Re: [APML] Kinda OT - film through the mail problem

["Joseph O'Neil" <joneil@multiboard.com>]

>   I don't have time to read the article right now but I can tell you what 
> I do when travelling.... I carry my film in a little water filter housing 
> that I can suck down (my film is hypered)... when I get to the x-ray 
> machine I demand that the film be hand-inspected... I don't know if they 
> do this anymore but if you raise enough fuss and demand to see a 
> supervisor you might still be able to get the film hand inspected ( I 
> open the tank to let them see what's inside and also explain that it is 
> film for scientific research).

Hi Tony;
         That is apprently part of the problem anymore.  Since 9-11, you 
cannot "raise a fuss".  heck, they had an article int eh paper today that 
people here in Canada are having their poppy pins confiscated (Canadian 
Remeberbrance day is Nov 11, honouring war dead & veterans) when they board 
commercial aircraft as the pins are considered a danger.
         Ther's a good (bad?) joke going around the internet that isn't too 
far off the mark - about the 80 year old lady who had her knitting needles 
confiscated - they were afraid she would knit an afghan.

joe
(yeah, I know, I'll crawl back into my hole now...;)



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