Prybaby suggestion

cardimon · Mar 29, 2005

How about a Courthouse and airport-friendly Prybaby? By that I mean a Prybaby devoid of corners with sharp edges.

The screwdriver tip could have its sharp corners rounded off a bit. The nail-puller could still pull nails, but the sharp corners on its twin prongs could also be rounded off a bit.

I love my Prybaby, but I always leave it at home when I'm going somewhere they may ask me to empty my pockets. I'd much rather have it with me.

I'd like to have security give the Prybaby a glance, but that is all.

What do you think, Peter?

Peter Atwood · Mar 29, 2005

It's a good idea Craig. I have been meaning to do one for awhile now. I'll whip something up in my next go round....

akjon · Mar 29, 2005

I wouldn't count on it making any difference.

bquinlan · Mar 30, 2005

The posted list of prohibited items includes "tools" with a note that says "no exceptions".

I hope the current paranoia eventually lets up.

--Bob Q

cardimon · Mar 30, 2005

bquinlan said:
The posted list of prohibited items includes "tools" with a note that says "no exceptions".

I hope the current paranoia eventually lets up.

--Bob Q

Of course there are exceptions. They simply don't mention them in detail.

How about my eyeglass repair kit for my glasses? That contains a mini-screwdriver. I NEED my eyeglasses. Should a screw come loose and fall out, and if I have no means of repairing my glasses, I'd be ripe for a nasty fall. I need my mini-screwdriver for legitimate health reasons. I call it personal well-being.

Should an overly zealous guard single out the screwdriver for confiscation, I politely ask for the supervisor. If I have to wait, then I wait. A few words with the supervisor clears things up. If things were still muddled, I'd work my way up the managerial ladder, but I've never had to do that.

Or how about insulin shots for diabetics? That means needles.

Think about it -- exceptions abound.

cardimon · Mar 30, 2005

akjon said:
I wouldn't count on it making any difference.

Perhaps not, but I'd still love to have one. The sharp corners tend to rip my coat pockets.

cardimon · Mar 30, 2005

Peter Atwood said:
It's a good idea Craig. I have been meaning to do one for awhile now. I'll whip something up in my next go round.

Thank you, Peter. I can't wait.

Binford · Mar 30, 2005

Would this be something like a PocketWrench II with a nail pulling grove cut in? That would be very handy.

comet · Mar 30, 2005

bquinlan said:
The posted list of prohibited items includes "tools" with a note that says "no exceptions".

I hope the current paranoia eventually lets up.

--Bob Q

My wife had a tiny allen key to adjust her ski boot confiscated. They said anything that could dismantle a plane will be taken.

cardimon · Mar 30, 2005

comet said:
My wife had a tiny allen key to adjust her ski boot confiscated. They said anything that could dismantle a plane will be taken.

If a tiny allen key can be used to dismantle an airliner, we're gonna have to start building sturdier planes.

cardimon · Mar 30, 2005

Binford said:
Would this be something like a PocketWrench II with a nail pulling grove cut in? That would be very handy.

Could be. Such a groove could be machined in smoothly (I think) so as not to leave any sharp edges. The tool could also have a gentle bend at one end to facilitate leverage.

A Dogs Best Friend · Mar 30, 2005

comet said:
My wife had a tiny allen key to adjust her ski boot confiscated. They said anything that could dismantle a plane will be taken.

I was visiting my folks over Easter, on Sunday. My Dad said that they (Airline Security) took the nail clippers and file out of his grooming kit. One of my brothers, an otherwise very intelligent guy, but kind of Yuppy, if you know what I mean, said that that's OK if it provides a bit more safety on the plane. I figured that it doesn't provide any more safety at all and, in effect, amounts only to absolute paranoia or madness essentially. Let's face it. Weapons are impossible to ban completely. My young nephew, home from the service for the Holiday, said that he could turn anything into a weapon, if he needed to. True. How about hands, arms, legs and feet? Even a modestly trained individual could kill a person with his bare hands. So what are the Airlines going to do? Ban people with arms and legs from flying?

I just don't fly anymore. Used to love it. My wife and I flew on many planes to a multitude of destinations before 9/11. But, I won't subject myself to the madness that's permiated the Airline industry just to get to a destination. I'll drive. I like driving, and for now at least, I'm still in charge of my own car.

Blue Jays · Mar 30, 2005

Hi All-

A Dogs Best Friend said:
"...One of my brothers, an otherwise very intelligent guy, but kind of Yuppy, if you know what I mean, said that that's OK if it provides a bit more safety on the plane..."

Your brother is one of those metrosexual men? It is very unfortunate that he believes the confiscation of his fingernail clippers are contributing to his so-called safety. Perhaps your sisters beat him up too many times as a youngster and the experience shaped his outlook?

If it helps, you can tell your brother that Benjamin Franklin...one of our brilliant founding fathers...felt that, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

It just seems sad that we're forced to appeal to a great and talented machinist like Peter Atwood to develop tools that will pass scrutiny with statists, ninnies, and our masters alike. I like to harken back to the days when a sharpened Bug Out Bar would have been welcomed aboard!

~ Blue Jays ~

cardimon · Mar 31, 2005

A Dogs Best Friend said:
...My Dad said that they (Airline Security) took the nail clippers and file out of his grooming kit...

Pity the airlines don't bother reading the regulations. There's a PDF posted on the web by the TSA itself that says in black and white that nail clippers (without pointed files) are, in fact, allowed. So are nail files as long as they are not, well, pointed.

Esav Benyamin · Apr 1, 2005

Obviously, a multitool is not going to be welcomed on board. So what happens if something breaks ... ?

underaged! · Apr 1, 2005

Then the plane goes down w/o terrorists.

OMGz0Rzes!11!!!

cardimon · Apr 2, 2005

Esav Benyamin said:
Obviously, a multitool is not going to be welcomed on board. So what happens if something breaks ... ?

I don't think The Powers That Be really care....

A Dogs Best Friend · Apr 2, 2005

Blue Jays said:
Hi All-

Your brother is one of those metrosexual men? It is very unfortunate that he believes the confiscation of his fingernail clippers are contributing to his so-called safety. Perhaps your sisters beat him up too many times as a youngster and the experience shaped his outlook?

~ Blue Jays ~

If I understand the word correctly (it doesn't have anything to do with sexual preference?), and refers more to style and attitude, then yes, my brother is one of those metrosexual guys. It's OK, he's a neat guy for the most part, but most certainly propagandized into some self defeating attitudes IMO. We don't have any sisters, just me an' him and two other brothers. We never beat him up. He's a Jazz musician, though, maybe that has something to do with it. I continually wonder at how so many otherwise intelligent people are programmed into the socalled "PC" mindset. It's total brainwashing and, as I said, very self-defeating in a Sociopolitical sense at least. It's very disappointing...

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