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I've been doing stuff like that for years now. Anyone on layover at BDL is always welcome in our home. A while ago, I had picked up a friend at the layover hotel, who was an Airbus captain and his F/O, whom I didn't know. Took them and my wife out for Mexican food. After that we brought them home for a while and while there, the First Officer, having seen my old flight helmet on a shelf in our library, mentioned that he'd never gotten to keep his and missed having one. I went to the basement and got him my earlier helmet and gave it to him. He loved it, and couldn't thank me enough. I loved it because I didn't know how to sell stuff on Ebay. A total win-win situation.