Comments on: ‘Suspicion’ Update http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sam L. http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/comment-page-1/#comment-17616 Sam L. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:30:54 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/#comment-17616 In the late 60's I had some contacts with weapons designers at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. At least one of them said someone he knew there had said, in an airport, replying to the "so what kind of work do you do?", that he was a bomb designer--with the expected reaction by airport security. We also knew never to greet someone in an airport by saying "Hi, Jack!" In the late 60′s I had some contacts with weapons designers at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. At least one of them said someone he knew there had said, in an airport, replying to the “so what kind of work do you do?”, that he was a bomb designer–with the expected reaction by airport security.

We also knew never to greet someone in an airport by saying “Hi, Jack!”

]]> By: Roland Hesz http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/comment-page-1/#comment-17600 Roland Hesz Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:00:07 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/#comment-17600 "She said she had heard them saying it was the last 30 minutes of their lives," Uhm... anyone else heard it? Or she just saw two arab guys, sitting and talking quietly, and she went "oh my god we gonna die" and then she swears she heard them say this.. When she actually heard something they said in arabic. “She said she had heard them saying it was the last 30 minutes of their lives,”

Uhm… anyone else heard it? Or she just saw two arab guys, sitting and talking quietly, and she went “oh my god we gonna die” and then she swears she heard them say this..
When she actually heard something they said in arabic.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/comment-page-1/#comment-17574 Gaius Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:39:04 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/#comment-17574 Engineers - we just tell it like it is! Engineers – we just tell it like it is!

]]> By: F451 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/comment-page-1/#comment-17573 F451 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:36:28 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/22/suspicion-update/#comment-17573 Same thing happened to another engineer in my office: He was coming back from DFW carrying a 'fuse pin' (basically a bolt in a structural assembly designed to fail at a certain load, preventing more widespread damage to the assembly). He ruefully admits that he should have told the security guy who asked what it was, 'That's a bolt.' But he wasn't thinking... :) Same thing happened to another engineer in my office: He was coming back from DFW carrying a ‘fuse pin’ (basically a bolt in a structural assembly designed to fail at a certain load, preventing more widespread damage to the assembly). He ruefully admits that he should have told the security guy who asked what it was, ‘That’s a bolt.’ But he wasn’t thinking… :)

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