Personally, I favor solar-powered canal boats. People are in too much of a hurry, today. Thump --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > You guys are travelling by the wrong mode. Gotta go > by ship. When I go onto the big cruise ships to > service pianos, I go with my electronic instrument, > big pocket knife, coiled wires, etc. - it goes > through the radar thingee and they never even want > to look. Go figure. > > Terry Farrell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sarah Fox > To: Pianotech > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: Traveling with tools > > > Hi Del, > > A digital caliper?! Geez! > > Did you ever figure out whether that was a > "listed" item? By that, I mean that the taps were > actually listed in the drill bit category, which is > verbotten. Are measurement devices placed on a > verbotten list too? Perhaps the problem was that > you had an item of unrecognizable electronics that > they thought might be a bo*mb or a remote control of > some sort? Would a dial-type caliper have passed > through more easily? > > I sometimes need to travel with odd tools and/or > measurement devices and would like to know how to > avoid these problems in the future. Does anyone > know where we can find an exhaustive list of > prohibited items? > > BTW, back in the late 1980's, I once had to travel > overseas with a large carry-on bag full of > electronic equipment, much of it home-built. > Anticipating trouble from security, I remember > carrying letters from department heads, explaining > that I needed the equipment for my research. Do > screeners pay attention to letters and/or > professional documentation, these days? > > The future of aviation should be interesting to > watch. First, there was Southwest Airlines, with > stewartesses in hotpants and gogo boots. Now > there's Air Hooters (or whatever they're called). > Soon there will be NudeAir -- 'cuz we may as well be > travelin' nude anyway. ;-) > > Peace, > Sarah __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover
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