I am worried about one more source of radiation. I'd opt for the groping rather than the scanner.

I am pretty eh on the groping. Don't like the idea of more random radiation.

So my question(s) is: Is her agressive not-taking-a-hint e-mail weird? And should I answer it?

I think it's overly aggressive and you can either delete it or answer VERY honestly.

I have an annoying person on FB who thinks we're friends and not the vague acquaintances that we really are. I am thinking of getting very honest there.

I am worried about one more source of radiation.

You'll pick up more exposure on the flight. I do think it's conceivably a health hazard for the flight crews, who already pick up significant exposure from flying. I object because it's just another way to uselessly snarl air travel.

Not just this, but let's stop fending off the LAST terrorist attempt. You know what the shoe & underwear & liquid bombers all have in common? THEY DID NOT BLOW UP ANY PLANES.

This. People keep citing these attempts as if they're indicators of increased danger, when they're the opposite. The shoe bomber failed because people on planes have paid attention to suspicious behavior since 9/11. Similarly, no passengers or crew will go along with hijackers in the foreseeable future. While assembling a bomb from liquids is theoretically possible in the lab, the idea of smuggling the amount of liquid needed and assembling a bomb in an airplane restroom is ludicrous. The Times Square bomber failed because 1) like his recent fellows, he was an idiot and 2) he used sugar nitrate, not ammonium nitrate, which has controls on large purchases. If he hadn't also botched the method of setting off his motley assortment of gasoline, propane, fireworks and the wrong kind of fertilizer, he might have created a big fireball, but not an explosion.

I don't believe airplanes will ever be the mode of a serious attack again. When we started making people take off their shoes, we were still debating funding radiation detectors at border crossings and only examining a fraction of shipping containers.

A whole lot of the TSA procedures amounts to Security Theatre, which makes them look like they're doing something useful.

I survived the first day of the job, where we got trained and started processing real applications and double-checking each other's work. It went reasonably fast, which bodes well for the next few weeks.

I made my connecting train! And I didn`t have to show nip to do it, so I guess it`s all win.
 
We had maybe thirteen minutes in the lounge, so we at least could catch our breath. But we`re rolling again already. So I successfully did the only thing I was responsible for the whole way, which was to get on the train. We`ll get in around midnight.

MW- made the post, you see anything?

This is true. I thought that if you declined the request they would stop seeing your (unfiltered) posts....but maybe with this new "not now" option instead of "stay away from, crazy stalker from former life" that doesn't happen?

Have you axed the request yet or is it still malingering?

You know, it might still be on my requests page. I haven't actually looked at it in months. I should remedy that.

The more I think about this person's message, it's so aggressive and demanding. I don't owe her an explanation. God damn, people. It's just Facebook.

you don't owe her the time of day. i'd block that user then nix the request.

Erin, if you can stand the squirminess of explaining your financial situation to complete strangers, it might be worth going in or writing a letter to ask for a reduction in the ticket fee. At least, I know that San Francisco has a lot of stupidly punitive ticket hardassery and yet even so will sometimes write down or off excess fees for people who really need it. And $600 is a crazy amount. That's like, what, half a mortgage payment? A month's worth of groceries? A month of child support or daycare or a year's worth of kid clothes? Tie it to something concrete and pressing in your lives that any sane person would agree has to be a priority.

JZ, I have NO PROBLEMS doing that, and that is a great idea. Thanks

How would you feel about Onerous Task Support Group Hour?

Count me in. I can deal with that ticket,and oh, so many other money related things.

Daniel, I am so sorry for your family's loss.

OK, FB test concluded.

I couldn't see any posts by L'Obscure while I was awaiting confirmation, or once she had ignored me.

Also, even after she ignored me, my request was still showing as awaiting confirmation, so I had to cancel the request and resend. I hope she'll finally accept.

::bats eyelashes::

Also, there are many, many Erin [LastName]s out there.

lesson learned: if your posts are filtered to friends only, no one sees them whilst awaiting confirmation. And i have a very common name :)