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Posted by Audrey on October 27, 2007, 6:30 pm
In case anyone wants to know, here's what happened with my carry-on
cross stitch supplies when I went to China last month:
I carried on a pair of Fiskar's with 3" blades, and they were accepted
from Chicago to Detroit, Detroit to Tokyo, and then Tokyo to
Beijing. I was assured they would be OK internationally by my co-
worker, who flew to and from Canada a few weeks before, with no
problem with 3" blades on her scissors.
However, China didn't like them. When I got on a domestic China
flight (from Beijing to Xi'an), the security agent took them and said,
"no scissors". She wasn't moved when I told her that I flew all the
way from America with them the week before, they were even OK on the
Tokyo to Beijing flight. She kept saying, "no scissors".
Fortunately, I had a Clover Cutter in the same bag as the scissors,
and those were OK. The security agent didn't even look twice at it.
Which is the whole point behind a Clover Cutter!
I also had some metallic threads. This same security agent fingered
them (I'm sure her hands weren't clean, but what was I going to do?),
asked, "this metal?". I thought fast, realized if I used the word
"metal", she'd grab those too. So I said, "thread". She said,
"metal?", and I said, "thread". Then I demonstrated a sewing motion,
kept saying "thread". She finally understood, and she let me get on
the plane with the metallic threads.
I guess metal isn't allowed on planes in China, but I would assume
that means no metal guns, or metal knives, or metal hand grenades.
What evil could I do with metallic threads? But, like I said, I knew
I had better not call them "metallic threads" or she'd confiscate
those too, with my Fiskars.
It must be different, country by country. If you travelling
internationally, don't forget to check each country's rules as far as
what can be carried on their planes.
Audrey
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Posted by Magic Mood Jeep on October 27, 2007, 7:00 pm
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> What evil could I do with metallic threads?
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Crochet a garrote (strangulation device)????
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Posted by lucretia borgia on October 27, 2007, 7:29 pm
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>In case anyone wants to know, here's what happened with my carry-on
>cross stitch supplies when I went to China last month:
>I carried on a pair of Fiskar's with 3" blades, and they were accepted
>from Chicago to Detroit, Detroit to Tokyo, and then Tokyo to
>Beijing. I was assured they would be OK internationally by my co-
>worker, who flew to and from Canada a few weeks before, with no
>problem with 3" blades on her scissors.
>However, China didn't like them. When I got on a domestic China
>flight (from Beijing to Xi'an), the security agent took them and said,
>"no scissors". She wasn't moved when I told her that I flew all the
>way from America with them the week before, they were even OK on the
>Tokyo to Beijing flight. She kept saying, "no scissors".
>Fortunately, I had a Clover Cutter in the same bag as the scissors,
>and those were OK. The security agent didn't even look twice at it.
>Which is the whole point behind a Clover Cutter!
>I also had some metallic threads. This same security agent fingered
>them (I'm sure her hands weren't clean, but what was I going to do?),
>asked, "this metal?". I thought fast, realized if I used the word
>"metal", she'd grab those too. So I said, "thread". She said,
>"metal?", and I said, "thread". Then I demonstrated a sewing motion,
>kept saying "thread". She finally understood, and she let me get on
>the plane with the metallic threads.
>I guess metal isn't allowed on planes in China, but I would assume
>that means no metal guns, or metal knives, or metal hand grenades.
>What evil could I do with metallic threads? But, like I said, I knew
>I had better not call them "metallic threads" or she'd confiscate
>those too, with my Fiskars.
>It must be different, country by country. If you travelling
>internationally, don't forget to check each country's rules as far as
>what can be carried on their planes.
>Audrey
It doesn't do much good checking their regulations, it can vary by
checker and airport. Then again, you can fly from Heathrow and the
security line has got behind so they let a couple of hundred people
through unchecked but bloody well stop before me and give me the third
degree.
It's the luck of the draw. The answer is, take what you want, be
unobtrusive and hope for the best. Take nothing it is going to hurt
you to give away to confiscation.
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Posted by Karen C in California on October 27, 2007, 10:17 pm
lucretia borgia wrote:
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> It doesn't do much good checking their regulations, it can vary by
> checker
Precisely. I suppose if we all travelled regularly, we could compile a
list of "blond chubby lady in Sacramento confiscates scissors, try to
get tall bald man instead, he only confiscates water bottles".
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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on October 28, 2007, 12:24 am
Your On going disrespect for work of people who get a meagre sallary
to SAVE your life , is unkind and unwise.
mirjam
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>lucretia borgia wrote:
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>> It doesn't do much good checking their regulations, it can vary by
>> checker
>Precisely. I suppose if we all travelled regularly, we could compile a
>list of "blond chubby lady in Sacramento confiscates scissors, try to
>get tall bald man instead, he only confiscates water bottles".
>--
>Karen C - California
>www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
>Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf
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