[Paddlewise] Stoves and knives

In a message dated 03/03/2000 4:44:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Outfit3029_at_aol.com writes:

<<  I know an individual that was flying to Europe for a cycling trip.  They 
 purchased a new MSR Whisperlite stove for the occasion.  The airlines ticket 
 clerk would not allow the stove aboard the plane, as I mentioned, it was 
 brand new.  My guess would be that the clerk got a new stove out of the deal.
  
Can't they invent a "blower" machine that will get rid of any possible 
residual fuel?  What's the point of buying an all-fuel stove if you can't get 
it out of the country in the first place?  Also, what about traveling to 
different countries during the same trip?  Disposable stoves???  

Apart from the expense, that would mean that you would have to find and buy a 
new stove every time and every place you go to.  This is the United States 
for chrissakes!  Can't they solve this problem?

When I took my little Peak 1 (?) screw-on stove to Oregon (checked-in 
luggage), I had a hard time finding the little propane/butane canisters.  The 
KOA only sold the Coleman propane canister.  No tea, no soup, no nuttin'.  I 
then had to drive into Portland the next day to find some.  

I have since gotten the Trangia alcohol stove already mentioned and a folding 
wood-burning stove (boils one pint of water in 25 minutes??? :) from The 
Sportsman's Guide.   I reckoned that with the twigs and leaves I could at 
least warm up some ravioli.

Sandy Kramer who says a prayer every time her plane flies in over the 
Everglades. 

I work in the Media Relations Bureau of the Miami-Dade Police Department, and 
our office was heavily involved in handling all the media requests for 
information on the ValuJet crash.  As the Staff Writer, I then wrote the 
commendations and thank you letters.  Our office later was awarded a state 
prize for " handling media relations during a crisis."


HOW ABOUT SWISS ARMY KNIVES and the like in your carry-on luggage?  I have 
the teeny Classic, but the bigger Traveler is the one I really need to take 
(it has a corkscrew).

When I take camping gear I usually check it in, but for shorter trips I just 
have one carry-on.  Someone told me that he puts his knife in the basket as 
he goes through the "X-ray" machine.  Comments?

Sandy Kramer

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In a message dated 3/3/00 8:44:08 PM !!!First Boot!!!, cakayak_at_mindspring.com 
writes:

<< Federal Express and UPS have both been fined for accepting "Hazardous 
 Material" for air shipment that were not labeled properly and should have 
 been sent ground. >>

 I was an UPS driver and I have been chewed out by customers for not 
accepting air packages that were shipped in boxes that were marked as 
hazardous materials.  Even if the box is brand new but has been preprinted 
with a hazardous material label it is not allowed on aircraft.
 I know an individual that was flying to Europe for a cycling trip.  They 
purchased a new MSR Whisperlite stove for the occasion.  The airlines ticket 
clerk would not allow the stove aboard the plane, as I mentioned, it was 
brand new.  My guess would be that the clerk got a new stove out of the deal.
 Bruce McCutcheon
  WEO
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