Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 09:29:37 EDT From: ARTHURWG@aol.com Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Film at the Airport Message-ID: <65.a6ada99.2709e7c1@aol.com> References: Martin, you got that right! Those guys at the x-ray desk are the only thing standing between me (and you) and oblivion! I was working in the World Trade Ctr. here in NYC when that Bomb went off. No fun. I was also in Colombo, Sri Lanka when a bomb killed 60 people and sent another 200 to hospital. I'd rather not die that way, even for photography. Arthur ........................... I also agree. In July, 1996, an Irish Orangeman (complete with bowler and brolly) expressed it as "it's better than feeding the fishes, mate" in the boarding checkpoint at Heathrow. They have a special gate area for flights to the Irelands. I had to open all cameras and each lens was examined intimately. Not, however, as intimately as I. After, I asked the attractive women who had just done a VERY complete body frisk if it meant that we were now engaged to be married. "You wish!" was her reply. No, I was not allowed to go through again. I have encountered inspectors in Europe who insist on trying to remove the batteries from manual cameras older than they are, as well as other errors due to generation gap, but, most have been good natured about learning the ins and outs of Rollieflex and LTMs. They are doing a job. Get to the gate a bit early and there should be no unresolvable problem. However, I remember a laptop computer being disassembled by screwdriver when its owner failed the chemical hand-wipe test. That buttoned down businessman was not so patient. BillLawlor