Randall wrote:
>> but
>> I never had any issues with my tools checked with a suitcase.
>>
>
> It apparently depends on the luck of the draw ... I once had a very few
> tools in my suitcase that apparently frightened the X-ray operator. Laying
> loose, maybe they looked like a gun or bomb. They made me open the suitcase
> and show them the tools, then quickly hustled me aboard the plane after it
> was obvious they were harmless.
>
>
I once brought along some tools on a visit to Michigan, because my kid
said she was having some trouble with the car she then owned (and which
she'd gotten resolved before I arrived and didn't let me know), and one
of the things in the carry-on bag was a timing light, which might have
looked in an x-ray like a gun to the untrained eye. Thinking it was
better to let them know _before_ they x-rayed the bag, I voluntarily
opened the bag and showed it to them, in order to explain to them what
it was.
I was a little surprised when they absolutely freaked out--because they
thought it _was_ some sort of gun.
Can't win for losin'.
Cheers.
--
Michael Porter
Roswell, NM
Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
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