Is That A Drill In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To Be Scanned?

What would we do without the TSA keeping our skies safe? Our planes free from fingernail clippers and hair conditioner. I know we need them but a couple flights made me question their consistency.

I occasionally travel for work. When I go to the field I have to carry on my laptop case and boot bag.

On one trip they scanned my laptop bag. Sir. Please step into the cube. Huh? I look and they are rescanning my laptop case and pointing. Is that your bag? Yes. There are five agents now looking at the x-ray of my bag and digging around. It is amazing how many pockets and nooks are in those things. Sir, do you have a drill bit in your bag? Uhhh, I am a machinist, it is possible. They scanned again and after digging around about 10 minutes they pulled out a 3/8 inch diameter x 12 inch long drill bit. I thought oh crap I forgot that was in there and I am in trouble now. They started laughing(yes they laughed), motioning me to come get may bag. As I was putting my laptop back in my bag they handed me the drill back. Odd thing is it had been in my bags for 2 other trips. Good thing it weren’t a fingernail file.

I also carried my boot bag on one trip which included my safety harness lanyards. It has 2 huge hooks on each end for tying off while I am climbing. They just looked at them and cleared them.



I do appreciate the free pass but what’s the criteria? Maybe it’s just my southern charm. Of course the folks behind me weren’t so thrilled.

Ever had a personal search in TSA?

Can you raed this?

Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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I recieved this in an Email. It didn't say whether being able to was good or bad.

Well how bout it? Could you?

My First Time

The sky was dark
The moon was high
All alone
Just her and I
Her hair so soft
Her eyes so blue
I knew just what
She wanted to do
Her skin so soft
Her legs so fine
I ran my fingers
Down her spine
I didn't know how
But I tried my best
To place my hand
Upon her breasts
I remember my fear
My fast beating heart
But slowly she spread
Her legs apart
And when she did it
I felt no shame
All at once
The white stuff came
At last it's finished
It's all over now
My first time
Milking a cow!

Double Tag Team

Not only did I get tagged but I got double teamed by two young ladies. Real life never works out quite that well. I am going to combine the two into one long list.

25 things ya may not know about me.

1. I am terribly shy, especially in crowds. I kinda panicked when I got tagged to do this. But I think I will make it thru. I typically try to be low key. Sad I know.

2. That being said, I will talk a total stranger’s ear off in the airport or on a plane or in line at a store or restaurant.

3. I am old. I will be a year older next week. Nuff said.

4. I love Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. They were founded just up the road a piece.

5. I don’t really care for reading books. I have a short attention span. I do enjoy short stories and Readers Digest, Sudoku puzzles and crosswords.

6. I don’t watch shows with a storyline like 24 or Lost due to my schedule because I can’t keep up plus the attention span issue.

7. I own a small machine shop where I do side work. Don’t make a lot of money there but it helps and I love the feeling of creating things from scratch.

8. I hold 6 US Patents for different types of equipment designs and have a 7th pending approval.

9. I like working on cars or anything mechanical.

10. I enjoy watching NASCAR races on TV. I drive right past the front door of the Charlotte Motor speedway every morning on my way to work but I don’t go to races due to the crowd. I do go to the Summer Shootout series for the legends races.

11. I have 4 Kids. Ages 23,22,18,7.

12. I have never lived more than 6 miles from where I was born. So odds are I prolly won’t be moving to Ohio. I really don’t need to because half of them have already moved here.

13. To confirm Chrissy’s (I Should’ve Been A Stripper) guess, Yes I do have a southern accent and per my co-workers opinions it’s pretty thick.

14. I like to travel for work. The only place east of the Mississippi I have been is Denver Colorado.

15. I was a Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in a small town for 7 years. I could pull a perfect strip on the Recordi-Annie during CPR training. I’ve done CPR for real 3 times.

16. I had to do the Heimlich maneuver on my son when he was 3. Thank goodness for all the training.

17. I was playing church league softball one night while on Ambulance duty. I broke my ankle running to first. Before they had me out of the ballpark the other On Duty EMT separated his shoulder in centerfield. They put us in the same room in the ER. I got to watch as they set his shoulder.

18. I like Survivor and Big Brother. I watch the Amazing Race periodically.

19. I like NCIS reruns.

20. I Design/Build/Repair/Maintain the equipment where I work.

21. I can fix anything but a broken heart and the crack of dawn. That might be a bit overstated but I like the saying.

22. It took me 20 yrs to finish my 2 year associates degree. I started college using a slide rule and finished on a laptop.

23. I love crawfish. In the creek in a tank or on a plate.

24. I hate to write. It doesn’t come natural to me. It is a bit overwhelming because most folks I tend to follow write for a living or are published or are just good at it. I do try.

25. I can’t seem to grab buttons or widgets or links. I tried to put buttons on my page but for some reason it is beyond me. Adding pics was a feat in itself and some days logging in is a challenge.

Well, That’s me in a nutshell. Thank you Señorita Andalucíana and Chrissy for the mention and the opportunity. I would link to you but see #25 above.

For Your Convenience Just Leave Your Wallet On The Table

I am traveling in Pittsburgh this week. The hotel room is clean. My bed is comfy. My dinner was great. Free internet. Yea! I found this little gift of a 1 liter bottle on the nightstand in my room.



At these prices I'm glad my car don't run on water.



Mighty handy but I think I will pass. However, I will offer this for free.

The Koala Ate My Homework

While this is prolly not real it is amusing.

Turn up the sound.

Simplicity

In my job I tend to do a lot of trig and other calculations. I found this to be kinda funny.


Wish it was all this easy.