On 21 Feb 2006 20:02:13 -0800, "Abe Kouris"
wrote:
>Just came back from a trip from DC to Vermont. I decided to take
>Amtrak, even though it's a 10+ hour trip vs. flying (about 4 hours, if
>you count dealing with travel to the airport and check in and security
>BS.)
>
>But the best part of the rip was my homeward journey. Strapped to my
>belt I had my trusty 6-inch Bowie knife that I had forgotten to take
>off when I got out of the woods. On boarding the train -- no taking
>off my shoes, no TSA security weenies treating me like I was some kind
>of criminal.
And Amtrak doesn't print "SSSS" on your boarding pass (singling you
out for extra security screening) just because you bought a one-way
ticket instead of a round trip.
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