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EvenWorseOpinions posted:First time traveling international I brought chocolates back with me from Germany. At customs the questionnaire asked if I had any milk products, and to be on the safe side I answered 'yes', when we landed I got passed up through like four security desks while people are trying to figure out if chocolate is considered a milk product until the last guy who took one look at me and my chocolates and told me to just go. Filling out customs forms to the most accurate detail is a thing for people who want to waste time in an airport. I have fond* memories of my dad having me total up the value of the used books I purchased on a trip so he could write to the penny how much stuff we were bringing back. You'll be shocked to hear that my dad also drives to the speed limit exactly. *the opposite of fond
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Rent-A-Cop posted:That was apparently a fine and reasonable answer and we were waved through. Do not expect logic, reason, or consistency from the TSA. Doing so will only make you confused or angry, probably both. If you fail at this remember that the person you're talking to has a life that sucks so much they've resorted to being a TSA agent. They deserve your pity, not your anger.
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KodiakRS posted:Do not expect logic, reason, or consistency from the TSA. Doing so will only make you confused or angry, probably both. If you fail at this remember that the person you're talking to has a life that sucks so much they've resorted to being a TSA agent. They deserve your pity, not your anger. This was Customs. The TSA is a totally different agency with a different mandate.
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tangy yet delightful posted:Filling out customs forms to the most accurate detail is a thing for people who want to waste time in an airport. I have fond* memories of my dad having me total up the value of the used books I purchased on a trip so he could write to the penny how much stuff we were bringing back. You'll be shocked to hear that my dad also drives to the speed limit exactly. Relatedly, I have never been on a farm while overseas.
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KodiakRS posted:remember that the person you're talking to has a life that sucks so much they've resorted to being a TSA agent. They deserve your pity, not your anger. They willingly chose to be collaborators, so they deserve some anger with the pity.
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Not sure if you guys realized, those people who got squashed in the New Orleans hard-rock collapse, are still there, and still visible from the street apparently  https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2020/01/22/body-exposed-months-after-new-orleans-hotel-collapse/4547340002/ screen capped cause the pay wall
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tangy yet delightful posted:Filling out customs forms to the most accurate detail is a thing for people who want to waste time in an airport. I have fond* memories of my dad having me total up the value of the used books I purchased on a trip so he could write to the penny how much stuff we were bringing back. You'll be shocked to hear that my dad also drives to the speed limit exactly. I was leaving a country once that had a cap on the amount of cash you can carry out - not in the US, this was like $500. I had quite a bit more, not thousands but clearly over the limit. I wrote down $500 and usually they don't give a poo poo unless you write something crazy but this time he went at me. I don't think I looked nervous but maybe I did. "How much cash are you carrying? Is that exactly it? Are you sure? Should we check?". Thankfully I managed to keep the poker face and said something like "not at all, this is exactly how much I have so there's no reason to count it" and he let it go. A somewhat pants-making GBS threads moment. Going into the US, I think the form asks you to list any food you have. I declared the 3 packs of waffles I was bringing for my relatives because it's food, but the guy looked at me like I was the rear end in a top hat. tl;dr: these are the only officials I wouldn't gently caress with. I can argue technicalities with the local cops until they get bored but these guys can deny entry/boarding for no reason and completely screw up your plans mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Feb 5, 2020 |
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Yeah, I just didn't feel like getting screwed over if they decided milk in chocolate was a big deal, and I had an entire transatlantic flight to fill it out so oh well.
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mobby_6kl posted:Well then once you don't fill it out completely accurately and you'll get your day ruined by a particularly anal agent. I was technically correct 
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LifeSunDeath posted:Not sure if you guys realized, those people who got squashed in the New Orleans hard-rock collapse, are still there, and still visible from the street apparently It was mentioned up thread a ways. It sounds like there are no plans to put another tarp up or retrieve the bodies before they demolish what's left of the building sometime in March.
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LifeSunDeath posted:Not sure if you guys realized, those people who got squashed in the New Orleans hard-rock collapse, are still there, and still visible from the street apparently Right Click -> Open in New Private Window
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snugglz posted:one time I was striking an event in Las Vegas at about 3 in the morning. I had to drive a 40’ boom lift out one exit of the venue, onto a public road, and back into another exit, due to there being too much gear scattered around to safely just drive it across the venue. for some reason I didn’t have a spotter with me (definitely a mistake) but the streets around the venue were well-lit and deserted (in case you’ve never driven a boom lift before, the visibility from the basket is excellent and it’s basically impossible to run over stuff unless you’re doing something really technical or in close-quarters). around the first corner, hugging the parking lane, I was stopped by LVPD. the conversation went something like this: I had a white F150 with my company signs on the side and realized that I could park it anywhere if I had a shovel or some other tools laying in the bed. No parking at the beach? Restaurant parking lot full? Park on the grass between the sidewalk and the street. Even if there was no work to be seen in the area, I never got messed with.
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snugglz posted:one time I was striking an event in Las Vegas at about 3 in the morning. I had to drive a 40’ boom lift out one exit of the venue, onto a public road, and back into another exit, due to there being too much gear scattered around to safely just drive it across the venue. for some reason I didn’t have a spotter with me (definitely a mistake) but the streets around the venue were well-lit and deserted (in case you’ve never driven a boom lift before, the visibility from the basket is excellent and it’s basically impossible to run over stuff unless you’re doing something really technical or in close-quarters). around the first corner, hugging the parking lane, I was stopped by LVPD. the conversation went something like this: Apparently the real trick is to have somebody on the other end of the radio. Good to know.
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Lucid Nonsense posted:I had a white F150 with my company signs on the side and realized that I could park it anywhere if I had a shovel or some other tools laying in the bed. No parking at the beach? Restaurant parking lot full? Park on the grass between the sidewalk and the street. Even if there was no work to be seen in the area, I never got messed with.
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LifeSunDeath posted:Not sure if you guys realized, those people who got squashed in the New Orleans hard-rock collapse, are still there, and still visible from the street apparently oh apparently their bodies will just dangle there viable from the street until march when they plan to implode the thing cool cool cool
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Uthor posted:Relatedly, I have never been on a farm while overseas. I have, customs got me to open my luggage and made sure there wasn't any mud on my shoes.
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I had a customs agent take me aside for going to the Dominican Republic but not visiting any beaches. He was incredulous that I would go there for business and not visit a beach at all.
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ili posted:I have, customs got me to open my luggage and made sure there wasn't any mud on my shoes. The agent we talked to took my word that I’d scrubbed our boots down thoroughly (the truth), and told me he appreciated my honesty. The US customs agents who do customs at the Dublin airport always seem much more easy going than the agents here.
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:Me, mainlining 99mTc. I had to have cardiac imaging before a surgery. Oh does that one make you feel like you've wet yourself? I was injected with something before a scan while I was drugged to hell, with my gallbladder in the process of exploding. The technician said "something something warm feeling something" that I mostly didn't catch as the nausea and the morphine fought each other to a draw in my body. When she injected it from the big spiral thingy, I immediately thought "oh well if sitting here in a backless hospital robe in front of a pretty radiologist isn't embarrassing enough, I've just pissed myself as well". After the scan was done, I mumbled an apology like "I'm so sorry about the mess, I'm pretty out of it right now". She asked me what I meant. I gestured to the (perfectly dry) table I had been lying on and she said "oh yes that's what I said, a lot of people get a warm feeling like they've wet themselves when we inject this stuff".
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Memento posted:Oh does that one make you feel like you've wet yourself? Nah that's iodine contrast, I got that for a CT once and holy poo poo.
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I love that my buddy who lives in Japan comes back every year with a giant suitcase full of stuff to give us and then fills it will stuff to bring back and they don't question him at all going either to Japan or Canada. But if you went to the states and were bringing back a hoodie you bought at the gap because you under estimated how warm it was going to be you'll get grilled for hours.
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Lucid Nonsense posted:I had a white F150 with my company signs on the side and realized that I could park it anywhere if I had a shovel or some other tools laying in the bed. No parking at the beach? Restaurant parking lot full? Park on the grass between the sidewalk and the street. Even if there was no work to be seen in the area, I never got messed with. https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/09/what_is_telstar.html  White vehicle + fake company logo = no more parking tickets. FuturePastNow fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Feb 6, 2020 |
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Apparently the real trick is to have somebody on the other end of the radio. Good to know. “the con takes at least two, preferably three” (or just a lovely paycheck and long hours) FuturePastNow posted:https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/09/what_is_telstar.html I don’t know where you live, but I assure you this doesn’t work for me  — perhaps I should print some local DPW logos?
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There isn't a video (although an oncoming car saw it happen) but in some final destination poo poo, a tree just randomly fell on a passing car near here. There were rather strong winds today but nothing crazy so it's just extremely bad luck. Install roll cages, kids. 
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anonumos posted:I'm theory yes, but do you have a plan of how to ambush one of these trucks, fight 10-20 heavily armed guards, somehow haul away a shipping container-sized block of hardened foam to your secret lair, chisel out the fissile material, strap it to a big enough boom-boom and transport THAT to your nearest soft target without the boom-boom or zap-zap killing you first... Simply use a subterrene  "A real-world, mobile subterrene must work thermally, using very high temperature and immense pressure to melt and push through rock. The front of the machine is equipped with a stationary drill tip which is kept at 1,300–1,700 °F (700–930 °C). The molten rock is pushed around the edges as the vehicle is forced forward, and cools to a glass-like lining of the tunnel." Ambush the convoy with a sinkhole and escape to your cavernous lair or other underground staging zone.
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PhazonLink posted:what about the ultimate stink bomb, like that chemical that 1 drop of made a whole town vomit for days or something. Hypothetically... is such a material possible?
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Lucid Nonsense posted:I had a white F150 with my company signs on the side and realized that I could park it anywhere if I had a shovel or some other tools laying in the bed. No parking at the beach? Restaurant parking lot full? Park on the grass between the sidewalk and the street. Even if there was no work to be seen in the area, I never got messed with. That wouldn't work in DC. While I was walking into work one day I saw a parking enforcement officer giving a ticket to a trash truck that was actively picking up trash in an alley that was marked no parking.
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SniperWoreConverse posted:Hypothetically... is such a material possible? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thioacetone Made the first time by accident. Must've been fun.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:do not install a roll cage unless you plan to wear a five point belt and a helmet every time you drive Don't forget about HANS
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ili posted:I have, customs got me to open my luggage and made sure there wasn't any mud on my shoes. Yep, Australian customs really cares about that one. Have had my shoes checked multiple times now. After the third time I started to remember to put all the stuff customs might want to check at the top of my bag, so I didn't need to spend 10 minutes un-packing re-packing everything! Edit: GotLag posted:Who's gonna shave me? Communal shaving is large part of Australian culture
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7naKmaHii8 Aren't ramps a thing?
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Iron Chef Ramen posted:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thioacetone Bat-Man will finally pay ahahahaja Although it says it's gotta be cracked at a couple hundred degrees and then isolated only in extremely low temps??
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If your boots are comfy enough just wear them on the plane, then you can easily show that you've scrubbed them clean without needing to open your bags at all.
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Gajarga posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7naKmaHii8 Pretty sure that trailer turns into a ramp for just this kinda thing.
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Gajarga posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7naKmaHii8 watching this going "how's he gonna center himself on the trailer? and how's he gonna lock it down afterwards" all mysteries were solved.
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