Things you cannot say without raising security concerns...

Last month a Hollywood producer was detained for several hours for
honestly answering a TSA screeners question as to his purpose for
visiting. The answer to the question: "I'm here to shoot a pilot."

Yesterday, a single engine GA pilot was intercepted, forced to land and
was greeted by 20 federal agents. As he was overflying a military base,
he was communicating with the controllers. When queried as to his
destination, he responded that he could not disclose that information
because he was employed in a hostile work environment and that
disclosing the location could give his employers competition a business
advantage. It seems the controller only heard the word "hostile" and
immediately notified the security apparatus.

Be careful what you say and to whom you say it, it is likely to be
interpreted out of context.

"john smith" wrote in message
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Be careful what you say and to whom you say it, it is likely to be
interpreted out of context.

When my son was in pre-school, I showed him a trick where you stand in a
doorway and press your arms against the doorframe for a minute. After a
minute is done, relax your arms, and step out of the doorway. Your arms will
begin to rise.

The next day in school, he told his teacher "My father made me move my warms
when I didn't want to".

Two weeks ago, I went to a paintball range with another son. The next day in
Spanish class they were discussing the past preterit tense. When asked what
he was doing at 6:30 the previous evening, he replied "I was shooting my
father's boss".

"El Maximo" wrote in message
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Be careful what you say and to whom you say it, it is likely to be
interpreted out of context.

When my son was in pre-school, I showed him a trick

When I was in Pre-School my folks got a call from the school. Apparently, I
either mispronounced "Focke Wulfe" or she'd never heard of such a thing.
Threatened to wash my mouth out with soap, but called my
guardian--grandfather, who was a B-17 vet--instead.

The old man was proud. I still have book I'd gotten it from somewhe
"Color Treasury of Model Airplanes"

-c

"El Maximo" wrote in message
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"john smith" wrote in message
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Be careful what you say and to whom you say it, it is likely to be
interpreted out of context.

When my son was in pre-school, I showed him a trick where you stand in a
doorway and press your arms against the doorframe for a minute. After a
minute is done, relax your arms, and step out of the doorway. Your arms
will begin to rise.

The next day in school, he told his teacher "My father made me move my
warms when I didn't want to".

Two weeks ago, I went to a paintball range with another son. The next day
in Spanish class they were discussing the past preterit tense. When asked
what he was doing at 6:30 the previous evening, he replied "I was shooting
my father's boss".

When my daughter was going into high school, it fell to me to take her to
the doctor for her innoculations. As it was, she had to have two of them.

For here being brave, I promised to stop at a frozen custard stand on the
way home.

Shocked hell out of the counter attendant when I said she'd "...just got
shots", of which I suspect she missed the last "s"..

On Jun 14, 12:58 pm, john smith wrote:
Last month a Hollywood producer was detained for several hours for
honestly answering a TSA screeners question as to his purpose for
visiting. The answer to the question: "I'm here to shoot a pilot."

Yesterday, a single engine GA pilot was intercepted, forced to land and
was greeted by 20 federal agents. As he was overflying a military base,
he was communicating with the controllers. When queried as to his
destination, he responded that he could not disclose that information
because he was employed in a hostile work environment and that
disclosing the location could give his employers competition a business
advantage. It seems the controller only heard the word "hostile" and
immediately notified the security apparatus.

Be careful what you say and to whom you say it, it is likely to be
interpreted out of context.

Are you serious?

If a crew shows up with their cameras and lights and say they want to
'shoot', it must take someone with a poor command of English and some
paranoia to think that they meant 'shoot to kill'.

What surprises me is that ATC is falling for this too. In our local
area, we routinely 'shoot an approach into Wright Patterson AFB'.

Andrew Sarangan writes:

If a crew shows up with their cameras and lights and say they want to
'shoot', it must take someone with a poor command of English and some
paranoia to think that they meant 'shoot to kill'.

A great many people have a poor command of English, even among native
speakers. About 1/3 of Americans are functionally illiterate.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Actually, good point, anything bankrupt terrorsit boi says is a security
concern..


Bertie

Andrew Sarangan wrote:
On Jun 14, 12:58 pm, john smith wrote:
Last month a Hollywood producer was detained for several hours for
honestly answering a TSA screeners question as to his purpose for
visiting. The answer to the question: "I'm here to shoot a pilot."

Yesterday, a single engine GA pilot was intercepted, forced to land
and was greeted by 20 federal agents. As he was overflying a
military base, he was communicating with the controllers. When
queried as to his destination, he responded that he could not
disclose that information because he was employed in a hostile work
environment and that disclosing the location could give his
employers competition a business advantage. It seems the controller
only heard the word "hostile" and immediately notified the security
apparatus.

Be careful what you say and to whom you say it, it is likely to be
interpreted out of context.

Are you serious?

If a crew shows up with their cameras and lights and say they want to
'shoot', it must take someone with a poor command of English and some
paranoia to think that they meant 'shoot to kill'.

What surprises me is that ATC is falling for this too. In our local
area, we routinely 'shoot an approach into Wright Patterson AFB'.

Is there anything in the first paragraph that John wrote that says he showed
up with a crew, camera or light?


But, I have never been asked by TSA why I was traveling. Customs yes, TSA
never.

Andrew Sarangan wrote in news:1181848354.174171.196960
@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

If a crew shows up with their cameras and lights and say they want to
'shoot', it must take someone with a poor command of English and some
paranoia to think that they meant 'shoot to kill'.

Actually, your description of "who it takes" accurately matches many TSA
agents that I have observed in my travels.

john smith writes:

Be careful what you say and to whom you say it, it is likely to be
interpreted out of context.

Instead of cowering under the bed, you might want to work hard to protect your
freedom of speech. "Watching what you say" essentially throws that freedom
away.