On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Alan B. Pearce wrote: > I do remember carrying a small scientific telescope in hand luggage when > boarding a flight at Orly Airport in Paris, which had part of the mount > still attached. Going through the x-ray it did look just like a gun. > Produced an interesting few minutes while the security satisfied themselves > as to just what it was. Smiles all round at the end though. I once (stupidly) carried a small plastic baggie with a couple of back pills and a lactaid pill in it through security at Schiphol in Amsterdam. It never occurred to me that they might not be very pleased about me carrying seemingly random pills about. I told them I'd be happy to show them the pill bottles if they went and retrieved my checked luggage. After a few minutes they let me through thankfully. Oops! Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist