Be aware that if you use an, “assistive device,” to get around, and even though TSA’s own rules say you can request a private inspection instead of trying to walk without it and/or not remove your shoes, they don’t care. If you are mobility-impaired, in may be impossible to stand, balance on a cane, and remove your…

Darn, somebody had to go do their job.

Especially #4. WTH, people? Getting annoyed because almost half the people in the line don’t endure this humiliating security theatre as often as you do serves what purpose? You’re such an expert, be a decent human being and help out the other humans around you. Great advice.

I earned a second inspection a few years ago at PHX because my small, correct-size bottles were in clear, plastic bags ... but, not the clear, plastic bags the TSA had in boxes at the checkpoint, “as a courtesy,” according to the sign. I was actually a bit gob-smacked about why, if my bottles were already in bags, I…

Last time I flew out of PHX was at about 6 a.m. Showed up at 5 and there was already a substantial line for the single TSA checkpoint. However, the line bent its way past Starbucks (any port in a storm). And I joined others in that bend of the line ordering a quick drip coffee, bagel, and cream cheese. By the time I,…

My favorite TSA moment happened to someone else at ORD. Two women got to the checkpoint and one started arguing with the TSA guard over her four bottles of wine, in a carrier, that she just bought in Napa. The guard was firm, the bottles were too large. And, she correctly pointed out that she had already been on one…

But, a bottle of water, a sealed bottle of water, is banned.

smart dogs

“Panoramic sunroofs.” No. Not ever. There are bad things in the world, and making new ways for the desert/Southwest/Western sun to cause massive UV damage to the human body is one of them.

1956 International Harvester pickup. My grandfather’s real-world farm pickup. So it wasn’t all shiny and new-looking like this. My father showed me how the clutch worked, told me I had 20 acres, and don’t drive in the river. I was 12. On our way home from that visit, he was sleepy, so I drove our ‘65 Ford Country…

Recently sought a second neurological opinion. He, “was absolutely positive,” and said so three times, that the numbness in my feet, which started first with the left, and then the right, was due to diabetes. Despite seeing my records which show no evidence of diabetes, he insisted, but also, to be sure, ordered blood…

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8.4. The only way I can get directions to anyplace is to enter exact street addresses. Otherwise, if I try to find, let’s say the Phoenix Art Museum and I’m about 30 miles away, it lets me know there are no museums available, but offers museums in Tucson, Los Angeles, and, my favorite, Hong Kong.

Really? Am I sure my car’s UConnect system doesn’t provide directions that are useful or even at all? Uh, yes. But, I’ll keep driving the car to see if that magically changes tomorrow.

UConnect unpairs with my phone randomly, usually in heavy traffic is a city where I’m trying to get someplace I’ve never been before. It refuses to find any location farther away than a quarter-mile, so if I use it, I have to pull over when I think I’m about that far away and then, my destination magically appears on…

UConnect does everything except provide directions. It’s essentially useless in that regard.

First bike. (‘Net image of a restored ‘78 KZ650)

No shielding except for massive blocks of lead.

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No, they get to pay for the tow and the fine.