Now you're making me nostalgic for metal detectors. This Monday, I had jury duty at the county courthouse. I put my watch, wedding ring, and phones in my shoulder bag, but I still alarmed the WTMD. A deputy got out his HHMD, told me to stand with my arms out, and found out that my belt buckle caused the alarm. My total time through, including waiting in line, alarming, and a HHMD resolution, could be measured in seconds.
Considering that the WTMD alarmed on a normal-sized belt buckle, I doubt I would have made it through with a knife of firearm. Would a NoS stop a firearm or knife? Would the deputies in charge of keeping the courthouse safe trust a NoS to keep out the items they don't want inside?
I was 20 on 9/11, so my previous memory of airports is a fuzzy distant memory. How long were security lines at major airports before 9/11?
Originally Posted by
jfunk138
They are probably the same companies now making the NOS. I'm guessing the maintenance on them is so low that there's no money to be made off of them any more.
You'd probably have more success trying to resurrect the "puffer", which apparently is a cash cow for maintenance.