On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:01 AM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not fair. The guy was doing (to a large extent) his job and made the > decision that no further action was required upon investigation. His > personal interests are largely irrelevant. I am not sure I would have > stopped so quickly - let's face it, someone photographing power lines at > night _must_ be up to no good. Well, this kind of reminds me of when I flew down to New York City for the Cycle Messenger World Championships back in 2005. I didn't have a passport, so crossed the border with my birth certificate and an expired driver's license (as it had a photo and my birthdate on it). With the "sketchy" ID I had, he asked the "usual questions". My only checked luggage (which was next to me) was my bike in a proper hardshell traveling case. He asked what was in the box. He asked what type of bike I had. "Rossin trackbike," I replied. He asked, "Is that titanium?" "Nope, aluminium," was my prompt reply. I later related that story to a friend, and he said, "Wow, the guy knew that Rossin doesn't make a titanium frame? He must have been trying to trip you up." I explained to him that in fact he wasn't interested in my answer and likely didn't know that Rossin only (at that time) only made steel and aluminium frames. He was looking for my reaction, any hesitation on my part, ~how~ I answered, not ~what~ I answered. I'm guessing that Larry's cop was in the same situation. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
