Traveling with tools

[gordon stelter]

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



	
		
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