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To: Lane3 who wrote (128995)	8/1/2005 1:35:30 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

the requisite "flat affect" of the airport environment I guess you retired before they put the metal detectors in every Federal building? Even if you're with a group of people laughing and joking, nobody's in a humorous mood when they go through a metal detector, first pulling off jewelry and watch and if they are made out of metal, your eyeglasses, and putting these into a plastic basket, then keeping an eye on jewelry, purse and briefcase while simultaneously stepping through a metal detector under at least two pairs of eyes, hoping not to brush the sides which will make it buzz whether you're wearing metal or not. For men, deduct purse from the equation and add wallet into basket. I don't care how wonderful your personality is, this is not a time when you're at your most charming and bubbly. If there's a crowd, the security guards are all tense, too, trying to watch everybody and everything all at once. I have a better time when it's just me. The security guards know me and we chat. But then, we've known each other since 1997 (Mir Amal Kasi trial). (But I've been going through metal detectors since 1990 - visiting prisoners in jail. Jail guards are not noted for their sense of humor.)