Charlie Edmondson wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
>
>> Joel Kolstad wrote:
>>
>>> "Jan Panteltje" wrote in message
>>> news:f3n3gc$lih$1@news.datemas.de...
>>>
>>>> Water bottles forbiden from now on, oops, thea and coffee too....
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Here in the U.S. water and other food is OK if it's been purchased in
>>> the "secure" area...
>>
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>> I always bring the good stuff, from home. Hasn't been a problem yet.
>> Place in separate large clear ziplock bags and spread out openly. Got
>> me some kudos a couple times. "Look, folks, this here is how it's
>> supposed to be."
>>
>>
>>> ... and I think *most* airport screeners would let you through with
>>> an empty bottle that you filled from the water fountains in the
>>> secure area.
>>>
>>
>> Worked for me, so far. But the first time I had a wee bit of water
>> left in it and they took it away even though it was under 3oz.
>>
>>
>>> In the U.K. I've read that you can't really take anything on board
>>> anymore... no laptops, DVD players, food, etc... I guess books are
>>> still OK...
>>>
>>> And they say the terrorists aren't winning?
>>>
>>
>> Long term they won't be winning. I grew up in Germany and they had a
>> bad bout with terrorism in the 70's. Really bad. Pretty frightening,
>> I'd be looking into the barrel of an automatic weapon every day at the
>> border, held by a trembling young lad from their border patrol. Did
>> the terrorists win? Nope. Many of them are still thinking about their
>> "mighty acts" behind bars. The patrol points are long gone, life went
>> back to normal. Except that now another set of terrorists is creeping
>> up and many Europeans seem blissfully unaware at this point. Or maybe
>> they don't want to see it, I don't know.
>>
> last trip I found out that pudding cups were verbotten... :-(
>
Probably too close to gels and pastes where havoc could be wreaked with.
I try to be easy on the TSA folks and only carry stuff where it's pretty
obvious that it won't pose a risk. A home made burger that looks like
burger and smells like burger seems to be quite convincing regarding its
innocence. Except that it creates a drooling effect.
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Regards, Joerg
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