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| posted by shaky 504 days ago |
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Manila - I got everything confiscated the other day. Toothpaste, deodorant, cologne, shaving foam, my frickin hair wax that I get sent from the UK .. which I claimed is solid. No luck. All I was left with was my razor and toothbrush!
They found that on the x-ray or a hand search? The standard trick for a hand search is to bury everything inside your dirty underwear. Then you've got a 20% chance (maybe) of being handsearched, and a 10% chance of them finding it if they do, which is an acceptable risk to avoid checking bags as far as I am concerned.
x-ray dude told hand search dude to check my bag. He was very thorough. Checked everywhere.
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| posted by smog 504 days ago |
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The "logic" is that you could combine liquids in a bigger container. The problem, of course, is that you can buy a container airside of, say 1.5 litres and empty the water out anyway.
The whole thing is totally irrational and a sham. Hopefully enough people are beginning to realise this that the idiots who make this stuff up will be forced to withdraw it.
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| posted by smog 504 days ago |
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x-ray dude told hand search dude to check my bag. He was very thorough. Checked everywhere.
Probably the shaving foam that got you - metal shows up on the x-ray. If you can get by on toiletries which are in plastic containers you should be OK.
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| posted by shaky 504 days ago |
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Ah, ta. Will try this.
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| posted by puyi 504 days ago |
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do they screen the in flight catering ????? wouldnt be hard to get the ingredients for a bomb etc on a flight that way
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by keymaker 504 days ago |
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yeah the fertilizer etc is a main ingredient of most meals on a plane.
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| posted by puyi 504 days ago |
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darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by adfundum 504 days ago |
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Amsterdam - Yes
Birmingham - Yes
Duesseldorf - Yes
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Even sick puppies need love...
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| posted by Mango 504 days ago |
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Vienna - yes
almost always friendly and polite
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| posted by crusty 504 days ago |
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seoul yes..
but i can get kimchi filled chocolates on board, which are far more effective than any bomb.. just ask the 8 AUSTRALIANS that taste tested them in Brisboring last week...
Rehab is for quiters
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| posted by Beer Boy 504 days ago |
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Ah, ta. Will try this.
or try a shaving gel instead of foam... in a nice plastic tube...
I am aspiring to be just OK!
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| posted by Load Toad 503 days ago |
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How very metro sexual of you BB.
Average by Intention.
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| posted by adfundum 503 days ago |
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Shaving gel is considered liquid as well.
I watched a lady in front of me getting her lip balm confiscated at Birmingham airport last week, as it was considered liquid, not solid...
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| posted by puyi 503 days ago (edited 503 days ago) |
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news reports just coming in have a plane hijacked over the UK ...reports are that the hijacker has lip glossed all the female passengers and given free shaving gel to the unshaven male members on the flight............more reports later
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by adfundum 492 days ago |
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| posted by geraldo 463 days ago |
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had lunch with someone from the industry on friday, apparently it would cost a tad more than two fortunes to upgrade their scanners to see if the liquids are harmful or not. Therefore, the products sold air side are scanned by these holy-moses-s**t-expensive machines, whilst the passenger scanners don't.
Advice: don't be a pain and make sure your container is less than the advised 100ml.
I want to understand, but sometimes I think they're just making a meal of it. On the other hand, I'd prefer to get back home safely every weekend, so ...
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who can read binary and those who don't
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| posted by smog 463 days ago (edited 463 days ago) |
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Therefore, the products sold air side are scanned by these holy-moses-s**t-expensive machines, whilst the passenger scanners don't.
This is typical of the complete bulls**t spouted by people in the business who prey on the fact that most people are too stupid to see through it. In the vast majority of cases the liquids shipped airside aren't scanned in any meaningful way, and nor are many of the people who work airside.
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