Lads, I did a pretty autistic thing the other day that almost got me in big trouble.
>be train sperg >collect rail spikes I find and put labels on them where I found them >be in Montreal, walking along rail line at the old port lands >find a pretty good rusted out one along the CN tracks >flying back to Toronto later that day, but I only had carry on luggage >get to airport and check in >shit my rail spike is gonna set off the metal detector >decide to tied it to my leg and kinda dance past the metal detector >obviously it sets it off >get pulled aside and they start wanding me and swabbing me for explosives >they didn't find it yet, and tell me to take my shoes off >same thing, goes off, I'm dripping sweat like I'm packed with a kilo of heroin at Kandahar international >security rolls up my pant leg >grabs both my arms and pulls me aside violently >I'm just hollering "it's a rail spike not a bomb!" >get dragged away and i manage to shake it free off my leg >someone else picks it up, and looks at it with serious concern >3 guards are whispering about the spike and I'm sitting in a chair sock footed >finally one asks me "c'est quois ca?" >i finally got my chance to explain, "it's a rail spike, i collect them, i found this one and wanted to bring it home" >*thick French Canadian accent* you cannot bring rail spike on plane. Wait come with me. >Go into a little enclosed glass room >a police officer arrived and questioned me, i showed him photos of my rail spike collection and explained it wasn't for nefarious reasons >he confirmed i cannot bring a rail spike on an airplane, and let me go >Walk back to security sock footed to get my stuff >collect my backpack and shoes >ask the guard what will happen to my spike >he said there's a collection security keeps of contraband and they didn't have a rail spike yet >My leg when I almost missed my flight
Through what mental processes did you conclude putting a rail spike in your sock would get past airport security?
Samuel Cook
I thought worst case scenario i could just explain myself out of it
Jose Gomez
Yeah it's like against the law or something to have rail spikes
I used to scrap cars and before we dropped em off at the junk yards we'd fill the door panels and shit with rail spikes so we'd get more money Only got caught once and the dude said he was gonna call the cops so we just bounced without getting paid
What is so damn interesting about rail spikes? It's not illegal to own them. Scrap places don't like taking anything railroad related because it is usually stolen. Having rail spikes=not illegal Pulling spikes from the tracks to fund a drug habit=illegal
Tyler Brown
I thought of that afterward tbh I didn't have much time to get my flight
Gabriel Adams
Nah bro, damn the man. You keep doing you, you glorious autistic bastard. Oh shit the more you know Don't scrap no more though. Prices went way down not even worth it.
Honesty Had A Better Chance Leaving It In Your bag. >t. excuse me sir, you've been randomly selected as our white token of the hour. Please follow muhammad and I over here...
Logan Long
you could've literally put it in your checked luggage and they wouldnt've cared.
Juan Hill
RR fag here. Its considered questional because the removal of spikes can be an act of domestic terrorism. Plus ancient right of way laws give railroad police fucked up jurisdiction and powers on RR property and ROW.
Xavier Davis
You could have literally read the part where he litterally says he only has his litteral carry on.
Kayden Thompson
Here you go user. Some help for you for when you reproduce.
The bag scans are infinitely less thorough than the body scans. If they had even found it in the bag scan, it's still a small tool under 7 inches in length so you could've at least explained that instead of looking like some sperg with a railroad spike in his sock.
Ian Ramirez
Hey OP.
>take the rail spikes and drop them in a bucket of white vinegar. it will eat away alot of the rust. >then i take my rotary tool with a brush attachment and clean off the rest of rust. >i get shiny like new rail spikes.
