[SEL] Spam> Re: Parts available at Portland & Mt Pleasant OT

[Jim French]

Hi Reg

It's fear of the unknown.
On one of our post 9-11 trips, Jim had a couple of tools in his carry-on 
which were to be gifts.  A spirit level and a small Whitworth spanner.  
The female customs agent puzzled long and hard over the spirit level 
with its strange, luminous green liquid inside, until the male agents on 
either side of her rolled their eyes and said "let it through".  The 
spanner caused more trouble, because, of course, Jim could EASILY have 
dismatled the entire aircraft midair with it and it had to go in the 
checked baggage.

I suppose the letter punches could have been used to permanently stamp a 
rude name into the forehead of uncooperative cabin crew?

Dolly

On 19/05/2010 22:29, Reg Ingold wrote:
> But worry about taking them home!
> My son in law visited last week and had a set of LETTER PUNCHES confiscated
> on his return flight to Tasmania.!!
>
> How in hells name can they be a "Dangerous weapon" ?
> Sanity is surely dead!!
> Reg&  Marg Ingold
>

-- 
Jim French
fbi at insulate.co.uk
http://www.insulate.co.uk
http://www.oldengine.org/members/dolly/index.htm