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Just because you can shove everything you're taking into one bag doesn't mean you should.

$50 for a 2 pound overage sucks.

Oh, and declare a firearm. You get the absolute best looks from the TSA idjits.

posted @ 10/1/2007 6:35:57 PM

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Gary says:

on 10/1/2007 9:14:34 PM

You must be East of the "Iron Curtain" aka Mississippi River. Here in 'Big Sky' country, the travel Nazis have attended desensitivity training in order to be able to cope with all the hunters.

Weer'd Beard says:

on 10/2/2007 7:41:48 AM

I'm going to be flying for the first time with a firearm. I'm interested to see how that goes down.

Gregory Morris says:

on 10/2/2007 8:09:05 AM

When we came back from Canada, the guy behind me had an overweight carry-on (it was a real small plane, so they weigh everything.) Turns out, his bag was actually a cooler full of frozen meat from a hunting trip. They told him he had to get rid of 2lbs to even be allowed on the plane. 2lbs of meat...

Everything made it there OK I take it?

Rustmeister says:

on 10/2/2007 11:31:09 AM

Did you get to go to the front of the line?

Another blogger did (forget who).

Robb Allen says:

on 10/2/2007 11:39:34 AM

No and yes. I did the "self check in" and when I declared the firearm, the kid looked like I just told him my testicles were made of finely polished granite and I was carrying a family of weasels in my armpits. Eventually he realized he needed to move so he told me I needed to take my baggage to international.

The line for International was 3/4 of a mile long. And slow.

So, I waited in line for 10 or 15 minutes and one of the TSA people came by asking us all if we were International (apparently, a lot of people not only smell like urine, but they can't read the big sign that said "International Flights Only"). I took the opportunity to loudly proclaim that no, I was not on an international flight and that I had a gun to declare (looking back, the choice of the word "gun" probably wasn't a good idea around the sheep).

That got me through reeeeal quick.

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