[HANASHIR:13757] Re: No Strings Attached!

[Denis Rochat <drochat...>]

Re: [HANASHIR:13744] Re: No Strings Attached!I followed all the procedures
correctly for removal from this list on Thursday 2/27. I will respond to
every post I receive until that happens.
Denis
  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org]On
Behalf Of Jacqueline Guttman
  Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:52 PM
  To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
  Subject: [HANASHIR:13754] Re: No Strings Attached!


  Gloves.
  Jackie Guttman

  > From: Andy Curry <acurry (at) lenexa(dot)sema(dot)slb(dot)com>
  > Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
  > Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:38:15 -0600
  > To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
  > Subject: [HANASHIR:13744] Re: No Strings Attached!
  >
  > I'd like for someone to demonstrate how he could use a guitar string to
  > strangle a person without cutting or bruising his own hands!
  >
  > Seriously, Jeff, it's a good thing you had your tefillin packed in your
  > checked baggage.  Talk about your potential weapon...
  >
  > Kol tuv,
  > Andy
  >
  > At 11:03 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
  >> Hi Folks,
  >>
  >> This past weekend as I was scurrying through the x-rays at Logan
Airport on
  >> the way to a gig, I was stopped and questioned about my guitar by one
of the
  >> new Federal screeners.  He rifled through my gig bag and took out all
my
  >> extra guitar strings!  Said they were a potential weapon.  I always
knew
  >> that music was a weapon of peace (upon Woody Guthrie's guitar was
written:
  >> "This Machine Kills Fascists" and Pete Seeger's banjo says: "This
machine
  >> surrounds hate and forces it to surrender" - but I digress...) but
there was
  >> no changing this man's mind.  He did, however, say that the strings
which
  >> were on the guitar could stay on.  Whew!  Close call.
  >>
  >> I tried to retrieve the strings he took when I returned, but no dice.
I
  >> complained to the supervisor.  He told me that someone big and strong
could
  >> have TAKEN MY GUITAR STRINGS FROM ME AND USED THEM TO STRANGLE
SOMEBODY.
  >> Well, now we can all sleep better knowing that our chance of being
strangled
  >> by a guitar string on a plane is vastly reduced.
  >>
  >> Anyway, my friends in gig-land, to prevent this from happening to you,
do
  >> the following:
  >>
  >> Pack your extra strings in checked luggage.   Or, carry with you a
thick
  >> self addressed envelope, scotch tape and plenty of stamps, so that if
you
  >> get busted for guitar strings, (or scissors or nail clipper) you can
mail
  >> them back to yourself at the airport.
  >>
  >> Ever yours from gig-land,
  >> jeff klepper
  >>
  >>
  >
  > Andy Curry, Kansas City
  > acurry (at) lenexa(dot)sema(dot)slb(dot)com
  >

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