h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I went to Northern California to see the big trees. Magnificent old living things. Just to touch something alive for a thousand or more years is pretty wild! I love trees. As I mentioned somewhere else I hug them too. I am not radical nor do I live in a tree but I sure would love a tree house of my own. Going through airport secuity I was throughly searched, as usual. Any more, and it would have been medically intrusive.Being perfectly innocent,I do not mind, for the sake of national security---ok. I was very surprized to have my hair searched this time! I admit it is an uncontrolable mop at the moment. I have always had a troubling amount of hair. Except for back in the Farah Fauwcet style years, my personal heydays of hair!MY hair is not long or that big now. I was asked if I had a wig on.Then I recieved what could have been a lovely head massage under different circumstances. I wondered what would happen if I did have a wig on or a toupee? Would they make me remove a wig/toupee in line? That could be embarrassing, humiliating. As it turned out they said my wheelchair was not put through properly, that set the alarm off. They said ;Their fault-------- nevermind. My neckbrace, wheelchair, hair and cane were apparently not suspicious afterall. Gee it must have been my superhero good looks and youth! I think the hair search is kind of humorous in my case, but I wonder about others. On the way back from my wonderful tree viewing vacation,was 1st time there was no extra security check on me, only ID.

*talking to myself here*: Is it true big hair is coming back?!?!?!? Feel free to answer!

Sure hope twinny does not have to go through this. Her hair is like mine of course. She would be mortfied, not the least bit amused.

Hair searching is weird on the face of it . . . haven't had my beard searched yet

Oh beards! Yeah they just might do that!

Did they *say* what they were looking for? Was it just the wheelchair setting oof the system? They should have their people trained in putting such properly through the scanners, you wouldn't be the first wheelchair user, I wouldn't have thought!
Is big hair coming back? I hope not...

They apologized saying they did it wrong so they alarm went off, they were still not allowed to ignore it. I have no idea why they searched my hair! It really was not that big! They did ask if it were a wig. So I do wonder would they have me remove it if it were?

*my hair is even smaller now*

The other thing it could have been, is the guy just behind us was really pitching a fit and acting awful. Maybe they thought he was suspicous enough to need to check those around him? He did cause a comotion and was not related to us except for being on the same flight.

If it had been a wig, and they had asked you tp take it off, would you have done so, or not without a fight?
>>saying they did it wrong so they alarm went off, they were still not allowed to ignore it. <<
Isn't that infuriating?

I hope they have had more practice before I have to go through again.

I do not know if I would have removed it I suppose so. I know many people that would rather leave than do that!

It would depend why they wore one in the first place. If I was having chemo for instance, I'd leave rather than take a wig off...

Many people have hair problems are more moritfied than many chemo patients. I could see a lot of people wanting to leave. Bald men can be very private about removing their hairpieces. MY one friend said she would leave and she is just very picky about her hair!

You could request privacey I imagine. You'd probably be late for your flight though.