The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Brian Hicks is the manager of safety and security at Gander International Airport. An interview with him recently ran in the airport's quarterly newsletter about the strange shipments he has encountered during his 15-year career there. These are his top 10: A cargo plane full of ice cream bound for Israel. An outsized freighter with a full load of ping pong balls bound for Moscow. A shipment of live alligators. A jet full of Playboy bunnies. A locomotive bound for the Baltics. An aircraft carrying experimental monkeys. A complete bottling factory contained in an outsized freighter. All of Pink Floyd's concert gear. Hatching eggs headed for Spain. A B747 completely full of toothpicks. Did you know on December 1, 2004 a CIBC automatic teller in Moncton, New Brunswick, was found dispensing Canadian Tire money? In all, four people approached the bank to be reimbursed when their requested funds came out of the machine with 11 Canadian Tire bills ranging from 10 cents to $2 denominations. Something to Ponder: A woman is like a tea bag Ñ only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.
