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Readers of my previous post will be surprised to learn that we are still in Minneapolis, not in Singapore, not yet. We were just about to leave for the airport on Friday, when I discovered some fine print: Singapore won't allow visitors with passports less than six months from their expiration date. Carol's expires in June. Bummer, especially since we were flying on super-restricted use-it-or-lose-it winter cash-and-miles tickets. So we went to the airport anyhow, and threw ourselves at the mercy of the Northwest airlines staff, who graciously agreed to rebook us for Wednesday.