bktrub@aol.com wrote:
> Yeah, but I start moaning softly and suck my breath in when they are > patting me down, just to see the TSA folks get freaked out.
>  > Brian Trubee

I tell them I'm going to have to send them a bill, just like all of my regular customers.  They don't deserve a freebie just, because they are federal employees.

And the radiation may be negligible (IFF, the machine is set AND used correctly. There is no way for you to verify either) compared to dental xrays and cosmic radiation, but at least both of the latter serve a purpose.

> > > > -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 1, 2011 11:15 am
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Off Subject / Getting Even
> >  > I won't go through the scanner. It riles me to get patted down, but > gettting irradiated is worse.
>  > Brian Trubee
> Just to keep it in perspective: yeah, it’s annoying, but the radiation > you get from the very brief scan is negligibly small compared to the > increase cosmic ray dose you’ll get from taking the flight at the higher > altitudes.  Both of which are small compared to what you’ll get at your > next dental x-ray.
> Al G
>  > -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com <mailto:msteitle@gmail.com>>
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net > <mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net>>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 1, 2011 8:33 am
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Off Subject / Getting Even
> Kelly,
>  > Good story, I just wish they had given the name of the restaurant so I > could give them my business.  With the current state of affairs, I > refuse to fly on the commercial airlines.  Now that my project is an > airplane, I either fly myself or I drive.  All groping and/or verbal > abuse is handled by the wife.
>  > Mark S. > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net > <mailto:keltro@att.net>> wrote:
> **Perhaps some of the group can identify with this > !!.........................**
>  > **Makes me remember why I do not like to fly commercially > !!............And my brother **
> **is a pilot for "Delta"...............**
>  >  >  > > TSA Agents Banned From Seattle Eatery Restaurant Owner Puts Agents On > "Do-Not-Eat" List
> > A restaurant owner near SEA-TAC airport became fed up ... so to
> speak ... with stories from his customers about their treatment at
> the hands of TSA agents. So the owner decided to put anyone
> employed by the agency on a "do-not-eat" list, and the response
> from customers had been mostly positive.
> > A blog called "The Raw Story" reports that restaurant employee
> KC McLawson told a journalist that there are signs on the door
> saying that TSA employees are not welcome. "We have the right to
> refuse service to anyone," she said.
> > McLawson said the owner of the establishment travels frequently,
> and he can recognize TSA personnel when they come into the
> cafe. She said even the police have assisted in escorting
> TSA employees from the restaurant on occasion.
> > McLawson said the policy would stand until TSA agents "start
> treating us with the respect and dignity we deserve." Until then,
> it'll be no food for the Feds. The name of the cafe, and its
> owner, was withheld from the blog by the journalist who told them
> the story.
> FMI: www.tsa.gov <http://www.tsa.gov/> >  >  > Kelly Troyer
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