Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> BLuRry wrote:
>>> Hey, if you're seated in seat 2E, you'll get special treatment all
>>> the way.  ;-)
>>
>> Usually -- unless you're flying southwest.  :-D
> 
> Ah, Southwest--where you're only assigned A, B, or C.  ;-)
> 
>>> And *all* laptops come with bricks on leashes anyway...
>>
>> Yes, but significantly lighter and smaller.  Maybe not different
>> technologically, but different enough to confuse the intellectuals
>> hired by TSA.  You don't want to confuse TSA when you are trying to
>> catch a flight in a hurry.
> 
> Tell me about it!
> 
> Last July I carried a 17-board AppleCrate with me from Seattle to
> Kansas City.  There were two problems:
> 
> 1) The TSA had never seen one (an issue at MCI) and had to have it
>    unwrapped (a 10-minute job times 2).
> 
> 2) The 'Crate was about 1" too thick to fit in an overhead bin, so
>    I required an accommodating cabin attendant to place it in the
>    closet.  (I was successful on all four flight segments! ;-)
> 
> Frankly, the device was sufficiently "technical" (and so was I ;-)
> that their viewing of the 'Crate actually seemed more to satisfy
> their curiosity (after seeing the radar image) then to investigate
> any possible "threat".

Ha!  Of course I meant "X-ray", not radar--it will still be a few
years before the TSA uses radar to inspect...  ;-)

-michael

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