You could always go to like, Argentina or something that has similar parts of the nation you can go to that are very nice as well. Or one of the other what, 194 nations in the world that don’t openly advocate imprisoning tourists?

I think I would leave off the “well” part of well-scripted.

The feeling you get when you see your rear tire in your peripheral vision is horrifying. What Star bike did you get?

Meanwhile, Harley Davidson will be debuting their onboard computer at next year’s Progressive Motorcycle Show.

Never heard of it.

I’ve just used twist ties, but it’s soft side anyway. A knife is getting in there. Nothing inside worth stealing. The bag itself is probably the most useful item to another person. The TSA has removed my twist tie and not replaced it when they put their note inside. Twist tie gone? Then I know they’ve opened it.

Just use a blue sharpie, or any other color that isn’t black, and mark the end of the zip tie(assuming it’s a white zip tie). chances are, if the zip tie is replaced, whoever is replacing it won’t bother to mark it with the same color marker.

I have been doing this for a couple years now, had my bag opened twice. Both times the cut zip-tie was inside the bag with the TSA form used to identify bags that were randomly searched. Nothing is ever really disturbed, likely the ABU uniform and boots on the top of my clothes kind of hints that maybe the old crusty…

Every time. And I put a nice note inside the bag with an extra zip tie asking TSA to replace it if they had to open the bag to keep “other people” from opening it.

The scribblier the better! That’s key entropy!

You must have good handwriting. I see people graduating high school these days that need at least two vertical inches to make scribble their name.

This. I’ve been doing it for years and never had a zip tie removed in transit. That doesn’t mean the zipper hasn’t been manipulated some other way, but it’s cheap and likely deters the casual opportunistic thief.

I use a keyring for the same thing. But the keyring is reusable!

Also, you then know for sure that it’s been gotten into. you may have no recourse, but at least you know.

I think I’m going to start doing this.

I like this idea a lot. Thanks!

(Jack Handey is smiling somewhere!)

Plan on relaxing some, working on building my sandtrooper for the 501st, and smoking some pork shoulder butt for Labor Day. Kinda ready for Tuesday to come though so my Sphero BB-8 will be here.