Comments on: Thoughtful Thursday - A Reluctant Road Warrior http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/ Official Blog of Caridad Pineiro, Author of paranormals, romantic suspense, women's fiction and all other kinds of good stuff! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Caridad http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11343 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:34:45 +0000 http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11343 Good hint about the socks and shoes. Those stops are such a pain in the butt, but understandable. LOL on the card to the CEO. Maybe he would get a kick out of it! Good hint about the socks and shoes. Those stops are such a pain in the butt, but understandable.

LOL on the card to the CEO. Maybe he would get a kick out of it!

]]> by: Liz Falkner http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11340 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:24:40 +0000 http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11340 I'm with you, Caridad. I always get stopped as well. If I'm traveling and have cool weather clothes, I use the large plastic bags that you push all the air out to save space. Oh, make sure you wear loafers or shoes easy to take on and off. And no socks or stockings with holes since you have to take your shoes off. Once, we were rushing and I coudln't find the mate to my socks. So when the screener insisted I take off my shoes, I had on mismatched socks. I acted as cool as Naomi on her way to work at the sanitation department. I say go ahead and hand the head of the Fortune 500 company a SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS business card. He, or his wife, or his latest chippie of the moment, will probably thank you for it. LOL. (Sounds like something that would happen on Boston Legal). I’m with you, Caridad. I always get stopped as well. If I’m traveling and have cool weather clothes, I use the large plastic bags that you push all the air out to save space.

Oh, make sure you wear loafers or shoes easy to take on and off. And no socks or stockings with holes since you have to take your shoes off. Once, we were rushing and I coudln’t find the mate to my socks. So when the screener insisted I take off my shoes, I had on mismatched socks. I acted as cool as Naomi on her way to work at the sanitation department.

I say go ahead and hand the head of the Fortune 500 company a SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS business card. He, or his wife, or his latest chippie of the moment, will probably thank you for it. LOL. (Sounds like something that would happen on Boston Legal).

]]> by: Caridad http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11338 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:52:32 +0000 http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11338 LOL! I love that Wand comment. Will have to keep it in mind for next time. Makes me think of when I was frisked. Too bad I didn't have a fun come back for that. I always get stopped, FYI. Don't know why, but I do. Great tip about the zip lock bags. I do that as well and it has avoided many a mess. I use a bunch of them -- some for computer gear, others for cosmetics. Computer gear bag is fuller! They are easy to use because they are clear as well. LOL! I love that Wand comment. Will have to keep it in mind for next time.

Makes me think of when I was frisked. Too bad I didn’t have a fun come back for that.

I always get stopped, FYI. Don’t know why, but I do.

Great tip about the zip lock bags. I do that as well and it has avoided many a mess. I use a bunch of them — some for computer gear, others for cosmetics. Computer gear bag is fuller!

They are easy to use because they are clear as well.

]]> by: Gretchen http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11337 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:40:15 +0000 http://caridad.com/blog/2007/04/19/thoughtful-thursday-a-reluctant-road-warrior/#comment-11337 Always put anything liquid in ziplock bags. I don't know how many times I've had weird sticky soapy clothes when I got where I was going. I always organize my belongings in ziploc bags when possible. Particularly in my carryon so that they can look at them without having to risk tampons rolling all over the floor at airport screening. I had a guy pick up a small ziploc with tampons in it one time and ask me what they were. He was a young guy and I was delighted to tell him with a straight face and quite loudly. "They're Tampons". That put an end to the questions. Fun thing to ask the security guy with the wand - "Can you turn me into a princess with that thing?" Always put anything liquid in ziplock bags. I don’t know how many times I’ve had weird sticky soapy clothes when I got where I was going. I always organize my belongings in ziploc bags when possible. Particularly in my carryon so that they can look at them without having to risk tampons rolling all over the floor at airport screening. I had a guy pick up a small ziploc with tampons in it one time and ask me what they were. He was a young guy and I was delighted to tell him with a straight face and quite loudly. “They’re Tampons”. That put an end to the questions.

Fun thing to ask the security guy with the wand - “Can you turn me into a princess with that thing?”

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