One thing I finally learned is that if you travel with your keyboard strapped to your chest, don't shout "God is Great!" when asked to open your shirt and show it to TSA officials.
lol, when i travelled on vacation i had my netbook/psp/ds/ipod touch/ and various other ereaders and gadgets. TSA made me use a tray for each item and did the bomb test on my netbook, what are they swabbing for?
I was once checking in at the Shenzhen airport, in mainland China opposite Hong Kong. I bought some canned air in HK b/c it was really hard to find in mainland. I put it in my checked. The alarms went off, the agent asked me to open my bag and he pulled it out. Said it was dangerous. I said "It's just air, how is it dangerous". We went back and forth for about 20 minutes, with passengers piling up in line. Finally, he took out his lighter, popped the top of the can, sprayed it through the flame of the lighter, and a 5 foot fireball shot across the counter, right there at check-in. Then he said, in broken english, "It dangerous. Yes."
He won that one.
Yes, I know it has nothing to do with this thread. Carry on.
I was once checking in at the Shenzhen airport, in mainland China opposite Hong Kong. I bought some canned air in HK b/c it was really hard to find in mainland. I put it in my checked. The alarms went off, the agent asked me to open my bag and he pulled it out. Said it was dangerous. I said "It's just air, how is it dangerous". We went back and forth for about 20 minutes, with passengers piling up in line. Finally, he took out his lighter, popped the top of the can, sprayed it through the flame of the lighter, and a 5 foot fireball shot across the counter, right there at check-in. Then he said, in broken english, "It dangerous. Yes."
He won that one.
Yes, I know it has nothing to do with this thread. Carry on.
I apologize if this subject has been covered already. I did a search but couldn't find anything.
Realforce 86U, no problem going through the scanner inside my bag.
IBM Model M Spacesaver going through scanner needs to be removed from the bag and rescanned by itself.
IBM Model F going through scanner needs to be removed from the bag and rescanned by itself.
IBM Model F's and M's in checked baggage get opened up and examined but processed fairly quickly.
IBM Beam Spring boards in checked baggage get opened up and TSA evidently wants to check these out very carefully. Even checking in 3 hours before my flight, they didn't make it and had to be delivered the next day. Which actually turned out to be a blessing, being I didn't need to haul two 70 pound boxes from the airport to my home.
It is notable that all those trouble keyboards are IBM models with giant steel plates. They probably look like a claymore going through the xray :D
I love the Chinese airports.I think you're the first person I've come across that's loved Chinese airports. Certainly not me. Of course, this comes from someone who regularly travels through top three highest rated airports in the world : HKG, ICN, and SIN. So I guess anything else is bound to be disappointing. And if comparing the average Chinese airports to any US airport, I'm sure they'd win hands down. Security hasn't been a problem for me, but long queues, lack of ability to easily transfer, and so-so lounges cause me to generally avoid them unless China is my final destination. The rule though allowing U.S. passport holders to enter without a visa when transiting to a third country is quite nice if you want to visit someplace in China without the big hassle of getting a visa. Ok, getting quite off-topic here, so I'd better stop now.
I was once checking in at the Shenzhen airport, in mainland China opposite Hong Kong. I bought some canned air in HK b/c it was really hard to find in mainland. I put it in my checked. The alarms went off, the agent asked me to open my bag and he pulled it out. Said it was dangerous. I said "It's just air, how is it dangerous". We went back and forth for about 20 minutes, with passengers piling up in line. Finally, he took out his lighter, popped the top of the can, sprayed it through the flame of the lighter, and a 5 foot fireball shot across the counter, right there at check-in. Then he said, in broken english, "It dangerous. Yes."
He won that one.
Yes, I know it has nothing to do with this thread. Carry on.
When I swapped the switches on my Xarmor I used my Portasol (butane powered solder), I forgot to buy a new charge of butane, so I used a can of "Air" to recharge it.
Canned Air *was* freon. Now is just butane/propane
Whoa there. When you say "air", I immediately imagine this:Show Image(http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/3EgpnZEaIJhAZuzFm4Nmb8mN1yZQVS-iGGkKLzrj8HcH6_6rlN4qTafl-o3iM2dg_oYPyglHTPAsKcwQ5Kwf8YKQaPqOumwjWkZN3MDkJhomtRyQZ-v_xg1Mk2md6t0MVUvl3VY90haR)
But that is compressed CO2 and doesn't burn (at any temp I can produce). What brand of "air" contains flammable gases?