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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Caution regarding visits to the USS Constitution
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:09:06 +0000
Wouldn't want "Old Ironsides" to be hijacked by terrorists and rammed into an 
aircraft carrier or a nuclear sub, now, would we?  Considering the hassle, 
maybe it's better to skip it and just say, aw, frigate!

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from 
the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
Edward Weston


-------------- Original message from Chuck Norcutt : -------------- 
> Orin Keplinger suggested a visit to the USS Constitution while in 
> Boston. The last time a went there I took my father who was in town 
> visiting from Las Vegas. That was perhaps a year or more ago, but after 
> 9/11. We were moderately but not totally surprised to find an airport 
> type security inspection station. 
> 
> There were no rules posted about what was acceptable and, after waiting 
> in line about 20 minutes for our turn with the inspector, we were 
> astonished to discover (just like the airlines) that the pen knives we 
> were both carrying in our pockets would be confiscated if we continued 
> on to visit the ship. I thought surely there must be a way to drop them 
> into a labeled envelope and recover them on the way out... but no. 
> 
> There was no way we were going to give up our knives. The alternative 
> was to go back to where the car was parked and leave them there but that 
> would have taken 10-15 minutes at which point we'd likely have to wait 
> in line another 20 minutes. Both of us have been on the Constitution 
> several times and it just wasn't worth the hassle. 
> 
> Moral of the story: If you're a visitor without a car make sure to 
> leave your pen knives and other deadly weapons in the hotel. Last I 
> heard they're not being confiscated there yet. 
> 
> Chuck Norcutt 
> 
> 
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