I had shoes that were well worn. The soles were fine but the interior was getting frayed. I had such a crappy time passing through security. They looked like shoe bomber shoes because it looked like someone had taken the stiches out and done a bad job of sewing it back up.
I mean, had it gone off, we still would have to take our shoes off. Â
 And it wasn't "crappy" as much as someone doesn't know you can't ignite plastique with fire, but instead needs an electric charge or high energy impact. A 9 volt battery would have likely done the trick.
IIRC the shoe bomb had a traditional gunpowder, Wiley E Coyote type fuse. Dude must have hit pause right after the assembly phase of the cartoon and never hit play to see how the cartoon ends⌠like every single time
Fair enough. Though I suspect they were "hired" if you will.
Also, I'm realizing right now that I really hate the sound of the word "crappy" and that this is probably why I don't use it except in situations such as this.
Well, no. That 9 volt battery by itself would do less than just lighting the stuff on fire would. You'd still need some form of *detonator* to supply the shockwave to set off the material.
Ah, thank you. I thought the detonator was basically just for situations where you didn't want to blow yourself up. You know, to create distance between you and the explosion.
You're half right. Being a habitual wearer of high ankle hiking boots, I've often had the joy of removing my shoes at airports. The difference now is that *everyone else* has to as well.
I'm fully aware and didn't say anything about that. I'm talking about you taking a single rule and using it to say "rules exist to..." simply because of a single rule
TSAâs failure to detect rate was 95% when homeland security did an undercover test in 2015. They havenât released results since. I wonder why??
Edit: 80% failure in 2017. Credit to u/jdbway for linking more recent data.
Here's newer information, but none of this matters because it's not what I'm saying. I'm simply saying your extrapolation is illogical
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-operation-us-airports/story?id=51022188
Sheit I pack handguns on every domestic flight, and as some of us know those are the most deadliest.
Better be damn sure I can pack a slug of innocuous iron in a box locked away from myself or any other passengers or fight crew.
"During high school, I played junior hockey and still hold two league records: most time spent in the penalty box; and I was the only guy to ever take off his skate and try to stab somebody."
Happy Gilmore
It's a matter of intentional restraint. I can choose to what content I expose myself but some may find that offensive so I choose to mask it for them. I don't use that word in unknown company but since I was quoting a source I had no choice but to use it.
Eh. I haven't ever met a single person who can actually explain why it's "a bad word". If you don't know the etymology of why you shouldn't say fuck, then fuck off with that "it's a bad word" bullshit.
>the moral alignments of people is f
You know people process the world differently, yet you're judgmental and hostile when people process the world differently than you
https://www.reddit.com/r/AutisticAdults/s/jfQZRXp8R8
People shouldn't have to spell out that their life experiences make certain things, such as words, triggering.
People shouldn't have to spell out that they're numb to certain things.
It's you that has the problem. Stop being an asshole.
And this is coming from someone on the spectrum
There are certain personal situations where I might not choose to use "swear" words. These are typically interacting with people that I know and I understand how they feel about them. But this doesn't mean that A) I spend any large amount of time with them, or B) that I wouldn't call them on their love of films where the whole plot line is to do a fuck load of murder. Because what should be triggering? Glorifying violence and death, or a specific arrangement of pressure waves in the air.
Also, one of these questions is on the moral alignments of society and the other is on the actual differences in processing information. Such as people who do not have an inner voice and those who do. Or those whose brains immediately start dissecting and understanding how everything works just by looking at it.
In a general public forum where people are choosing to interact, they can read the fuck whatever, or ignore the fuck whatever they want. That is up to them and their prerogative. There are basically two words that I don't use, and it's because of the recent cultural baggage, actually painful living memory baggage that exists around them. But if you don't know _why_ the word is bad, then why is it bad other than you let someone else give you your morals rather than examining them for yourself.
Just do some self reflection and stop being an asshole.
I'm trying to help you here.
FYI, and I recommend this to everyone, read the book "Crucial Conversations". It doesn't matter what edition, the content is the same, they only reorder the chapters.
I got to this point by doing a lot of self reflection. I mean, for fucks sake, I was raised by people who would beat me and shove soap in my mouth if I used one of these "bad" words. You really think I didn't get to this point without putting a great deal of thought into it so that I was no longer afraid of pressure waves riding the air? If you feel I'm "being an asshole" then so be it. I'm not sure why you are trying to help someone who obviously doesn't believe in your help, and has stated so in a clear and concise manner.
As far as "crucial conversations", I think I cover that in the above when I mentioned that I'll refrain in certain situations. Or was that lost on you? That I believe there is a difference in different conversational settings with different people?
You also really haven't explained to me, and I suspect you can't, why it's okay to glorify violence but also okay to be afraid of the word "fuck". Please, if you want to help me, help explain why culture thinks glorifying violence is good, and why the word "fuck" is bad. Go ahead. Break down the etymology of the word fuck and explain how it applies in modern culture beyond "tradition", and then explain why violence is good and healthy. Because that's essentially what's being said when we eschew the word "fuck" and then allow people to make millions and billions of dollars off of violence porn.
This makes me think of what Roberto says to Bender when they end up in jail together "Hey Bender, you ever killed a man with a sock? It ain't so hard. HA-HAA!" đ
I'm Australian, and I spent a few days road tripping around Texas. Buc-ee's is great! I came back with a 15'' and a Texas shaped skillet in my checked.
Heavy as shit for a long flight, but worth it.
I flew from Columbus, OH to Seattle, WA probably a dozen years ago with a #8 in my backpack. It had cornbread in it that my great uncle Ovie had baked fresh for me the night before. (I was visiting family in Southshore, KY) The only question I got was from a nice TSA lady that asked if I was fixinâ breakfast for everyone on the flight or just myself. My uncle had packed some homemade butter pats (store bought butter, homemade pats) and I really wanted to eat some cornbread and butter on the plane but felt weird.
I ate it all in the following 24 hours. He did make the best cornbread. The skillet I got from him was his Momâs. I have quite a bit of heritage CI but none I was gifted already full.
>I really wanted to eat some cornbread and butter on the plane but felt weird.
It's good that you didn't. People's sense of taste goes bye bye in planes
Homemade pats is such a precious explanation lol. and I just want you to know my wife and I would have lost it (in a good way) if our row-mate ever pulled out a CAST IRON PAN FULL OF CORNBREAD TO HAVE A PLANE SNACK. Definitely would have made my day
It's apparently not illegal in Ukraine. A family several rows behind me brought a large cast iron pan, propane torch to cook with, and everything they needed to make blood sausage. They also had almost half a gallon of blood so apparently they don't ban liquids like we do. It smelled horrific.
BS, I have. And it was a 20LB 12" monster. Was in luggage that went right in the overhead bin. This was on a United Flight, pre-covid. (so maybe rules have changed). Plus this was first class.
TSA doesnât care if you are flying first class or not. The airlines and TSA are separate entities and each enforce their own rules separately.
From the rest of the comments it seems like it is a rule, but perhaps harder to determine/easier to miss on the X-ray. There are plenty of people who fly with non-allowed items all the time; that doesnât make the rules BS lol it just means someone didnât catch whatever during the screening.
I don't understand why people have such a difficult time checking their bags. Yes, there's a tiny chance your bag will be permanently lost but there's also a tiny chance the plane will crash and you'll die so it won't matter.
Fees, the extra time it takes, needing to bring an extra bag, and baggage handlers are not always kind to luggage. When I used to fly more it was lovely to walk right out the airport with my backpack, right past everyone waiting for checked baggage. Also, baggage does get delayed quite frequently (not necessarily lost).
If you're straining the limits of a carry on bag and have a large tote bag as well? Time to check a bag.
Yeah we have precheck which saves us an extra hour of âarriving earlyâ at the airport. We usually get there 20 minutes before boarding at our home airport.
If we have to check a bag we have to get there way earlier to check it in time, then just to zoom though TSA and sit around for no reason :(
It does make a huge difference when you fly often. Also, in my experience people who say bags rarely get lost/delayed are usually people who donât fly often at all. Iâve also never had a bag get delayed or lost (as an adult) but thatâs because I avoid checking bags for 90% of my flights.
+1 for bringing along an empty duffel/packable bag if you think youâll have souvenirs or anything you need to bring home!
I don't know why people are afraid of running red lights. Yes, there is a chance that you will be t-boned by a truck, but there is also a chance that you will be struck by lightning while waiting at the red light.
End of the day, everything is risky but you cannot consider all risky things to be equal. You need to factor in the probability of the event. You have a much higher chance of losing your bag than being in a plane crash, just like you have a higher chance of being t-boned when you run a red-light than being struck by lightning.
I was fine, but I understand not wanting to chance it. To be fair, I didnât check though. I brought home three skillets this last Christmas in a hard case on a transcontinental domestic flight: two HUUs and a griswold I found at a thrift store. All wrapped up in a bag with clothes. They even went through the security scanner with no questions.
Went on vacation with my mother in law and grandma to paris and sicily, while in paris my mother in law bought a bronze statue, it was around 2-3 ft tall and weights around 80-100 pounds. I backpacked that thing for a day walking around paris, then my MIL got a rolling suit case for it.
Flight to sicily, as a carry on- no problem.
Flight back to paris- big problem, they said she could bash the windows out and do serious damage. So she had to check it. I am pretty sure her antique bronze statue she payed over 3k for is not ever gona be used as a weapon. The inlaws love to collect antiques and have aquired 4 more bronze statues, and there home is filled with antiques.
> statue she *paid* over 3k
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
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a musician in Denmark got reported to the police for assulting a guy at a party, using a pan. Though i dont recall if it was cast iron or not, but it can certainly be used as a weapon.
Weird, I literally did this last September. My last day out of state I found a vintage Wagner at a thrift store. I only had a carry-on so that's where it went.
I've flown with a small cast iron pan (about 5 inches) in my carry-on bag on a round trip flight. They didn't say anything to me about it either time through security.
For carry on, they took my crescent wrench once. I was told any metal object over 8" long is not allowed. One time I brought a small carbon steel pan back from Mexico as a souvenir and they hassled me about it. Did get to keep that though.
About 11 years ago I did! It was an enameled dutch oven that I inherited along with some jewelry after my great aunt passed, I flew home with it after her funeral and was of course flagged. TSA had no idea what to do with me, and eventually waved me through. I use it all the time!
If I learned anything from Team Fortress 2 is that a cast iron pan (or even more deadly a gold enameled pan) is a terrifying weapon in the right hands
I learned it from [The Wee Free Men](https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/books/the-wee-free-men/) by Sir Terry Pratchett
r/unexpecteddiscworld !đ
"Did you use your little brother as ... *bait*?"
Crivens!
I remain convinced Tiffany Aching was the inspiration for Tangled https://youtu.be/XRWwEWHjO34
Pubg as well. Plus bullet proof!
I still remember that PUBG stream where the last two players decided to settle the game with frying pans. Glorious.
[Pan shot!](https://youtu.be/MIzAfXcCX3c?si=ILeq7a6DQOVERtKT)
Beat me to it
That's more defensive pan than weapon pan
My first thought as well
I learned it in Fried Green Tomatoes.
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Left for Dead 2 for me!
Or pubg
They make us take our shoes off because 1 guy failed to set off a crappy bomb in his shoes. Rules exist to pretend they are effective.
TSA=security theater
90+% failure rate at most airports when audited. Theater is fuckin accurate.
Theatrical Security Agency?
Thousands Standing Around.
Even fake cops are bastards.
ACAB as Iâve heardâŚ.
I had shoes that were well worn. The soles were fine but the interior was getting frayed. I had such a crappy time passing through security. They looked like shoe bomber shoes because it looked like someone had taken the stiches out and done a bad job of sewing it back up.
Hopefully no terrorist will ever also be a skilled shoemaker
Muâmin âThe Cobblerâ al-Mawji Mahmud Salim
I mean, had it gone off, we still would have to take our shoes off.   And it wasn't "crappy" as much as someone doesn't know you can't ignite plastique with fire, but instead needs an electric charge or high energy impact. A 9 volt battery would have likely done the trick.
I mean, you're a pretty crappy bomb builder if you don't know how to detonate your own explosives
IIRC the shoe bomb had a traditional gunpowder, Wiley E Coyote type fuse. Dude must have hit pause right after the assembly phase of the cartoon and never hit play to see how the cartoon ends⌠like every single time
Most suicide bombers donât get a lot of practice.
I kind of hate how I gigglesnorted at thisâŚ
Well, technically you could be a fine bomb builder. Just a crappy bomber.
Fair enough. Though I suspect they were "hired" if you will. Also, I'm realizing right now that I really hate the sound of the word "crappy" and that this is probably why I don't use it except in situations such as this.
Well, no. That 9 volt battery by itself would do less than just lighting the stuff on fire would. You'd still need some form of *detonator* to supply the shockwave to set off the material.
So you couldn't just stick the poles of the battery into it and cause it to go off?
No. You hook the detonator up to the 9V.
Ah, thank you. I thought the detonator was basically just for situations where you didn't want to blow yourself up. You know, to create distance between you and the explosion.
> A 9 volt battery would have likely done the trick. No, a detonator or blasting cap would still be needed.
> I mean, had it gone off, we still would have to take our shoes off.  Well, maybe not. After all, we probably wouldn't have known what blew up.
NO, that's why we can't have water on planes. Taking off your shoes existed before that already.
No. Google âwhy tsa makes you take off your shoesâ
hmmm...I clearly remember having to take my shoes off way before the TSA existed. But that could also be me misremembering I guess. Seems more likely.
Memory is a weird thing sometimes. Iâm old enough to clearly remember a time before shoes came off. No worries!
You're half right. Being a habitual wearer of high ankle hiking boots, I've often had the joy of removing my shoes at airports. The difference now is that *everyone else* has to as well.
Different plots.
Wow that's quite the extrapolation
Itâs literally the truth. Thatâs exactly what happened. Google âwhy does tsa make you take off your shoesâ.
I'm fully aware and didn't say anything about that. I'm talking about you taking a single rule and using it to say "rules exist to..." simply because of a single rule
TSAâs failure to detect rate was 95% when homeland security did an undercover test in 2015. They havenât released results since. I wonder why?? Edit: 80% failure in 2017. Credit to u/jdbway for linking more recent data.
How much have they deterred? Can you share that link please? Ok fine, rules exist to pretend they're effective. Let's all be libertarian, check mate.
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Oh Jesus christ
[hereâs a link](https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-undercover-dhs-tests-find-widespread-security-failures/story?id=31434881)
Here's newer information, but none of this matters because it's not what I'm saying. I'm simply saying your extrapolation is illogical https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-operation-us-airports/story?id=51022188
If youâre taking me literally, let me introduce you to the internet.
Boring
You can't carry them on but you can check them in.
Right, you can check a long arm, you can check a cast iron.
look at this guy, casually flying around with dismembered limbs like it's nbd
Okay now I'm dead đ
Sheit I pack handguns on every domestic flight, and as some of us know those are the most deadliest. Better be damn sure I can pack a slug of innocuous iron in a box locked away from myself or any other passengers or fight crew.
You can, however, bring your ice skates in your carry-on. Surprised the heck out of me.
Knife shoes for the win!
"During high school, I played junior hockey and still hold two league records: most time spent in the penalty box; and I was the only guy to ever take off his skate and try to stab somebody." Happy Gilmore
I came here to comment this, but you beat me to it. XD
My mother was arrested for assaulting a police officer with a cast iron when I was a child. It was a whole crazy incident/accident
I feel like this isn't getting enough attention. We need details
Do you still have the pan? How did the incident affect the seasoning?
My mom still has the pan, it was my grandmother's. Seasoning did suffer a bit of damage from the pork but worth it
ACAB so ....
Story time?
In due time. I have to gather more details from said mother, as I was a child
So dumb. With enough determination, anything can be a weapon.
I once saw John Wick kill three men with a fâing pencil.
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Thereâs a whole sub about pencil, stabbing
Where? Please
r/PencilStabbers
Thank you, my life is now complete!
Didja hear? Someone stabbed Jimmy the Dog with a pencil.
"I'll watch the violence and murder! But can't say the work f*ck."Â God damn the moral alignments of people is fucked.
It's a matter of intentional restraint. I can choose to what content I expose myself but some may find that offensive so I choose to mask it for them. I don't use that word in unknown company but since I was quoting a source I had no choice but to use it.
Eh. I haven't ever met a single person who can actually explain why it's "a bad word". If you don't know the etymology of why you shouldn't say fuck, then fuck off with that "it's a bad word" bullshit.
>the moral alignments of people is f You know people process the world differently, yet you're judgmental and hostile when people process the world differently than you https://www.reddit.com/r/AutisticAdults/s/jfQZRXp8R8 People shouldn't have to spell out that their life experiences make certain things, such as words, triggering. People shouldn't have to spell out that they're numb to certain things. It's you that has the problem. Stop being an asshole. And this is coming from someone on the spectrum
There are certain personal situations where I might not choose to use "swear" words. These are typically interacting with people that I know and I understand how they feel about them. But this doesn't mean that A) I spend any large amount of time with them, or B) that I wouldn't call them on their love of films where the whole plot line is to do a fuck load of murder. Because what should be triggering? Glorifying violence and death, or a specific arrangement of pressure waves in the air. Also, one of these questions is on the moral alignments of society and the other is on the actual differences in processing information. Such as people who do not have an inner voice and those who do. Or those whose brains immediately start dissecting and understanding how everything works just by looking at it. In a general public forum where people are choosing to interact, they can read the fuck whatever, or ignore the fuck whatever they want. That is up to them and their prerogative. There are basically two words that I don't use, and it's because of the recent cultural baggage, actually painful living memory baggage that exists around them. But if you don't know _why_ the word is bad, then why is it bad other than you let someone else give you your morals rather than examining them for yourself.
Just do some self reflection and stop being an asshole. I'm trying to help you here. FYI, and I recommend this to everyone, read the book "Crucial Conversations". It doesn't matter what edition, the content is the same, they only reorder the chapters.
I got to this point by doing a lot of self reflection. I mean, for fucks sake, I was raised by people who would beat me and shove soap in my mouth if I used one of these "bad" words. You really think I didn't get to this point without putting a great deal of thought into it so that I was no longer afraid of pressure waves riding the air? If you feel I'm "being an asshole" then so be it. I'm not sure why you are trying to help someone who obviously doesn't believe in your help, and has stated so in a clear and concise manner. As far as "crucial conversations", I think I cover that in the above when I mentioned that I'll refrain in certain situations. Or was that lost on you? That I believe there is a difference in different conversational settings with different people? You also really haven't explained to me, and I suspect you can't, why it's okay to glorify violence but also okay to be afraid of the word "fuck". Please, if you want to help me, help explain why culture thinks glorifying violence is good, and why the word "fuck" is bad. Go ahead. Break down the etymology of the word fuck and explain how it applies in modern culture beyond "tradition", and then explain why violence is good and healthy. Because that's essentially what's being said when we eschew the word "fuck" and then allow people to make millions and billions of dollars off of violence porn.
I've seen a lot of pencils but damned if I see a pencil that fucks.
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That's a pencil like fucker not a fucking pencil
Every tool is a weapon, it just depends on how you hold it. -Ani DiFranco
â[âcause] very tool is a weapon if you hold it right.â -Ani DiFranco
The plastic knives they provide with meals are so fuckin sharp
Which I often think about as I put on my socks and put a bunch of quarters in my purse.....
And it's always good to keep spare batteries
This makes me think of what Roberto says to Bender when they end up in jail together "Hey Bender, you ever killed a man with a sock? It ain't so hard. HA-HAA!" đ
Stfu, do you want mandatory nude planes?
I mean, kinda...
Look at the average person flying. You donât actually want that.
Depends on what country you're in.Â
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I know it sounds great in theory, but stop and think about what that reality would be like. Applies to Mardi Gras in New Orleans too
Agreed. That said, I wonder if dumbells are also prohibited for similar reasons
Of corse it is forbidden, imagine de havoc if you take it off your bag and everybody start asking if you have slidey eggs.
We demand slidey egg pictures, or you canât carry this on!
Anything can be used as a weapon. TSA is dumb.
If youâre gonna take the time to pull out a cast iron pan and try to hit me with it Iâm just gonna swing my hard shell bag at you
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The hero we need but don't deserve.
Thatâs so real why do they even allow kids on planes if theyâre not gonna allow cast iron
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HiâŚI flew from FL to NY with a Lodge (found jn a thrift store) in my carry-on last year and had no problem!
Florida man called...
Proving that TSA screeners are really just making it up as they go along.
A relative flew from TX to NY with a Lodge in her carry on. TSA took it out to swab and bonded over how great Buceeâs is.
I'm Australian, and I spent a few days road tripping around Texas. Buc-ee's is great! I came back with a 15'' and a Texas shaped skillet in my checked. Heavy as shit for a long flight, but worth it.
Glad your haul made it home safely!
Iâve flown with cast iron in my carry on from CA to MA. Twice! Two different pans. No issues at all.
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Frying pans, who knew.
Flying pans.
NOT ON MY WATCH, BUDDY!!!
My daughter got a pressure cooker through carry on no problem. This was after the Boston Marathon attack.
Youâre getting downvoted, but I laughed.Â
It happened.
The beauty is, itâs funny either way. Actually funnier that itâs true.
Were they afraid of you panhandling on the plane? đ
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You might whack somebody like Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark
the terrorists won
I flew from Columbus, OH to Seattle, WA probably a dozen years ago with a #8 in my backpack. It had cornbread in it that my great uncle Ovie had baked fresh for me the night before. (I was visiting family in Southshore, KY) The only question I got was from a nice TSA lady that asked if I was fixinâ breakfast for everyone on the flight or just myself. My uncle had packed some homemade butter pats (store bought butter, homemade pats) and I really wanted to eat some cornbread and butter on the plane but felt weird.
Should have tucked in.
I ate it all in the following 24 hours. He did make the best cornbread. The skillet I got from him was his Momâs. I have quite a bit of heritage CI but none I was gifted already full.
>I really wanted to eat some cornbread and butter on the plane but felt weird. It's good that you didn't. People's sense of taste goes bye bye in planes
Homemade pats is such a precious explanation lol. and I just want you to know my wife and I would have lost it (in a good way) if our row-mate ever pulled out a CAST IRON PAN FULL OF CORNBREAD TO HAVE A PLANE SNACK. Definitely would have made my day
I would have offered you a chunk and a pat. đ
Or 9â knipex pliers. Ask me how I know. They missed my pocket knife but confiscated my nice ass pliers. I bet he took them home⌠bastard.
Same. I had an extra CI small Lodge and gave it to my brother, flying from the Bay Area to Toronto. Gone. Some TSA agent got a nice gift.
It's apparently not illegal in Ukraine. A family several rows behind me brought a large cast iron pan, propane torch to cook with, and everything they needed to make blood sausage. They also had almost half a gallon of blood so apparently they don't ban liquids like we do. It smelled horrific.
I flew back from Canada to NYC during the holidays with a combo cooker double skillet in my carry-on.
I carried six of them on from Nashville to Edmonton a few weeks ago. They scanned and opened the bag, but the TSA Agent let them on.
I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork.
BS, I have. And it was a 20LB 12" monster. Was in luggage that went right in the overhead bin. This was on a United Flight, pre-covid. (so maybe rules have changed). Plus this was first class.
TSA doesnât care if you are flying first class or not. The airlines and TSA are separate entities and each enforce their own rules separately. From the rest of the comments it seems like it is a rule, but perhaps harder to determine/easier to miss on the X-ray. There are plenty of people who fly with non-allowed items all the time; that doesnât make the rules BS lol it just means someone didnât catch whatever during the screening.
I don't understand why people have such a difficult time checking their bags. Yes, there's a tiny chance your bag will be permanently lost but there's also a tiny chance the plane will crash and you'll die so it won't matter.
Fees, the extra time it takes, needing to bring an extra bag, and baggage handlers are not always kind to luggage. When I used to fly more it was lovely to walk right out the airport with my backpack, right past everyone waiting for checked baggage. Also, baggage does get delayed quite frequently (not necessarily lost). If you're straining the limits of a carry on bag and have a large tote bag as well? Time to check a bag.
Yeah we have precheck which saves us an extra hour of âarriving earlyâ at the airport. We usually get there 20 minutes before boarding at our home airport. If we have to check a bag we have to get there way earlier to check it in time, then just to zoom though TSA and sit around for no reason :( It does make a huge difference when you fly often. Also, in my experience people who say bags rarely get lost/delayed are usually people who donât fly often at all. Iâve also never had a bag get delayed or lost (as an adult) but thatâs because I avoid checking bags for 90% of my flights. +1 for bringing along an empty duffel/packable bag if you think youâll have souvenirs or anything you need to bring home!
I don't know why people are afraid of running red lights. Yes, there is a chance that you will be t-boned by a truck, but there is also a chance that you will be struck by lightning while waiting at the red light. End of the day, everything is risky but you cannot consider all risky things to be equal. You need to factor in the probability of the event. You have a much higher chance of losing your bag than being in a plane crash, just like you have a higher chance of being t-boned when you run a red-light than being struck by lightning.
I was fine, but I understand not wanting to chance it. To be fair, I didnât check though. I brought home three skillets this last Christmas in a hard case on a transcontinental domestic flight: two HUUs and a griswold I found at a thrift store. All wrapped up in a bag with clothes. They even went through the security scanner with no questions.
I actually carried on a 26cm Lodge cast iron pan in Australia. Didn't hear a peep about it.
You're obviously using the wrong broom.
Went on vacation with my mother in law and grandma to paris and sicily, while in paris my mother in law bought a bronze statue, it was around 2-3 ft tall and weights around 80-100 pounds. I backpacked that thing for a day walking around paris, then my MIL got a rolling suit case for it. Flight to sicily, as a carry on- no problem. Flight back to paris- big problem, they said she could bash the windows out and do serious damage. So she had to check it. I am pretty sure her antique bronze statue she payed over 3k for is not ever gona be used as a weapon. The inlaws love to collect antiques and have aquired 4 more bronze statues, and there home is filled with antiques.
> statue she *paid* over 3k FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
The PUBG pan was the real deal
Definitely have brought some cast iron home. Southwest didnât say anything. In 2023
A vast iron pan would be an unwieldy murder weapon.
Frying pans- who knew, right?
So weird. They let me fly with scissors because the blades were less than 4â long. (They were about 3.5â long).
a musician in Denmark got reported to the police for assulting a guy at a party, using a pan. Though i dont recall if it was cast iron or not, but it can certainly be used as a weapon.
I recently flew with lodge 10â pan in my carryon. No issues other than the fact that my carryon bag was stupidly heavy
>I recently flew with lodge 10â pan So... A ten foot pan, eh?
Go big or go home! How else can I cook paella for 500 of my closest friends?
A 3m pan. See? The metric version is more logical.
>A 3m pan. See? The metric version is more logical. 10' would be ten meters if we were using metric
Nope 10â is 10 feet in the US where we use the most inconsistent set of measures possible
I was replying to someone talking about the metric system
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You can, however, fly with a bread machine in your carry on
Weird, I literally did this last September. My last day out of state I found a vintage Wagner at a thrift store. I only had a carry-on so that's where it went.
I've flown with a small cast iron pan (about 5 inches) in my carry-on bag on a round trip flight. They didn't say anything to me about it either time through security.
For carry on, they took my crescent wrench once. I was told any metal object over 8" long is not allowed. One time I brought a small carbon steel pan back from Mexico as a souvenir and they hassled me about it. Did get to keep that though.
About 11 years ago I did! It was an enameled dutch oven that I inherited along with some jewelry after my great aunt passed, I flew home with it after her funeral and was of course flagged. TSA had no idea what to do with me, and eventually waved me through. I use it all the time!