I boarded a plane in Detroit last week with a big lead bag full of film. They opened the top and peeked in, but didn't look under the three or four rolls of film they could see through the top of the bag. I could have had anything under them. Paul
T Rittenhouse wrote: > Which alway make you wonder if they would recognize a bomb if they saw it. > Makes you feel safe doesn't it. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CBWaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: flight advice > > > For an update, > > I had no problems going through the checkpoints at either airport (ATL & > > SFO) I had no film over 400 in the bag so I just left them in there and > ran > > it through the machine... One roll developed so far and it looks ok to my > > decidedly untrained eye. I was not asked to open my bag at all. > > > > One interesting anecdote though: At San Francisco on the way home there > was > > a person with a Pelican case in front of me who was picked to have their > > shoes examined. While she was away letting someone sniff her shoes (what > a > > job!), they hand-checked her case and were confused by what they found. > The > > checker didn't recognize the contents and was asking the surrounding > workers > > if they knew what these things were. Nobody seemed to so I chimed in > > "They're microphones.". She said "Oh, OK." packed them back in the case > and > > sent it along. Good thing I wasn't an accomplice! > > > > Cory Waters > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
