Just watched something interesting (YVR cross-border Maple Leaf Lounge.) A family was having an issue where two small children wouldn=B9t eat apple=B9s with the skin on. Mother was having a hard time peeling the skin with a plastic knife. She asked for, and promptly received what looked like (based on the way it sliced the apple skin) an extremely sharp paring knife. It=B9s also quite busy and I=B9m sure the lounge agent doesn=B9t have as part of her routine to account for the individual knives in the lounge kitchen. The family is flying on a United 757 to Denver I believe, and there is no security check-points left unless they are spot-checked at the gate. My solution would of been to offer them a banana, but that obviously never crossed any one=B9s mind. Matthew