TSA wrecks Texas caribou hunters meat

The Anchorage Daily News ^ | May 31st | Craig Medred

[donmeaker]

I always wear steel toed safety shoes. That way they can take my shoes, and X ray them. I get less harrassement than if they decide to go through my carry on bags.

I have a friend who leaves the north seeking arrow off the first submission of his city architecture drawings. The drones who check drawings stop looking then, and adding the arrow is the easiest correction to make.

[Fudd]

DOA DIA is a boondoggle. I went to a wedding in the Denver area (pre-911), and ended up flying into Colorado Springs due to lower airfares (DIA has a significant pax tax). The drive wasn't unpleasant - saved time to visit the USAFA on the return trip.

[4Freedom]

I imagine there's a safe way to mail or ship these torches home to yourself. I'm not a smoker, so I've never looked into it.

I imagine part of the problem, for some of these passengers, is they'd probably miss their flight while running around the airport looking for a way to send their prohibited items home.

[B Knotts]

Oh...the TSA won...

They convinced me to never fly on commercial airlines, period.

[4Freedom]

If they add powdered meat tenderizing seasonings, you might get an alarm off the TSA's ETD machine. I suppose it depends on the ingredients and whether the seasonings get all over the outside of the box in high enough concentrations.

I've been told that if a passenger is carrying nitroglycerin or PETN to treat a heart condition, his baggage will most likely alarm.

[snopercod]

I have a friend who leaves the north seeking arrow off the first submission of his city architecture drawings.

Hehe...I use the same technique with building inspectors. Leave something obvious for them to "catch", and they feel like they have earned their pay and don't bother to really delve into things.

[dljordan]

I passed through Dulles before 9/11 and the screeners were all Middle Eastern and Hispanics. I didn't here ANY English spoken until a belligerent female with a some kind of head covering ordered me to take my laptop apart. I was then pulled out of the line and frisked by a Russian who was actually more polite than the other guys. After 9/11 I went through Dulles again and it was the SAME crew but SHAZAM! they were gubmint employees. Well they did fire a few of them when they found out they had ties to terrorist groups.

In Denver (DIA) there are lots Somalis and Ethiopians that the Mayor imported after a trip to Africa. Talk about RUDE!

[cinFLA]

The Infiniti I34 has 3 center console compartments nested one within the other. When the airport initiated car searches, they check the first on and said thank you. As he was about to close the door, I asked him if he wanted to search the second. Slighly irritated, he did. As he was about to exit again, I asked him if he wanted to search the third! He said "never mind".....

The next time back at the airport I asked them why they didn't search the bags in the car since anyone could easily remove a "gun or knife" from a piece of luggage after pulling away from the vehicle search station and put it into the "searched" glove compartment.

[BJungNan]

I was not endorsing the TSA. Only saying he should have expected it. I mean, if they are searching 86 year old ladies and taking nail clippers away from people, they are going to look into packages of meat now matter what their internal regs say.

Bottom line is that if the meat was that important, he should have planned for the possibility it would be inspected and taken steps to have it inspected properly.

We do have to take responsibility ourselves sometimes.