Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]William Gower wrote: >>> The "trouble" came when, as the airline consolidated a few flights, instead > of flying non-stop to Toronto, the flight was diverted to Moncton, NB, > Canada. There we had to disembark and go through customs, then re-board the > plane. > > Transport Canada was playing by different rules, and since my lightmeter had > no batteries, it didn't "work" - and they wouldn't allow it on the plane. > > Logical eh ?<<<<<<< Hi William, No that isn't logical one iota and as a Canadian I'm bloody embarrassed by the stupidity! It appears we're no farther ahead than before 9/11 with the mental midgets doing the security things in this country! OK I'm the first one who wants all the security we can have, but if it isn't applied with common sense and "LOGIC with intelligence" what the hell good is it going to be? Sure things are shaking down for a bit, but wouldn't it seem reasonable someone in Transport Canada in Ottawa can put together the identical common sense security method for right across the country? Oh sorry I forgot, it's Canada right? .. it would be some dumb ass civil servant trying to think logically and that bit of intelligence is far beyond most of them working in Ottawa. No offence to government folks on the list, it's just that we have a great collection of twits running our country! I'm resigned to the fact I'll have to remove the batteries from my M6's next week as I board my flight. No problem, that's cool. But I too have a Weston batteryless meter I carry in the M bag, so now I'll expect to have it removed because..."it doesn't work!" ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html