Securty Took my Tamp Away

So, I let my youngest go on a date with a young man in a convertable Miatta sportscar, tonight. After I introduced him to my rifle and waterboard room, and I determined that he was sober and sufficiently scared of me. Well... 20 minutes later I get a call that a drunk driver hit them, and my daughter was being put into an ambulance. So, I grabbed an open tin of Escudo and the pipe closest to me, and made it to the scene in time to leave the car with my wife and jump into the ambulance with my daughter. She had shattered her arm.

The drivers had me go through security to meet them at the room. So, I emptied my pockets into the basket before walking through the metal detectors; keys, cell phone, lighter, and the policeman's eyes lit upon my 18k gold tamp with opals and sapphires that I had made. He explained to me that it was "pokey" and could be used as a weapon. I had riden in the ambulance, with no one to gove my tamp to, so... he was forced to through it away. :::sigh::: My heart sank. I know, I know, I had to go be with her immediately, and I guess it was an expencive price... But, damn, like I was going to take hostages with an 18k gold tamp that wouldn't cut butter.

So, they are taking her into surgery tonight. The upper arm is broken in several pieces and it may be a long night, but at least everyone in the hospital is safe from my handmade tamper. Idiots. But, my wonderful wife jist walked in with my pipe and tin of Escudo. So, I may take a break outside in a minute to smoke and use my finger to tamp.

Thanks guys! Childrens Hospitals are over-the-top with security, and they treat parents like crap, even the doctors. Yeh, I wanted to say that my tamp was no more pokey than my car keys, but I really didn't want him to throw my keys away.

They are finally setting her arm. I am not taking the waiting room furniture well with my own sciatica, but I am damn sure glad everyone is alive. That Miatta looked like a crumpled skateboard. The wife had been talking about getting one... but not now.

If I had been thinking clearly, I would have took it outside, put it in my pocket, and walked through the metal detector, since gold wont set them off. But, I was in panic mode. I asked a nurse if she could ask the officer for me, but everyone here is an asshole. She looked at me like I had just asked her to wear a bomb vest.

I've been here for everything from apendix withmy oldest to burns and regular bone breaks. They always treat everyone like crap, but her pediatrician always send us there.