Deepa Mohan wrote:
Ha...don't be too sure about that. The last time at JFK, they let my little swiss army knife through in my handbag, where I had forgotten it was...and they threw out all my....safety pins. The ones I had on, pinning up my scarf, went right through...I was trying to figure out how to terrorize the pilots and crew with both of them!
Our tax dollars at work...or something. You hear these kinds of stories all the time.
Last I knew, they were even allowing small pairs of scissors on flights originating in the US, but someone told me recently about having such things confiscated, so who knows? I always bring a pair of nail clippers just in case.
I've been pondering the idea of wearing my hair in a bun and using my knitting needles as hairsticks. I suspect that storing them with pens & pencils would do the trick, too.
It's a crazy, crazy world these days. Linda
