Airport Security

[David Barnert]

I will repeat two pieces of advice that I picked up years ago on the Morris Dance Discussion List that I have mentioned here before. I think it's more for their entertainment value than their practicality.

 

One is that if you put a concertina on a security x-ray conveyor belt, orient it like the concertina bellows in the ascii art in my sig, below. If you put it like the ventilator bellows (also in my sig) the radially arranged levers and circumferentially arranged reeds look like part of a standard bomb construction.

 

The other is that if you are asked what it is, find a way to answer the question without saying the C word. Call it a squeezebox or an accordion, or a musical instrument. But the list of items that must be confiscated includes the word "concertina" because that's short for "concertina wire," which can be used as a weapon.

[Kautilya]

I will repeat two pieces of advice that I picked up years ago on the Morris Dance Discussion List that I have mentioned here before. I think it's more for their entertainment value than their practicality.

 

One is that if you put a concertina on a security x-ray conveyor belt, orient it like the concertina bellows in the ascii art in my sig, below. If you put it like the ventilator bellows (also in my sig) the radially arranged levers and circumferentially arranged reeds look like part of a standard bomb construction.

 

The other is that if you are asked what it is, find a way to answer the question without saying the C word. Call it a squeezebox or an accordion, or a musical instrument. But the list of items that must be confiscated includes the word "concertina" because that's short for "concertina wire," which can be used as a weapon.

DAMAGE AND SECURITY AIRPORT

seems this has shamed United airlines onyoutube

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/2...ar-dave-carroll

 

trust am not repeating this ref.

[Leo]

DAMAGE AND SECURITY AIRPORT

seems this has shamed United airlines onyoutube

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/2...ar-dave-carroll

 

trust am not repeating this ref.

Hi Kautilya

 

Not so much repeating, as it's additional information. It starts at post #27. United shamed?? Never happen in my lifetime.

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php...ost&p=97392

 

Thanks

Leo

[Kautilya]

DAMAGE AND SECURITY AIRPORT

seems this has shamed United airlines onyoutube

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/2...ar-dave-carroll

 

trust am not repeating this ref.

Hi Kautilya

 

Not so much repeating, as it's additional information. It starts at post #27. United shamed?? Never happen in my lifetime.

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php...ost&p=97392

 

Thanks

Leo

Right! They paid up now at least!

rgds