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To: buffyt
Finger nail files are no longer considered prohibited items by the TSA. Neither are cork screws or nail clippers as long as they're not the kind that have a knife blade built into them.

There are some cork screws out there that one could do some major damage with, but they're now allowed in your carry-on.

Cuticle clippers, eyelash curlers, tweezers and knitting needles are all ok. No pointy scissors of any kind are allowed.

Leave your fancy propane burning cigar and pipe lighting torches at home and don't buy one on vacation. They won't allow those even in your checked baggage. Those things cost $30 to as much as $400 and TSA will make a passenger surrender it. I saw one guy almost go nuts when TSA confiscated his $400 torch. At least they left him his cigars. ;)

A passenger can only carry-on 2 'Bic' lighters and 4 books of matches. The extras are confiscated.

No tools allowed in your carry-on, nada, none, checked baggage only, unless it's for a prosthesis.

I hope this helps. Keep in mind that this could all change next week, though. ;^)

28 posted on 06/01/2003 6:14:47 AM PDT by 4Freedom (America is no longer the *Land of Opportunity*, it*s the *Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists*!!!)
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To: 4Freedom
Leave your fancy propane burning cigar and pipe lighting torches at home and don't buy one on vacation. They won't allow those even in your checked baggage. Those things cost $30 to as much as $400 and TSA will make a passenger surrender it. I saw one guy almost go nuts when TSA confiscated his $400 torch. At least they left him his cigars. ;)

Can they be mailed, sans fuel?

88 posted on 06/01/2003 1:26:07 PM PDT by The Red Zone
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