It's the non-start flights that get me grumpy.

All it means is that if the flight shuttles between two terminals without intermediate stops, it's called non-stop. It's the difference between A {- -} B and A -} C -} B.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
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