Post #8,883
9/13/01 12:47:23 PM
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No links but listening to radio myself
There are some outstandingly stupid things being thrown around. No curbside checkin, for instance. Now for Pete's sake what the hell does that have to do with the four hijackings Tuesday? No knives (even Swiss army knives) allowed past the security checkpoint. Oh, like this would have prevented someone from claiming they had a bomb.
Every increased security "precaution" I've heard has been utterly stupid and ineffective.
That no man should scruple, or hesitate a moment to use arms in defense of so valuable a blessing [as freedom], on which all the good and evil of life depends, is clearly my opinion; yet arms ... should be the last resource. - George Washington
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Post #8,898
9/13/01 1:36:00 PM
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I'm hoping,
That these idiocies are SO STUPID they don't last long.
Yes, I want security.
But this is ineffective - just like that last changes -who admitted to not packing their luggage? Who admitted it being out of their sight - who actually had a picture ID *scrutizined*?
And it didn't even slow them down.
Here in RDU, they're closed. People have cars at the airport, with various needed things in them. Tough. Can't get 'em.
Logan at least *towed* all the cars out and let people get theirs - and hell, they're at the starting point of this!
Oh, and RDU has said they "haven't decided" if they're going to waive charges for all the storage, even.
I won't say a lynching is needed, but I think tar and feathers would be in order.
Addison
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Post #8,900
9/13/01 1:38:59 PM
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Re: I'm hoping,
Logan at least *towed* all the cars out and let people get theirs - and hell, they're at the starting point of this!
Oh, and RDU has said they "haven't decided" if they're going to waive charges for all the storage, even.
At Albuquerque Sunport, all cars were towed away from the airport, at no charge to the owner(s)
Jay O'Connor
"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
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Post #8,901
9/13/01 1:40:06 PM
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Right.
Like at Logan - tow them to the outer lots, let owners come get them with ID.
Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
Addison
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Post #8,902
9/13/01 1:42:26 PM
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Nice touch is...
..not charging the owners for the tow
Jay O'Connor
"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
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Post #8,905
9/13/01 1:46:39 PM
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New Mexico is always a little bit more civilized...
...Certainly more so than their immediate eastern neighbor!
(And damn fine-lookin' license plates, too!)
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
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Post #8,907
9/13/01 1:51:55 PM
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Who? Us?
This little third world banana republic down here?
We're only more 'civilized' because we're too laid back to care to make much trouble.
Always used to take me a day to adjust from San Fransico pace to New Mexico pace when I'd come back from ezboard
...Certainly more so than their immediate eastern neighbor!
That part is very true!
(And damn fine-lookin' license plates, too!)
Thank you :)
Jay O'Connor
"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
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Post #8,909
9/13/01 1:53:54 PM
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Right.
Neither did Logan, and I'm sure, anybody else.
Decent ways to deal with the shitty situation. I commend them.
As opposed to my opinions on RDU's managing body.
Addison
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Post #8,904
9/13/01 1:44:43 PM
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RDU?!?
Wherezzat?
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
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Post #8,908
9/13/01 1:52:46 PM
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"Raleigh-Durham" ____ Carolina?
Jay O'Connor
"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
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