tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post2332292262128657431..comments2023-12-08T12:50:34.303-08:00Comments on W.C. Varones: Here we go againW.C. Varoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-22786097341328506472009-12-28T11:59:36.063-08:002009-12-28T11:59:36.063-08:00Old Zeke might be onto something here. TSA workers...Old Zeke might be onto something here. TSA workers being "marginally employble"!? You don't say! I'm shocked. Wait a minute, maybe this model of thinking could be applied elsewhere. Perhaps the entire SEIU and Fed gvt civil service is another "Charity" employment scam. Hm...Sic Ibidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648676217097001385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-55044509119680459562009-12-28T06:06:23.690-08:002009-12-28T06:06:23.690-08:00I think we should all travel naked, no luggage. Ca...I think we should all travel naked, no luggage. Carry a passport and credit card only. Save a lot of time, trouble and money. The airlines could issue everybody some cheap disposable panties, socky slippers and a unisex kimono for the ride. Be a great icebreaker for making new friends.<br /><br />People could rent some cheap vines and maybe a laptop when they got to their destination. I'd be OK with that.reddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823251385710299262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-16497490296024562312009-12-26T19:36:51.340-08:002009-12-26T19:36:51.340-08:00Not sure how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab managed to ...Not sure how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab managed to get ON the plane in the first place with that name... from the NY Times:<br /><br />"The man's father actually reported his son to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, but U.S. officials said the dad's report wasn't specific enough for them to take action, the father was concerned about what he perceived to be extreme religious views on the part of his son"merijoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756423453635992217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-88803393140939004952009-12-26T14:36:08.548-08:002009-12-26T14:36:08.548-08:00It was rather.... detailed lol. I flew from London...It was rather.... detailed lol. I flew from London-Stanstead to Shannon, Ireland and back and both ways was a heavier check than I've ever experienced - aside from a British military flight out of Brize Norton once where they thought they saw scissors in my carry-on so opened everything (no scissors) or when I had to send my shoes through a scanner at Heathrow and again at Calgary because the heels were beeping (steel rods in my big clompers for my big feet lol).KGouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537080163900313558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-91021054083033657022009-12-26T11:04:33.019-08:002009-12-26T11:04:33.019-08:00Kez - wow! And here I was going to post a smartas...Kez - wow! And here I was going to post a smartass comment saying the next thing they'll want is to just strip search everyone. Looks like Ireland is almost there.Anghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027052626297699261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-85088120142334511002009-12-26T10:08:35.625-08:002009-12-26T10:08:35.625-08:00It's not a real security screening unless you ...It's not a real security screening unless you get off before you get on!W.C. Varoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-50972509764496720202009-12-26T09:16:13.028-08:002009-12-26T09:16:13.028-08:00I say it should be like when I flew to Ireland in ...I say it should be like when I flew to Ireland in 2005. The security check was so up close and personal, I felt like I should have at least asked my guard her name :) She even ran her fingers around the underside of my *chest* to make sure it was just my underwire bra making her wand 'zing'. Then imagine my surprise as she felt right up one side of my inseam and down the other without missing an inch. Right in front of all the other passengers, we all had to line up for that lol. All that was missing was a final body cavity search ;) It was rather interesting and intimate ;)<br /><br />After getting off the plane at the other end, we all had to produce our boarding cards again too which has never happened to me in over 42 international flights. It was a surprise check before letting us out to get our luggage - everyone scrambling around trying to find the little bits of paper. Totally different security than I've ever gone through on any other flight or airline.KGouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537080163900313558noreply@blogger.com