On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, RussellMc wrote: > > About April 2009,waiting at a _tiny_ airport for a _tiny_ plane (<20 > > passengers). Sitting in the terminal being "eyeballed" by two TSA > > "personnel" (substitute for the depreciated term "goon") > > Just as boarding starts, wander over to a vending machine, buy a $6 sod= a. > > All in full view of aforementioned "personnel", try to get on plane. > > "Sir, we're going to have to "inspect" that bottle" > > > > Do consider the shell game men who MIGHT buy a vending machine bottle > and then exchange it for their concealed bottle of whatever perhaps > just manufactured in the nearby lab er lav. Chances are very low. Not > zero. Pity the TSA man who loses even a 20 person plane because > someone out prestidigitated him :-(. > Better a goon than having to fill in THAT much paperwork. > > If it wasn't clear, my entire event happened in the gate area _after_ security. In the end, what's a couple minutes. It really wasn't a big deal. (I just save up for several years and then share it with a couple thousand semi-strangers on the internet in a long winded and pointless diatribe) -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .