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Blanche
I was reading an article today which stated that lipstick and chapstick will now be allowed on board. The breast milk baffled me as well. Actually forcing anybody to drink anything is pointless as the top part of the liquid be lighter than the rest of it.
One of these days we will all be forced to strip and be shrink-wrapped. At the moment there is a vast opening for a designer of handbags to produce a transparent one. Oops, another post.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 14, 2006 at 7:31 PM
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John, what I wonder about now is the airlines restriction on toiletries
like shampoo, chapstick etc and bottled water. After the shoe bomb incident, everyonen is now going barefoot through customs, and women had to drink breast milk (I never did figure that one out).
But now, it seems to have reached the point of absurdity, what will this prevent, to deprive people of their creature comforts in flight and if someone really wants to smuggle chapstick on an airplane there are ways.
posted by
Blanche.
on August 14, 2006 at 2:22 PM
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mneme
I have a memory like a sieve - period. At least that's what I'm told.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 14, 2006 at 2:18 PM
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john, I do that too
(email myself passwords) I have a memory like a seive for anything remotely technical.
posted by
mneme
on August 14, 2006 at 2:39 AM
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Azur
Ah well, I may be behind the times but at least I'm not as daft as I'm made out to be. It is two and a half years since I was on a flight to Britain and that was to a funeral so I didn't go near duty free.
Emailing your own data to yourself sounds like a brilliant idea. I tend to email passwords to myself so that I can squirrel them away and not forget them.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 13, 2006 at 5:09 AM
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mneme
You can hijack the post whenever you wish, mneme. It was written with controversy in mind. I'm sorry, but I know nothing about laptops, but Azur seems to have some answers.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 13, 2006 at 5:03 AM
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kingmi
Thanks, kingmi, but it seems from Azur's comment that my innovative idea is already in being. Maybe someone already has an answer to the oil addiction.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 13, 2006 at 4:52 AM
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Azur I think you're right
but for the moment I am figuring things out - but I hadn't thought of emailing my files to myself as backup, that's a good idea - thanks.
Sorry, johnmcnab, for hi-jacking your post!
posted by
mneme
on August 12, 2006 at 11:50 PM
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Mneme, I think that some of these restrictions won't last
Re the computer - The idea would be to load what you need on a memory stick which you can download onto a computer there and then load up again before you head back. I would also email data to myself as a backup. I wouldn't want to risk all my data with a computer in a luggage hold and I know people who have all the data relating to multimillion deals on their laptops and there are already security issues regarding that in terms of who you sit next to. When I have been on a working trip far away I always use the first couple of hours of the flight to get my notes up to date.
Buy a fabric case for the glasses - it's something at least.
posted by
Azur
on August 12, 2006 at 11:44 PM
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azur, any suggestions?
If I don't take my laptop I am going to have to rely on a flash drive and hope I can have the use of a computer sometime during the visit. They are now also saying you can only take your glasses/sunglasses without a case, so they will get scratched or damaged - on second thoughts that's okay, no reading material allowed either so you can stash the glasses anyway. Should stay at home with the macaroni cheese.
posted by
mneme
on August 12, 2006 at 11:32 PM
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JohnMcNab, it is a brilliant idea
which is why it already exists at quite a few airports around the world. You don't even have to pay in advance. You just pop into the shop before clearing customs and immigration. Indeed at some British terminals the pathway through to immigrations snakes its way through the store. Like mneme, I am more concerned about laptops on flights.
posted by
Azur
on August 12, 2006 at 11:11 PM
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JohnMcNab, I think it is a very innovative and edgy notion.
Now could you get to work on the oil addiction? Please.
posted by
kingmi
on August 12, 2006 at 10:57 PM
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Fair enough; I'm not a great one for duty-free.
But if these new regulations do come in and I have to check my laptop into the baggage hold, I am going to be pretty damn pissed if it is damaged or stolen. Me and about a million other passengers a year.
posted by
mneme
on August 12, 2006 at 8:08 PM
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