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Skriven 2012-02-10 14:37:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Ärende: light thoughts 201
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 ML> - the United States, most lighters are allowed, with exceptions.
 GJ> What are the exceptions, and what is allowed?  (I usually carry a
 GJ> lighter in case I want to set fire to something.)

Apparently all lighters are allowed except these.

 TSA> Torch lighters create a thin, needle-like flame 
 TSA> that is hotter (reaching 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit) 
 TSA> and more intense than those from common lighters. 

In further news:

 TSA> Lifting the lighter ban is consistent with TSA's 
 TSA> risk-based approach to aviation security. First 
 TSA> and foremost, lighters no longer pose a significant 
 TSA> threat. 

!

 TSA> Freeing security officers up from fishing for 22,000 
 TSA> lighters every day (the current number surrendered 
 TSA> daily across the country) enables them to focus more 
 TSA> on finding explosives, using behavior recognition, 
 TSA> conducting random screening procedures and other 
 TSA> measures that increase complexity in the system, 

I suppose they use behavior recognition to choose the
subjects to conduct random screening on.

 TSA> deterring terrorists. 

... and tourists ...

 TSA> The U.S. is the only country in the world to ban
 TSA> lighters - all other nations, including Israel 
 TSA> and the U.K., do not.

Interesting, that's not what my research indicated.

 ML> prominent discrepancy being that Continental allows them and
 ML> United forbids them, though they are parts of the same company.
 GJ> That would be confusing for the now blended staff.

Due to contract issues, there has been minimal blending between
groups. I would expect that the more restrictive rule will
prevail, as it generally does in such situations. It will not
affect me, though.

 GJ> It so  happened that a 1982 documentary movie, "Cane toads, an
 GJ> unnatural history" was shown last week on the ABC.  It was interesting
 GJ> as to the off-hand way in which the deadly poison was viewed.  It
 GJ> showed small children with their pet cane toads, which loved to have
 GJ> their tummy tickled, and never poisoned their owners.

Deadliness, as with many other things, being relative.

 GJ> One interesting aspect of the toads that I didn't know was that a lot
 GJ> of dogs have come addicted to them.

I'd heard of human toad-licking. I suppose dogs are susceptible
to the same impulses. Peculiar that the dogs figured out to
get their jollies without damaging the drug supply.

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      Title: Fried Rice #1
 Categories: Chinese, Rice
   Servings:  6

      2    To 3 eggs, beaten
      1 c  To 2 c leftover meat; pork
           -roast, chicken, pork chops,
      1 lg Onion
      1 bn Green onions, chopped or
           -chopped chives
      1 c  Frozen peas
      1 c  Bean sprouts or shredded
           -lettuce
      4 c  To 6 c leftover, cold,
           -cooked rice
      2 tb To 3 tb peanut oil
      2 tb Mrs. Dash
      2 tb Soy sauce in 1/2 c. of water

  First beat a 2-3 eggs and fry until just firm in 1 T. oil and remove from
  the wok. Use peanut oil for the best results in your wok.  Cut eggs into
  tiny shreds. Take leftover pork roast, chicken, pork chops, etc. and cut it
  into bite size pieces.  Usually have 1-2 cups of meat pieces. Chop a medium
  onion into slivers.   Heat the wok and add remaining oil. Cook meat and
  slivered onion for about 1 minute; then add rice that has been brought to
  room temperature and separated with a kitchen fork. Continue to cook until
  rice is heated through stirring continuously. Add green onions, peas, bean
  sprouts, and Mrs. Dash.  Cook for another 1 2 minutes and pour over the
  water/soy mixture and stir through.  Add shredded eggs and serve. Amounts
  can vary and so can ingredients.

  Posted by Mike Hackmann  4/93

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