[NU Sports] I will try once again

[Mike Nolan]

> I will not be in Dallas. I know this statement will get SjT worked up but I have 
> a HUGE issue with the TSA's attack on the 4th Amendment that began Nov. 1st so I 
> am not doing any optional flying. It'll be ESPNU for me. 

Flying stopped being 'fun' long before 9/11, but has gotten a lot worse in the past
few years.  

When we went to Europe in 2006 (Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy and Germany), I 
wound up on 12 different flights over three weeks.  I probably would skip several of 
those destinations if I planned a trip to Europe today.  (I still want to spend some 
time in France, but my wife isn't as interested in it as I am, so it's on the back
burner for now, unless maybe I can interest her in another week in Ireland.)

The airlines, especially in the USA, make you feel like cattle, though I think 
that comparison might be unfair to the beef industry.

I no longer fly if I have any other feasible options.  When we went to Maine for 
a vacation last summer, we drove, 3000 miles each way, but along the way we got to
spend some time with our son and his family, especially our 3 year old granddaughter
(twice), spend an evening with my best friend from Northwestern days, and visit with 
my wife's sister.  

Any business trip less than about 1100 miles (such as visiting a client in central 
Tennessee), I drive.  I may have to go to a meeting Florida next summer, I may drive 
and spend some time in Tennessee, and hopefully even visit a friend in Charlotte.  
--
Mike Nolan