Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Tokyo Trip

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

Pretty amazing that they allowed the camera IMO.  Usually the TSA  people 
don't exhibit much of a sense of humor, but I'm sure that this will make  for a 
good story for a long time.
 
BTW, I couldn't hear the woman TSA's comments too well, but I think that  she 
was impressed with Big Ben and you probably could have recouped most, if not  
all, of your investment right there on the spot by selling it to her!
 
John
 
 
In a message dated 9/25/2007 8:00:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
steve [at] stevejenkins.com writes:

1.  Thanks - I thought so, too - as you can tell from my laugh track.

2.  Yeah - I wasn't in a position to haggle, but I paid for it with my  black
amex (and got the points), and as it turns out, it was worth every  penny.

3. I actually made a mistake here. In my rush (I only had a few  seconds to
slip it into my brother's backpack) I put it in the wrong  compartment, and
not on the laptop as I had planned. It was sheer luck that  he decided to
pull his iPod from his backpack, which happened to be in the  same
compartment as what he now refer to as "Big Ben."

4. The dude  in front of me in the line was laughing his butt off, too. I
wish I had a  wider shot - all the security lines stopped and looked at my
bro when the  TSA guy said "Settle down sir" really loudly.

5. I'm surprised, too.  But the TSA guy couldn't have been more perfect. He
immediately knew what  was going down, and played along perfectly.

SJ

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From: Dennis Liu [mailto:bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com]  
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:53 PM
To: 'Steve Jenkins'
Cc:  'The FerrariList'
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] NFC: Tokyo  Trip


1.  Very funny!

2.  $34?  I'm  amazed.  First, I never spend more than $15 for my giant
purple ding  dongs, and two, I can't believe fellow thriftmeister SteveJ
would outlay  that kind of cash!

3.  Who takes out all the electronics, aside  from the laptop?

4.  The guy behind you in line did not look happy  (at least until he figure
out the joke).

5.  I'm surprised that  the TSA folks didn't tase you for videotaping a
"security control area",  particularly your shot of the x-ray screen.  You
must be a  terrorist.

vty,

--Dennis


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From: Steve Jenkins [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com] 
Sent: Tuesday,  September 25, 2007 8:52 PM
To: Dennis Liu
Cc: The  FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Tokyo Trip


I wish we had  time to stay the extra week and watch the Fuji race, but  we
didn't.

I just got back from the Tokyo Game Show, and we had a  blast. Here's how the
trip started at the SEA airport,  tho:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RZmIPm3dsQ

Steve

P.S.  (I'm taking the video, the guy with the backpack is my brother Harlyn,
and  appearing on the left of your screen is ListMeister Steve  Cook).
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