I drove back to the office in Canary Wharf last night after dinner. We were stopped at one of the roads leading in and checked by policemen for explosive traces on the car. It was the same sort of a test that the TSA do with chemical analysis of dust particles on the outside of carry on luggage often at airports in the United States. Except this was all around the car doors and handles. I am told this is now fairly common in the business areas in London. The photo is taken looking east from our office (note London City Airport in the distance) and shows the road leading in from the Thames that this happened on. Two thoughts, one - to the extent one is needed, this is a much better test than the old wheel the mirror under the boot that all American hotels in India now do - I am always concerned in India with the heightened and yet so easily manipulate-able security. And the other - that one is needed in the first place - and how much the world has changed in what we leave for our children from what we found it growing up.
Most of these posts are written from airports between check in and flight boarding times. I fly about two airplane flights a week with at least 30 mins of wasted time in the checkin to board process. That's more than two full days per year in time that could be put to better use. This is written in reclaiming some of that time. Enjoy
