airports mindpop Getting your stroke paraphernalia through airport security is exasperating. Some X-ray personnel are very concerned about my hand brace, because I might be a stroke terrorist. A Salt Lake City staffer took out my brace and X-rayed it separately, staring at it on a monitor. Washington D.C. security personnel didn’t care. I don’t look menacing there, apparently. 121016 ... Pilgrim When I was young we would sometimes go out to the Airport just to watch the planes. You could wander right out on the tarmac to the boarding gate and watch through the chainlink as the ground crew rolled the steps up to the side of the plane for the passengers to board. All you needed was a ticket to ride. No security pat down. No paranoid scrutiny. Damm Forever War... 121016 what's it to you? who go blather from