Diligence is an admirable characteristic, especially if it's there to keep my kiester safe, but sometimes I thing they go overboard a bit. Let me pick on one item as an example: nail clippers, which they won't let you take on a plane. What are they afraid of; that you'll hijack the plane by threatening the pilot or crew with a lethal manicure?

I do know how to deliver a portentially lethal wound with a pencil or a pen, which I think they let you keep, but I'm not sure how you can use nail clippers as a weapon.

I haven't been through an airport since I broke my leg in Feb. of 2000, but as a result of that, I have a titanium rod in my left femur held in place by four screws. I would drive them bananas going through the metal detector!

Don Firth