Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:05 AM 9/2/2001, you wrote: >Lee writes: > > > I am also certain that my initial sense of the > > peoples in this airport was gravely in error. > > How HELPFUL they were! > >They thought the bag had a bomb in it, so that is not surprising. If they had >thought it had Leicas in it, the story might have been different. One morning I arrived at Paris Orly only to find the check-in area for American Airlines to be cordoned off. Turns out there was a stray bag left there. Security flitted around it, then put some sort of heavy shield over it and detonated it. When no major catastrophe ensued, the cordon was lifted and what appeared to be janitorial staff came in and swept up the remains of what I presumed was somebody's underwear and toothpaste... - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html This sig. line sanitized for your protection.