Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My mother is at the age now (80's) that she feels she is entitled to make inappropriate offhand remarks at the worst possible places. I now don't fly with her because she says crap like "We'll all be dead within the next hour" while standing waiting to get on the plane. Frontal lobe degeneration, I guess. The times are a changin'. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:41 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Back to airport security I am always amazed at the different worlds we all live in. Usually when I fly I am dressed very casually, have a packed Domke, and have only had trouble when I forgot to take off my shoes. Right after 9/11 I got the full Monty seven out of eight times I flew but it was never more than a few minutes of rummaging through socks and toothpaste before I was back in line. Stupid things I have done lately: I discussed with my daughter in front of a group of newly minted airport security people the pros and cons of suicide bombing as a political tactic. Used my camera frequently in the Washington D.C metro stations on whatever line goes by the Pentagon and Federal Triangle. On whatever bridge in Boston that has the wonderful architecture before you go into the tunnels to get to Logan stopped the car and took pictures of the bridge and the sight line down the river. Gasp, took pictures of the F.B.I. building from various angles just after the Reagan procession. No hassle, no questions, no glares, no idling engine in the background. I have however been harassed by a rent a p-- while taking pictures of the stone work at a private club here in Atlanta. Now that was funny, some private guy trying to threaten me when I was on the sidewalk taking pictures of a wall. Smile, take the last image, and wander off. Of course I could talk about my brothers medical adventures with Israeli security. Now those guys know how to do the full Monty. :) Don dorysrus@mindspring.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information