Re: FBOFW 9/30/05

The brain droppings of ameijers were posted in
news:fF9Re.3756$kn4.1079@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 30 Aug
2005:

> "Blinky the Wonder Wombat" <wkharrisjr_info@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:1125454560.982918.73860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Mike Beede wrote:
>> >
>> > And plastic explosive looks how much different from plastic
>> > shoes on the x-ray? But actually you have a point, because
>> > I think the idea is to make people comfortable, not safe.
>> >
>>
>> I believe the idea of taking off the shoes is to avoid the inevitable
>> "stand aside for a closer inspection" that would come when the shoes
>> set off the metal detector. Saves time for everyone involved.....
>>
> Well, I guess I can accept that, but I wish more airports would
> provide places to sit before the machine, to take shoes off, and
> especially AFTER the damn machine, to put them back on. If I'm
> juggling a laptop and a coat, the stork thing gets awful hard. I
> sometimes have to walk a dozen yards in stocking feet, on sometimes
> wet terrazo, looking for something to lean on. And with each passing
> year, my bum knee gets worse, and there will come a time when the
> stork routine isn't an option at all. I already wear no-metal-shank
> disposable velcro tennies for flying- guess I need to start looking
> for Old Man canvas slip-on tennies. (aka prison shoes?)

I switched to sandals for my recent trip to drop off and pick up the
daughter unit at the airport over the summer. I also demagnetized in the
car. Quickest trips through security I've ever had.

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