Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That has happened to me MANY times. You gotta wonder... - --- Tim Atherton <tim@KairosPhoto.com> wrote: > > My experience w/lead film bags has been similar to > yours. In many years > > of dealing w/security @ airports & gov't > buildings, I can only think of 2 > > occasions where my lead bag has caught the > attention of the X-ray machine > > operator. On both occasions, all suspicions were > allayed by a quick > > glance inside the lead bag (as described in #3 of > your post). > > Only a couple of months or so after Sept 11 I > travelled through Ottawa > Airport - supposedly top level security in place > (all those politicos, and > you don't want to screw up security in front of the > Minister of > Transportation...). > > My film was packed in lead bags, goes though the > scanner, big black blob. > "Could you open this bag for me please sir?" - looks > inside, sees > "Filmguard" bag - says "Oh it's film - okay sir" and > off I go. Doesn't even > look inside... duh > > tim > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html