"Our friend's mum, we'll be sitting in the lounge and she buys a bottle of WKD for us all, " she explains.

BBC: The teenage girls who drink too much

The community of air travelers would likely agree that sitting in a departure lounge at Newark Airport may be livable, but it's not sustainable.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Flight Delays as Political Strategy

Schedule six years' worth of dental checkups on your Palm VII while sitting in an airport lounge, or a first flute lesson from the den, at midnight, after coming home from the symphony.

CNN: Analysis: Brace yourself for the e-scheduling revolution

It is set to spread rapidly in 2006, now that most manufacturers, notably HP, are shipping MCE home media centres (attractive PCs with all the bells and whistles that look fine sitting next to your hi-fi in the lounge and have one or more digital TV tuners built in).

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Ten yards shy of a 'nerd nirvana'

No fancy lunches at Spago, frequent mentions in the gossip columns or "Look at me, I'm sitting in a power booth" drinks at the Polo Lounge.

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