Moving from lace.
On Apr 29, 2005, at 13:44, Janice Blair wrote:
I thought of Tamara when she was off to see her son as it was around the time they banned carry-on of lighters. Could see her gasping for a fag at the end of that journey if she had to wait to buy some matches. :-)
Thankfully, the NYTimes mentioned it ahead of time. DH spoted the notice and passed it on, so I was well-prepared :) 5 boxes were permitted as carry-on, and 5 boxes I took having beefed them up first - each box had a box and a half in it. American matches are very stingy on the phosphorus; they're as likely to go out the moment you strike them, as last long enough to light up a cig, so need a lot of them. Especially when your layover is in Chicago, also known as "Windy City" <g> San Francisco and the Bay Area are almost as bad, but buying a (cheap, disposable) lighter was a priority once I landed; we got one on the way to my son's (and I left it with him, against the next visit)
BTW, they have to be cardboard matches that you are allowed to carry on.
That's as maybe, but the notice in the paper didn't say so, so that's not what I took with me; I hate the flimsy paper thingies. And I went through 4 security checks with them (in order to smoke, you have to leave the secure area. You have to leave the airport altogether), and not an objection to be heard :)
Also, nobody objected to the whacking long (and medium-sharp) pin on my lace brooch. I figured it would be banned if I put it in my jewelry box (carry-on luggage) but decided to risk wearing it (you are, usually, offered the option of mailing the "terrrorising tools" to yourself, if discovered). And it didn't alert the scanner at all - at none of the 4 beeping arches...
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