RE: [Harp-L] Re: Travel, Harmonicas, Respect

["Eric Garcia" <ericgar85@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i travel domestically, coast to coast, pretty frequently... and i get 
worried when my gear
bag goes through the x-ray machine and they DONT open things up for further 
inspection.
not only is my harp case stuffed with 20 or so harps that look like ammo 
clips under the machine,,
but i'm 35, dark complexion and i've got a beard and mustache,,, i seriously 
look straight out of the terrorists fashion magazine... the last couple 
times @ the airport,,, straight through, without so much as a question.
now THAT worried me..

eric in miami


> From: "Edu Calle" <freakedu@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Post Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Travel, Harmonicas, Respect
> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:08:47 +0100
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> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:47:26 -0500
> From: "M. N." <mnessmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Travel, Harmonicas, Respect
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> Rob wrote:
> "More & more since 911, I feel the whole 'Joy of Travel Vibe' has been lost
> to the threat and fear of terrorism. I was talking to guitarist Steve
> Cropper <snip> We both agreed that AIR travel used to be an enjoyable
> experience and there was a 'common courtesy' amongst the traveler and the
> workers. We were saddened by the fact that in 'our lifetimes' we would 
> NEVER
> see it anything like the way it WAS."
>
> =======================
>
> I hear ya. At the same time, though, this is only a new phenomena for
> Americans. I'm guessing our brothers in England and in North Ireland, 
> Spain,
> Israel and so forth have been coping with this new (to us) way of life for 
> a
> long long time. That's the blues.
> MN
>
>
> Hello, I'm from the Basque Country, in the north of Spain.
> I have never traveled in a plane but I can tell you that going out of the
> Basque Country with the car was a hell. You get stopped in many many places
> just because your license plates sayed that you were from the Basque
> Country. Now with the european license plates (they just include your
> country) it is a bit better. But I still remember the summers going to 
> spend
> the holidays in my father's born place to see the grandparents and being
> stopped and have to unload ALL the car because you could be a terrorist. 
> And
> we only were my parents and two little boys (my brother and me) in a car.
> Really sad.
>
> Harp content: time to go to practice those bends (begineer).
>
> P.S. As you can deduct English is not my born language, so excuse my
> language mistakes.
>
> See you.
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