Maurice Kinal wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MK> Hey Roy!

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 MK> That is a change in attitude then.  But is that because of 9/11 or
 MK> "enhanced" security?

 RJT> Mostly the latter,  I think.

 MK> That seems to be the consensus.  Shortly after 9/11 it seemed
 MK> everyone was in favour of increased security measures and claimed
 MK> it made them feel more comfortable.  I haven't heard anyone saying
 MK> this lately.

I don't remember saying that back then.

Funny story.  Last time I was in NYC,  it was in August 2001,  just before
this all went down.  I'd taken my granddaughter up there for her 10th
birthday.  We were in Chinatown,  and she and "grammy" were
poking around,  in a gift shop,  and I was standing just outside,  scoping
things out.  This couple walked by,  and I took notice of them.  The girl
was talking,  quite involved in what she was talking about,  and like a lot
of New Yorkers,  pretty much oblivious to what was going on around her. 
The guy,  on the other hand,  was scoping things out,  just like I was.  It
was apparent to me that she was Jewish (no big surprise there,  in NYC) and
I got the impression that he was Israeli,  perhaps even military or
something.  Our eyes met for a second,  and we each knew that the other was
on exactly the same wavelength when it came to taking care of business.

 MK> Or more but that's definetly a major complaint.  There was talk 
 MK> about some preapproved card, or something like that, whereby 
 MK> presentation would permit bypassing all the hassel.  I don't know
 MK> what happened with that.

 RJT> I remember that.  Like lots of other ideas,  it's subject to abuse,
 RJT> and to corruption.  And maybe it wasn't seriously a proposal,  but more
 RJT> of a trial balloon,  like so much other stuff.

 RJT> It'd be no surprise to me at all to find that both business travelers
 RJT> and tourists are actively using alternatives and that _this_ is why the
 RJT> airlines are in trouble.

 MK> I heard an item the other day on the news where Air Canada claimed 
 MK> the power outage cost them more then a few bucks.  Always seems to 
 MK> be something.

Any excuse...   That power outage seems to be a justification for a lot of
things,  the high gas prices for example.

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