'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
if I am checking luggage with my toiletries in it, do those need to be in a quart bag or no?if I am checking luggage with my toiletries in it, do those need to be in a quart bag or no?
No, you can check as much as you like.
Check the TSA web site for details. Expect to pay extra to check your bag, though. Tossers.
I got a three- or four-inch syringe needle onto a plane a few months after 9/11.
mac and I fly in Feb for a week's vacation and the airline charges for all checked luggage, so we are both carrying backpacks only. I am already dreading the minimalistic packing.
In re those clueless about security - every time I have jury duty there seems to be someone (usually a lawyer) who hits the metal detector and has to empty his pockets of change, multiple sets of keys, and other assorted metal items.
sigh
I like the wind in my hair. I'll take the wing.
My brain just went to a "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" place.
the airline charges for all checked luggage
Another reason I put up with the cattle call boarding on Southwest. They don't charge for the first 2 bags.
I felt like someone out of George Carlin's skit. We packed suitcases (which we checked) of our stuff to take to SF. Then we packed carry ons of our stuff to fly to LA. Then we packed a backpack of the stuff we wanted with is in Disneyland.
I flew last year. They made me pass my netbook seperately through the scanner, but did not require me to power it on.
They've decoded the Antikythera mechanism.
Nifty.
I'd never heard of that thing. Intriguing! Time for a SyFy Channel Original Movie. RISE OF THE ANTIKYTHERANS.
They've decoded the Antikythera mechanism.
Cool!