Never mind coming in to the UK.
I always get a grilling from Customs when I'm trying to leave the UK
to go to France.
They are always incredibly rude and aggressive, asking the most
personal of questions, but they never search in my bags but always
hold me back for at least 20 minutes. Meanwhile
Well Friends I've been to some really interesting places during our
conferences, I made airport connections everywhere since getting
tickets from frequent flyer reward program has a rule that you will
connect at least your age divided divided by three.
And mind you that I an a mid age Brazilian
I'm SO NOT looking forward to traveling internationally, something I haven't
done since 2000.
I really really hate flying today. Guilty until proven innocent. If I have
to go to LA, I'll rent a car and DRIVE.
-
Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://barncard.com
2009/6/7
If you'll drive a car from San Francisco to Edinburgh,
I'll swim there from Bulgaria!
Let's meet on the beach by the bridge:
http://www.edinburgh-scotland.net/galleryEHQueensferry.htm
stephen barncard wrote:
I'm SO NOT looking forward to traveling internationally, something I haven't
done
THAT is an awesome bridge. I've seen it on 'Modern Marvels' on the History
channel.
-
Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://barncard.com
2009/6/7 Richmond Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com
If you'll drive a car from San Francisco to Edinburgh,
I'll swim there from
Richmond-
Sunday, June 7, 2009, 10:22:44 AM, you wrote:
If you'll drive a car from San Francisco to Edinburgh,
I'll swim there from Bulgaria!
Is this more like what you were thinking of?
http://www.edinburgh-scotland.net/images/Leith%20Port%20Sign4.jpg
--
-Mark Wieder
I am thinking about borrowing the ferryboat that crosses the guanabara
bay here in Rio. I think a ferry service from Rio to Edinburgh would
be pretty popular
still need a captains license though...
(my old license don't allow me to go out of the bay area, but, hey,
catch me if you can!)
On
Exactly the reverse!
Mark Wieder wrote:
Richmond-
Sunday, June 7, 2009, 10:22:44 AM, you wrote:
If you'll drive a car from San Francisco to Edinburgh,
I'll swim there from Bulgaria!
Is this more like what you were thinking of?
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Andre Garzia an...@andregarzia.com wrote:
Another funny time in the U.S. was when I was trying to leave the
country and they made me strip, I will not enter in any detail and
will deny everything
I believe it was caught on video and distributed on youTube:
.
These are dangerous times in the UK, and the innocent are confounded with
the guilty and punished, every day. Don't be one of them!
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On a more practical note, try to have everything in a carry on bag.
Luggage handlers in some countries can cause far more grief
than Customs workers.
And to think the baggage handling problem all began when the primate cage
overfilling at a local zoo. How right American Tourister was with
Before I hop on the plane to the conference I am trying to find out
some information about British Customs and laptops.
There has been persistent rumours that customs officers can seize
laptops at random from entrants to Britain and hold them for
examination as long as they want.
Unfortunately
Before I hop on the plane to the conference I am trying to
find out some information about British Customs and laptops.
Isn't there a special 'haggis' test as well? :-)
Best regards,
Lynn Fredricks
President
Proactive International, LLC
- Because it is about who you know.(tm)
On Jun 5, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
Before I hop on the plane to the conference I am trying to
find out some information about British Customs and laptops.
Isn't there a special 'haggis' test as well? :-)
It's the looking up your kilt part that is a little awkward.
Richmond, as you probably know, british customs excise have all
sorts of powers that might not generally be considered consistent
with a modern, democratic civil society.
However, I travel a lot, and nearly always have my laptop with me,
and neither I nor anyone I know has had their
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Mark Smith li...@futilism.com wrote:
Richmond, as you probably know, british customs excise have all sorts of
powers that might not generally be considered consistent with a modern,
democratic civil society.
Don't know why you'd single out British Customs,
On Jun 6, 2009, at 4:57 AM, Kay C Lan wrote:
if it's true about what's (not) worn under the kilt you
could go for something similar, well maybe the polar opposite, that
they
become so disgusted that they don't want to go near you ;-)
Don't worry Richmond, they have special little
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Jim Sims s...@ezpzapps.com wrote:
Finding humor in it will extend their inspection of a thousand cuts. Try to
remain neutral, no laughter, crying, or running.
On a more practical note, try to have everything in a carry on bag. Luggage
handlers in some
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