<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FYI:  The latest from our = Department of Fatherland Defense:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a friend carry a tap for = me from point A to point B via plane.  It was a rather large, somewhat = expensive tap, so I didn't want her to to check it in the luggage, for fear that = it would get her bag searched and possibly pilfered.  I figured it was easy = enough to explain face to face.</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></BODY></HTML>