Unbelievable!

[BluesTraveler 0]

I would be a pretty good shield. Not only am I wide, but I'm fairly thick as well.

- We're talking about my girth, right?

Ya, and you have enough common sense to know when to run the hell away!!!

[slim 1,525]

Ya, and you have enough common sense to know when to run the hell away!!!

Actually, now that I have a choice, I try to stay as far away from explosives as possible. I don't even really like fireworks all that much. I'll watch from a distance, but I don't like setting 'em off.

Now Tannerite on the other hand.....

[Brad and Vika 129]

Tacos are OK too!

you'd better bring me something from Odessa, eh?????

I spent more time in Turkey. When I went through the Odessa airport, a group of about six security and militsia asked me to step into the next room. It turns out that the turkish delight we bought on the way to the airport in Antalya looks alot like plastique in a scanner, and the souvenir hookahs resemble some kind of detonator to them. Always an adventure

DOH! lol

Right. They were reasonably polite, but a little tense until they saw what it was. I think they needed me to open the bag in case it was booby-trapped or something. When I unsipped the suitcase, the militsia actuall back away a few feet. Funny, because four pounds of plastique would probably blown the walls out of the terminal anyway. They all had a laugh at the expense of the customs agent on the scanner when I held up the pipes.

But I feel better. I was always a little leery of security at Odessa. When they bring your luggage piled on the farm wagon and release the three cocker spaniels to run all over the pile of bags sniffing them out, I never knew if they were looking for drugs and bombs...or for a place to pee. I always hoped they didn't pee on my bag. Good to see they are preventing terrorism...you desparado, you!

Oh, I don't think the security or customs folks in Odessa see a terrorist when they look at me. Dollar signs no doubt, but no threat - more like an opportunity.