In a message dated 23/09/01 04:17:03 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << In 1989 I was at Tokyo's Haneda airport and was checking in my hand luggage. I was carrying a martial arts kit bag which had a portable chin up bar strapped to the outside of it. This was an extendable metal tube with rubber pads at each end that could be jammed into a doorframe by unscrewing it to the right length. The check-in clerk asked what it was and I foolishly said: "a Rocket Launcher". He echoed back: "Locket Rauncher?" Then: "ROCKET LAUNCHER!!" Suddenly whistles were being blown and security men came running. I was in big trouble. My (then) girlfriend was not amused. In the end I had to screw it into a doorframe and do a few chin-ups before we were allowed to go. I wouldn't try this sort of joke now. >> Returning in March this year, I had a Manfrotto 190 plus 222 Joystick in my suitcase. A security chap at the counter in Narita decided to inspect the suitcase, before check in. In order to fit the tripod into the case, you have to put the head at 90 degrees; as the joystick head has a "trigger", I suppose that someone might assume this resembles a compact version of a GE Minigun. Just had to demo the tripod & explain that it does not fire anything - fortunately the 190 can be broken down with a large allen key to demonstrate thus. Kind regards from sunny Brighton Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
