shaft damaged on airline

Well if you think about it objectively...

chefjeff said:
My father can carry his cane on a plane. What difference is there between that piece of wood/metal and a cue, if to be used as a weapon to take over a plane?

The rules are stupid and ineffective and are just a dog-n-pony show for the sheep. As one good statist excused it, "Well, they have to do something!" :(

Jeff Livingston
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Your Dad has a medical issue that requires a cane! and I am sure he must submit the cane for xrays and inspection! Although manny of us pool players might like to think of our attachment to our cues as a possible affliction!!!, in the 60's I knew a Gentleman who carried a Cue with a blade hidden in the butt that he brought back from somewhere in the east when in the service! :eek:
 
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chefjeff said:
My father can carry his cane on a plane. What difference is there between that piece of wood/metal and a cue, if to be used as a weapon to take over a plane?

Good point.
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CaptainHook said:
chefjeff said:
My father can carry his cane on a plane. What difference is there between that piece of wood/metal and a cue, if to be used as a weapon to take over a plane?

Good point.
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That is one of the HUNDREDS of examples of how pervasive irrationality is in our American society.:cool:
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If the TSA searched your bag, they would have left you a piece of white paper with their info saying they have searched your bag.

I once saw a monk carrying a bamboo stick taller than him on board an international flight.

Richard
 
chefjeff said:
My father can carry his cane on a plane. What difference is there between that piece of wood/metal and a cue, if to be used as a weapon to take over a plane?

The rules are stupid and ineffective and are just a dog-n-pony show for the sheep. As one good statist excused it, "Well, they have to do something!" :(

Jeff Livingston
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And you can take a camera tripod, which can be much heavier/stronger than either.

Cheers,
RC
 
gone Fishing

on a recent trip from chicago to seattle, a traveller brought onboard a few fishing pole pieces packed in a customized tube packages...it looked like pvc taped off on the ends ... they were longer than the acceptable dimensions of carryon luggage, yet just fit the length of the overhead bin. Some other passengers questioned him as he placed it overhead, when he said he was going fishing and that he researched the dimensions of the overhead bins... hmmm...how did that happen? I would've thought TSA or the Airlines would disallow it on the plane... just sounds a bit, well, fishy.

The 'big' picture would be clearer and less questionable if the treatment of passengers was more consistent. :confused:
 
Well, my cues made it here to korea safely. Don't have to worry about them on a plane for a whole year now. I'm wondering if they checked the inside of one of the butts because the bumper was loose, but the rest of my luggage was undisturbed, so I think not. I'm a happy guy though:)
 
On a recent trip to Manila from Hong Kong, I checked in my 4 cues inside a 4x8 softcase placed inside a strong box and returned back safely. What pissed me off was that I forgot to put the Duct Tape inside the luggage on my return trip to Hong Kong and it was confiscated.

The inspector deemed that I will be able to tie up everyone on the plane with the Duct Tape I was carrying. Nice logic, but I'm a short 5'4" and small built. Duh...
 
BlowFish said:
The inspector deemed that I will be able to tie up everyone on the plane with the Duct Tape I was carrying. Nice logic, but I'm a short 5'4" and small built. Duh...
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Maybe they figured it would be no sweat for a big terrorist guy to snag your duct tape and do the dirty deed...
 
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