TSA is a national agency - why do they have different standards at
different airports?

Your story makes me wonder if maybe the airports have some say in what the
TSA agents at their facility do, i.e. adding extra checks or looking for
things that they don't look for at other airports.

Could also be a poor training issue.

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Re: Tsa Pet Peeves
By: MIKE POWELL to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sat Feb 14 2026 08:24 am

TSA is a national agency - why do they have different
standards at different airports?

Your story makes me wonder if maybe the airports have some say in
what the TSA agents at their facility do, i.e. adding extra checks
or looking for things that they don't look for at other airports.

Could also be a poor training issue.

well also what he is crying about is stupid. nobody died.
also those things have lithium batteries. it's good to have them out to keep an eye on them. I've had a lithium battery spark up and it's serious.


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MIKE POWELL wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

TSA is a national agency - why do they have different standards at
different airports?

Your story makes me wonder if maybe the airports have some say in what
the TSA agents at their facility do, i.e. adding extra checks or
looking for things that they don't look for at other airports.

I think it's because of equipment/technology differences. The more
modern scanners for example, require less intrusive-ness to the
travelers. Sometimes a particular airport hasn't gotten funding yet for upgrades, or hasn't phased in the new stuff yet. I think the bigger
airports generally have more updated equipment.

Could also be a poor training issue.

Certainly true.




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Your story makes me wonder if maybe the airports have some say in what the TSA agents at their facility do, i.e. adding extra checks or
looking for things that they don't look for at other airports.

I think it's because of equipment/technology differences. The more
modern scanners for example, require less intrusive-ness to the
travelers. Sometimes a particular airport hasn't gotten funding yet for upgrades, or hasn't phased in the new stuff yet. I think the bigger airports generally have more updated equipment.

I had not thought of that. I bet you are right.
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The bus company I use to trip to work used to let you select your seats free of charge and now they are charging for the luxury.

Therefore I go with the seat assigned automatically to me free of charge and then I sit wherever I fancy anyway.

Buses/coaches almost always have empty seats during different parts of a journey, and people move around during a drive and inbetween stops as well.

I can't see how a specific seat can be enforced if noone else has it.

True of city commuter busses. I am wondering if he is talking about busses like Greyhound or Trailways, where there may not be as many stops.


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Re: Tsa Pet Peeves
By: MIKE POWELL to OGG on Mon Feb 23 2026 10:55 am

True of city commuter busses. I am wondering if he is talking
about busses like Greyhound or Trailways, where there may not be as
many stops.

i dont know about trailways, but there is no such thing as greyhound anymore.
greyhound uses 3rd party bus companies.


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Re: Tsa Pet Peeves
By: MRO to MIKE POWELL on Mon Feb 23 2026 07:29 pm

i dont know about trailways, but there is no such thing as greyhound anymore. greyhound uses 3rd party bus companies.

I was born in the back seat, of a Greyhound Bus, Rolling down Highway 41.

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Re: Tsa Pet Peeves
By: MIKE POWELL to OGG on Mon Feb 23 2026 10:55 am

I can't see how a specific seat can be enforced if noone else has it.

True of city commuter busses. I am wondering if he is talking about busses like Greyhound or Trailways, where there may not be as many stops.

The ones I take are inter-city buses. They stop at big villages only.

For reference, you get three stops mid-trip in a two hour trip.


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I can't see how a specific seat can be enforced if noone else has it.

True of city commuter busses. I am wondering if he is talking about busse like Greyhound or Trailways, where there may not be as many stops.

The ones I take are inter-city buses. They stop at big villages only.

For reference, you get three stops mid-trip in a two hour trip.

That is what I thought. You are talking about buses that travel between
cities instead of traveling around in the same city.

Mike
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True of city commuter busses. I am wondering if he is talking
about busses like Greyhound or Trailways, where there may not be as
many stops.

i dont know about trailways, but there is no such thing as greyhound anymore.
greyhound uses 3rd party bus companies.

I was thinking maybe there was not.

The OP is in Spain so they didn't have Greyhound there (I guess). I was
giving August, who is in North America, an idea of what I thought arelor
(in Spain) was talking about... inter-city busses vs. inner-city commuter busses.


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Mike,

True of city commuter busses. I am wondering if he is talking
about busses like Greyhound or Trailways, where there may not
be as many stops.

That is the case in central Arkansas. I have to go down to Bryant,
15 miles to the southwest, as there is no longer a stop in Little Rock.

Daryl

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True of city commuter busses. I am wondering if he is talking
about busses like Greyhound or Trailways, where there may not
be as many stops.

That is the case in central Arkansas. I have to go down to Bryant,
15 miles to the southwest, as there is no longer a stop in Little Rock.

You would think they'd stop in the bigger cities, but it could be that it
has become easier to find places to stop in ones that are not so big.

Mike
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As a side note, in the Huntsville area, there is an "All You Can
Eat Buffet", known as "88 Buffet". They offer Asian, American,
Hibachi, Sushi (we call that "bait" in America <G>), and Seafood.
A fellow ham radio operator said "if you make the trip, I will buy
your dinner Friday night. So, I'm going to really indulge myself.

Have fun!

Mike
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I have eaten gas station sammiches and fried chicken, though.

One of the best chicken sammiches I ever had was at a gas station
somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia. ;)

Mike
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MIKE POWELL wrote to GAMGEE <=-

I have eaten gas station sammiches and fried chicken, though.

One of the best chicken sammiches I ever had was at a gas station somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia. ;)

Yep, same for me with a BLT in the backwoods of Vermont! I may go back
there again one day just for that! Hahaha



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One of the best chicken sammiches I ever had was at a gas station somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia. ;)

Yep, same for me with a BLT in the backwoods of Vermont! I may go back there again one day just for that! Hahaha

I was back through that area a few years later... I was positive that I
would remember the exit but I could not find it. Maybe it was a sammich mirage. ;)

Mike
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I went to a sushi boat restaurant in San Francisco recently for the
first time since my kids were young.

There was a plate of uni that went around the whole time we were there, unchosen...

Sounds like there was no one minding the "boats" too well.

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Mike,

You would think they'd stop in the bigger cities, but it could
be that it has become easier to find places to stop in ones
that are not so big.

Plus, stopping at places like a convenience store/gas station that's
open 24 hours, means they don't have to pay for building rental and
upkeep.

Daryl

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Mike,

Have fun!

It will be my first out of state vacation in 9 years...and with the
health and finances, it could be the last big trip I can take.

Daryl

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You would think they'd stop in the bigger cities, but it could
be that it has become easier to find places to stop in ones
that are not so big.

Plus, stopping at places like a convenience store/gas station that's
open 24 hours, means they don't have to pay for building rental and
upkeep.

When I rode them as a kid, the run between Louisville and Owensboro only
had two stops at actual stations, and that was at those two cities. The
other stops were at cafes or stores, and other hole in the wall places.

Actually, I take that back... I don't remember what the stop at Ft. Knox
was like. It might have also been a station of some sort, but not the "civilian" type one you'd see in the two cities.

Mike

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