Re: [89attendees] unlawful in Britain to carry pocketknives that lock

Le 09/03/2014 22:13, Michael Richardson a écrit :
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> Murphy, Sandra <Sandra.Murphy@parsons.com> wrote:
>      > I posted the message precisely because I knew that there was a good
>      > chance there were people who would not know of this law and would be
>      > violating it.
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>      > "know something", sure, but there are endless varieties of "something".
>      > I think you are missing the point that
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> +1.  I didn't know.
> I was in violation while there, which I learnt reading the thread on the
> airplane, after having left.
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> I carry it for protection of person: but not against people.
> But rather as boy scout would: against being lost in the woods, stranded on a
> dessert island, etc.
> (Pre-911, having it on an airplane was not a problem in most places)
> Blades that don't lock are useless.  (Mine is <3")

Right, other funny things were identified at some borders.

E.g. an alum deodorant stick ("pierre d'alun") - even though it's solid 
and not liquid, it's a deodorant so forbidden to embark with at some 
flights.

Alex

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>      > find-out-if-I-can-buy-or-carry-aspirin
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> Gravol is, for instance, unavailable in the UK with a script.
> That's a big deal for my wife, as she frequently needs it when flying.
> I think that Ibuprofin and Acetaminophin is also hard to get, I brought my
> own, and the flights of stairs in the hotel made me happy that I had it.
> (Meanwhile, in Italy, after the first Prague meeting, I got a muscle relaxant
>  From the pharmacist of a strength simple unavailable in Canada...)
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>      > If I implied that I thought the Secretariat should warn of this, I did
>      > not intend to.  I don't know that it is possible for them.  I'm trying
>      > to think of a way to prevent such things, and all that I can come up
>      > with is a plea to those IETF-ers who are frequent international
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> I think it's reasonable to at least link to a site.
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> --
> Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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