Re: [Leica] RE: Airport inspection

["KPETERS" <KPETERS@huntel.net>]

You could have told them it works on solar power!!!


- -----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Morang <morang@magnolia.net>
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 8:46 PM
Subject: [Leica] RE: Airport inspection


>At Munchen airport two weeks ago, a charming German security lady at Delta
>Airlines asked me if I had any battery-operated equipment in my carry-on
>baggage.  I replied no.  She asked, a bit suspiciously, about my camera.  I
>said no, it was a Leica, it did not use a battery, and it was made in
>Germany.  That was enough - she smiled and waved me through.
>
>In Atlanta, a security lady asked me to turn on my camera.  I said I could
>not really turn it on.  She said, "How does it work?"  I said it uses
>springs and it's always on.  She could not quite figure this one out but
>politely waved me through.
>
>Next time, I'll take my wood 4x5 and tell them I have a camera made of wood
>that does not use batteries.
>
>Andy Morang
>Vicksburg, MS
>
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