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Air Pump detected as a weapon????
I carry air pump in my bag all the time in case for flat tire.
I was going to city courtm and in the security check entrance, I was unable to pass the x-ray check. The guard was asking me in loud voice "What is that thing in your bag?' I said it's air pump for my bike. I opened the bag and showed the security guard. She did not believe that. She ordered the next security guard to check it out. When I explained to him, he said ok this is the air pump. I have had to demonstarte how air pump worked. This never happended before 9/11. This is too much stricting. |
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Air Pump detected as a weapon????
Red Cloud wrote:
I carry air pump in my bag all the time in case for flat tire. I was going to city courtm and in the security check entrance, I was unable to pass the x-ray check. The guard was asking me in loud voice "What is that thing in your bag?' I said it's air pump for my bike. I opened the bag and showed the security guard. She did not believe that. She ordered the next security guard to check it out. When I explained to him, he said ok this is the air pump. I have had to demonstarte how air pump worked. This never happended before 9/11. This is too much stricting. You're absolutely right, Cloudy. They shouldn't check out ANY metal cylindrical objects at airports, government buildings, courtrooms, etc. Bill "possible nomination for imbecilic post of the month?" S. |
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" S o r n i" wrote in message
... Red Cloud wrote: I carry air pump in my bag all the time in case for flat tire. I was going to city courtm and in the security check entrance, I was unable to pass the x-ray check. The guard was asking me in loud voice "What is that thing in your bag?' I said it's air pump for my bike. I opened the bag and showed the security guard. She did not believe that. She ordered the next security guard to check it out. When I explained to him, he said ok this is the air pump. I have had to demonstarte how air pump worked. This never happended before 9/11. This is too much stricting. You're absolutely right, Cloudy. They shouldn't check out ANY metal cylindrical objects at airports, government buildings, courtrooms, etc. Bill "possible nomination for imbecilic post of the month?" S. I think I know the frustration the OP felt. It's not so much that you get harassed for having a "metal cylinder", it's that the security guards for the most part have the IQ of room temperature celsius. In this case, the bike pump is mostly air inside ... how many pipe bombs only weigh 120 grams??? The scary part is that any real terrorist will be way ahead of our so called security forces. What would have kept a potential suicide bomber from having a bag full of plastic explosives and detonating it all right there and then? "Oh, gee ... I think I'll just pack a tiny bit of explosives into a little bike pump and go through the x ray ... rats, I got caught, bummer." Bah! C.Q.C. |
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"Red Cloud" wrote in message om... I carry air pump in my bag all the time in case for flat tire. I was going to city courtm and in the security check entrance, I was unable to pass the x-ray check. The guard was asking me in loud voice "What is that thing in your bag?' I said it's air pump for my bike. I opened the bag and showed the security guard. She did not believe that. She ordered the next security guard to check it out. When I explained to him, he said ok this is the air pump. I have had to demonstarte how air pump worked. This never happended before 9/11. This is too much stricting. Well you could have blown something up with it! Marty |
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"Red Cloud" wrote in message
om... I carry air pump in my bag all the time in case for flat tire. I was going to city courtm and in the security check entrance, I was unable to pass the x-ray check. The guard was asking me in loud voice "What is that thing in your bag?' I said it's air pump for my bike. I opened the bag and showed the security guard. She did not believe that. She ordered the next security guard to check it out. When I explained to him, he said ok this is the air pump. I have had to demonstarte how air pump worked. This never happended before 9/11. This is too much stricting. Last summer on a trip to Las Vegas, the x-ray machine indicated a suspicious object in my briefcase. The security guard told me to open my bag, because it appeared as if I had some sort of illegal martial arts weapon inside. The "weapon" turned out to be a standard-sized Tootsie Roll! Apparently, the new metallic wrapper is impervious to x-rays, and shows up as some sort of "metal bar" in the x-ray machine. My fiancé still teases me about my "ninja Tootsie Roll"...the security guys got a laugh out of it too. GG |
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In article , mmdir2002
@yahoo.co.uk says... I carry air pump in my bag all the time in case for flat tire. I was going to city courtm and in the security check entrance, I was unable to pass the x-ray check. The guard was asking me in loud voice "What is that thing in your bag?' I said it's air pump for my bike. I opened the bag and showed the security guard. She did not believe that. She ordered the next security guard to check it out. When I explained to him, he said ok this is the air pump. I have had to demonstarte how air pump worked. This never happended before 9/11. This is too much stricting. If they let you on with it, then they decided it wasn't a weapon. They were just being sure that it wasn't. -- Remove the ns_ from if replying by e-mail (but keep posts in the newsgroups if possible). |
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Red Cloud wrote:
I carry air pump in my bag all the time in case for flat tire. I was going to city courtm and in the security check entrance, I was unable to pass the x-ray check. The guard was asking me in loud voice "What is that thing in your bag?' I said it's air pump for my bike. I opened the bag and showed the security guard. She did not believe that. She ordered the next security guard to check it out. When I explained to him, he said ok this is the air pump. I have had to demonstarte how air pump worked. This never happended before 9/11. This is too much stricting. Maybe they should have been checking for unusual objects in bags befor 9/11 too. It's good to see things improve for a change Dan - |
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Air Pump detected as a weapon????
On Tue, 25 May 2004 06:31:57 -0700, "GaryG"
wrote: bject in my briefcase. The security guard told me to open my bag, because it appeared as if I had some sort of illegal martial arts weapon inside. The "weapon" turned out to be a standard-sized Tootsie Roll! Apparently, the new metallic wrapper is impervious to x-rays, and shows up as some sort of "metal bar" in the x-ray machine. My fiancé still teases me about my "ninja Tootsie Roll"...the security guys got a laugh out of it too. GG Hahaha. Good one. Funny thing is a simple thing like a bike tool: http://www.trekbikes.com/accessories...ategory_id=278 ....can be a formidable weapon. -B |
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Air Pump detected as a weapon????
What would have kept a potential suicide bomber
from having a bag full of plastic explosives and detonating it all right there and then? "Oh, gee ... I think I'll just pack a tiny bit of explosives into a little bike pump and go through the x ray ... rats, I got caught, bummer." Bah! Stupid reasoning in "security" was exposed on this side of the pond when Bush's poodle was in the House of Commons, when some purple powder hit his back. It was a condom filled with flour dyed purple and thrown by a member of the public observing proceedings. Thing is, not long ago, a special security screen was fitted to the public gallery, to stop this sort of thing happening. The brainless morons responsible for security didn't extend the screen around the bit where members of the public who are guests of members of parliament (Commons or Lords) sit, presumably on the grounds that people who have been invited there aren't terrorists... See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3728639.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3729299.stm I've actually been in the position of a being a guest of a member of parliament, watching proceedings from the front row of the gallery. It was post 9/11. I wasn't carrying a bag IIRC, and certainly no checks were made to see if I was carrying anything in my pockets... Good job I know I'm not a terrorist! Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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Air Pump detected as a weapon????
On Tue, 25 May 2004 06:31:57 -0700, "GaryG"
wrote: Last summer on a trip to Las Vegas, the x-ray machine indicated a suspicious object in my briefcase. The security guard told me to open my bag, because it appeared as if I had some sort of illegal martial arts weapon inside. The "weapon" turned out to be a standard-sized Tootsie Roll! Apparently, the new metallic wrapper is impervious to x-rays, and shows up as some sort of "metal bar" in the x-ray machine. My fiancé still teases me about my "ninja Tootsie Roll"...the security guys got a laugh out of it too. They were doing their job. http://www.karatedepot.com/ot-ke-25.html Look at it as an X-ray machine would. |
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