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  • alklloyd
    Atlanta
    • Jul 2002
    • 648
    #31
    Originally posted by Chris
    I don't know if there will be ZIppos this year, but if there are, remember:
    Lighters are no longer allowed through security in the US. Nor are you allowed to have lighters in your checked bags. So, if you get a Zippo, you will have to mail it back to yourself or it will be confiscated by TSA in the airport.
    I hope there will be Zippos...I'll gladly mail it.
    Chris, you caught me in a brainfart...last week I did a ATL/DFW flight where people were bitching about that in the smoking lounge. Oddly enough, a guy got through with a bic...
    I don't feel safer.

    Al
    "Are my pants...threatening you?"

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      • dYn4mic
        technologist
        • Jan 2004
        • 315
        #32
        Its just funny how you can't bring a fingernail clipper/lighter... but you can bring 4... f-o-u-r... books of matches. Great...
        Almost anything could be used as a weapon, and screeners routinely fail tests....
        The whole idea of TSA and airport security is dumb... the reasons are obvious.
        The only constant in the universe is change itself

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          • hackajar
            Contest Goon / Vegas 2.0
            • Jul 2003
            • 1255
            #33
            Perhaps the hoops to jump though in obtaining a Zippo just say us locals get full dibs! Sweetness!
            "Never Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups"

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              • alklloyd
                Atlanta
                • Jul 2002
                • 648
                #34
                Originally posted by hackajar
                Perhaps the hoops to jump though in obtaining a Zippo just say us locals get full dibs! Sweetness!
                Damn you! Damn you all to hell! You blew it up!...
                wrong movie again, sorry.

                Al
                "Are my pants...threatening you?"

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                  • Second
                    Ne me blessez pas
                    • Dec 2004
                    • 319
                    #35
                    Originally posted by dYn4mic
                    Its just funny how you can't bring a fingernail clipper/lighter... but you can bring 4... f-o-u-r... books of matches. Great...
                    Almost anything could be used as a weapon, and screeners routinely fail tests....
                    The whole idea of TSA and airport security is dumb... the reasons are obvious.
                    Yeah, recently my brother almost got busted for bringing a drum key almost identical to this. TSA freaked out because they've never seen something like that, but what could you really do with that, especially as a kid? You'd need a lot of power to stab someone with such a blunt object.

                    :)
                    Answering easy questions since 1987
                    Si Dieu est pour moi, qui peut être contre moi?

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                      • Adrenaline
                        Underwater Basket Weaver
                        • Aug 2003
                        • 105
                        #36
                        I think I hear the annual pre-defcon 'what's your funniest TSA story' thread starting up again...
                        :D
                        .:. Adrenaline .:.

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                          • astcell
                            Human Rights Issuer
                            • Oct 2001
                            • 7512
                            #37
                            Originally posted by Second
                            TSA freaked out because they've never seen something like that, ...
                            :)
                            Looks like the key they use to wind up the rubber band to make the propellers go.

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                              • Second
                                Ne me blessez pas
                                • Dec 2004
                                • 319
                                #38
                                Originally posted by astcell
                                Looks like the key they use to wind up the rubber band to make the propellers go.
                                Dang you're right, I got them confused.
                                This is what he really brought.

                                I still don't know why they freaked out, what's the problem with that?

                                :)
                                Answering easy questions since 1987
                                Si Dieu est pour moi, qui peut être contre moi?

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                                  • Thorn
                                    Easy Bake Oven Iron Chef
                                    • Sep 2002
                                    • 1819
                                    #39
                                    Originally posted by Chris
                                    I don't know if there will be ZIppos this year, but if there are, remember:

                                    Lighters are no longer allowed through security in the US. Nor are you allowed to have lighters in your checked bags. So, if you get a Zippo, you will have to mail it back to yourself or it will be confiscated by TSA in the airport.


                                    Originally posted by alklloyd
                                    I hope there will be Zippos...I'll gladly mail it.
                                    ...
                                    Al
                                    In light of Chris' and Al's concerns about the Zippos, it should be noted that the TSA changed the lighter prohibition rules on Monday. Here's a partial quote of the AP story.


                                    The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has changed a rule banning unfilled lighters in checked luggage on U.S. airliners, according to new regulations posted on its Web site Monday.

                                    The decision was lauded by Zippo Manufacturing Co. officials who said earlier this year that that banning all lighters from luggage could have cut into its sales by as much as 30 percent. The company, which has about 750 employees in the northwest Pennsylvania city of Bradford (pop. 9,500), sold about 14 million of its signature brass-and-chrome lighters last year.

                                    The new rule appears as a footnote on updated regulations posted on TSA's Web site. The five-page document details items that U.S. air travelers can and cannot carry on their person or in their luggage.

                                    "All lighters are prohibited as carry-on items. Lighters without fuel are permitted in checked baggage, but lighters with fuel are prohibited," the footnote says, reversing the rule that banned all lighters from checked luggage."
                                    Thorn
                                    "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine Aird

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                                      • Adrenaline
                                        Underwater Basket Weaver
                                        • Aug 2003
                                        • 105
                                        #40
                                        Good to know, thanx thorn :)
                                        .:. Adrenaline .:.

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                                          • alklloyd
                                            Atlanta
                                            • Jul 2002
                                            • 648
                                            #41
                                            Wow, *good* news from the TSA...probably someone high up has a lot of zippo stock, heh.
                                            Thanks for sharing.
                                            That should mean...Zippos are Go!

                                            Al
                                            "Are my pants...threatening you?"

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                                              • Thorn
                                                Easy Bake Oven Iron Chef
                                                • Sep 2002
                                                • 1819
                                                #42
                                                Originally posted by alklloyd
                                                Wow, *good* news from the TSA...probably someone high up has a lot of zippo stock, heh.
                                                Thanks for sharing.
                                                That should mean...Zippos are Go!

                                                Al
                                                Hey., you guys are welcome. I'd say "I'm all about the service" but then HW would say I'm sinking low in quoting Chris again.

                                                I too, would like to see the Zippos sold. Even though I gave up cigarettes some years back, I still think a DC Zippo would be a great souvenir.
                                                Thorn
                                                "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine Aird

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                                                  • Deviant Ollam
                                                    Semi-Professional Swearer
                                                    • May 2003
                                                    • 3417
                                                    #43
                                                    with all the shit that people go through with flying, i'm curious how people plan to travel to DefCon this year and get whatever gear they want with them. hmm... i might actually start a new thread just about this.
                                                    "I'll admit I had an OiNK account and frequented it quite often… What made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store… iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc... OiNK it existed because it filled a void of what people want."
                                                    - Trent Reznor

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                                                      • highwizard
                                                        #44
                                                        Originally posted by Thorn
                                                        Hey., you guys are welcome. I'd say "I'm all about the service" but then HW would say I'm sinking low in quoting Chris again.

                                                        I too, would like to see the Zippos sold. Even though I gave up cigarettes some years back, I still think a DC Zippo would be a great souvenir.

                                                        Was there a hidden meaning there? Are you planning to service me?

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                                                          • Thorn
                                                            Easy Bake Oven Iron Chef
                                                            • Sep 2002
                                                            • 1819
                                                            #45
                                                            Originally posted by highwizard
                                                            Was there a hidden meaning there? Are you planning to service me?
                                                            Uh, no and no. It was just that the last time I used that line, you said I was sinking pretty low in quoting Chris.
                                                            Thorn
                                                            "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine Aird

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