I'm a member of a subset of the road warriors, a group I call Working Out of State Employees, or WOOSEs. We typically fly out on Monday mornings - or, if we're dedicated, on Sunday nights - and return home on Friday. We possess certain ­characteristics that differentiate us from the typical road warrior. See if you qualify to be a WOOSE. You might be a WOOSE if:

• Your web favorites include ­Seatguru.com for seat selection and at least three travel sites.
• You have the elite reservation number on your cell phone's speed dial.
• The gate agents, flight attendants, and pilots of your regular shuttle route know you by name.
• You qualify for elite status by segments, not by miles.
• You have a preferred room number that your regular hotel always reserves for you.
• You know the secret to turning on a hotel-lobby juice machine after hours.
• Your cell phone's contact list includes the front-desk numbers of at least five airport hotels.
• The restaurant at your regular work location has your regular table and knows your favorites.
• At smaller locales, the car-rental company blocks a specific vehicle for you.
• Finally, you are a true WOOSE if you can reserve a flight on AA.com in under three minutes.

John Strupeck, Carol Stream, Illinois

Dear John: Great list! In fact, we love it so much, we'd like to contribute. Kind of an extra challenge for you and your fellow travelers: You might be a WOOSE if you can spell, in alphabetical order, every name on our masthead.

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I just found your article "Straight Shooters" [August 1] online, and I had to drop you a line to tell you how much I appreciated it. My name is Chris King, and I was one of the younger guys hanging around the Marble Club Super Dome while you were here working on your story. I have read any article on Rolley-Hole I can [get my hands on] in the last three years, and your story has to be one of the most accurate I have seen.