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Don’t they have X-ray machines?

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My husband arrived home from his reunion trip happy and tired, with a suitcase full of dirty clothes and a very large box that contained the antique phone I blogged about yesterday.

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The package Fed Ex wanted over $600 to ship from North Carolina to Maine?

Cost $40 to put on the plane. Wee bit of difference there.

But after paying to have it carefully wrapped and tightly packed for travel?

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TSA tore the whole thing open to inspect it… which made my husband worry it would rattle around and be broken by the time he got it home. Why couldn’t security just put it through the X-ray machines they use to scan baggage… and us for that matter?

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We hefted it out to the man cave/Barn Mahal and got busy unpacking, hoping for the best.

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Clearly my husband looked like a dangerous terrorist and was singled out for smuggling.

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Was there some shrink foam padding in the box?

You betcha.

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Along with 2 miles of bubble wrap and 40 yards of tape.

But after cutting and disentangling it from it from its plastic prison…

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We found it in perfect shape and not at all damaged.

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Viola!

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I think it looks great…

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And fits right in with our rustic vintage vibe.

But the best part? It works.

https://youtube.com/shorts/v9TU02bj2Nw?si=Uzh3Xy1f0LofmdEM

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50 thoughts on “Don’t they have X-ray machines?”

  2. So interesting! Your husband and mine must have the same wave length or something. This room’s set up reminds me of our home and our living room with the arrangement of pics, etc. But you know, Mike is Army. Interesting. And your hubby is a Marine and I did a stint in the Navy!

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    1. I wish I could say I was in the Air Force to round out the branches, but I’m afraid I can’t.
      Most of the walls in the Barn Mahal are covered in his service memorabilia, with a few WWII posters and Red Sox pennants mixed in. The large baby fox photo next to the phone was taken by a friend in the mountain valley where he grew up.
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      2. The perfect alignment is my doing.
        His “I Love Me” walls used to be in our office but he wanted me to move them to the barn when it turned into a man cave. He always wants to add things but I don’t want it too cluttered.
        😉

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      3. His service posters, are in the office area and my time overseas teaching English and my photography in office. Lots of books on bookcase he build. He used to have an alphabetical list of them! He is more organized than me! Enjoy your day!

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      5. What?? Red Sox Posters on the same wall as his Marine stuff? Page 56 of the UCMJ: No military memorabilia may be mixed in with real manly stuff, like Military Reminders, especially Red Sox, NY Yankees, and any teams from Chicago or West of the Mississippi.

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  3. It works? That’s a bonus to living in a rural area. My dial phones worked when I moved in here. When phone service went digital I could receive, but not make, calls, on them. Now even landlines here are VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), meaning the dial phones are only decorative. And if internet or electricity goes down, we have no phone service.

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  8. So if it works, and is to period, do you need to go through a switchboard and connect to a party line like Transylvania 6500? “One ringy dingy, two ringy dingy….” By the way, I really like the old typewriter. Does it work?

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  9. Added bonus it works, but a great decoration regardless of its working condition. Remembering that time when I had to go to a fixed location to communicate with someone not in my presence blows my mind…and it wasn’t THAT long ago.

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  11. I’m guessing the box was too big to pass through the x-ray machine. I have a big suitcase, “Grandma’s trunk,” that I drag with me when I fly out to my kids’ homes for the holidays. It’s stuffed with gifts (unwrapped, because TSA will rip them open even if it’s Christmas Eve) and goodies like jam from the local farmers market and flavored coffee. The food seems to trigger the TSA inspectors the most, especially filled chocolates, which apparently drug dealers use to smuggle in pills and such. Also bubble wrap, because 🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway I no longer am surprised to see those “You’ve been searched!” cards in my suitcase. I’m glad your phone arrived safely, though! It really does look beautiful on that wall.

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  17. It looks fantastic! My dad had an old pay phone in our kitchen that he’d by-passed the pay part, so we kids could put coins in and unscrew the box and take out again over and over. Great fun, but it looked like a piece of junk compared to this!

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