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| When travelling, do you freely allow yourself to be X-rayed in airports? |
| Yes ( who cares, besides ... i have no "choice" ) |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: Airport X-Ray Love |
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Last time i left Korea, i had my bags X-rayed, then it appeared they wanted wanted me to walk through one of these type of units
& "zap" me with a dose of radiation love.
I of course asked "IS that an X-Ray?" "You want to X-ray me?" 
Had to go through this a few times with the Korean screener, the line not moving ... before she summoned her superior.
This new lady nicely asked me to step aside & simply ran her silly little paddle over my body.
i thanked her, walked around the radioactive booth, & collected my bags for the flight home.
What of yourself?
Are X-rays too much, or do you simply see it as your duty in helping to "prevent global terrorism"?
i know where i stand & where i draw the proverbial line.
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660198354,00.html |
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Darkness
Joined: 12 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| It's an xray? SO they are checking to see if you have anything under your clothes? |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: Airport X-Ray Love |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
Last time i left Korea, i had my bags X-rayed, then it appeared they wanted wanted me to walk through one of these type of units
& "zap" me with a dose of radiation love.
I of course asked "IS that an X-Ray?" "You want to X-ray me?"
Had to go through this a few times with the Korean screener, the line not moving ... before she summoned her superior.
This new lady nicely asked me to step aside & simply ran her silly little paddle over my body.
i thanked her, walked around the radioactive booth, & collected my bags for the flight home.
What of yourself?
Are X-rays too much, or do you simply see it as your duty in helping to "prevent global terrorism"?
i know where i stand & where i draw the proverbial line.
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660198354,00.html |
Is that not just metal detector?
Looks like the standard ones to me. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, it is a standard metal detector (wire coil). There are no x-rays from it.
igotthisguitar is lost or finally got run out of the nutbox that is current events or off-topic and needed someplace to post his crap.
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| igotthisguitar is lost or finally got run out of the nutbox that is current events or off-topic and needed someplace to post his crap. |
Here's a thought or two for those afflicted with slavish ( see no evil ) "herd" mentality.
1 ) X-RAYS are BaaaaaaaD ... for your HEART.
2 ) Radiation contributes to other misc. not so casual health issues such as CANCER.
http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/default.html |
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jetrash
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
Location: the united steaks
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: |
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no x rays from that device....its an induction loop picking up metal..thats all
safe as
what about the nano_bots in the on flight snacks,eh?
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| jetrash wrote: |
no x rays from that device....its an induction loop picking up metal..
what about the nano_bots in the on flight snacks,eh?
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Well, i asked the lady "Is THAT an X-ray?" ( like about 3 or 4 times ) and like i said the took me aside to "process" me, swept my body over with those hand paddles & let me walk around the side of the machine that the rest of the herd were blissfully passing through.
Nanobots? Brave New World  |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, that's just a metal detector, nothing more. I have a buddy at TSA who filed a claim saying the metal detector was an x-ray causing him all sorts of illnesses, and the case got tossed, as did he several months later for an "unrelated procedural infraction."
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/airport-security3.htm |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Well, either A) it WAS an X-ray or 2) the woman didn't understand my English.
*shrugs* |
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partialtone
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Me: The detector doesn't scan for drugs does it?
Security guard: it sure does.
Me: um, really?
Security guard: sir ... come with me.
Big brother's a *beep*! |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| partialtone wrote: |
Me: The detector doesn't scan for drugs does it?
Security guard: it sure does.
Me: um, really?
Security guard: sir ... come with me.
Big brother's a *beep*! |
Really? Care to explain?
You mean an X-ray or baggage? |
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partialtone
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
Well, either A) it WAS an X-ray or 2) the woman didn't understand my English.
*shrugs* |
was just giving you an option III) when you start acting nervous and ask too many questions when passing through security it should raise a red flag. What I'm worried about is that she didn't take you back for a cavity search |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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If they wanna look through my bags & "scan" them, fly at it.
i simply refuse to freely allow by BODY to be X-Rayed, even if this means not flying.
It's extremely dangerous technology. |
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partialtone
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
If they wanna look through my bags & "scan" them, fly at it.
i simply refuse to freely allow by BODY to be X-Rayed, even if this means not flying.
It's extremely dangerous technology. |
That's fair. Fortunately we don't have to make that choice yet. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| Well, either A) it WAS an X-ray or 2) the woman didn't understand my English. |
I'm guessing B.
You're a paranoid freak par excellence by the way. You're kind of getting to be like that family dog who has slowly gone lame and senile, and desperately needs to be put down.
The horseshit posted on this board reaches new levels of idiocy every day. Truly unbelievable.
Carry on with your delusional 'discussion.' |
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