Flyingifr

The last time I flew commercially, my problem wasn't with Southwest, it was with the TSA. To pass through the metal detector I took off my shoes, emptied my pockets, took off my belt (and after having lost 100 lbs I almost lost something else) and went through. BEEP BEEP BEEP. "Stand over here, sir." They waved the wand all over me. BEEP BEEP BEEP The problem was my feet. "Sit down here, sir, and take off your socks." I did so, and they waved the wand over my bare feet BEEP BEEP BEEP. "If I cut off my feet can the rest of me get on the plane?"

I remember 19 cents a gallon. I had a motorcycle then and I would fill up the tank and get change back from a quarter. Oh, yes - milk was 20 cents a gallon and bread was 15 cents a loaf and the newspaper was three cents. The New York City subway was ten cents, and the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn and the Giants still at the Polo Grounds.

As usual, Government comes up with the wrong solution to the problem. Not feeding pigeons will not make them go away. They will find food regardless. The answer is to FEED THE PIGEONS. It's not whether you feed them or not, but WHAT you feed them. Feed them broken up Alka Seltzer tablets. The Alka Seltzer will fizz inside them when they eat it, and since Pigeons can neither burp nor fart the pigeons will actually explode. Sure, Venice will have to clean them up, but only once per bird.