Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:30 AM 7/26/02 -0500, you wrote: >I just do not understand why they focus all their attention on film and >batteries. I had a security guard take a can of compressed air from me at >the San Diego airport. Said I could use it to spray the pilots eyes. I did >not argue because I felt like I would have been thrown to the ground, hand >cuffed and led away. Yet they let old people get on board with canes, 3 >legged walkers, you name it. I wonder what they would do with my Reis >tripod with the reversible spiked legs. > I carry my Gitzo monopod, using it as a cane. By the end of the trip, I am genuinely limping and leaning on the monopod as I drag all of my equipment through the airports. Security has never even asked about it. It's a sturdy monopod with a Gitzo ballhead mount on top. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com images available from: http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.mira.com http://www.agpix.com http://www.newscom.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html