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Thread ID: 119365 2011-07-19 22:14:00 Airport checks. Cicero (40) PC World Chat
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1217817 2011-07-20 12:02:00 Yesterday, I had to open my toilet bag and show them my shaving cream had a cap on it. Why, for chrissake? TideMan (4279)
1217818 2011-07-20 12:36:00 Can anybody understand the necessity for the checks on internal flight.

I am off to Wellington for a month and am getting ready to feel the contempt I have for these people who take their job so seriously, seeing as how it is a total waste of time.
See you down the Occi then.
Twelvevolts (5457)
1217819 2011-07-20 22:13:00 Non fatal that I know of, but aren't there planes always nose diving while landing

Question or statement? There's a subtle difference
Whenu (9358)
1217820 2011-07-20 22:27:00 The spelling is different too, but not quite so subtly ;) R2x1 (4628)
1217821 2011-07-21 23:54:00 It is security farce or pantomime. Take your pick. I have opted for the boycott strategy. I can't be bothered playing the game of airport security. Although the locals are much friendlier than the overseas border security people. If you raise *any* sort of objection (e.g. a half full 125ml container being confiscated) then you are immediately taken aside and checked for explosives. The guard didn't know what to say when I asked about cross-contamination of their 'wand' from previous scans. Although they were Australian, I might as well as have spoken to them in German. Their comprehension of cross-contamination was non-existent.

There is a fellow Bruce Schneier who puts out a monthly newletter on security and cryto etc. and he often pokes the borax at airport security. At times it is heavy going but it is interesting reading on occasion.

http://www.schneier.com/
andrew93 (249)
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