(November 9, 2023 at 6:52 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(November 9, 2023 at 5:23 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I can picture TSA trying to figure out what a CD player does and is it a threat?
"Them round things are ammo, bet ya!"
It was well before 9/11 and you could pretty much carry anything on a plane with you.
I changed airlines once, to the USA in TWA, return ticket moved to Pan-Am. (1973 for reference.) The 'rents took me to the airport in Indianapolis and they got in line with me to check in. Two suits appeared out of nowhere and asked me to step into the stair well. (Young man, traveling alone, sudden ticket booking. Hello Havana?) As we're walking the few yards to the stairwell I turned and said, "Hey, Mom, I'm a terrorist." The suits looked a little deflated. I showed them my USN ID card and they returned me to parents. I've laughed about that for decades.
