Re: FBOFW 9/30/05

In article <p1%Qe.2787$884.426268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Bobcat" <bob_cattUNSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yep. On a return trip from Toronto to Vancouver I had a key chain attachment
> with a nailfile (no point on it), a screwdriver/bottle opener, and a tiny
> inch-and-a-half blade you couldn't even call a knife - its end was rounded
> and blunt. They took it from me, but said I could get it back when I
> returned to Toronto a week later. I did, although it meant slogging a floor
> up from Arrivals to Departures.
> I had less luck another time at the Statue of Liberty, where Security
> grabbed up a tiny pen knife I'd stupidly forgotten to leave at home. They
> said there was no way I could reclaim it. You lose some, you...etc.
>
>
I just read a horror story in _Car & Driver_ about a guy who had his
folding car key confiscated by TSA. It's the standard issue
spring-loaded laser cut key/remote that VW/Audi have been using for
years. Apparently they were offended by the "switchblade" like spring
action in spite of the fact that there are no sharp points or edges on
the key at all. It's a flat rectangular piece of metal with an
irregular line laser cut in its surface. Cost to replace at the dealer:
$150 minimum. He was lucky he had a spare key hidden on the car.

Marty
.

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