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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 08:50 AM
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It must be tough for Vikings to travel these days
The following are not allowed - repeat NOT ALLOWED - on Amtrak trains

Prohibited Items
The following kinds of items are prohibited as both checked and carry-on baggage:

Any type of gun, firearm, ammunition, explosives, or weapon. (See note below regarding firearms in checked baggage)
Incendiaries, including flammable gases, liquids and fuels.
Large, sharp objects such as axes, ice picks and swords.
Corrosive or dangerous chemicals or materials, such as liquid bleach, tear gas, mace, radioactive and harmful bacteriological materials.
Batteries with acid that can spill or leak (except those batteries used in motorized wheelchairs or similar devices for mobility-impaired passengers).
Club-like items, such as billy clubs and nightsticks.
Fragile and/or valuable items, including but not limited to electronic equipment.(Laptop computers and handheld devices may be carried onboard; however, Amtrak accepts no liability for damage.)
Animals (except service animals). <---- the dreaded "Dragon clause"
Oversized and/or overweight items.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 08:56 AM
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1. I thought Vikings traveled by longship?
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Darth_Ole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 09:34 AM
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2. No wonder they're 0-2 on the road so far this season..
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 10:12 AM
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3. That's why you need concealed weapons like a cane sword.
Edited on Sat Oct-23-10 10:14 AM by HopeHoops
On Edit:

I've got a really cool spider pendant on a necklace chain that has a small but razor sharp dagger in the base of the abdomen. It is enough of a weapon to get an attacker to back off yelling, "WHAT THE FUCK, MAN!"

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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 02:14 PM
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4. I think the main problem
is they require the horns on the helmets to be on the inside.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 04:01 PM
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5. Ah ha! so it may be the thin entry ways on to the trains
interesting
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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 04:16 PM
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6. I thought you were going to tell us Brett got caught taking more 'personal' pics.
:hi:
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