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   kfccanada said, 11 months ago

   It’s amazing but the noise from kids enjoying toys is much more acceptable to the ear than the sound of kids whining or screaming or bawling. As you notice, none of the passengers appear to be disturbed. Just wait till mom takes away the toys…
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   mollie05 said, 11 months ago

   It’s true, nothing worse than whining kids!!
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   gmartin997 said, 11 months ago

   That wouldn’t be suggested today unless you’d want your kids to submit to a full body search. People, even children, have been detained for less. Still, I’d rather submit to a little inconvenience, embarrassment, even indignation than risk having the plane blow up with me on it. And for those who would be quick to point out how long it’s been since the last terrorist threat on an airliner, I might point out the intense security might be the primary reason. Are you willing to take the risk that it isn’t?
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   gmartin997 said, 11 months ago

   @kfccanada

   They’re not on the plane yet.
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   Paula R. Stiles said, 11 months ago

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   Oh, please. The security on U.S. flights is still downright pathetic compared to that of overseas flights. I’ve flown to African countries and seen better security that was less invasive. The airport security I saw in Scotland during the Hoof-and-Mouth epidemic was tighter than what the TSA can muster.

   It never ceases to amaze me how many Americans are gullible enough to believe that increased humiliation always equals increased security. Not to mention, have you looked around airports, lately? We get all excited about having to fly on a plane with anyone who looks even remotely Middle Eastern, but it sure doesn’t seem to bother us to have them serve us from a kiosk or stick our luggage on carts.

   As for John and the noisy toys, I’ve always thought Lynn Johnston exaggerated the stupidity of some of her male characters. This is a classic example. Even Dad would be thoroughly sick and tired of those noisy things after a couple of hours stuck on a plane with them, let alone all the other passengers. He’s hardly an absentee dad and they’re both well out of diapers. You’d think he’d have a clue by now.
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   Arye Uygur said, 11 months ago

   The metal rod in my leg plus my artificial hip always sets off the metal detector. When it does that in a US airport, I’m subjected to a full pat-down (I’m in my 70s). I just returned from Europe and went through security many times at various airports there. When the metal detector went off my examination was finished in SECONDS. I’m not saying that senior citizins should be overlooked in profiling: Remember the guy who killed the security guard at the Washington DC Holocaust Center? He was 89.
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   psychlady said, 11 months ago

   Yeah, nobody likes whining kids!
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   neatslob said, 11 months ago

   Try to find an airport these days that sells toy guns in a gift shop.
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   mightaswellbe said, 11 months ago

   Well at least he didn’t buy them horns and drums.
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    hcr1985 said, 11 months ago

    The problem with the TSA is that in our effort to be politically correct and not make anyone mad, we are patting down 90 year old grannies and 4 year olds in Scooby Doo pajamas and letting the guy in the turban go by without a second glance. I am not saying we should ban certain people from commercial air, but let’s have common sense. If granny can barely walk with a colostomy bag, you REALLY think she is hiding a bomb?!
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    The Life I Draw Upon said, 11 months ago

    @kfccanada

    I agree about the sound, but after a while it’s like doing business with terrorist.
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, 11 months ago

    John paid money for those toys, and now Elly is taking them away?
    Whatta bee-yotch!!!
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 11 months ago

    @hcr1985

    “Politically Correct?” What does that mean? What it is is the everyone no matter what age or infirmity is searched. That means only the rich can get through without it.

    
    

    Lynn’s Notes:
    Aaron wanted to take his transparent plastic space-gun with him to Winnipeg and did not want it to go out of his sight.
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    Jenn said, 11 months ago

    Dad’s an idiot! And I don’t believe in feeding into children’s demands just to get them to be quieter. They’re kids! Of course they won’t be quiet. For any reason. They’re too amped up for this trip already.
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    Senex said, 11 months ago

    If security is so good at U.S. airports, why can’t they guarantee to get my luggage from one place to another without anything going missing?
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