Carfield,
I thank you for your reports, they always provide quite enjoyable reading.

Unfortunatly, I do have to agree with you that "Something in my mind that has permanently changed."
For me, all the "fun" is gone with all this security business going on. I have traveled nearly 20 segments since Sept 11, including international, and it is just not exciting. I don't like the police state atmosphere that airport security has become.
I think that after my next trip I will be taking it easy for a while. I don't like seeing soldiers with rifles. It scares me.

Travel is just not a "GAME" to me anymore.