Comments on: A nine foot AFTMA Pipe bomb

By: Fishing Jones

Fishing Jones — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:08:09 +0000

It’s actually for shipping test gear with trace elements of gasoline or diesel fuel. Never thought I’d need it to ship my 8w until reading your post.

I think it lapsed so I’ll have to sit through the 8-hour recert class… Maybe I’ll just drive.

By: KBarton10

KBarton10 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:18:15 +0000

So your rod gets there but none of your buddies, nice. Naturally you feel obliged to share (to the highest bidder …)

By: Fishing Jones

Fishing Jones — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:16:00 +0000

Fortunately for me I am a certified by the IATA to ship HAZMAT. Although that may have expired…

By: Matt G

Matt G — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:30:48 +0000

I started shipping much of my gear a week or so ahead to the lodge or fly shop near where I was staying when the sh*t hit the fan. It’s costly, but worth it because I can relax before I even get on the plane as I already know my stuff is waiting safely at my destination.

By: Erik Helm

Erik Helm — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:21:27 +0000

Thanks for the excellent read.
I am getting to the point where I am going to fedex everything prior to flying. I may even fedex myself. At least with fedex, they guarantee that you actually get there…
Bonus pont is the lack of having to try to explain anything to those TSA employees who are somehow de-evolving into drooling brainless mollusks as you attempt to, well…

By: John Peipon

John Peipon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:36:58 +0000

When I’m not on a computer, my preferred writing tool is a fountain pen.
Once upon a time, I could travel by air with three or four and different colors of ink for sketching. Another story.

Think tubes 6 to 7 inches long, 4 to 8 of them, and astounded look on the PSA x-ray operators face. That was just before I was duckwalked over to open the suitcase myself…Never again.

Then, there’s the items that are “lost” in transit. Just Monday night at our local fly tying group, most of us had a story about things that we loved or needed that disappeared between here and there. Money can’t replace my _______.