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Ok... yeah... odd experiences dealing with airport security...
Traveling from LA to Tahiti with a microscope in my carry-on luggage. Didn't want it to be destroyed by the bag-handlers. As I put the bag into the scanner, I told the guys, "Hey, there's a big steel microscope in this one." When it made it through the scanner, they quickly confiscated it, dug through the clothes in my bag that were padding the thing, and wiped it down with one of their test-o-matic wipey cloths. With all the chemicals wandering the air in the lab it came from, I'm shocked that they didn't come up with anything from that wipe. Must be looking for something dang specific. Of course, the woman was very nice about everything and packed my clothes back in really well. It was all very efficient. I can't blame them for doing it... but still, it was odd. Why didn't that cloth pick up anything? What is it looking for, anyway? Surely that microscope has been splashed with acetone or ethanol or any number of random scary chemicals...
Other instance:
While coming from San Francisco to Burbank, brought with me 2 laptops, a GPS unit, a mini-computer, a graphing calculator... had to take all of them out of my bag and put them in individual boxes. Took forever. I kept waving on the people who were waiting behind me. Kinda frustrating, but oh well. They scanned the laptops twice. Wonder what they saw the first time.
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