Goatrider:

Naw, we are just strung out 60's era pessimists.

I am lucky in that I just happen to be the humble, self-effacing good-looking one.

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Norad45:

Man, you have been smoking too much Elk hair!

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(P.S. I know the tactic, I just can't remember how to spell the word. <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />)

Norad45:

Facetious!, that's the word I was trying to think of.

According to a Websters vest pocket dictionary, deluxe edition of about 50,000 words, it means "gay, witty".

Keep in mind this is a very old pocket dictionary from my high school days before "gay" was adopted as a sexual orientation description.

When the late President John F. Kennedy was assasinated on November 22, 1963 and they attributed the act to M1938 Italian Carcano 6.5mm (Mannlicher-Carcano 91/38) rifle, I knew they were lying.

Back then I was still in high school, and very heavily into guns with subscriptions to most of the gun magazines and I hung around with like minded people.

Guns could be pruchased through the mail, and handguns required nothing more than a statement that the purchaser wae 21 years of age or older. The 6.5 Italian Carcano had such a bad reputation for reliability and accuracy that they were making them into floor lamps. It was rumored that they came with instructions to grab the rifles by the barrels and use them as clubs for the best results.

Lee Harvey Oswald did not have the ability to make the kinds of shots attributed to a lone gunman, and an expert rifleman would never have used such a piece of crap for an assasination.

Moving to "Around the campfire" under Bountyhunters musings. All are invited to discuss, argue, criticize, or just laugh at the postings.

Try to keep it civil enough so Chris isn't forced to shut us down. That means using really high-brow put downs and innuendo.

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>>I realize that I may be confusing the TSA with any sort of logic, but anybody have a clue why pliers are not allowed in carry-on??????? <<

I'm surprised no one came up with the obvious theory.

Whether or not that was the intent, outlawing "pliers" lets them just confiscate any Leatherman-style tool. Doesn't matter if the blade has been removed, and it prevents anyone manufacturing a "travel" version with no blade that would be legal- they can just confiscate anything that looks like one without bothering with details.

Why settle for merely disarming people when you can insure that they're completely helpless?

A good citizen is a helpless citizen. Anyone attempting to help themselves in any way is obviously demonstrating distrust in the government to do it for them.

Presumed_Lost:

You are going to end up on some pro-Government spinmiesters list now unless you have "undeniable, irrefutable proof" of what you say. Of course the spinmiesters will say they feel so much safer if no one can use a pliers to pinch sensitive areas and force people to comform to the requests of the pliers holder. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Bountyhunter <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

(P.S. I just keep getting better and better. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)

On my last flight, I carried a keychain with a Streamlight Key-Mate flashlight, a BSA Hot Spark, and a small, aluminum capsule with a few pills and lots of cotton "packing" in it. This gives me a light, a spark, and some tinder (plus some headache relief).

I've gotten lots of close looks at the BSA striker, but since it has no edges and a rounded tip, it always passes muster.

I also carried a coarse diafold sharpener, a metal ball-point pen, and about 50 feet of paracord in my shoulder bag. I carried a 12-inch steel ruler in my carry-on luggage.

Before I fly again, I'm going to add some kevlar gloves to my travel kit.

Bear