Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/27

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Thu Mar 27 17:42:08 2008

Didn't Tom Cruise blow up a huge aquarium with chewing gum explosive in
"Mission Impossible"?  These TSA guys are on the ball.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of joe leung
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:18 AM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search
> 
> Greg,
> 
> Checking for plastic explosives?
> 
> Joe L
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+jcyleung8=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> > bounces+jcyleung8=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of GREG LORENZO
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:41 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group LUG
> > Subject: [Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search
> >
> > I'm just back from flying down to Phoenix to assist my parents in
> getting
> > back home to Calgary. As usual, my girl's presented me with 'a list of
> > their demands' which I always get when I travel somewhere without them.
> > One of the list items I packed into my checked luggage for them was a
> > multipack of Canel's gum. The Canel's package consists of 50 or so
> > individual cellophane wrapped packages of a chicklet like gum not
> > available here in Canada.
> >
> > Well the good TSA people at Sky Harbor decided to cut open about a dozen
> > of these leaving the remains to be scattered in my bag. For some reason
> > they mostly opened the white (spearmint) packages?
> >
> > I'm not sure why they did this as they didn't bother to enclose a note
> of
> > explanation. Funny, if a bit annoying.
> >
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In reply to: Message from jcyleung8 at shaw.ca (joe leung) ([Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search)