Joerg wrote:
> Charlie Edmondson wrote:
>
>> Joerg wrote:
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>>> Joel Kolstad wrote:
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>>>> "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.
>
Yeah, I usually travel with a 'goodie' bag, containing M&Ms, cashews,
some dried fruit (usually apples or apricots), and some ham or other
long lasting meat and some cheese. Most of the flights out of Palm
Springs don't have any service at all...
Charlie |
