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["Lance A. Brown" <lance AT bearcircle.net>]

Ruth Suehle wrote:

> FWIW, I went on a trip at the beginning of this week and for some reason had
> giant scissors in my carry on. Probably from when I moved and used suitcases
> to pack stuff in. RDU paid no attention to them. In fact, the security guy
> was much more interested in having a discussion about the cartoon on my
> shirt. In the Atlanta airport, I got the contents of my bag all over a
> table. And then after all that, they had a little security guy conference
> and decided I could keep my scissors.
>  
I almost had a 2" long, 1/2" wide hexagonal piece of hematite with a 45 
degree angled dull pyramid-style point on one end confiscated at the 
Minneapolis airport last year.  I carry it as a good luck piece in pouch 
and have had it for years.  Never had a problem before.  They pulled my 
pouch off the x-ray, searched, and the security guy pulls it out to 
examine it.  He then starts poking himself with it, slamming it into the 
palm of his hand.  I made a disgusted sound at that point and he 
threatened to have me arrested if I didn't keep silent.  He went back to 
pounding the point into his palm and eventually decided it wasn't a 
weapon and let me go on my way.  Cripes.

--[Lance]

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