I’ve seen that flying out of the US, and I think this was also the case for alcohol specifically, but my personal experience flying back from Japan last year was that I could purchase and carry cigarettes and food/cookies out of the Duty Free and lug them onto the plane with me. I still had to show my boarding pass…

Overheard from Chris Simms:

(Greater) Cincinnati guy here. I am more excited for our AA/ECHL hockey team than any of our top-league teams. At least they have won a playoff game (and 2 championships) in the last 20 years.

Those crackers though...that's almost reason enough by themselves to go to a chili place. I don't know what they put in them that makes them different from regular oyster crackers (given their addictive nature, the fact that I usually want a nap after stuffing my gullet with…