On internal flights in Ethiopia they make you put small things like penknives, batteries, kalashnikovs and anything else they object to in a large bucket which goes in the hold. At the end of the flight there's a free-for-all round the bucket while you try to stop other people walking off with your weaponry.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ken Waller > Sent: 04 December 2007 21:39 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Awaiting takeoff > > A while ago, a co worker of mine was told by TSA he couldn't take his > shaving razor on board. He took it back to the ticket counter > where the > agent boxed it for him & it was shipped as baggage ! > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Awaiting takeoff > > > >I heard that the TSA here in the States sells the things they > > confiscate on ebay. Do a search for "NTSA" on ebay and see > what comes > > up. > > > > Amita > > > > On Dec 3, 2007 2:57 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> they can't just take these things, Frank. They have to > give them back. > >> I went through Gatwick about a year ago and forgot that I > was carrying > >> a Swiss Army knife. They took it off me, but gave it back when I > >> returned. > >> > >> -- > >> Bob > >> > >> [...] > >> > > >> > I haven't flown for over two years. Last time it was > with my bike, > >> > and I put my bike's U-lock in my carry-on so it wouldn't rattle > >> around > >> > and hurt my bike (which was boxed and checked). They confiscated > >> it. > >> > Said I could use it as a "bludgeon". > >> > > >> > I tried to explain that a pen would make a better weapon than a > >> lock, > >> > but the nice man disagreed. > >> > > >> > $40 down the tubes. > >> > > >> > Oh well. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
