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

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't had too many problems with my harps. It's the 441 that give
me trouble. One guy commented that it looks like a laser gun as he
checking it out - Yeah like they even exist.  Friggen Dolt!


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Travel, Harmonicas, Respect
>Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:19:53 -0500
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>>I am envious of Rob, who simply gets asked to play his harmonicas at
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>>airport security.  Once I went through the x-ray machine and the 
>>security people directed me to a desk where they had me empty the 
>>contents of my carry-on backpack.  This desk was presided over by a 
>>grandmotherly woman with an eastern european accent and about a
>quarter 
>>of the normal complement of teeth.  She asked me to open my harp
>case 
>>(all Filiskos, Sleighs, and Gordons) and, before I could do a thing 
>>(she was quick for a person of her age), she had my best Bb overblow
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>>harp in her mouth and was playing it, tunelessly and too hard.  I
>was 
>>aghast, too shocked to protest or even speak.  And what good would
>it 
>>have done me?  I really wanted to make my connecting flight, so I 
>>thanked her through clenched teeth.
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>>But it only happened once.  Most trips, I have no problems with 
>>security at all.
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>>George
>>www.dontneedhim.com
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Chris Michalek

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