Monday, November 24, 2003

Thanksgiving II: The Sequel

I hopped out of the car at the Oakland Airport and breezed through security. This meant I got to spend a lot of time waiting in the airport. About 45 minutes before my flight was due to leave, I decided to move to next gate down where there was considerably less congestion. As I sat I noticed a cop and a dog pass by. A few minutes later as I went back to my gate, I noticed lots of cops and a couple of members of the flight crew from the plane that I was about to board. One of the flight attendants was handing a cop a napkin and pointing to it. In my mind, I imagined that someone had written a threatening note (a bomb?) on the napkin on the plane that had just arrived and on which I would be flying out of Oakland. I wondered how well-trained the dog and the cops were. I wanted to ask what was going on, but I decided that I'd rather not know. The flight left a few minutes late. We arrived in Dallas just about on time. Then I headed out from there and arrived in Jacksonville without any delays or significant problems. I sat next to beautiful, friendly women about my age on both legs of the flight. They each wore enormous wedding rings.

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