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Thread ID: 94321	2008-10-24 09:53:00	Over-reaction? Tell me who.	johcar (6283)	PC World Chat

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714515	2008-10-24 22:44:00	Ah, yeah, liquids. Now you've reminded me. My dad recently went to Hong Kong for his brother's cremation, and brought with him some $100 odd's worth of Manuka honey and Omega 3 tablets. God damn security dumped them (or more likely, pretend to dispose of them, but at the end of their shift, shared it around). Granted, it is liquid, but my dad offered to eat a tablespoon of the honey and/or swallow a tablet of the Omega 3 in front of them and let them see he's not going to die from them. Besides, it's not like he's gonna make a bomb out of freakin' honey and fish pills!!!!	qazwsxokmijn (102)
714516	2008-10-24 22:58:00	The fact is,they take this to silly extremes,when asked to take my shoes off in Manchester airport,I could have shot sombody,but its the game we have to play while [edit] rule. You could have shot someone when you took your shoes off? Um... What?	Thebananamonkey (7741)
714517	2008-10-24 22:59:00	You could have shot someone when you took your shoes off? Um... What? I think he was wearing his 007 shoes.... :)	johcar (6283)
714518	2008-10-24 23:29:00	I recently came back from four days in Melbourne with the family. While we were there my son and I visited the Old Melbourne Gaol (when Ned Kelly was incarcerated and executed). As a souvenir, my son (14) wanted to buy a pair of hand-cuffs (the full-sized kind, with a key). Thankfully I managed to talk him into a pair of thumb-cuffs instead. The catches are about the size of a NZ 50c piece, with three or four links between them. They are easily removed from your own hands by using your own fingers - just a wee catch to be moved with your fingernail. My son put them in his trouser pocket and later that day we left for the airport. When we were being scanned, after emigration, but before Duty Free, we put the contents of our pockets and anything else metal in the plastic trays to be x-rayed. My son's souvenir thumb-cuffs (a novelty/toy) were confiscated on the basis that "They are treated the same as a child's toy gun". :waughh: :stare: I was flabbergasted, and of course you can't argue with these guys, if you want to get on the plane. So I wrote an email of complaint when I got back. This is part of the text I sent: (The ten cent piece sizing I refer to is the Aussie 10c) I got a response tonight: Who is overreacting here? Me or Airport Security?? There is no way in the world these cuffs could be used to restrain anyone who did not want to remain restrained. I'm not too worried about the loss of the thumb-cuffs - it's the principle of the thing (besides I copied the complaint to the Victorian Tourism Board who very kindly got in touch with the Gaol, who will be sending me a replacement pair). From this episode, I gather that what they say about common sense is true - it is uncommon!!! But at least you can fly safely out of Melbourne, knowing they won't let thumb-cuffs on the plane that could compromise your safety. :mad: You wouldn't have had a problem if it gone into your luggage. They are very restricive on what they allow people to personally take on a plane during a trip. They may do the same in NZ. I wouldn't have complained, and they were good to reply to you. It is good to see them doing their job,	robbyp (2751)
714519	2008-10-24 23:30:00	Who is overreacting here? Me or Airport Security?? There is no way in the world these cuffs could be used to restrain anyone who did not want to remain restrained . I would have been highly annoyed as well but unfortunately it is a sign of the times . :( A few years ago my cousins from Wales came out to visit for the first time . I gave them a few souvenir presents to take back home with them, one of them being a paper knife with paua in the handle . It took me hours to find them, trouping around all the tacky souvenir shops in town, and they loved them . When they were on their way home one of my cousins, ignoring advice from her older and wiser sister, put hers in her hand luggage instead of checked-in baggage and, you guessed it, had it confiscated at Auckland airport . It wasn't even sharp, just had the right shape to easily slice open envelopes . :rolleyes: Anyway, my cousin was pretty upset at losing it but maybe not as much as I was annoyed with her for being silly enough not to listen to her sister . Interesting how cable ties are prohibited - I have been carrying those in my hand luggage for years to use as a substitute for padlocks on my suitcases . :lol:	FoxyMX (5)
714520	2008-10-25 02:53:00	I think he was wearing his 007 shoes.... :) You shouldn't have known that jo,from now on keep your wits about you.:)	Cicero (40)
714521	2008-10-25 03:50:00	Or his Agent 99 Phone-Shoes..... I think he was wearing his 007 shoes....	SurferJoe46 (51)
714522	2008-10-25 04:15:00	Hah, those numeric shoes are no match for power socks. My son could immobilise a regiment of border security by loosening one sneaker.	R2x1 (4628)
714523	2008-10-26 20:11:00	My mother-in-law had her knitting needles confiscated on a local flight once. Now thats a joke. She wouldn't hurt a fly.	dolby digital (5073)
714524	2008-10-26 20:31:00	My mother-in-law had her knitting needles confiscated on a local flight once. Now thats a joke. She wouldn't hurt a fly. Are you saying we can't think of needles as weapons,your Gran carries them on and passes to a [edit].................???	Cicero (40)
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