Evelynvogtgamble

Krist wrote:
    >
    > Terence Lo wrote:
    >
    > > swiss army knife (no?)
    >
    > My experiences on the subject are varied though. About a year a go I
    > flew Amsterdam - Zurich and back. Bought a swiss army knife, and took it
    > back without problems. About six months ago I flew Zurich - Brussel -
    > Zurich and took that same knife with me. For trips like that I only have
    > carry-on luggage, so checking it was not possbile. I flew to Brussel
    > without any problem, but the knife got impounded in Brussel on the way
    > back...
    >
    > Last time (about 2 months ago) I was in Zurich aiport the tax-free shops
    > there still sold swiss army knives. I asked how the situation was about
    > buying one, and taking it aboard, and was told that it was OK with most
    > flights, except to the states.
    >
    > I didn't test this though. Loosing one knife is enough. And security had
    > aparently been stepped up, as I had to demonstrate that my PDA, Cell
    > phone, Laptop etc, were all waht they were pretending to be...
    >
    > I've stopped flying for now. To much hassle. I'm rediscovering that I
    > can really sleep on a night train...

Unfortunately, there are no trains from the U.S. to European
destinations! (I think a lot of Americans would prefer to avoid the
hassle, too, if it were possible.)

Hotmail

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hotmail wrote:
    > "erilar" wrote in message
    > news:erilarloFRY-CD25AC.161050230520...streamcomm.net...
    > In article , "Newsreader"
    > wrote:
    > I just recently flew from Ontario, CA to New Orleans, LA and had my
eyebrow
    > tweezers taken from me when I wouldn't check my bag because of them. I'm
    > sure those tweezers posed a serious threat to the other passengers. I
mean,
    > if I started chipping away at the pilots steel door with them I might get
    > through around.......never????

But those don't even have pointed ends! Are you talking about the kind
with scissors grips? Did they even know they were tweezers, not
scissors? (I haven't much faith in the intelligence of people who work
steady jobs that pay only minimum wage - and although the chain of
command may have changed, have the people doing the actual inspecting?)

    > Judith the Bitter


Hi Evelyn - They were Tweezerman, 3 inches long and the tips were square
with blunted ends. Those illustrious security people said that they
"violated security policy and protocol" and confiscated them. What a bunch
of hooey.

Judy

Hotmail

I know the electric toothbrush is definately a no
Judy



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Terence Lo wrote:
    > hi there,
    > i know with the somewhat recent 9-11 attacks, airlines around the world
are
    > taking safety precautions and disallowing things like razors etc on board.
    > so my question is which of the following items are allowed on board:
    > electric toothbrush (nH battery inside)
    > swiss army knife (no?)
    > finger nail clippers
    > dental floss
    > anyone know? i'd love to be able to bring these items.

Dunno about the rest of the world (which seems to be less paranoid about
such things) but in the U.S. the only no-no in your list would be the
Swiss army knife (and that's only true for your carry-on luggage, it's
okay if it's in a bag you check through to your destination). I don't
think there's any problem about nail CLIPPERS, although scissors and
nail-files are vorbotten (emery boards are okay, though, and if your
nail file has a rounded end instead of a point, that's probably okay,
too). I don't understand why you think an electric toothbrush would be
a problem - I carry any number of battery-operated items when I travel -
flashlights, translator gadget, pocket radio, mini-disk recorder,
portable CD player, digital camera, "wearable" air purifier.... If they
are questioned, all I need do is produce them for inspection, but I've
seldom even had to do that. (Although I always carry the printed
operating instructions with me, in case of any questions.)

Back when heat sterilizers were the normal disinfecting method for soft
contact lenses, I was asked to open my carry-on a couple of times -
probably because the inspector had never seen one, and didn't know what
it was - but there was never any problem about taking it, once I'd
explained its function, and they'd seen it. (That, of course, was NOT
battery operated, but fortunately the chemical disinfecting methods
becme more or less universal before I took my first trip to Europe,
where I would have had to worry about the difference in electrical
voltage and wall-plug configurations.)

Hotmail

Let me add to that. I hit send too soon. I know it because I called the
airport before leaving on my last trip and was told that an electric
toothbrush was not allowed because it had "empty pockets" and could be used
to carry explosives.
Sorry about the premature send.
Judy



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I know the electric toothbrush is definately a no
Judy



"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Terence Lo wrote:
    > hi there,
    > i know with the somewhat recent 9-11 attacks, airlines around the world
are
    > taking safety precautions and disallowing things like razors etc on board.
    > so my question is which of the following items are allowed on board:
    > electric toothbrush (nH battery inside)
    > swiss army knife (no?)
    > finger nail clippers
    > dental floss
    > anyone know? i'd love to be able to bring these items.

Dunno about the rest of the world (which seems to be less paranoid about
such things) but in the U.S. the only no-no in your list would be the
Swiss army knife (and that's only true for your carry-on luggage, it's
okay if it's in a bag you check through to your destination). I don't
think there's any problem about nail CLIPPERS, although scissors and
nail-files are vorbotten (emery boards are okay, though, and if your
nail file has a rounded end instead of a point, that's probably okay,
too). I don't understand why you think an electric toothbrush would be
a problem - I carry any number of battery-operated items when I travel -
flashlights, translator gadget, pocket radio, mini-disk recorder,
portable CD player, digital camera, "wearable" air purifier.... If they
are questioned, all I need do is produce them for inspection, but I've
seldom even had to do that. (Although I always carry the printed
operating instructions with me, in case of any questions.)

Back when heat sterilizers were the normal disinfecting method for soft
contact lenses, I was asked to open my carry-on a couple of times -
probably because the inspector had never seen one, and didn't know what
it was - but there was never any problem about taking it, once I'd
explained its function, and they'd seen it. (That, of course, was NOT
battery operated, but fortunately the chemical disinfecting methods
becme more or less universal before I took my first trip to Europe,
where I would have had to worry about the difference in electrical
voltage and wall-plug configurations.)

Marie Lewis

In article , hotmail
writes
    >Let me add to that. I hit send too soon. I know it because I called the
    >airport before leaving on my last trip and was told that an electric
    >toothbrush was not allowed because it had "empty pockets" and could be used
    >to carry explosives.

But almost anything can have "empty pockets!"



--
Marie Lewis

Owain

"Marie Lewis" wrote
    | hotmail writes
    | >Let me add to that. I hit send too soon. I know it because I called the
    | >airport before leaving on my last trip and was told that an electric
    | >toothbrush was not allowed because it had "empty pockets" and could be
    | >used to carry explosives.
    | But almost anything can have "empty pockets!"

Especially trousers, for example.

I think this is part of a conspiracy by Highlands Islands and Landing On Wee
Beaches Airways to take over BA routes.

Owain

Evelynvogtgamble

hotmail wrote:
    >
    > Let me add to that. I hit send too soon. I know it because I called the
    > airport before leaving on my last trip and was told that an electric
    > toothbrush was not allowed because it had "empty pockets" and could be used
    > to carry explosives.

"Empty pockets"? My little cheapie one doesn't have any "pockets" at
ALL - unless they mean the battery compartment, which can demonstrably
be shown to contain batteries. (For myself, it doesn't matter - I'm
content to travel with a folding "normal" toothbrush, which takes up
less than a quarter of the space in my carry-on.)

Evelynvogtgamble

Marie Lewis wrote:
    >
    > In article , hotmail
    > writes
    > >Let me add to that. I hit send too soon. I know it because I called the
    > >airport before leaving on my last trip and was told that an electric
    > >toothbrush was not allowed because it had "empty pockets" and could be used
    > >to carry explosives.
    >
    > But almost anything can have "empty pockets!"

Including the human body! How can they guarantee that some suicide
bomber doesn't board with a gut full of explosives? (Rather a messy way
to die, but they seem to prefer it that way.)

    >
    > --
    > Marie Lewis