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Old Jun 15, 2017, 7:47 pm
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Originally Posted by kb9522
What is so complicated about this?? No, that bag would not be compliant. And if the DYKWIA in this case would have thrown her extra bag in the trash (or checked it), there would be no issue. Just like there wouldn't be if the person in your hypothetical threw out the empty bottle.
Nothing is complicated abut this. The rules simply don't cover every eventuality and people are reading all sorts of stuff into them that isn't there.
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