TSA rules have been a blow to snow-globe collectors.

[Liberal_in_LA]

Transportation Security Administration rules that restrict liquids and gels in carry-on bags have been a blow to snow-globe collectors. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:




But some people have found a way around the ban: drain the liquid.

"It turns out that the plastic ones have a little hole in the bottom," says Michael Muntner, who displays his 7,000-piece snow-globe collection in his Bethesda, Md., and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., homes. (And a storage facility, too.)

Mr. Muntner, 70, says he has used the technique more than 100 times in his 20 years of collecting. But be warned, the process is tricky.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703951704576091983165222882.html

[KamaAina]

1. Oh noes!!1! It's the Snow Globe Bomber!!!1!!1!!

Terra terra terra!!!11!!! :scared: :scared: :scared:

:sarcasm:

[GoneOffShore]

2. I feel so much safer now!

:sarcasm:

TSA = Thieves Standing Around

[davidinalameda]

3. why not put them in their checked baggage

or ship them home by mail or FedEx or whatever

[GoneOffShore]

4. Checked baggage is routinely rifled through and things go missing.

It's also tough on fragile items.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. exactly

[SoCalDem]

6. Most places will ship to your home..Just pay the shipping fee & no problemo

I have always thought that UPS/FedEx should set up airport kiosks at security, so the "would be-confiscated" items could be shipped to your home...for that matter baggage on the return home trip might be cheaper to ship than to pay the extra baggage fees:)