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Old 22nd Jul 2002, 11:22
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Catt
 
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Didn't understand the x-ray scanner thingys. They asked me to put all my bag on the table next to the scanner, walk through and pick my bag up on the other side

Any little clockwork+semtex items that may have been sitting in the bottom of my bag would have gone completely undetected

What is the point in scanning people only? It's the bags you want to check!! To have waited for two hours (well, it felt like it!!) only to find the whole exercise completely futile was rather annoying to say the least. Big round of applause to the people organising the crowd at the beginning and the end though - they had to put up with all manner of abuse. And a special mention to the bomb detection puppy who didn't even flinch as the first fast jet (forget what it was, stripey thingy, lots of noise) went over.

But despite the set backs, an absolutely stunning day as usual.
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