Grumble

We had over an hour and a half in queue through Customs

Quarantine in Los Angeles, half our 3 hr transit before our

Chicago flight.

We were randomly selected for check by the new Terrorism Police,

which meant that the next seven times we checked onto an

aircraft, we got the 105% check, while others in our group sauntered

onto the plane with just a walk through the "gate".

Most of the security people couldn't understand that grown up

people can come halfway around the world to watch some air

shows.

I didn't mention that the real reason was to meet Lilith.

Lost touch with J4U, or would have grabbed a beer with her in

Oshkosh.

Above all, enjoy the "now" over there, and remember that despite

the differences, this is the home of some good friends of ours.

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