there, bothRichard would probably have a better idea what was involved
Thought you were just joshing there... :)mechanical and electrical... :)Yeah, right.... (G) Women can be quite apt mechanically and electrically... just not me.... ;) I'm glad to let him handle those things... ;) My niece-daughter, on the other hand, is quite able to do that sort of thing (better, I believe, than her husband, actually)... She's actually a Mechanical Engineer... ;)
It's a man's job [g]
Actually, I have a buddy who has led the MIT Women's
Technology Program and has been on the faculty of the
MIT Mech Engineering department for 17 years. We used
to do a bunch of music together.
At least a few a small mercies... :)I used to get a "welcome home, SIR" and a wave.Sigh... the world has changed... and not much for the better....
No longer.
Regression toward the mean, they call it. At
least (with notable exceptions) things are not
getting totally worse.
Probably not.... Maybe it's just that it is outside the norm, sobeen known to take zilch, which also seems to bother them.Taking zilch could indicate not expecting to return, I suppose...
It's irrelevant to him if I wanted to return or not.
Without any bag at all, the highjacking scenario
wouldn't fly, either.
becomes worrisome....
learned to only take what I could carry easily myself.... :)Makes perfect sense to me... :) Especially after my first
Yes. As Miss Piggy is quoted as saying, never try to
eat anything bigger than your head. Similarly, never
try to tote a bag bigger than your qualification to tote.
experience... :)
In Paris as well, but they schedule the planes in atIt's possible that other flights into YUL had been significantly
a certain time frame; the problem was that our flight
was delayed something like 5 hours and right smack dab
into that slot.
delayed, causing the problems with his flight... which arrived a little early, but had to wait for half an hour or more to even get a slot for unloading, and I think RJ said they finally just brought over something
to ferry the passengers to the terminal....
So forgetting to reapply has its disadvantages, asOh, dear.... you'll remember next time, I'd guess.... ;)
they have to start the investigations all over -
they quoted a lag of up to 11 weeks! for their
background checks. So I'm only spottily getting the
precheck these days.
Would that protect you better from outside influences on theAnd some sites are reacting as if ignoring my inputs andThat could be right scary...
displaying to the tapping of a different drummer.
It's happening fairly frequently. I try to remember
to put airplane mode on when I'm not actively using
the Internet, but I forget all too frequently.
computer...?
It helps if one has some connection into it, after all... it's ratherIt was amusing in the way Little Shop of Horrors wasI've only heard selected selections from it on the radio from time to time... and heard of it....
(I saw the original only).
In my youth, popular culture was not quite the closed
book it now is to me.
closed to me as well... :)
Or at least more visible.... :)... A cat is the visible soul of a home.Mais d'accord...
From the cat's point of view!
Dander is the real soul, though.
Perhaps not, but I have run into it from time to time in my genealogical travels.... :)They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular visitors... possibly based on whether one has a current library card elsewhere...And I gather you didn't ask, either....
They didn't ask for evidence of any.
I'm not sure about the sense of offering that kind
of reciprocity, anyhow.
Were I to be likely in CA for any length of time (or lengths of time) it could be something to pursue.... :)Indeed. :)
Placards do come in handy at times.
Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-17-19 06:33 <=-
Probably not.... Maybe it's just that it is outside the norm, sobeen known to take zilch, which also seems to bother them.Taking zilch could indicate not expecting to return, I suppose...
It's irrelevant to him if I wanted to return or not.
Without any bag at all, the highjacking scenario
wouldn't fly, either.
becomes worrisome....
Shortly after the TSA started up, some wag decided to
fly clad just in a thong, no luggage, no carryon. I
thought it was funny. The government did not, I'm not
sure if he was allowed to fly, though there was no
legal justification for preventing him.
learned to only take what I could carry easily myself.... :)Makes perfect sense to me... :) Especially after my first
Yes. As Miss Piggy is quoted as saying, never try to
eat anything bigger than your head. Similarly, never
try to tote a bag bigger than your qualification to tote.
experience... :)
I've got Letitia and Bonnie to cut down to a reasonable-
size carryon plus personal item each. This includes concert
attire. I'm thinking of setting the example by bringing just
a personal item, but more likely I will do likewise, making
my carryon and personal item just a tad smaller than theirs.
We're traveling on an airline that would allow us to take
something like 340 lb of hold luggage for free.
So forgetting to reapply has its disadvantages, asOh, dear.... you'll remember next time, I'd guess.... ;)
they have to start the investigations all over -
they quoted a lag of up to 11 weeks! for their
background checks. So I'm only spottily getting the
precheck these days.
This one, about which I haven't heard yet, would take me to
half my life expectancy, so maybe there'll be a next time.
Would that protect you better from outside influences on theAnd some sites are reacting as if ignoring my inputs andThat could be right scary...
displaying to the tapping of a different drummer.
It's happening fairly frequently. I try to remember
to put airplane mode on when I'm not actively using
the Internet, but I forget all too frequently.
computer...?
No ... what it would do is discourage evildoers from
appropriating my downtime and highjacking my resources
to make a sort of mini-me bot. There is no way to prevent
outside snooping and influences on any computer. Even
having wi-fi off altogether doesn't guarantee isolation.
It is possible (one of the great paranoid sci-fi writers,
perhaps Lucius Shepherd, wrote about this) with enough
effort and technology and will to surveil anyone with a
computer at all.
Perhaps not, but I have run into it from time to time in my genealogical travels.... :)They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular visitors... possibly based on whether one has a current library card elsewhere...And I gather you didn't ask, either....
They didn't ask for evidence of any.
I'm not sure about the sense of offering that kind
of reciprocity, anyhow.
If you describe your mission enticingly enough, no
doubt doors will be opened. Despite their strict
reputation, librarians tend to be soft touches.
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