Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] your federalized airport security at work Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:56:52 -0800 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:13:41 -0800, James Lesczynski wrote: >Just minutes ago, I got a call from my wife, who is with my= two-month-old daughter at JFK airport waiting for a flight to= Miami. Seems she got the full monty security screening. > > At the bottom of the diaper bag they found what they were= looking for... the baby's nail clippers! Despite my wife's= pleading, the clippers are now the property of American= Airlines. My keychain mini- "SwissArmy" style scissor , nailfile ,= inchblade was stupidly stolen by the brute forcers at the Denver airport coming back= from Christmas with my retarded brother Jack who was getting very confused by= our being separated , and I out of sight , selected for special idiocies .= They said I could go back out of line to find a mailbox and mail= it to myself if I wanted to keep -- but I would have to start over at= the beginning of the line . I started an email thru AA investor relations to suggest that= they provide Baggies and markers so you can label anything that scares them= and they can stow them all up front with the pilots ( ready to use by the= good guys in case of attack ) . Then you could pick them up at the end of the= flight . >[ Dawn , a dangerous-looking 5-feet-tall JAP carrying her= equally dangerous-looking 11-pound baby ] told the guard that= she couldn't put down the baby while she was crying and demanded= that the guard place her shoes back on her feet and re-tie the= laces for her. The guard meekly complied. The guard didn't know what (s)he was getting into . That'll make= them think next time . -- >"At a time when our entire country is banding together and= facing down individualism, the Patriots set a wonderful example,= showing us all what is possible when we work together, believe= in each other, and sacrifice for the greater good." >-Senator Edward Kennedy What's the date on this quote ? Recent , or old ? -- More MidWinter party pix : http://www.cosy.com/y02/cg020204 . -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 http://CoSy.com/K/CoSy.htm : Rapid Quantitative Modeling http://CoSy.com/Homes : Building Affordable Homes in NYC =A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02002/02/21 12:15:32 PM