On 5/9/2008 12:01 AM Dillon Pyron plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger
and said:
> [Default] Thus spake "Boomer" :
>
>
>> "Nonnymus" wrote in message
>> news:vvpUj.31852$KJ1.9957@newsfe19.lga...
>>
>>>> I secure our checked luggage with zip ties. The thought is that it
>>>>
>>> prevents a casual unzipping, hand slipped inside looking for anything
>>> marketable, then reclosing. It sure as heck wouldn't stop a determined
>>> thief, but reduces the chance your bag will be singled out by the casual
>>> thief. Like other, we travel with prescription medications, major
>>> electronics and valuables in carry on luggage.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nonny
>>>
>>> Nonnymus
>>> Never believe a person who is
>>> Drunk, Horny or Running for Office.
>>>
>> I'm not trying to be funny but since you carry all you valuables in you
>> carry on luggage, what items are you protecting with the zip ties? We carry
>> everything of value at all times & anything that's in our bags that we check
>> with the airline are items like socks, underwear, suit, shirts, shorts,
>> bathing suit, etc. and I know for sure no one wants my stuff. I can't think
>> of a single item that anyone would steal our of my bags.
>>
>>
>
> Well, TSA sure found something of value. I arrived in Sydney to find
> my bag with my colored zip tie removed. I reported it to the nice
> customs man, who asked me if I would like to open it. We did, and
> found a nice note on top saying that the bag had been searched by the
> TSA. Oz customs guy says "okay" and I'm gone. The pajamas I packed
> on the top of the bag so I wouldn't have to unpack at 9pm after a 14
> hour flight were in the middle. And bottom. When we got to Adelaide
> five days later, I discovered that one sandal was missing. When I got
> back to Austin, I reported it. Was told I should have reported it
> when I first arrived. I told them that I was in Australia. Might as
> well have said I was in the globular cluster M696. They had no
> concept of what to do and eventually a senior supervisor said "sorry".
>
> We zip tie our suitcases with a colored tie, all the same color. Every
> bag has a pair of wire cutters in an outside pocket, along with spare
> ties, in a different color.
>
> When I fly with my guns, I am definitely paranoid. The long guns are
> in their own cases and well locked. But the handgun(s) are in the
> suitcase, each locked in a hard case. But a quick grab and it's gone.
>
Curious. What kind of game do you shoot with a hand gun?
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