Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have some very good friends, and two cousins in the US, I have visited often and we are going to DC in April to celebrate my 60th birthday by visiting friends and family. I hope everything will be plain sailing. These security guys are doing a job not everybody wants and they are probably neither well paid nor well educated. There is a lot of ignorance. I must say, if I had not got the tickets already I would reconsider the trip. I would say that of all the countries I have visited the US officials are the least knowledgeable and most insular. There is a clear impression that they think you are being granted a great privilege being allowed access to their country. Probably extreme nationalism taught in school :-) Frank On 19 Jan, 2010, at 02:58, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I have stopped going to the USA - my last trip was in 2002, and > barring emergencies, or traveling to Galapagos which I plan to do > sometime, that will be my last. Could not stand the paranoid and > intrusive visa and security authorities, and the shoddy and demeaning > treatment meted out to my wife and myself. No reason we have to put up > with that. You cannot change the system, you can only vote with your > feet. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:26 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hmm, I think that all of our business and leisure travel dollars will be >> redirected to Europe and Asia over USA and Canada for the foreseeable >> future. We see some of the restrictions implemented as security to be >> arbitrary, overly intrusive, unpleasant and unreasonable while not >> necessarily being effective. When was the last time an Aussie carried >> anything more dangerous than Vegemite into LAX? >> Just my apply for permission in advance, three hours prior to departure >> queued, double security procedured, carry on xrayed and pulled apart, >> suitcases unlocked to save the thieves some inconvenience, liquid >> restricted, questioned, through clothing body scanned, metal detected, >> patted down, jet lagged two cents worth. >> >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> 2010/1/19 philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> >> >>> Superb photos (with the latest gear). >>> >>> And it is now settled, I'll be flying SNCF this year again. >>> >>> Thanks for the link Steve >>> Amiti?s >>> Philippe >>> >>> >>> Le 18 janv. 10 ? 21:19, Steve Barbour a ?crit : >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> http://luminous-landscape.com/essays/flying-jan-10.shtml >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information