RE: [Harp-L] Harps on Planes -- Sort of Urgent

["Meagher, Evan F" <evan.f.Meagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't been able to get the LO tool kit onboard.  They look a little
bit too much like sharpened knives, which, essentially, they are.  Once
I had to hop out of line and mail them to myself at my next destination.
Better to check them in your baggage. 

Evan 



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Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:48 AM
To: Bob Cohen
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx; Thomas Duggan
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harps on Planes -- Sort of Urgent

Just Plain Bob: I think I pass the terrorist profiling look, but think
about what a Smokey Amp looks like in a cigarette case to a security
screener.... that has home made explosive device written all over it -
add in the madcat shaker mic with its cord, a few extra reed plates and
then the LO tool kit and I t5hink I'd be calling my supervisor every
time too! I always carry the mfg. product sheets on the Smokey amp and
the madcat mic with me in the case so I have a plausible story when the
"supervisor" is checking me out.

Why take them on the plane in the cabin? I keep hopin' that one day the
flight crew will ask me to play a little inflight blues concert. Hasn't
happened yet, but speaking of that, has anyone out there on Harp-L
actually played on a commercial flight?  I usually slap my ipod on and
wish I was playing along.  
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> b2becom@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> 
> > On the other hand, when I carry them on, I have had nothing but 
> > trouble and
> end up visiting the "little room" almost every time. Perhaps it's the 
> Lee Oskar repair kit that looks suspiciously like a jewel thief's 2nd 
> story kit - (the large Lee Oskar chisel could actually do some serious

> damage in the hands of a terrorist), or it might be the Smokey amp in 
> a Winston hardpack that they find "interesting". They eventually let 
> me board the plane. I still find that amazing!
> 
> That's funny. I travel a fair bit and have NEVER been hassled when 
> tossing a few harps in my carry on bag. I leave from Boston or 
> Providence and go to destinations throughout the US. Strange. perhaps 
> I look more respectable ;-)
> 
> (Just Plain) Bob
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