RE: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda
-----Original Message----- From: owner-cypherpunks@minder.net [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@minder.net]On Behalf Of Thomas Shaddack Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:48 PM To: Justin Cc: cypherpunks@minder.net Subject: Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Justin wrote:
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they are looking for a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas.
The person in question was just somebody with a weakness for industrial architecture.
Indeed. Among the endless variety of things people do with their spare time are trainspotters and planespotters. This seems to be more popular in Britain than in the US, but I wonder if even over there people who park themselves near airports railway statiions, obsessively noting the arrival and departure of each vehicle, attract the attention of security? Peter
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Trei, Peter wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: owner-cypherpunks@minder.net [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@minder.net]On Behalf Of Thomas Shaddack Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:48 PM To: Justin Cc: cypherpunks@minder.net Subject: Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Justin wrote:
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they are looking for a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas.
The person in question was just somebody with a weakness for industrial architecture.
Indeed. Among the endless variety of things people do with their spare time are trainspotters and planespotters. This seems to be more popular in Britain than in the US, but I wonder if even over there people who park themselves near airports railway statiions, obsessively noting the arrival and departure of each vehicle, attract the attention of security?
Maybe the Patriot Act can get struck down because it violates the American's With Disablities Act. It discriminates against obsesive-compulsives.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Trei, Peter wrote:
I wonder if even over there people who park themselves near airports railway statiions, obsessively noting the arrival and departure of each vehicle, attract the attention of security?
Yes, at least here in St. Louis, Missouri, backwater of the Late American Redneck. The "parking lot" (read: makeout spot/planespotter parking, etc.) abut a half mile from the end of the main runways at Lambert are now permanently closed, and trying to pull over is an open invite for immediate attention. :-(
Peter
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On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:10:12PM -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:
The "parking lot" (read: makeout spot/planespotter parking, etc.) abut a half mile from the end of the main runways at Lambert are now permanently closed, and trying to pull over is an open invite for immediate attention.
A similar parking lot about the same distance north of the runway of Washington Reagan National (and very close to the Pentagon) along the Potomac River off the parkway is sitll open. It's also used for a boat launch by politically influential Washingtonians, which might explain why it hasn't been closed. No double standards here, of course... -Declan
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