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Stupid article:
Dangerous Objects Still Allowed on Planes. No one is going to hijack a plane with a walking cane, especially in America. We watch far too much football for that -- it's one thing to tackle a person with a switchblade, it's another to tackle someone with a big stick they can't even swing in a cockpit. Are terrorists going to whittle a cane down to a sharp point with the plastic knives you get in First Class?

Keep in mind, the AP also had a story in 2001 which implied that banning saftey razors and eyelash curlers was a sign of, if not outright paranoia, mere banning of objects for appearances sake as opposed to the sake of safety.

And the really stupid thing is...I have to fly tomorrow, and this story hits CNN because some AP writer is looking for a headline. Do you know how annoying airline security is going to be this weekend?

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In better news...I saw it! I ran into Clearwater today at lunch for some errands, and spun by the harbor. The Nina was there! So I did the tour and it was a cool little ship. I don't think I could see travelling two months across the Atlantic in it in the late 15th century...it looks like any decent wave might swamp it. Very nicely built, though!

Date: 2004-01-15 12:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] canuckgirl.livejournal.com
The last time I flew first class (to and from Palm Springs at Christmas), we had REAL knives to eat with! None of that plastic crap. :)

Date: 2004-01-15 12:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petermarcus.livejournal.com
Wow! Which airline? The Delta flights I've flown last year were laughable in 1st class -- metal forks and spoons, but plastic knives. Ha!

I haven't seen a metal knife on a plane since 9/11.

Date: 2004-01-15 12:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] canuckgirl.livejournal.com
Northwest.

I'm pretty sure it's the first time I'd seen metal knives since 9/11, too.

Even in the airports you get the plastic knives still.

Date: 2004-01-15 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilodlien.livejournal.com
I once was ordered to surrender my bra by two humorless female security agents in Seattle.

Since I wasn't even getting on a plane, the most I could have done was held up a barrista with my bra of destruction. And, as I tried to point out, my unfettered breasts are way more of a security risk than any bra might have been.

Date: 2004-01-15 01:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petermarcus.livejournal.com
I've never had any humorless male security guards ask me for my underwear...but in Boston once, I did have an absolutely huge humorless male security guard stick his hand down the back of my pants and feel around for a while. Maybe he didn't like the brand.

Date: 2004-01-15 02:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilodlien.livejournal.com
Did he find what he appeared to be searching for?

Date: 2004-01-15 02:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petermarcus.livejournal.com
I don't think I'd be writing here if he did -- whatever he was looking for ;)

Date: 2004-01-15 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-kriya.livejournal.com
I'll have you know I could do serious damage with an eyelash curler. ;)

Have a safe trip! :)

Date: 2004-01-15 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petermarcus.livejournal.com
Men *do* instinctively cringe from one of those, but I don't know if it's dangerous enough to hijack a plane...

Thanks ;)

Date: 2004-01-15 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bookstar.livejournal.com
oh, so do some women.
those things can blind people!

Date: 2004-01-15 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-kriya.livejournal.com
*Nod*
I haven't been around one since I nearly yanked all of the eyelashes from my right eye-lid when the damn thing got stuck one day. A form of self-abuse, if you ask me.
;) <--- (This is not me winking. It's and accidental eye poke)

Date: 2004-01-15 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bookstar.livejournal.com
i hear you, loud & clear.

Date: 2004-01-15 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bookstar.livejournal.com
oh, and OW. a good friend of mine about 5 years ago ended up *whoops* missing 2/3 of her eyebrow, after an eyebrow wax gone wrong....and BOY, do they take forever to grow back.

eye-hairs should only be changed by the trained...

Date: 2004-01-19 10:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-kriya.livejournal.com
Lucky they came back...Back in the 60's, many women were still penciling 30-year-later, when the fashion of plucking them all was over and theirs hadn't grown back.

Woman go through too much suffering to look "beautiful" in the traditional American sense.

Personally (and recognizing the fact that I am giving out way too much information in a man's journal), waxing doesn't work...It must be the Hungarian/Rumanian in me. Still have to pluck the bushels that make up my brows. (*cringe)

Date: 2004-01-19 10:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-kriya.livejournal.com
Psst...I'm sneaking off to add you to my Friend's list, if that's okay.

Confused!

Date: 2004-01-15 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mandakins.livejournal.com
Ha! I read that as "Dangerous Objects Still Allowed on PlaneTs."

Re: Confused!

Date: 2004-01-15 05:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petermarcus.livejournal.com
Well, I think this planet might have a dangerous object or two...

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