All electronics must be removed from bag.
Aug 4, 2007, 4:54 pm
#76
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I THREW my shoes into the X-ray, look at the supervisor and said "Which is more difficult for you to come by, sir? Sex or an original thought?" The guy glared at me like he was gonna paste me in the jaw, I was already to ask him to step outside, and I got through after a retaliatory secondary.
Aug 4, 2007, 4:56 pm
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Aug 4, 2007, 7:06 pm
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print this out (http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/sop/index.shtm), highlight the section at the bottom of the page, show it to the screener and politely tell them that they are flat out wrong 
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Aug 4, 2007, 7:36 pm
#81
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We go through lots of different airports and if it is going to be different at every one I'm not going to unload all the gear until I'm specifically told to do so.
Aug 4, 2007, 7:42 pm
#82
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print this out (http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/sop/index.shtm), highlight the section at the bottom of the page, show it to the screener and politely tell them that they are flat out wrong .
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Aug 4, 2007, 7:52 pm
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LOL - Can you imagine what the TSA sites in SJC, PHX, AUS, SFO, SEA, etc. would look like if multiple bored travelers decided to follow your lead?
Aug 4, 2007, 8:09 pm
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Aug 4, 2007, 8:16 pm
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<i>Effective August 4, 2007, full-size video game consoles (for example Playstation, X-box, or Nintendo) and DVD players must be removed from their carrying cases and submitted separately for x-ray screening. Laptop computers and video cameras that use cassettes have long been subject to this policy.
Small electronic items, such as cell phones, MP3 players, iPods and portable video game systems do not have to be removed from their carrying cases.
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Hmm. No mention of data projectors (which are mostly empty space). This will be fun.
Cromely.
Small electronic items, such as cell phones, MP3 players, iPods and portable video game systems do not have to be removed from their carrying cases.
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Hmm. No mention of data projectors (which are mostly empty space). This will be fun.
Cromely.
Aug 4, 2007, 8:21 pm
#86
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I've got it! Moles have been planted inside the TSA by UPS and Fed-x. They are going to make it so ?#@%* difficult for us to carry-on that we all start shiping our luggage to our destination to avoid the hassel. 
Aug 4, 2007, 8:53 pm
#87
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Better idea for this round of evil nonsense: packs of used batteries (taped together with bright electrical tape), trashed walkmans and discmans with the odd wire hanging out, broken remotes, dead satellite phones (the brick style), every stinkin' obsolete power cord and random computer cable you've got lying around ... etc. etc. etc.
Aug 5, 2007, 1:18 am
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At ORD yesterday morning (at 4:30 a.m!), they had the new rules right. No hassles over cellphones, PDAs or noise-reduction headphones, all three of which I had in my one carry-on bag. They were making correct announcements about the new changes involving DVD players and game consoles.
Bruce
Bruce
Aug 5, 2007, 8:56 am
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At ORD yesterday morning (at 4:30 a.m!), they had the new rules right. No hassles over cellphones, PDAs or noise-reduction headphones, all three of which I had in my one carry-on bag. They were making correct announcements about the new changes involving DVD players and game consoles.
Bruce
Bruce