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Originally Posted by JMBroad
Funnily enough having been stuck in London, courtesy of the US border patrol, for three days this last trip , I finished off my books far more quickly than anticipated - result was that at the airport in Sao Paulo I was running around looking for a new book for the remaining flights - and what else did I pick up than Steven Levitt's Freakonomics. Great read and compelling arguments. Legalizing abortion is only one of the "economic" decisions which may or may not change the crime rate but the math he presents makes sense, regardless of our personal moral decisions and ideals.
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A word of caution - I was recently in Frankfurt airport and bumped into an Irish guy, who I again happened to meet at the hotel we were both staying at that night.
Over a beer, we cordially exchanged travel agendas, his being that he had arrived from Ireland and was awaiting a connection to Cyprus and had a couple of hours to kill. So he found a good book, got engrossed, completely missed his flight and had to stay the night in Frankfurt to get the next one!
Moral? Beware of good books in airports, or at least leave them until you are on the plane!