Wednesday, July 2, 2008

BTW

I was at the airport checking a bag at the counter and I noticed that the tag they put on it had the airport code BTW.

When I woke up from that dream I wondered if there really was an airport code BTW. So yesterday I looked it up and there is! BTW is the airport code for Batu Licin, Indonesia.

That got me to wondering what else might be out there.

SUX is the airport code for Sioux City, Iowa, USA.

LOL is the airport code for Derby Field in Lovelock, Nevada, USA

OMG is the airport code for Omega, Namibia

TJM (my initials) is the airport code for Tyumen, Russia

I checked to see if there was a WTF but there wasn't. However, I'm sure WTF is heard many times a day at airports around the world when there is a flight delay, missed connection or lost luggage.

While I'm on the subject of dreams, I had one of those dreams that woke me up. Here's the dream:

I was on a tour of some vintage cars on an estate in the mountains of western Virginia, USA. The building that housed the cars was on the highest peak of the property. It was at night time and while we were standing there talking to the owner, out of nowhere, a guy comes running toward the building with a Molotov Cocktail. Rather than hurl it and run, he crashes through the windows and sets the buidling on fire and commits suicide.

We go running and I tell the owner of the cars that we need to call 911. He says it is useless to do so because they could never get the firetrucks up there so we leave.

As we descend the mountain, I look back and the sky is lit up from the fire. When we finish our descent we are on the football field for Virginia Tech. We're having cocktails while we watch the fire burn out and we get in a hot tub. It gets dark except for the lights from the football field.

While we are having a good time the police show up and tell us that we need to evacuate. The fire has made its way down the mountain and is heading toward us. I look at the guy who owns the property and say, "I told you to call 911."

The next thing I know we're somewhere near Banff or Calgary, Canada in a car looking for my sister who lives in a huge three story Victorian style house. We're driving through moutains and villages and we finally find the house.

When we get there she is ironing and cleaning house and doing dishes and she is pissed. You see...

She has a bunch of my cousins that she is taking care of and she is trying to get rid of them. I tell her to just tell them to leave but she is concerned about Child Protective Services arresting her.

End of that LONG dream.

So when I woke up, I was EXTREMELY tired and if someone can tell me what these dreams mean I will love you forever!

3 comments:

A Girl From Texas said...

Interesting dream. the part on the football field for some reason made me think of the song American Pie....

I wonder if there is an airport BRB.

Viv said...

Timmy, your dreams. Flying out to By The Way. I am a dork I know several airport codes. something else to add to my useless knowledge.

Timmy said...

I went and checked and BRB is the airport code for Barreirinhas, Brazil.

I am also pretty good at knowing codes because when I was waiting tables (in high school) one of the girls I worked with was studying to be an agent for Braniff. She had flash cards with the codes and I would quiz her.

One time, AttyHou and I had purchased tickets to go to Nashville but changed the tickets to New Orleans.

The agent but the tags for BNA (Nashville) on our luggage and I told her they needed MSY (New Orleans). She said it was a good thing I caught the error.

So yes, useless knowledge is good.