Reminds me of the time (pre TSA) when boarding a flight in the US southwest and the guy in front of me was wearing a cowboy hat, boots, and a 5 inch belt knife in a nice buckskin scabbard. I thought 'What the hell?' but nobody said a word, just commonplace to carry your pig sticker with you. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Peter Alling <webste...@mindspring.com> wrote: >>Still remember the most suspicious way some security party >>regarded my gossen lightmeter once... >> > > I'm continually amazed at what these people think is dangerous. When I was > flying a lot, I would often carry a kit that included a Vivitar S1 90-180mm > flat field lens, about as long a my forearm and weighing about 4 pounds. I > think I could have beaten someone to death with it and still used it to > photograph the blood splatters. TSA and their predecessors would take off > both caps, look through it and let it pass, but they confiscated my 1 inch > blade pocket knife the time I forgot to take it off the key ring... > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Luiz Felipe <luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br> >>Sent: Jan 12, 2009 2:00 PM >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>Subject: FIlm transport in hand luggage >> >>Well, seems almost certain a trip of yours trully around part of the US >>between april and may '09. Here in Brasil I don't have much trouble with >>hand inspection of my films - only lost six unexposed rolls so far, in a >>single event. >> >>But I wonder if this is still possible in the US - my latest experience >>there came fairly ok in may, '01. Still have a small film shield, but >>lately I just carry my 6pack of Fuji as I walk under the metal detector >>and ask it to be hand checked. >> >>I can travel without film if needed, but would rather have some with me >>all the time. Still remember the most suspicious way some security party >>regarded my gossen lightmeter once... >> >>Comments? Ideas? Thanks!! >> >>LF >> >>-- >>Luiz Felipe >>luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br >>http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >>the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
