The thought of having it done in the first place makes me cringe (speaking as someone who had to request her mother to block her escape from the jewellers when making 4th attempt at having earlobes pierced)
Posts: 927 | Location: London, UK | Registered: 20 September 2006
I was "patted down" at the Las Vegas airport because I was wearing a silver chain necklace. Rather then have them touch me I asked if I could just take the necklace off and she said "no" and continued to touch me!
Hmmmm, funny how I managed to skip right through security last week in Edmonton with all of my multiple body part piercings completely intact and no alarms going off at all...mustn't have had an alert agent on my arrival at the counter!
"I'm afraid of leaving a little hole in my face, or having a tattoo and living with that stupid painting the rest of my life. Why not just get a poster and put it up in your room?" ~ Leonardo DiCaprio, on why he has no body piercings or tattoos Brenda
Chiaro di Luna, I had a similar patdown experience. At SF International, a lady security agent patted me down again and again telling me how soft and wonderful my coat felt.
Brenda, it was you I was thinking about when I read that story and realized you were travelling these days. I remember how much 'they' hurt when you got them; I'd hate to see you have to go thru that pain all over again.
Posts: 422 | Location: Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy | Registered: 08 July 2001
Yeah, I was hauled out of line for one of those 'private' checks because of my underwire bra. I'm not well-endowed and three security bitc ... uh, I mean 'agents', had a loud conversation in front of the whole line about why someone like ME would need an underwire. Oh well. It's travel.
Plus, as I've stated here before, these security people have quotas to meet, and by pulling clearly harmless people out of lines for silly reasons they can get their numbers with no real threat to themselves. I'm a small blonde middle-aged lady, always travelling with my 6'5" dark, swarthy husband. Do they ever take him out of the line? No. Me. Always. Boy do I feel safe. *sigh*.
Sorry, my big gripe. It does get old.
Cheers! Alecto
Posts: 93 | Location: Arkansas | Registered: 06 August 2004
Hmmmm, funny how I managed to skip right through security last week in Edmonton with all of my multiple body part piercings completely intact and no alarms going off at all...mustn't have had an alert agent on my arrival at the counter
Hope I don't have any trouble with my electronic ankle tag - they are the very devil to prise off
Posts: 927 | Location: London, UK | Registered: 20 September 2006
Brenda, it was you I was thinking about when I read that story and realized you were travelling these days. I remember how much 'they' hurt when you got them; I'd hate to see you have to go thru that pain all over again
BAD, Karen, bad... You promised you'd never tell! Some kind of friend you turned out to be.(sniff, sniff)
So, is it true that April Fool's is over? Be damned...I just got a couple of new piercings this morning in this cool little place down by the Savannah River called Tug's Tattoos and Fine Needlework. It was packed full of sailors and dockworkers. They asked if they could watch and what could I say? It wasn't too embarrassing...
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I'm a small blonde middle-aged lady, always travelling with my 6'5" dark, swarthy husband. Do they ever take him out of the line? No. Me. Always. Boy do I feel safe. *sigh*
MAYBE it's because you're a petite blonde! Maybe they have a thing for blondes and they like patting down petite blondes...
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Hope I don't have any trouble with my electronic ankle tag - they are the very devil to prise off
Panda, you're out already? I thought you were serving 7 - 10! Time off for good behaviour?
See what a few days in Savannah does to a girl's values and ethics and...what ARE values and ethics, anyway?
"Tattoos are like marriage: it's a lifelong commitment, it hurts like hell, and the color fades over time." ~ The Quote Garden Dangerous Brenda, living it up in the big S...
Panda, you're out already? I thought you were serving 7 - 10! Time off for good behaviour?
Depends on what you mean by 'good'. Come to that, depends on what you mean by 'behaviour' (always been a sticking point with the Board before, but this time it worked )
Posts: 927 | Location: London, UK | Registered: 20 September 2006
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