how did 9/11 change UR life?

[Tulip]

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Wow Wahalia. You certainly had a lot going on.

I remember the day clearly as anything. My car was being repaired at the Goodyear down the block from me, and I took a taxi to work which was only a couple of miles away.

Ahmad Dabdoub picked me up. The first lesson was not to pronounce his name ah-mahd but accck=mahd. When he dropped me off at work and everybody was surrounding a television, I thought I might truly need to pinch myself to wake up. Things were not as normal at all.

While watching, the second plane crashed into the towers and I thought, rather matter of factly, we're under attack what do I do now. Work was completely dismissed and I tried to call a couple of friends in NYC with no results. I suppose you could say I got a house landline again because of the failure of cell phones that day.

We (family and friends) have a meeting spot on the Appalachian Trail. It is a certain location in the wilderness if push comes to shove and we are unable to make phone contact. You need a compass and have to walk it on foot.

[MsPeaches]

Re: how did 9/11 change UR life?



<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Majix</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Before: scan you ID and totally by-pass security.
After: take off shoes, tek out laptop, get felt up by a tsa (or local equivalent)

Before: invite a pretty girl to the flight deck
After: lock behind a bullet proof door

Yuh need more? Mi ave a whole list</div></div>

I see what you mean. Really 'clipped your wings'. eh?
Toooo bad.

[Wahalla]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i now have to take my shoes off at airports when i travel internationally, and i pack my bags differently.

in my work, we are restricted from using American suppliers because of potential exposure under the Patriot Act.

i've consciously reduced my travel to the US because of more restrictive border practices in the aftermath of 9/11.

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in the UK we did not have to take off shoes till Richard Read did his thing

In Norway and the UK u only take off shoes when asked too.........(all tghe rest of the security I dont mind but that shoe thing pisses me off)