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To: Harrius Magnus
"For what it is worth. I keep waiting for the fall of PC.

I predict its "fall," soon after the Apocalypse.

I posted an opinion soon after the banning of all liquids in that I believed that the Terries had "won," even if they had not achieved their goals of exploding any airplanes.

Anytime "they" manage to disrupt our daily lives in order to conform and react to some new threat, "they" in fact have achieved a measure of success.

What next? Will we all be required to disrobe and board aircraft wearing a see-thru, plastic bag-like garment and be handcuffed to our seats for hours on end and be provided with catheters and bed pans to relieve ourselves; while all luggage is transported by special military transports under heavy guard?

As for myself, I, who spent 8 years in the USAF (and several as a crew chief flying around 1/2 the world and measuring time spent in the air in thousands of hours) and had traveled extensively in civilian life, who "used to" love to fly, (and has been around long enough to to have flown on propeller-driven aircraft; remember when we could smoke anywhere, on airplanes; did not have to so much as show any form of identification; could share and sell our unused tickets at will, to whoever, etc.) have given up, and now, will ONLY fly under the most serious and emergency conditions.

9 posted on 08/18/2006 3:32:18 AM PDT by seasoned traditionalist (ALL MUSLIMS ARE NOT TERRORISTS, BUT ALL TERRORISTS WHO WANT TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY, ARE MUSLIMS)
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To: seasoned traditionalist
....(and has been around long enough to to have flown on propeller-driven aircraft; remember when we could smoke anywhere, on airplanes; did not have to so much as show any form of identification; could share and sell our unused tickets at will, to whoever, etc.) have given up, and now, will ONLY fly under the most serious and emergency conditions.

Me too.
I have a son that works for an airline. I can fly at an enormous discount.
If I can drive it in a day, I drive.

Since I've retired I might expand that timeframe.

26 posted on 08/18/2006 5:34:53 AM PDT by Vinnie
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