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I work primarily with 480V. I've never had a false negative. That said, a "positive" is assumed to be correct, and a "negative" gets a meter check.

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I trust my meters too but the Fluke volt stick has been reliable for me, not so much other brands, goes for meters as well. I only keep Fluke instruments. The stick is handy for fault finding solenoid valves etc and also when the grinder suddenly stops working its a quick diagnosis whether its the grinder died or some bolt-neck that stole the power point!

Also I shouldn't really be walking around with the folder in my pocket cause I can easy end up in a place where you don't want to drop the soap... (you know cause I might be an axe wielding crazy or something)
But its so handy I persist. I once forgot to take it out of my pocket when I checked into a flight. Set the walk thru buzzer off, I had a handkerchief in the same pocket so I took it out wrapped in the snot rag and held both hands high while they rubbed me over with the hand held scanners and sent me through. Don't think I'd get lucky twice so I'm more careful these days.
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LOL! I can just imagine the TSA trying to decide the threat level of a folding mirror!

Remember, they have a spotless record, catching exactly ZERO terrorists.

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I recon if they found the folder they would've tazed me, dragged me into a back room and proceeded to beat the snot out me with a rubber hose.
Whilst I'm the first to admit a good beating every now and then helped to keep me on the straight and narrow (thanks dad), I really didn't want to miss the flight.
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Otto Nobedder wrote:LOL! I can just imagine the TSA trying to decide the threat level of a folding mirror!

Remember, they have a spotless record, catching exactly ZERO terrorists.

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Yep, they do a great job- my dad came from Puerto Rico I believe and landed in Florida and changed planes and then came back to Chicago all the while having a stainless steel spoon he forgot about in his back pocket. Security twice and no one found it
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They always manage to find the razor blade I keep in my wallet. These days I just hand it to them before the search starts (if I forget to remove it on the way to the airport).
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Artie F. Emm wrote:They always manage to find the razor blade I keep in my wallet. These days I just hand it to them before the search starts (if I forget to remove it on the way to the airport).
Yeah anywhere I go with metal detectors or big security I have to remember to take out my credit card knife in my wallet. I hope i don't forget sometime
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Since we've jacked this thread, here's a serious question.

Do ceramic knives have metal imbedded in them to trip a metal detector? Even the Chinese ones at Harbor Freight? Is it a metallic ceramic that will be detected, or could we walk right through?

Inquiring minds want to know...

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I'm also pretty sure I could make a very deadly knife out of obsidian or flint that no metal detector would alert to...

I hope we don't have terrorists reading this thread... :shock:

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Otto Nobedder wrote:I'm also pretty sure I could make a very deadly knife out of obsidian or flint that no metal detector would alert to...

I hope we don't have terrorists reading this thread... :shock:

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Naaah...just cranky old miners and welders who would jump at the chance to go one on one with a terrorist or 2
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I think with the density they will show up on the walk through X-ray machines.
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Poland308 wrote:I think with the density they will show up on the walk through X-ray machines.
Good point. Though carefully knapped obsidian might be capable of refracting x-rays, if one knew a shitload more about material science and optics than I do...

Perhaps a knife made of bone (preferably pig, for the muslim terrorists...) concealed along a pant seam so it's density was masked by the femur? A matching set, so both femurs show similar density?

The last time I was on a commercial flight, I could still smoke on the plane.

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If you are on united and you see a terrorist, just tell the hostess that they are sitting in your pre purchased seat and that facker will be strong armed and frog marched out of there, post haste.
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weldin mike 27 wrote:If you are on united and you see a terrorist, just tell the hostess that they are sitting in your pre purchased seat and that facker will be strong armed and frog marched out of there, post haste.
Or just bring Jeff with you he'll take care of the problem
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weldin mike 27 wrote:If you are on united and you see a terrorist, just tell the hostess that they are sitting in your pre purchased seat and that facker will be strong armed and frog marched out of there, post haste.
Or just bring Jeff with you he'll take care of the problem
That was some bullshit wasn't it? I am amazed you heard about it in OZ. I can say this...if I would have been there, I would have defended that poor guy. Would have been a nice pay day for me as well 8-)
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do we have to change, "don't need a gun i have a Donk" to
"don't need a gun we have a Jeff"?
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it was big news over here. even though we don't quite understand why it was happening
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weldin mike 27 wrote:it was big news over here. even though we don't quite understand why it was happening
United simply wanted 4 passengers to step off so they could get 4 of their employees on the flight. If I remember correctly, the planes first stop after take off was within 300 miles(don't remember what airport) so they could have rented their employees a car and they could have drove it. Might have taken a little longer and it would definitely have been less expensive. I heard that poor Dr. got a few million bucks for his trouble. No one should EVER be treated that way. I hope United goes the way of the dinosaur for that stunt.
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It was foul. I've seen people who attack cops treated better.
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Otto Nobedder wrote:Do ceramic knives have metal imbedded in them to trip a metal detector? Even the Chinese ones at Harbor Freight? Is it a metallic ceramic that will be detected, or could we walk right through?

Inquiring minds want to know...
I've wondered that too. I think the scanners in use these days give visuals of objects as well as the magnetometer thing, so if they see a knife shaped object they can investigate.
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Otto Nobedder wrote:Since we've jacked this thread, here's a serious question.

Do ceramic knives have metal imbedded in them to trip a metal detector? Even the Chinese ones at Harbor Freight? Is it a metallic ceramic that will be detected, or could we walk right through?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Steve S
I have ceramic kitchen knives and a very expensive metal detector and the machine does NOT react to them. I can only say that about the knives I have, not sure about all the others. Ceramic knives are awesome by the way. Scalpel sharp.
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The scanners will detect the shape but they are not that common yet. Been thru a fair amount of airports and the only one I seen was either in Dubai or London.
Been a while since I was in the US though so they might be more common there.

Always wanted to ask immigration about one question on the card for entering USA, "Have you participated in genocide" What's the limit for that? :mrgreen:

Also a question for Aussie immigration, "Do you have a criminal conviction?" Didn't know that was still a requirement to get in. :roll:
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AndersK wrote:
Always wanted to ask immigration about one question on the card for entering USA, "Have you participated in genocide"
The appropriate response, with a completely straight face, is, "Do genocidal condoms count?"

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Otto Nobedder wrote:
AndersK wrote:
Always wanted to ask immigration about one question on the card for entering USA, "Have you participated in genocide"
The appropriate response, with a completely straight face, is, "Do genocidal condoms count?"

Steve
I knew a fellow, who, while going through customs, was asked, "Do you have any pornography?"
He replied, tongue fully in cheek, "It's 2010! I don't even OWN a pornograph!"

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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