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I had this problem in quite a few places in the past. Doesn't matter which VISA I held, I was always breaking the rules. You'd think that people would figure out...at least some of those enrolled for higher degrees just may not be from rich families, and working their way through. Hence...

That is a bad move, and I would have been extremely aggravated (to put it nicely). I've never had such a thing happen, though. Coming home has always been great. I have heard bad stories such as yours from Miami, but have never had such an experience. Admittedly though, I've only cleared in...

Interesting they use bottles. Is it actual oxygen, or just breathing air? I ask because we fill our bottles at the fire station for ourselves, as well as scuba divers when they ask. We do not charge. Although the request for scuba air isn't that common around here. Sometimes someone will stop...

On a GA aircraft, when you install an oxygen system, do they always use bottles, or does a compressor system of some sort get installed?

I nearly always depart and return with my point of exit/entry being ORD, primarily because I don't want to transfer at a US port of entry, recheck my bags, etc. For at least the past 4 years we've had the machines and I love them. In the past you had to stand in line, get up to the agent, who...

FRA has got to be one of my absolute favorites. A lot of travelers don't like it because of how massive it is, and it can be difficult for some to navigate. But as much as I travel through there, the security is streamlined awesome, polite, no hassle, and while they do pull people aside, from...

That actually crossed my mind, but I quickly put it out. Looks may be deceiving in some cases, but judging by the people who were questioning me I highly doubt it.

Coming into the US, I have never had a bad experience. Sure there are delays at TSA/CBP departing, but each and every time I come back inbound, I have found TSA/CBP to be very polite, and something that I have never heard said between agents and passengers in any other country..."Welcome home."...

Here are the patches the awesome TSA/CBP guy gave me.

Join a department! :) Everyone is in need of volunteer firefighters nowadays.

Agree with that, especially with the weeding out and security screening. But this interaction was ridiculous. I could have given completely false answers and it would not have changed the situation. There is no way they would have known. Really? The history of my last name? Get real.

I absolutely agree with most of that, and normally I am extremely patient and have no issues with security. The process and what it is designed to do is not lost on me at all. Of course whether it works or not is a completely different story. What really got me going was that this didn't seem...

Travel rant for anyone who is interested. Recently had to go to Russia for business. Before the political jokes start, here is my full disclosure: Yes, I did go to Russia. Yes, I did talk to Russians. Glad that's over with, now nobody will come back next month and throw me out because I didn't...

Tapatalk was one of the reasons (although a smaller one) I wasn't here for so long. It worked great for me, and I could keep up with everything, but then they released a forced update. It was horrible. They promised to fix it, and the next update was even worse. I just couldn't couldn't cut the...

Thanks for the info. Yes, a lot of familiar names for sure. I never realized how much some people were into SZ. I took a look once...couldn't stay. Not criticizing, just saying it's not something I would be able to chat about all day.

I haven't tired of it yet, but hey, I've only been cruising the threads lately for a week or two. Maybe in due time it will get old for me, but as of now I still find them funny.

Heh! The circling and stopwatch game sounds fun, but it wouldn't work for us. I'm the only one who drives when we go out (I dare not put my life into her hands like that), and if I did it, the effect wouldn't be a fight, just her repeating over and over again "Yeah, whatever. Go ahead and park...

Funny all this talk about faking out the parking lot circlers. I am definitely not one of those, but we have a divided house. I will find the first available spot, and if it's 20 spaces away from the door, so be it. I won't waste a minute circling the lot trying to find a better spot. My other...

I've got few members on FB, but not many, really. If anyone likes pics of airports, boarding gates, and fire stations around the world let me know. Most just yawn.

You were not hard to miss. By miss, I mean you were missed, but easy to find when I signed in. :)