Doug,
I use four (4) one (1) inch dowels, forty-eight (48) inches in length.
You can buy them at Home Depot or any lumber yard.
Put one each in the dividers in your golf bag, or two in the top divider where you keep your driver and fairway woods/metals.
This will usually protect the clubs from having the heads snap off or the shafts bent/snapped.
It's a cheap and efficient method of protecting your clubs.
Richard Choi,
You can't compare a small country, with only two International Airports, with the large, expansive U.S. Airport system, International and domestic.
While I agree that profiling is a legitimate screening method, on the surface, we've announced that we won't engage in that viable and valueable practice.
The fact that no successful hijacking/terrorist act, originating in the U.S., has occured, is proof that the system is working...... so far.
I'm with Ben, you're underestimating a very intelligent, clever enemy.
In addition, your thinking is one dimensional.
We know that this enemy is all too willing to sacrifice themselves in an attempt to kill American's.
Imagine the impact, physical and psychological, if 20 planes, flying Domestic routes, exploded in a co-ordinated attack, when they're over a city or upon takeoff or landing.
If you don't think hundreds or thousands of them are thinking of ways to cause death and destruction in the U.S., you're out of touch.
My concern is our borders, mostly the southern border.
How long will it be before a suitcase nuke is simply walked across an unimpeded border and placed in one of our major cities.
What would the cost, in human life, property damage and our way of life be ?
Far more than building another great wall of China ? ?
If the Chinese could build an impenetrable barrier over hostile terrain thousands of years ago, we should be able to do it in short order.
End of rant(;
They've attempted to place bombs on board, as part of a cargo shipment.
They've attempted to place bombers on board as passengers.
And, they've succeeded with those efforts.
Don't ever underestimate this enemy.
If they want to turn me upside down and strip search me, I don't have a problem with that.
I want my family and myself to get from point A to point B..... SAFELY.
Bob Huntley,
It's not a perfect system, but, look at the scale of the operation, it's enormous.
As to your Tampex example, profiling, along with chemical (air puffer) AND full body screening might prevent a vaginal or anal borne explosive device.
In fact, I think they're already doing this at some airports.
When I was going to Sand Hills and in the Denver Airport with TEPaul, and he lost his connecting ticket, and was wandering aimlessly around the airport, I thought I heard some TSA official say, "check out that A--hole" Maybe it was a pilot program.(;