Geez - I lost my Swiss Army Knife (the teeny one) to TSA at Tucson too. What’s with that place. I’d had it over 30 years since before I got married. It as our 30th anniversary, heading to Hawaii. I have a new replacement now. Missing all the “character” the other had.
Jeff - KG7HDZ > On Dec 18, 2018, at 5:08 PM, Wes Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mine, a small "Executive" model was a gift from my late wife. Before she > passed we took an Alaskan cruise, round trip out of Seattle. On the flight > from Tucson I put the knife in checked baggage but on the return trip after > checking my luggage I remembered it was in my carry-on camera case. When the > bag went through the scanner I could see the guy moving the conveyor belt > forward and back and figured my goose was cooked. So I said something like, > "Damn I think I left my pen knife in that bag." He said, "Okay take it out > and show me." of course, he declared it contraband. Since we were holding > up the line, I was just going to surrender it and move on. My wife threw a > fit and the agent said, "Take it over there." It turns out they have a > counter just for stuff like this. She took it there and for $8 they put it > in an envelope and mailed it to us. > > Sadly she is gone, but I still have the knife. > > Wes N7WS > > >> On 12/18/2018 4:41 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> My Swiss Army Knife was a gift from a ham is Switzerland, and I am not keen >> to lose or damage it. It usually stays at my desk. >> It is different from those common here in the US - it has black sides and >> not the red sides usually seen. >> The knife in my pocket is a 3 bladed Case knife. I guess I like that brand >> since I went to Case Institute of Technology - but they are good knives that >> can keep a keen edge for a long time. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Felecraft&data=02%7C01%7CJthorpe%40liberty.edu%7C1039873c11dc4c9f105708d665462717%7Cbaf8218eb3024465a9934a39c97251b2%7C0%7C0%7C636807749317845634&sdata=%2FwHg97PiRQMvS6j1VBjs%2FWmFpeJRcsr39hnCEwzxVmQ%3D&reserved=0 > Help: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmmfaq.htm&data=02%7C01%7CJthorpe%40liberty.edu%7C1039873c11dc4c9f105708d665462717%7Cbaf8218eb3024465a9934a39c97251b2%7C0%7C0%7C636807749317845634&sdata=POI8bGUyTvb8OMBnqaNSOOx%2F2RaiY7%2FawzzfybeIHXI%3D&reserved=0 > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net&data=02%7C01%7CJthorpe%40liberty.edu%7C1039873c11dc4c9f105708d665462717%7Cbaf8218eb3024465a9934a39c97251b2%7C0%7C0%7C636807749317845634&sdata=QN8JcSp%2BKoKTCmyTxxvvu%2FyTdjvkAg1nDGET7%2BqYjgU%3D&reserved=0 > Please help support this email list: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2Fdonate.html&data=02%7C01%7CJthorpe%40liberty.edu%7C1039873c11dc4c9f105708d665462717%7Cbaf8218eb3024465a9934a39c97251b2%7C0%7C0%7C636807749317845634&sdata=9rwqID7dT%2FWO0nCgCSwPGDx5wZOR%2ByvvNnQ9WU0siTA%3D&reserved=0 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
