On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 22:08:40 +0000
Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Greetings Charlie,
> >
> > A victim of "too much flying" since the early 90'es, I can ensure you
> > that since 11/9, the airport paranoia has gone to excessive lengths. I
> > will relay some of my experiences, then you can draw your own
> > conclusions.
> >
> > Here's what I've recently have had arguments/fights with overly-eager
> > airport
> > security staff over:
> >
> > (a litany of abuses snipped)
>
>
> Wow, Thomas, that's some list of bad experiences! I must've been
> incredibly lucky - fairly frequent flyer over the last several years
> (say 10-20 flights a year)
Hey, I want to reduce my travelling to become a "fairly frequent flyer"
according to your standards ;)
> and the worst grief I've ever had was some
> minor hassle leaving Sydney when the X-ray bloke refused to hand-check
> my 1600 film, even though there was a sign saying films faster than 1000
> would be hand checked. But he relented.
Well, that happens too, and frequently. I always buy and process on site,
if at all possible. I've had as "slow" as 400 ISO films fog from two times
xray in airports, and since getting hand-checks is close to impossible in a
lot of airports, I no longer consider anything faster than a roll of Velvia
50 (or digital...) as suitable for travelling.
>
> If you want to avoid air travel you should have a look at
> http://www.seat61.com/. Fantastic site!
>
I just came back from Korea.....10h in an Airbus 340-600 (which is a fairly
nice tin-can with wings) was trying enough.....I can't imagine doing that
distance on a boat or in a train....
About Korea....there are a few photos, although with the Optio S4 rather
than OM's: http://voop.free.fr/Personal/Photo-album/South_Korea/index.shtml
--mother
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