meme time

[derien]

How many times has someone on your friends list posted about something and you were really confused, but you didn't want to ask because you knew you SHOULD know? How many times have you felt 'guilty' asking a close LJ friend a question that should be 'obvious'?

Well, here's your chance. If you've missed a few things, missed an entry and are confused, ask me anything. Even something EXTREMELY basic, like where I live! I'm not going to get irritated at any of the questions -we've all missed things before, so ask away!

I sort of doubt that I've ever been confusing about anything, but how would I know? I am, after all, the person writing it, so I know what I'm talking about. Or at least I flatter myself that I do.

Meanwhile, I woke up with a tremendously sore throat, made french toast for us, and I have attempted to fill out an online app for a job with the Coast Guard this morning and failed in flail because they ask confusing questions like, "What's your current pay not including your locality adjustment?" (How the hell can I find that out? It's not broken down that way on my pay stub, it's just the net total. I'm not the kind of person who's going to recall what my locality adjustment is, although many of my co-workers seem to be able to remember that, and try to look something like that up online - the gov't has the worst websites evah.) Now it's time for a shower and getting the laundry done.

Anyone want some Hannaford fold-up tote bags? We keep getting them free, and they're tough material and fit in quite a small storage space, really quite useful, but I'm not sure how many we need.

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[daegaer.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I've ever missed something like this through confusion (although confusion is pretty much a daily state with me), but have you ever said what the oddest, most exciting thing that you've found in your work might be? And if so, what is it? Like, has anyone ever tried to take a flamethrower through in their hand luggage or something?

(Are there any confusing things about me you'd like cleared up? :-)

[derien.livejournal.com]

I don't know which ones I may have already told you about... gosh. There's just so many. I wasn't personally involved in most of them, but even at a little aiport like mine there's a lot of odd things.

We did have a guy attempt to bring a hand grenade through in his hand luggage. One of those classic old pineapples. Yes, it HAD been hollowed out, but you can't know that when you see it on the x-ray. And he must have known that there was going to be a big sh*tstorm about it, because he sent his family through a different lane. He probably figured he could get away with it, because he was a rich guy. They even had brought their au pair with them on vacation.

The PVC pipe, capped on both ends and filled with human feces was a good one - it's made it into the national training thingies. The airport was shut down and evacuated. I think the thing that got people the most worried was that when the guy handed the bag with that in it to the baggage screener he said, "I'm really sorry about this." Turned out he'd been on a kayaking trip and hadn't had a chance to get rid of it.

There was the 80 year old woman with the gun hidden in her jewelry. She was telling the search person exactly what was in each pocket of her bag as the search was going on, until the gun was pulled out, and then all of a sudden she was senile and had no idea where she was. I love to tell that one to the little old ladies who ask why I'm searching them - "Obviously I'm not going to be a problem! I'm 80 years old!"

I personally have found a variety of sex toys and kinky stuff, including once a butt plug at least a foot long and nine inches in diameter.

But one of my favorites of all time was the person who packed everything including the kitchen sink. :)

About you... You keep your personal life a great mystery, and mystery begs curiosity. However, since you have not chosen to talk about it on LJ I feel as though I shouldn't ask about it on LJ.

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

A hand grenade? What a tool that guy was! (I have to admit the pipe of shit and the old lady's gun made me laugh - my mother would probably have tried to brazen such a thing out . . .) I'm rather in fear and awe of the butt plug of doooom.

My life of mystery's not really that mysterious! It is as it seems on LJ - I go to work, go to my language classes, visit my mother and go home! And write fic :-)