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MineralMan

(148,696 posts)
8. Not for me.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 02:39 PM
Aug 2016

It's a three-day drive each way from Minnesota to get to my parent's home in California, but only four hours by air.

In all my trips by air since the TSA was handling security, I've never had nor seen any problems like the one in that story from Anonymous. Never. I'll fly, thanks.

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It's a thoroughly stupid system, set up by BushCheney Hekate Aug 2016 #1
I made it through that painful story Divine Discontent Aug 2016 #2
Driving looks better every day. Photographer Aug 2016 #7
Not for me. MineralMan Aug 2016 #8
Give it time and you'll be the guy with the pitchfork. Photographer Aug 2016 #10
Huh? MineralMan Aug 2016 #11
TSA are scum, every last one of them. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #3
Sounds pretty stupid, for sure. MineralMan Aug 2016 #4
Government robots. lpbk2713 Aug 2016 #5
jesus ProfessorPlum Aug 2016 #6
Security theater Patiod Aug 2016 #9
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