Not to be an old fuddy dud....but I chortle at this "inconvenience" when I'm on a non-stop transpacific flight in an aluminum can going 500mph at 40,000ft further distances than B29's could fly during the "Space Age" of the 50-60's-----all while I'm having a sushi plate from Tokyo and rinsing it down with a cheap $5 mini-bottle of wine from California.
Very rarely, when missed by the global Wx radar network, there will be enough turbulence to make me look up from my tubeless laptop-ENIAC or portable MGM movie studio and note that my miniature Glenfiddich bottle is perceptibly wiggling.
Meanwhile, our boys are still cramped in submarine bunks no bigger than my coach seat and Marines are in 120° APCs being thudded and thumped with 20g's of IED explosions....and no scotch.
Can you imagine people today having to ride in a bumpy un-airconditioned 1955 Bel-Air to the airport?
When I hear "inconvenience" and "whining" in the security line, I have to restrain myself from beating the crap out of some of these ignernt peeps!!!
Simply brilliant.
Well, I certainly agree that it's a travesty that our soldiers and marines have to ride around in those metal tanks and APCs with no air conditioning. Rummy should be fired for that alone. As for the scotch, well they should wait till they get back to the FOB for that.
That is a GREAT post, sam! THANK YOU!
A "Gold Star" post!
That was fantastic! I'd like to read that to the woman who was complaining about losing her 'expensive face creams' to airport security!
Now that was a good car,...great looking autos back then....
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Thank you for giving us such a great, realistic perspective on the situation...And I'll be sure to remember that during our upcoming overseas trip!