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#135305 - 06/09/08 07:32 PM Re: Airline-safe PSKs [Re: picard120]
Paragon Offline
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Registered: 10/21/07
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Loc: Greensboro, NC
Several years ago before they change their policies, the TSA actually confiscated a single use 0.5g Blistex lip balm that I had in my toiletry kit, claiming that the 1" long foil package that contained it was "sharp" and could be used as a "weapon".

Gobblers.

Jim

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#135353 - 06/10/08 03:59 AM Re: Airline-safe PSKs [Re: Paragon]
Erik_B Offline
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Registered: 08/10/07
Posts: 315
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i'd say that definitely gives the t-shirt nonsense a run for the title of Best of the Best of the Worst in airport security craziness. At the rate things are going, the airline security agencies will replace the public school boards as the default punchline of "crazy rules enforced in even crazier ways" stories.
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#135365 - 06/10/08 10:31 AM Re: Airline-safe PSKs [Re: Erik_B]
dweste Offline
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Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
So we have the horror stories, what about the flip side: what has actually worked for a TSA-compliant EDC PSK and FAK?

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