GO ABBA GO!!!

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
TSA's website -- surprisingly! -- is not helpful re this question, but this page suggests that if you don't have identification you will be "designated for secondary screening." I can't tell whether that's when they wheel out the anal probe.

Bonus! I may "lose" my ID more often, in that case.

I guess I will worry about it for ANOTHER 24 hours and then fucking call fucking TSA.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Icky Thump
There are way more tv timeouts now and they are more noticeable at the game, especially if you don't go often.

It's hard for a novice, such as myself, to tell the difference between a called timeout and the tv timeout. It was weird to hear the radio announcer say that the Devils had called a time out.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I saw some somewhere else, too, at around 7:45. I am impressed. I had to wait for the walk sign to change to don't walk to make a right turn on green, even though I took one of their fliers. Fuckers. Um, I mean, I totally support their right to strike, even if it means that my car idles, releasing greenhouse gasses for that extra 45-60 seconds.

Oooh, the stage workers on Broadway are striking as well, that means that the suburbanites won't be pouring in on Wed. for matinee day with their shellaced behives and leather coats and pinkie rings. mmmmm Happy!

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
in my neighborhood we have mostly black squirrels. in the last few months I've seen two black squirrels with a white tipped tail. I've never seen them before. do you think they're breeding with skunks?

We have albino squirrels in my neighborhood. Maybe some of them went to your neighborhood on vacation and got a bit frisky with the locals.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I do not like my oatmeal lumpy.

I prefer it to be almost soupy.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Bonus! I may "lose" my ID more often, in that case.

I guess I will worry about it for ANOTHER 24 hours and then fucking call fucking TSA.

I'm not sure how helpful this is but once, post 9-11, I lost my wallet on my way to the Las Vegas airport (coming home from a long weekend of debauchery). They let me board the plane with only non-pictured ids (credit cards, no passport or birth certificate) but they did make me go through the secondary screening.

(my wallet was actually found and then returned to me after I got home to D.C. -- yay for honest taxi drivers).

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.

If anyone busts ppnyc's chops for the inane shit she posts, I am going to cite to this post. I don't care what ltl/fb say. I'm gonna do it. I have even come up with a citation format:

But see, Unlike Humpty, Coltrane, DYJCM, Lawtalkers (GO ABBA GO!!! Nov. 12, 2007, 9:23 a.m.)

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
If anyone busts ppnyc's chops for the inane shit she posts, I am going to cite to this post. I don't care what ltl/fb say. I'm gonna do it. I have even come up with a citation format:

But see, Unlike Humpty, Coltrane, DYJCM, Lawtalkers (GO ABBA GO!!! Nov. 12, 2007, 9:23 a.m.)

Ahem, is this blue book compliant?

When Starbucks was promoting Akeelah and the bee, they passed out coasters with spelling bee words on them as defined. Am I a big nerd that I have an ambidextrous coaster sitting here waiting for my green tea?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
guys still stroke to Marilyn monroe's Playboy centerfold. she's dead.

Translation: I'm running out of reasons to wake up in the morning.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by barely_legal
I'm not sure how helpful this is but once, post 9-11, I lost my wallet on my way to the Las Vegas airport (coming home from a long weekend of debauchery). They let me board the plane with only non-pictured ids (credit cards, no passport or birth certificate) but they did make me go through the secondary screening.

(my wallet was actually found and then returned to me after I got home to D.C. -- yay for honest taxi drivers).

Any information is good. How long ago was this? What does "secondary screening" involve?

eta PM me; I should have PMed you.

[Icky Thump]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
So I lost my drivers license, and I am a rube and do not have a passport. I am supposed to fly somewhere at Thanksgiving. I went to get my replacement license last week and they said it will take up to 60 days to arrive in the mail. I have some paper crap (no picture) that is my temp license.

The nice customer service lady at the airline said that a credit card and either the temporary license or my birth certificate will work. TSA is closed for Veterans Day, I think. I am kind of freaking out. Does anyone know whether the nice customer service lady at the airline is correct, or is she blowing sunshine up my ass?

If you have time to stand in line all day, in NY you can get a passport (or used to be able to) at the passport office if you had an airline ticket, for like the next day.

I have heard that some people occasionally buy refundable first class tix to use for this.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Any information is good. How long ago was this? What does "secondary screening" involve?

eta PM me; I should have PMed you.

My experience with secondary screening was that it involved the xray machine, the little swab for explosives, and some asshole from TSA pawing through my carry on.

I should have PMed you as well, but I am bored.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
My experience with secondary screening was that it involved the xray machine, the little swab for explosives, and some asshole from TSA pawing through my carry on.

I am feeling better (though I realize I may be delusional about it) -- I am willing to check basically everything other than a few books to tide me over, a credit card, housekeys and some cash.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I am feeling better (though I realize I may be delusional about it) -- I am willing to check basically everything other than a few books to tide me over, a credit card, housekeys and some cash.

Ok. Now we can turn to the question of why the fuck it takes, in this digital age, SIXTY DAYS to get a replacement drivers' license with a picture. I don't think I've seen a temporary paper license since I got my first license.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I am feeling better (though I realize I may be delusional about it) -- I am willing to check basically everything other than a few books to tide me over, a credit card, housekeys and some cash.

I would bring every piece of ID I had, regardless of origin. I would bring my SS card, my voters registration card, my temporary license, my birth certificate, etc. etc. Then I would also bring my work ID, my college ID, my credit cards.