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[Napoleon]

Am in NYC taking in the cold and a city packed with tourists at airing at the lights and it really hits home how much it sucks to celebrate the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

[Natbar]

Funny how the smallest things in life make us happy!!! I can always bring some for you johnw100 as I will be popping to the UK after leaving Lebanon and after popping to Italy to see family , we will only be arriving end of the year! So you wouldn't have them for Xmas but a few days wait wouldn't make a difference I suppose! Making your own?! Hmmm well give it a try!

 

[johnw100]

Thanks for the offer Natbar, thats very kind ,but i`ll give my homemade ones a go. Anyway, I`m sure you`ll need all the luggage space you can get.

 

[Natbar]

No problem at all! I know what it's like when you live away from home ! Really! If you want to, I can bring them!

 

[Silvie]

Why do we always have to go through this familiar kind of stress in the same place?

 

[pr1970]

Gringoboy`s story reminds me of the time I went back to the UK .We arrived at the border crossing, luggage full of new "toys",etc our shopping trip and the nice border control lady started sniffing around my teabags :-O. There was a shopping bag full of them , so not surprising really. When I explained they were teabags from England, her eyes lit up and she said Oh, I love English Tea. So I gave her few, and she wished us a nice day and we carried on.She didnt bother looking through the rest of our luggage.
Amazing what the chance of a decent cuppa can do to a person.

 

[Gringoboy]

Where was that pr1970?
It would also be interesting to know how many other countries X ray baggage on entry.
As I recall, there was one solitary customs man on entry at Heathrow, who looked like he'd have preferred to be doing something else.

 

[ghost]

Really missing Twiglets this Christmas. I`ve got my nut collection and cadburys chocolate. But its just not the same without Twiglets. I`m thinking of making my own with some Marmite and some of the saladix sticks I found in the supermarket last week. What do you think?

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I am sorry, but that Marmite stuff is on the No Fly List.

 

[pr1970]

Where was that pr1970?
It would also be interesting to know how many other countries X ray baggage on entry.
As I recall, there was one solitary customs man on entry at Heathrow, who looked like he'd have preferred to be doing something else.

On the Paraguay/Argentine border. They only xray baggage from buses , everything else is checked manually by about 4-5 aduana people. That incident with the tea was a few years ago, now theyre more strict unfortunately. Although it depends on who you are and where your coming from.

 

[pr1970]

I am sorry, but that Marmite stuff is on the No Fly List.

I had a couple of jars flown in for medicinal purposes.