<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Sarah Fox<BR><B>Sent:</B> May 03, 2004 2:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Traveling with tools<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The security folks would not let her = pass with it.  I guess it's sharp (kinda), so it could be used to saw = through someone's neck or something -- or perhaps scrape a hole through the = side of the plane.  Apparently it's classified as a drill bit (apparently = another deadly weapon that terrorists must have used against = airline personnel).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, beware when traveling with = any sort of cutting tool, no matter how benign.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=140312814-04052004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=140312814-04052004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080>Right. Another one is a digital caliper. Apparently that = 3/4" inside measuring tip can bring down armies. Eventually the head of = Seattle security allowed it through. It took an extra hour.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=140312814-04052004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=140312814-04052004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>