Excellent stuff which got me some odd looks on the subway when I read your e-mail and started laughing uncontrollably;-)
Happy Turkey Day! Cheers, Christoph Am 25.11.2010 19:36, schrieb Caryl Bigenho: > Hi All, > > > I flew from DFW yesterday, the day before Thanksgiving, which is > supposed to be one of the busiest days for flying. We arrived early > because we had heard of plans for lot of people to "opt out" of the body > scanners and ask for the "enhanced pat-down search" instead. > > > The protest didn't show up in the security area we went through and the > TSA agents were very overstaffed and very good natured and friendly. > Because of my knee replacements I always set off the alarm and get the > pat-down. Yesterday was no exception, but the procedures have > changed. No more metal detecting wands. Instead they pat you down all > over... and I do mean all over! > > > So, there I was with my arms out like a hovering bird, getting the > "treatment" when another, smiling TSA agent came over to ask me about > OLPC and the Contributors Program! She had seen the XO-1.5 I brought > (to demo at New Tech High @ Coppell) go through the scanner. She asked > my husband about it as he was gathering my things. He gave her one of > my cards with lots of links on the back, told her more about it and sent > her over to talk to me. > > > So, while I was getting that "enhanced pat-down" I was pleasantly > distracted by being able to tell her about our Contributors Program. > She was very interested in the possibility of doing a project at a place > where she volunteers once a week in the Dallas area. I was pleasantly > distracted and almost didn't notice the thoroughness of the > pat-down! You never know when traveling with an XO will pay off in new > and interesting ways! > > > Happy Thanksgiving! > > Grannie B (aka Caryl) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep