[Public-List] Story of an ordeal...

[Stephen Gwyn]

If that's the case, then they need more training.

However as a result of your story, I've spent too much
time reading about dual energy x-ray scanners. I was
curious how they can tell what kind of material something
is made of and how they do the colour-coding.

SG

On 2019-03-07 1:52 p.m., Gordon Laco wrote:
> I thought of that… but they were concerned that there was water in the compasses 
> globe.   They told me if I could prove it was oil, the instrument was clear to 
> carry on.  But their regulations did not allow ‘water’ of the volume that 
> appeared to be in the globe.
> 
> 
> Gordon Laco
> www.gordonlaco.com <http://www.gordonlaco.com>
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 7, 2019, at 4:37 PM, Stephen Gwyn via Public-List 
>> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org <mailto:public-list at lists.alberg30.org>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The word "organic" has changed meaning in common use
>> in the last half century, drifting from the original
>> scientific meaning where it was roughly synonymous
>> with "hydrocarbon". You aren't allowed to bring
>> liquid hydrocarbons on a plane because they are
>> usually flammable. Compass oil is probably a lot
>> less flammable then say, gasoline. But I'm not
>> at all surprised you weren't allowed to bring what
>> was probably a litre of liquid hydrocarbons onto
>> a plane.
>>
>> SG
>>
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