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[Papa Mouse]

Reading these replies I just thought of how this mouse could have opened some eyes. I was bring quarters on the airplane to use for the rest rooms.

What I was going to say is a similiar unrelated incident leaving Hawaii several years ago. We left our small carryon suitcase for customs to check. Customs were checking carryons regardless of the metal dectors, a physical check of everything, by everyone. While still waiting for my turn on the long inspection table I was telling myself I'm glad my wife (next to me) had the key as my lock was self locking and you needed a key each time you had to open it. In the meantime guess who had to go to the restroom--my step-daughter. No problem, my wife has the key. We soon reached the customs and they asked for the key . Each of us thought the other has the key But guess who had it? We were set aside and waited and wait and waited--still waiting. The customs agent, how that we were last, said that we would have to break the lock. With a little extra time we were still, yes, waiting. I finally told the custom agent to break the lock. He had nothing there on the table to break it open with so I told him to go ahead and cut into the material. Another problem solving agent came over, heard the story and xrayed the suitcase. No bells were set off and they were not sure what they were going to do--let us go or cut it. Just them little Miss (in trouble) showed up with the key. She had continued to sightsee in the airport. Needless to say, we has extra keys made later.

We asked the custom agent why the inspection of everything and it was basically a plant inspection as many plants were allowed back to the mainland while some were not.

I can't remember if I asked how the other non carry on luggage was inspected for plants.

[saxgirl2003]

This may be a crazy ?. Does anyone know of a store that carries m&m minis??? We r looking to get some tubes for our quarters and pennies and we cannot find them anywhere. We have looked at Walmart and walgreens. any ideas?

Thanks

[mom2twingirlies]

Originally Posted by saxgirl2003

This may be a crazy ?. Does anyone know of a store that carries m&m minis??? We r looking to get some tubes for our quarters and pennies and we cannot find them anywhere. We have looked at Walmart and walgreens. any ideas?

Thanks

mmmm - I got mine at Walmart, so I'm not sure where else. I have to watch now, because when I bought them, I did it for the tubes, now my girls keep trying to put them in the cart for the M&M's. I would think any store that has a large candy selection. I've even seem them in some of our dollar stores.

[ArielsMomto2]

I think I've seen them in Target and K mart. I remember having trouble getting them at Walmart where I live.

[Tink1769]

We always bring the M&M rolls with quarters and pennies in them. Twice when our carry-on bag went through security in Boston they asked us to search our bags. The first time I was completely baffled by why they would want to, but of course agreed. IT was the rolls of quarters laid horrizontally and a bag of trading pins laid vertically in my bag. It looked like a gun.

The second time it happened we told them what they would find in our bag and thanked us.

Now we just take the baggies with the coins and pins and place them seperately in the plastic bins to be scanned. We haven't had a problem since.