Can you fly with a laptop now? - Democratic Underground

HEyHEY

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Fri Feb-16-07 01:29 PM
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Can you fly with a laptop now?

Or what's the deal. I wanna bring mine. But I don't wanna check it. For some reason I'm thinking they are being all testy about laptops on airplanes now.

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radfringe

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Fri Feb-16-07 01:31 PM
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1. YES, but

you will need 2 laptops

1 strapped to each arm and flap very hard

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HEyHEY

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Fri Feb-16-07 01:33 PM
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2. Damn, I hate exercise

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fla nocount

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Fri Feb-16-07 02:15 PM
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8. 17" screens cut the effort in half n/t

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kedrys

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Fri Feb-16-07 02:03 PM
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3. They'll make you take it out of the bag and run it by itself on the xray machine

other than that, it's just a minor hassle. They made me turn on my Palm Pilot once.

Oh, and if they ask you to take your shoes off, it's NOT optional. One guy behind me in line misunderstood that it was not a suggestion, and ended up getting practically strip-searched.

I resent all that shite in the extreme, but it's that or walk to my parents' house. :(

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jakefrep

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Fri Feb-16-07 02:07 PM
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4. You can...

Edited on Fri Feb-16-07 02:08 PM by jakefrep

....until the terra-ists leak some Rube Goldberg scheme to bring down an airliner with a laptop computer, toothpaste, Gatorade, and coffee grounds. Every time our government flinches at this crap, the terrorists win.

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Richard Steele

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Fri Feb-16-07 02:11 PM
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5. No, even though it's the year 2007 you'll still need some sort of aircraft.

Edited on Fri Feb-16-07 02:12 PM by dicksteele

I kid, I kid! :hide:

Yes, you can carryon a laptop. They make you take it
out of any carrying case, start it up (not always),
and it has to go through the Xray machine.

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fla nocount

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Fri Feb-16-07 02:13 PM
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6. self delete

Edited on Fri Feb-16-07 02:14 PM by fla nocount

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Parche

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Fri Feb-16-07 02:14 PM
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7. LAPTOP

But turn off your batteries, as this could happen.............

Whats...........UPS!!!!

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