Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bd: > I go through the scanner - no wand, no shoe check - and then I sat and > read > a book for 40 minutes while some kid, and I use the word advisedly, > examined > each and everyone of the 70 rolls. He tried using one of the explosive > swipes for three or four rolls before putting it through the machine, > but > his supervisor "caught him" and made him use a fresh swipe for every > roll. > Meanwhile, my equipment case went through the machine without even a > second > look - no hand check, no nothing. last week my wife and i went to chicago--where we met the incredibly generous greg rubenstein--so she could interview for a law school fellowship and we could look for an apartment. i had all my film--t400cn, delta 3200, tmax 3200, and supra 800, in a lead bag, and i just sent it through the scanner. we made it through birmingham security in five minutes. on the way back, we made it to midway at 4:58 for a 5:00 flight. we made it through midway security in about five minutes, where the "technician" running the x-ray machine was too busy looking at her talonesque fingernails to watch the screen. i could have ridden through on the conveyor belt myself, and she'd have seen nary a bone in my body. we then ran through the airport, making it onto our flight because famously-ontime southwest was running about fifteen minutes late, and they opened up the door to let us on. so far, i've processed all the TCN and the delta 3200. no streaking, no fogging. i'm sure i'll keep doing this until i get burned. then i'll go through the rigamarole of hand inspection. and, even though they were late, soutwest is still my favorite airline. bar none. - -- brad daly bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/paw.html "America sells everything with sex and then recoils when presented with the realities of natural process." --Jock Sturges "War, what is it good for? It's good for business." --Billy Bragg All my family problems disappeared overnight. We're all takin' Zoloft, and everything is fine. My sister's teen angst just flew out the window. Momma's so happy, she laughs all the time. --Patterson Hood - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html