rwcarpet
Supportive Member
Marty, don't read....too long!
Fly out Wednesday from Cleveland at 9:30pm. Went through the shoes-off/empty pockets check, then through the xray scan. "What's in your left front pocket, sir?" Wad of cash. No problem. Sir, please step aside for futher inspection of your carry on bag. Arse starting to pucker.....I borrowed my son-inlaws carry on, but never checked it. They pulled things aside, did the explosives swab. All passed with no problem. Great flight, but 5 hour wait on rental cars, so took a taxi. I'm guessing the scenic route. Tab was $23. Plus tip. ($10 shuttle ride back to McCarren, and only took 8 minutes, with traffic lights.)
Get to my room and take out a few items. Pull out My Day-Timer schedule book, out falls a single edge razor blade that I had used the day before on some dried paint. I didn't want to carry the open blade, so I stuck it in my book, gonna take it out when I get to the van. Forgot. Really puckering now, considering what could have taken place had security found it! I think I might have found out what "further inspection" really means.
Saturday noon, McCarren Airport, Las Vegas. Security was loose, no shoes off, nothing out of pockets. Walk through the old style metal detector, which didn't detect my belt buckle and pocket full of change. But, Sir, we need to further inspect your carry on. Looks in the hand bag, and out comes a 6 ounce sample bottle of enzyme pre spray from DSC . Mark insisted that it would clear security. Nope. 3 ounce limit, and what is it anyway? "Sample carpet prespray, I say". Well, if you want, you can head back to check in and send it by UPS or a checked bag. I said "Throw it away!".
The travails of traveling. Considering what I could have went through had they found that razor blade!
On to Atlanta in January.
Fly out Wednesday from Cleveland at 9:30pm. Went through the shoes-off/empty pockets check, then through the xray scan. "What's in your left front pocket, sir?" Wad of cash. No problem. Sir, please step aside for futher inspection of your carry on bag. Arse starting to pucker.....I borrowed my son-inlaws carry on, but never checked it. They pulled things aside, did the explosives swab. All passed with no problem. Great flight, but 5 hour wait on rental cars, so took a taxi. I'm guessing the scenic route. Tab was $23. Plus tip. ($10 shuttle ride back to McCarren, and only took 8 minutes, with traffic lights.)
Get to my room and take out a few items. Pull out My Day-Timer schedule book, out falls a single edge razor blade that I had used the day before on some dried paint. I didn't want to carry the open blade, so I stuck it in my book, gonna take it out when I get to the van. Forgot. Really puckering now, considering what could have taken place had security found it! I think I might have found out what "further inspection" really means.
Saturday noon, McCarren Airport, Las Vegas. Security was loose, no shoes off, nothing out of pockets. Walk through the old style metal detector, which didn't detect my belt buckle and pocket full of change. But, Sir, we need to further inspect your carry on. Looks in the hand bag, and out comes a 6 ounce sample bottle of enzyme pre spray from DSC . Mark insisted that it would clear security. Nope. 3 ounce limit, and what is it anyway? "Sample carpet prespray, I say". Well, if you want, you can head back to check in and send it by UPS or a checked bag. I said "Throw it away!".
The travails of traveling. Considering what I could have went through had they found that razor blade!
On to Atlanta in January.
