Posted on 08/10/2006 10:54:02 AM PDT by Hydroshock
If you're flying soon, the rules concerning what you may and may not carry onto the plane with you just changed in response to the arrest in the United Kingdom of people accused of plotting to destroy aircraft bound from England to the United States by exploding liquids in their carry-on bags. Find out the details of this thwarted terrorist plot.
Effective Thursday, Aug. 10, travelers are no longer allowed to bring the following items on board the airliner: --All liquids of any kind, including drinks --Gels --Lotions and creams, including hand lotion and sunscreen --Contacts may be brought on board in their cases, but the cases cannot contain liquid. --Hairspray --Toothpaste --Shampoo and conditioner --Liquid makeup --Perfume --Anything else that has a liquid or gel-like consistency.
Higher security means long lines and chaos in airports nationwide.
If you bring any of these items through airport security, TSA agents will confiscate them from your carry-on luggage; however, you may still place them in checked luggage. Some exceptions are granted for passengers traveling with an infant or small child. Baby formula, juice, bottled breast milk and baby food are allowed, but they will be tested by the TSA to ensure they are not explosives. Prescription drugs, insulin and some nonprescription medication are also allowed with proper identification. The new procedures cover all flights, both international and domestic. Currently, laptop computers, cell phones and other electronic devices are allowed, but that is subject to change.
We were thinking about visiting some friends in Oregon over Labor Day, but I'm not flying anywhere now. Not being able to take a ¼-ounce bottle of salt water with me is my limit.
(At the moment, actually, I don't have glasses. I broke my last pair and new ones are being made for me.)
>Contacts may be brought on board in their cases, but the cases cannot contain liquid.<
More TSA overreaction. How in the devil can you take contacts out of their liquid, and expect them to be useful. In addition, the tiny amount of liquid in a contact case is negligible.
Idiots.
Not having ever worn contacts, I might be out in left field, but...
Can't you just wear them, dump the liquid, and replenish the liquid after arriving at your destination?
My wife wears them - she uses eyedrops because her contacts tend to dry out in flight.
I was wondering the same thing myself. I guess you could take them on dried out, but then you would not be able to put them in until you rewetted them, so why not just check them.
I usually go up 95 to Ft Lee and then take the Palisades pkwy to 87, and then the merritt pkwy to ct. no nyc for me (i always want to stay and hang out)
But see, you're a guy. Chicks are picky about our skin and hair care products. Brand loyalty means a lot to us.
For instance, I use a soap that is only available from its manufacturer, a woman who makes it out of her house. It's the best soap I have ever found and I haven't used anything else on my face since the day I found it.
That nasty pseudo-Dove they have in hotel rooms dries my face more than the towel does.
LOL!
Comic relief is good, on an otherwise grim thread...
"Drive or take a train."
I tried to take a train once from Denver to Nashville. I would have to go through Chicago, Washington, Dyersburg Tn. and then DRIVE to Nashville. It would have taken four days to get there. I would LOVE to take a train.
I agree!! I can't imagine not flying for any trip over 10 hours of driving time. When I go on vacation, I want to enjoy the destination. We have taken longer car rides, but that is for the express purpose of seeing the Country by car, not getting to the final destination. If you have to go though a little inconvenience for the safety of all, I am all for it. Does anyone really believe that all Islamic terrorists are middle eastern men? Every flight I have been on, still has beverage service. For the kids, you still are able to bring on bottles, and fruit juice. Just prove what it is, is that so hard?
And above all you still have the choice not to fly at all!
That's entirely feasible, but airplane cabins are VERY dry and have almost no humidity. My eyes dry out easily, and I need saline solution if those contacts are in, which they always are because they correct my vision far better than glasses can.
I have a contact lens case that holds the plastic lens box and a teensy little bottle for saline solution - it holds literally about 30 drops. Of salt water.
But I can't bring it on now.
The Archie Bunker theory LOL. I agree. An armed society is a polite society.
Maybe an attempt to pump up FedEx, UPS and DHL.
More folks will follow the lead of some travel commentator like Peter Greenburg
(the guy that appears on Today Show and CNBC).
Send stuff ahead to your destination by FedEx/UPS/DHL.
(yeah, I know it's too pricey for most, but I bet some well-heeled
travelers will do it)
two drops of Victor Xray can off the entire planeload.
"I'm told by my travel buddies that liquids are not allowed through
screening, You can still purchase from vendors behind the screening though."
Great.
A lot of those operations are run by Middle-Eastern/Muslim types;
see the book "Infiltration" by Paul Sperry.
Yeah, but you'll have to empty your bladder before boarding.
And Monica Lewinsky will have to spit before boarding.
Check your soap and your fancy face stuff, then. Sorry, but I fail to see the problem. Really. If your checked luggage gets lost, you'll just have to make do, but then, you won't have your clothes, either, so you'll be making do anyhow.
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