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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