Not S Scale but related to this topic. Funniest story I know is from my aunt and goes back to the 1980s, long before current security paranoia.
She was returning to Canada from a trip to Mexico. There, she had bought a souvenir -- a large round candle. Candles, as you know, have wicks. The package was X-rayed. The Canadian Customs officer must have thought it was something Wile E. Coyote would use against the Roadrunner. All of a sudden (as she tells it), the alarm started ringing, red lights started flashing and she was immediately surrounded by armed Customs officers. After she opened the package, the excitement died down. Lucky for her the candle wasn't made by Acme. regards ... pqr ----- Original Message ----- From: ed_loizeaux To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:55 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} security discussion > Andy Malette with MLW will tell you a good > story about taking a locomotive through > customs twice and US/Canadian POs. Those > government entities turned a very nicely > built locomotive into a kit again. > Bob Werre I once was with an O scale guy when we both were going through airport security. As ususal, I was traveling lightly. But he had an O scale steam loco with him in a wooden box. The X-ray showed a large chunk of metal and the inspector needed to take a closer look. So the box was opened and the inspector saw -- you guessed it -- a large chunk of metal shaped like a pipe bomb. When requested to open up the boiler, the O scale guy started to complain bitterly. His complaints had no effect and the deed was about to commence. I stepped up and showed the inspector a magazine advertisement for the convention we were both going to. Our destination matched the advertised location of the convention. He finally relented, but it was not a happy experience. I know of one supplier who no longer goes to any trains shows more than one days drive from his home. He refuses to take merchandise on airplanes and if he cannot sell at the show there is no reason for him to go. Interesting tale of modern day life. Less than fully cheerful....Ed L. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
