"Nick Cooper" wrote in
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:00:25 GMT, "Morton Davis"
wrote:
"Shaun" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:32:14 GMT, " Bogart "
wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:25:04 GMT,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:06:08 GMT, " Bogart "
wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:12:56 +0000, Shaun
wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:06:55 GMT, " Bogart "
wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:50:49 -0000, "nick"
wrote:
"Some flights to the US could be grounded after the airline
pilots'
union
called on its members not to fly with armed sky marshals on
board."
"Airline pilots should not take off with marshals on board, the
British
Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) has said."
"Capt Granshaw defended pilots' right to take action and said:
"Our
advice
to pilots is that until adequate written and agreed assurances
are
received,
flight crew should not operate flights where sky marshals are
carried."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3357309.stm
Maybe you 'fraidy cats would like us to loan you some properly
trained
US Sky Marshals? 
Are they as cowardly as the US passengers who were too scared to
deal
with four arabs armed with carpet knifes
What 4 Arabs armed with Carpet knives? 
The ones on three out of four planes that took off one September
mornign a couple of years back
You mean the guys carrying BOX CUTTERS? 
No, I meant guys carrying Stanley Knifes, but I didn't want to
advertise the number one carpet cutting tool in the UK
Stanley knives? Made by Stanley Tools, of the USA? I think you'll find
the
box cutters used on 9-11 to be about 1/1o the overall size. A box cutter
is
about 5" long, by 1" wide, by 1/8" thick. Closed, it looks like a big
stick
of chewing gum, but it holds a single-edged razorblade that is used as
the
cutting blade. Box cutters are the weapon of choice for some teen gang
members. They're a nasty slashing weapon that can create nasty, gaping
wounds that are all the way to the bone.
"Stanley Knife" is pretty much a generic term in the UK for any heavy-
or medium-duty retractable (although some aren't) utility or craft
knife. It's one of those cases where the brand name that came to
prominence first becomes the generic, even when it's not appropriate.
E.g. Walkman, Frisbee, Hoover, etc.
"Box cutter" was a term unknown in the UK pre-11 Sept., and certainly
from the specific decription on Wikipedia, we don't have anything that
matches it exactly, certainly not in respect of using a single-edged
razor blade. In fact, that type of razor blade isn't even
particularly common here, either, since the double-edged type is more
prevalent. You will note that Wikipedia does say that a "Stanley
Knife" is the nearest equivalent in British English usage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-cutter_knife
The single-edged razor blade is produced mainly for use in box cutters,
certain scrapers used in removing decals and paint-over on glass.
This is a box cutter:
http://store6.yimg.com/I/olfablades_1750_89859 It
costs $2.00 and will open you up real good.
Box cutter replacement blade:
http://www.officedepot.com/pictures/...9611_sk_md.jpg Many newer box
cutters and utility knives use long, single-edged blades that can be snapped
off when the point gets dull or broken.
http://i22.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/a8/f3/7d_1.JPG
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/...e_Blade_Shop_T
ool_Accessories.jpg This is a USA Stanley knife blade. This is a Stanley
Utility Knife:
http://www.officedepot.com/pictures/...0467_sk_md.jpg
It's quite a bit bigger, uses a different blade, but will also open you up
real good. Box cutters and Stanley knifes are used as slashing weapons. I
used to use Stanley utility knives to score aluminum coil sheeting so it
could be snapped apart to make facial coverings when I ran a sheet metal
brake.
-*MORT*-