Originally Posted by
John K Jordan
The old rules: At one time I made numerous trips to a DOE facility in DC. I was software engineering but invariably got asked to pretty please take a look at some hardware problem or another so I always carried a small toolbox with pliers, wire cutters, etc and some common PC parts.
No airline agent ever batted an eye until one trip home when a guard said I couldn’t take the tools on the plane. “What if you take some things apart and damage the plane?" When I promised I wouldn’t he said “OK then, go ahead.”
Before I retired, I had a service call (computer) at one of the local courts. They refused to allow my tool kit, despite my asking how they expected me to fix anything without tools.
They even refused to allow the clerk of courts to transport the tool kit.
I had to make do with the very basic set of screwdrivers the clerk kept in his office.
My granddad always said, :As one door closes, another opens".
Wonderful man, terrible cabinet maker...