tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490806120643804324.post8692082420931569464..comments2019-08-14T10:58:28.547-07:00Comments on Resistentialism Incarnate: In which I complain about the TSA on my blogJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16229649515127565797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490806120643804324.post-49692139017520849142010-11-17T11:26:05.162-08:002010-11-17T11:26:05.162-08:00Hi michelle! The kicker is, the metal detector alr...Hi michelle! The kicker is, the metal detector already does a fine job of picking up knives. I've been in some very secure facilities that were perfectly happy to rely on a metal detector and non-invasive patdown. <br /><br />Just how much explosive material can someone pack in their groin, anyway?? (Uh, don't answer that)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229649515127565797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490806120643804324.post-39681315076020186062010-11-17T11:22:51.649-08:002010-11-17T11:22:51.649-08:00(What the hell? I can't reply to individual co...(What the hell? I can't reply to individual comments anymore?)<br /><br />I go to the gym periodically and strip down in front of the old dudes there. Doesn't bother me much. But it does bother a lot of people, and that ought to be taken into account.<br /><br />The radiation... meh. A few millirads is good for you. Haven't you ever played Fallout?<br /><br />We pretty much all decided to start using 'full stop' wherever possible until you noticed. Only four times! ;) (All right, chances are some web comic I read used the phrase and my cliche-addled brain glommed onto it. I think I stole 'aluminum tube' from someone else too)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229649515127565797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490806120643804324.post-18063993290026401162010-11-17T11:22:05.678-08:002010-11-17T11:22:05.678-08:00This stuff is definitely getting out of hand. I do...This stuff is definitely getting out of hand. I don't need to get cancer for the sake of knowing some asshole doesn't have a knife on him.michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490806120643804324.post-7314713945474019932010-11-17T11:16:52.797-08:002010-11-17T11:16:52.797-08:00And folks wonder why I don't like to fly.... ...And folks wonder why I don't like to fly.... Having been a competitive swimmer in the past, modesty is the least of my concerns with the milli-wave scanning machines (I'd like to have kids someday, and I prefer to develop skin cancer the old-fashioned way: the Sun). But when we spend millions to check for flecks of metal (like bobby pins) on passengers but not in the engines or pertinent parts of the plane... something is wrong. <br /><br />[And what's with everyone using 'Full Stop' all of a sudden? This is at least the 4th time I've seen that today. Is this some Internet meme I've missed?]Andy Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635291058948359641noreply@blogger.com