As long as we’re off on a tangent, notice that the TSA also banned colloidal suspensions. No shakes on a plane.
Flodnak,
I carry premoistened towelettes when I fly. I slip a few in my little baggie, along with my deodorant and hotel-sized shampoos. In the past 6 months, I’ve flown back and forth to the US numerous times with no problems. This is my experience, current as of last week’s trip to the US.
Something you may consider is small, self-fillable bottles for your liquid soaps, shampoos, and hair gels. I was worried that the TSA would take 'em since they’re not labeled for content or size, but no. They went through security, no problem, both in Japan and Atlanta. (rant: I have no idea why I must go through security again in Atlanta. I went through security before I got on the plane, as did everyone else. So how would I get banned items? What a great first impression: Get off a 12 hour flight, then have to throw out the duty-free booze you bought on the plane, disgorge half your carry on’s contents and remove shoes and belt and God-knows-what… /rant) They didn’t give 'em a second look. I’m glad this wasn’t a problem because I usually don’t check bags and, like you, I prefer having my familiar toiletries when I get off the plane.
PS: If you don’t do this already, pack a couple of extra baggies. I hate having to buy a box of baggies just for the one I need for the return trip.
Chill! It’s liquids they’re worried about. And if you get them taken off you at security, you can get more at a drug store the other side of security.
Handi-Wipes sells flat packages of their hand-cleaning wipes. They hold about 2 dozen or so, IIRC. I see no reason why you can’t clean your face with these. I get them at Target before an airline trip and bring a package in my purse, and no one has ever said anything about it. If you get the anti-bacterial kind, they will also serve double duty as a wipe-down for your armrests, etc., which a flu-riddled previous passenger may have imbued with snot.
Teela,
Just what an aspiring hypochrondriac needs to hear 3 days prior to a flight to a country with known bird flu cases. I’ve never thought of THAT peril of air travel before. I’ve always worried about the people walking by, imbuing me directly with snot. Memory repression starting now…ahhh, ignorance is bliss.
PS-Sorry for the hijack.
PPS-Flodnak, unless you get an especially cranky security agent, you should be able to carry on your wipes. Be sure to send yourself a postcard so you’ll have a souvenir of the trip. More fun is to send it to your place of employment. A pleasant memory for you after you get back to work.
I can’t carry-on my nunchaku and throwing stars?! But who will save us if the plane is hijacked by pirates?
The terrorists have already won.
Jack Bauer can get anywhere inside the span of a standard commercial break.
I have flown several times in the past month and I can’t imagine aby wipes being a problem. As a chemist, I can tell you that getting any type of reasonable exlosive from the liquid in a baby wipe is just impossible. If they aren’e allowed, its because the TSA agent is stupid. (OK stupid is harsh, but they aren’t trained in practical explosives.) I also have had no problem with deoderant.
I was tired of always coming down with a bug a week or so after flying, and a poster somewhere here on the board said that cleaning the seats and surfaces is one of the many things that airlines are cheaping out on. Since doing the paranoid Adrian Monk wipedown thing when I fly, I haven’t gotten sick. I know, that’s not any kind of proof that it worked, but as long as I have the wipes along for hand and face cleaning, the plane’s surfaces that I touch are going to get cleaned, too.