Text 37144, 103 rader
Skriven 2006-08-21 21:03:19 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
  Kommentar till text 37128 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
Ärende: Bic lighter?                        was: Frank - take a break (was CELE
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 RW>>>>> Differenet rules in different countries?
 BF>>>> Is that a smart thing to have?
 RW>>> Depends<tm>...
 BF>> On what?
 RW> A lot of things.

Name one.

 BF>>>> In Thailand they didn't bother,
 RW>>> They don't bother in Mexico either. Know why?
 BF>> Haven't been to Mexico so I haven't a clue.
 RW> Because they also sleep with the terrorists.

Oh, and what terrorist acts have they done?

 BF>>>> in Finland it should be in my pocket and in USA it should be in the
 BF>>>> suitcase.
 RW>>> Well obviously the Fins have it figured out. If you carry it in your
 RW>>> pocket, it's easier to confiscate.
 BF>> You still haven't got it I see.
 RW> No, I think it's the other way around.

Really?

 BF>> If it was in my pocket it wouldn't be confiscated.

 RW> Now I know you don't get it. If it's in your pocket, you will lose it
 RW> because when you get to the gate, you have to empty your pockets and go
 RW> through a metal detector before you gain entry. If there's no lighters
 RW> allowed on board the airplane, that's a foregone conclusion.

That's not what the Fins answered me and so far the one in my pocket haven't
been any problem.

 BF>>  One lighter per person and it should be in the pocket.
 RW> Not here.

How do you know that?

 BF>> You are not allowed to use a cell phone either so that should also be
 BF>> confiscated?
 RW> You are allowed to use a cell phone, when the flight crew deams it to be
 RW> not harmful to the aircraft.

And that is during flying and as far as I know (at least here) it isn't allowed
to
use them in any plane above a certain hight because then they will reach too
far and that can disturb the systems hand-over to another base station.

 BF>> And you are not allowed to drink anything else than what they sell on the
 BF>> plane either so the bottles in the hand luggage can also be confiscated.
 RW> What!? That's a new one. If there's a restriction against bringing your
 RW> own, then they're just wanting you to buy theirs...

You can bring it but not drink it.

 BF>>  If they take the lighter, why don't they take the cigaretts as well?
 RW> Because the cigarette is only flamable when you apply an outside source of
 RW> fire. You don't think very logically, do you.

Oh, so matches doesn't have the same effect as a lighter? To set things on
fire?

 RW>>> If you do smoke, that's too bad, because you're not allowed to smoke
 RW>>> on-board US flights (thank gawd for that little miracle).
 BF>> I'm not allowed to smoke on any flight as far as I know but that doesn't
 BF>> make it illegal for me to have a lighter.
 RW> Depends(tm)

On what?

 RW>>> There's also not many places to light up in US airports (my specific
 RW>>> experience is San Diego, Kansas City, Denver, San Antonio and Chicago -
 RW>>> did I mention that I hate commercial flying), thus no reason to even
 RW>>> have a lighter, until you get to the parking lot.
 BF>> But....but the lighter was confiscated....
 RW> Have you noticed that you're using too many . in your elipses'?

Have you noticed that you are starting to sound like Frank when he's out of
arguments?

 BF>> And there are smoke-rooms at Gothenburg, Stockholm, Helsinki, Athens,
 BF>> Bangkok, Puerto Plata (Domenican) Varna (Bulgaria) and at every little
 BF>> island in Greece but without a lighter it's rather difficult to make the
 BF>> damn thing caught fire.
 RW> Have you noticed that none of those places are in the US?

And....? Doesn't anyone smoke in the US?

 BF>> Affter 10 hours in the air I don't want to wait until I get to the bus
 BF>> where they not may even have a electric lighter.
 RW> After 10 hours, you've nearly got that nasty habit licked. Why light up
 RW> now?

That's my problem, not the airport securities.

 BF>> Haven't seen a match in years, are they still available?
 RW> Where do you buy your cigarettes, in a candy store?

I make my own from raw tobaco ordered by mail so....?

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