Charlie Edmondson wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
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>> Charlie Edmondson wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
>>>>
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>>>>> 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... :-(
>>>
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>> 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...
>
That would cause me to gain weight just by looking into the goodie bag.
Our flights out of MSF are similar, mostly no food except maybe peanuts.
Then again I can book a last minute to a client in Southern Cal and
still pay only about $250.
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