I see . . . why not 7? Why can't I take an AK-47 on board - that would be my 2A right, wouldn't it?

It's just numbers and more numbers . . .

Had they expressed the size to the closest 1/8" *below* the international standard we'd be fine. Or maybe express it both ways, so it is clear world-wide: 6cm/2-5/16?

Someone with a 2-3/8 blade could literally go to jail for that extra 16th inch. Measure the blade and call it "close" and you could be making a big mistake.

**OR**

Just say 6 cm. Almost everyone has a ruler graduated in mm.

In so doing, they created another set of problems. Situation Normal, All F-cked Up.

That extra 2.2 thousandths of an inch could make a real difference.

I used to carry a folding Buck knife with a 4.5 inch blade on planes all the time.

It complies with an international convention.

I don't see why they'll be allowing pocketknives, anyway, of any size. They're weapons and can easily be used to slit someone's throat. I wonder what the reasoning is. No 4 oz shampoo bottle, but a knife is allowed?

of fractions, but then again, I highly doubt the average "TSA" agent can do so.



Ok, ok, I know that that is insulting for those who strive to be professional with the TSA, but in my experience, the stereotype is not without some truth.

that I had planned to cut yarn when I was knitting. They whined about the kntting needles, bamboo circs, but I pointed out the bamboo was far too fragile to make a good garotte.

Next time I'm going with a dental floss container to cut my yarn. Let's see the little bastards confiscate that.

If they only realized how dangerous I am with just my thumbs...

Nurses know how to hurt people.

Oops, I probably should not have said that...


Good thing I'm a pacifist...

n/t

2 5/16 is 2.3125. 2 3/8 is 2.375. Frankly I would have written the reg as 2 3/8 but 2 11/32 would also work and some rulers can measure that.

It's 60 mm (2.364), rounded down to 2.36. In common American inch dimensioning systems, a "2 place" dimension is +/- .01, sometimes called a "scale" dimension for the usual method of measurement. As are fractional dimensions, i.e. 2 3/8", is +/- 1/64 (or .015). And, if Gandalf Jr.,Wizard of the Haunted Fishtank, selects the wrong "H limit" metric clearence fit from the drop-down menu, they can be the exact same number, sorta, kinda.
So, that's how we get to things like this - give an idiot an expensive tool (like Solidworks), a very highly developed system like ANSI or ISO standards, and they can needlessly complicate anything (aka fuck up toast)
I fix this kind of stuff for a living.......

Eliminate them both immediately.

Time to go to Amazon and get the smaller version of my Schrade Old-Timer stockman's knife, just for travel. I've carried a pocket knife all of my adult life, and am not ready to stop. Until now, I've been putting my pocket knife in my checked luggage when I travel. But, if I can carry one now, I'll get one that fits the regulations.

I use it for a wide variety of tasks. The most frequent use, though, is opening packages. Any packages, including those nasty blister packaged products. I cannot say how many times I've opened something for someone else with my pocket knife. Too many to count.

I once field dressed a deer with my Shrade Old-Timer stockman's knife. I left my other knife in camp. It did a great job, even for that use. I was surprised.

Just asking . . .

2 golf clubs!!!



And yet: You still can't take full-sized toiletries or a bottle of water thru. I had a passenger sent back to the Ticket Counter because he had a freakin' SNOW GLOBE!! Some genius figured it had more than 4 oz's of liquid, so it had to be checked in. This is the mentality we're dealing with.

So...you can beat a Flight Attendant up with a putter, or cut her with a Swiss Army knife (it's okay: The Cockpit doors are locked, so the Pilots are protected!) but you and I still have to take our shoes off, buy itty bitty tubes of toothpaste, and leave our tweezers at home.

I'm starting to think Sequester might actually be good for the TSA!!!!

...walking stick from climbing Mt. Fuji.

The security people put a sticker on it that said "Weapon" in English, and they put it in the checked baggage.

It did make the journey OK, and I was reunited with it in San Diego.

They didn't care about the Shuriken I had in my carry-on, even though carrying that concealed in California is technically illegal.

a horse built by committee.

...I use a precision dial caliper.

Why do we always do this sort of shit?

I don't know, Stinky. It's kind of like the state of New York deciding that a gun that holds 7 rounds of ammunition is OK, but one that holds 8 is not.

Here in California we go for more sensible numbers like 10. At least that's the base of the most commonly used numbering system, so it makes some kind of sense.

2.54 cm per inch.

2.36 inches = 5.9944cm
2.37 inches = 6.0198cm

Why do I know that it was a bunch of guys that made this shit up?