silver Five Bronze

Austria Four Gold Five Silver One Bronze

South Korea Three Gold Three Silver One Silver

Switzerland Two Gold Two Silver Three Bronze

China One Gold Two Silver Four Bronze

Italy Two Gold Four Bronze

France Three Gold Two Bronze

Sweden Two Gold One Silver One Bronze

Czech Republic Two Silver

Australia One Gold

Slovakia One Silver

United Kingdom One Silver

Bulgaria One Silver

Ukraine One Bronze

Latvia One Bronze

Has anyone bothered to tell those that design and sale clothes in this nation that not all women are a size 14.

I went out for the umpteenth time with Joyce looking for clothes today and once again we came back empty handed.

In this weight conscious world Joyce is 5 foot five, 121 pounds, 34-24-34 and 42 years old.

She is by no means tiny but try as hard as we can we are unable to find clothes that fit.

Size small is too large in skirts, shorts and pants. It looks like they will fall off of her when she puts them on.

Small shirts are too tight and medium is too small.

Try and find athletic wear, can’t be done.

Swimsuits are a joke.

Why can’t she find anything that fits, because the industry raised the size of all clothes to fit larger women. They either forgot or simply didn’t care there are a great many women like Joyce in this country that are shapely and very proud of the fact that they take care of themselves.

Are nation is becoming more and more conscious of their health as it grows older.

Wouldn’t it be nice is those that design and sale clothing realized this also.

Rory Sabbatini -14

Fred Couples - 10

Craig Barlow -10

Tim Clark -9

Trevor Immelman -9

John Rollins -8

Jim Furyk -7

Mark Brooks -7

Dean Wilson -7

Bob Estes -7