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bktrub@aol.com wrote:
> Yeah, but I start moaning softly and suck my breath in when they are=20
> patting me down, just to see the TSA folks get freaked out.
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> Brian Trubee

I tell them I'm going to have to send them a bill, just like all of my re=
gular customers.  They don't deserve a freebie=20
just, because they are federal employees.

And the radiation may be negligible (IFF, the machine is set AND used cor=
rectly. There is no way for you to verify=20
either) compared to dental xrays and cosmic radiation, but at least both =
of the latter serve a purpose.

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> -----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
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> I won't go through the scanner. It riles me to get patted down, but=20
> gettting irradiated is worse.
> =20
> Brian Trubee
> Just to keep it in perspective: yeah, it=E2=80=99s annoying, but the ra=
diation=20
> you get from the very brief scan is negligibly small compared to the=20
> increase cosmic ray dose you=E2=80=99ll get from taking the flight at t=
he higher=20
> altitudes.  Both of which are small compared to what you=E2=80=99ll get=
 at your=20
> next dental x-ray.
> Al G
> =20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com <mailto:msteitle@gmail.com>>
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net=20
> <mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net>>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 1, 2011 8:33 am
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Off Subject / Getting Even
> Kelly,
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> 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=20
> refuse to fly on the commercial airlines.  Now that my project is an=20
> airplane, I either fly myself or I drive.  All groping and/or verbal=20
> abuse is handled by the wife.
> =20
> Mark S.=20
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net=20
> <mailto:keltro@att.net>> wrote:
> **Perhaps some of the group can identify with this=20
> !!.........................**
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> **Makes me remember why I do not like to fly commercially=20
> !!............And my brother **
> **is a pilot for "Delta"...............**
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> TSA Agents Banned From Seattle Eatery Restaurant Owner Puts Agents On=20
> "Do-Not-Eat" List
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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/>=20
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> Kelly Troyer
> **"DYKE DELTA JD2"**** ****(Eventually)**
> "13B ROTARY"_ Engine
> "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
> "MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
> "TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo
> =20