Friday, December 28, 2007

Gender Bias?

First gels and liquids and now batteries.

From the AP today: WASHINGTON - To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday. Passengers can still check baggage with lithium batteries if they are installed in electronic devices, such as cameras, cell phones and laptop computers. If packed in plastic bags, batteries may be in carry-on baggage. The limit is two batteries per passenger.

Shampoo, hair product, mascara, lipstick and now batteries. Messed and stressed is the new travel vogue.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The battery bias is aimed at us geeks and technocrats. Lithium batteries tend to be used in techno gear. Most other battery operated "gear" tend to use alkaline. And you can carry as many alkaline batteries as... umm .. are needed.

Teri said...

I guess then I fall into two quadrants: Let's peek into my purse....Hmmm, cellphone (used to carry two), camera, iPod. Traveling: laptop or two, DVD/iPod player. And luckily I don't need to carry extras - iGO is the way to go!