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Title: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on August 03, 2010, 10:14:08 AM
All ready for this evening like...  noooo:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 03, 2010, 10:20:15 AM
You can't blame security for you looking like a shifty bugger (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smileyshut.com%2Fsmileys%2Fnew%2FLaughing%2Flol-047.gif&hash=8418fd6716960cfcabb55dfc91735360a19843db)
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on August 03, 2010, 10:20:55 AM
 evil:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: GROWLER on August 03, 2010, 10:23:26 AM
You taking a prezzie home for 'Me Mi'?  cloud9:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on August 03, 2010, 10:28:21 AM
You taking a prezzie home for 'Me Mi'?  cloud9:

Loads of good stuff for her....  cloud9:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Darwins Selection on August 03, 2010, 10:56:15 AM
"Is all this HP sauce and Vaseline for your own use sir?"
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Snoopy on August 03, 2010, 01:01:17 PM
I am returned from Manchester airport ~ worra dump......  evil:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on August 03, 2010, 01:11:52 PM
 
I am returned from Manchester airport ~ worra dump......  evil:


 happy100  It hasn't improved then?
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Snoopy on August 03, 2010, 01:13:11 PM
They have "Improved" it.  noooo:

Can't find a bloody thing anymore.
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Nick on August 03, 2010, 01:39:23 PM
I see the weather is improving  whistle:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Miss Demeanour on August 03, 2010, 02:46:28 PM
Oh yes....the outlook is much better  cloud9:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Just One More on August 03, 2010, 04:54:41 PM
Glorious sunshine here
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Nick on August 03, 2010, 04:56:27 PM
Scorchio
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: GROWLER on August 03, 2010, 04:58:52 PM
Duller than ditchwater 'ere. ::)

Isn't this the wrong thread for this werthless uninteresting tittle tattle? rubschin:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: The Moan Ranger on August 03, 2010, 05:00:36 PM
The sun is splitting the rocks in Surrey, gonna take a dip in my bruv's pool. With an ice-cold pint of Cobra  cloud9:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: tel on August 03, 2010, 05:02:48 PM
The sun is splitting the rocks in Surrey, gonna take a dip in my bruv's pool. With an ice-cold pint of Cobra  cloud9:

Don't forget to fill it first.
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: The Moan Ranger on August 03, 2010, 05:04:53 PM
The sun is splitting the rocks in Surrey, gonna take a dip in my bruv's pool. With an ice-cold pint of Cobra  cloud9:

Don't forget to fill it first.

What? The pool?  Shrugs:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on August 03, 2010, 10:04:02 PM
Why oh why do you pay ~£300 to be treated like freaking cattle at Heathrow...? Shrugs:

You are greeted at 'Departures' by an archetypical Muslim extremist with a beard and prolly concealed explosives who demands to know if you have 'Any liquids innit?'....

Then you are herded through the cattle run to the point of your humiliation where you practically have to strip naked...

Bastards!  cussing:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Miss Demeanour on November 02, 2010, 10:02:33 AM
For the next month, the government is also suspending the carriage of printer toner cartridges heavier than 500g in passengers' hand baggage on flights departing from UK airports, or their shipping as cargo unless they are handled by a company with government-approved security arrangements.

God knows what they are going to make our your Mini assembly kit both in the hand, hold and freight luggage  whistle:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Nick on November 02, 2010, 10:10:14 AM
We could avoid all this shite by learning from the terrorists and just posting ourselves to places  whistle:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Uncle Mort on November 02, 2010, 10:12:28 AM
the government is also suspending the carriage of printer toner cartridges heavier than 500g in passengers' hand baggage

I actually laughed out loud when I heard that on the news this morning.

I also read this morning that the US security test airports by sending through dummy bombs and components. 75% got past.  eeek:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on November 02, 2010, 10:17:02 AM
Leg Iron (http://underdogsbiteupwards.blogspot.com/) summed up the toner cartridge farce quite well I thought...  lol:

Quote from: Leg-Iron
If you were getting on a flight with a laser-printer toner cartridge, the security people will definitely want to look at it because only a total dolt would want to lug that around departures for hours. Why would anyone have one? They are not much use without a laser printer and if you think a leaky pen in your shirt pocket is a disaster, wait till you experience a toner leak in your carry-on bag. Does this spell the end for the hand-delivered toner cartridge business? No. Because there isn't one. Printer cartridges travel by air freight, not as passengers.

I would doubt that anyone has ever had a 500g toner cartridge in their carry-on luggage for any flight anywhere. If they did, I would bet that security would show quite a bit of interest in such an unusual item.

This is it. This is the bottom of the barrel scraped clean through and all the underlying soil removed right down to the bedrock. This is the knee-jerk to end all knee-jerks.

They are now banning things that don't happen.

Seriously, I am worried about the implications - I was hoping to fly into the UK with a Mini body panel and a crankshaft... I will be flying back with a whole load of bits... it will end in tears I 'spec...  noooo:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Miss Demeanour on November 02, 2010, 10:21:55 AM
You could be our test case  rubschin:

I'm sure you'll have no problems at the Cypriot end ...Heathrow, however ,might be a whole different story ..

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Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Snoopy on November 02, 2010, 10:27:12 AM
 scared2:
I order toner cartridges on line ~ they come by courier from the Channel Islands ..... Should I be worried?

Concerned of North Wales
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Miss Demeanour on November 02, 2010, 10:27:24 AM
This man has been awfully quiet this week  whistle:

BA boss Martin Broughton calls for airport security checks to be scrapped
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1324136/BA-boss-Martin-Broughton-calls-airport-security-checks-scrapped.html#ixzz147TDzv6C (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1324136/BA-boss-Martin-Broughton-calls-airport-security-checks-scrapped.html#ixzz147TDzv6C)
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: beerhead on November 02, 2010, 10:28:22 AM
BM's car restoration method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtonEeSzxVw&feature=fvst (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtonEeSzxVw&feature=fvst)

If it's a Mini, better get a move on. By the time you get the last bits, the first lot will have rusted away
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on November 02, 2010, 10:31:33 AM
BM's car restoration method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtonEeSzxVw&feature=fvst (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtonEeSzxVw&feature=fvst)

If it's a Mini, better get a move on. By the time you get the last bits, the first lot will have rusted away


 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Nick on November 02, 2010, 10:33:35 AM
Leg Iron (http://underdogsbiteupwards.blogspot.com/) summed up the toner cartridge farce quite well I thought...  lol:

Quote from: Leg-Iron
If you were getting on a flight with a laser-printer toner cartridge, the security people will definitely want to look at it because only a total dolt would want to lug that around departures for hours. Why would anyone have one? They are not much use without a laser printer and if you think a leaky pen in your shirt pocket is a disaster, wait till you experience a toner leak in your carry-on bag. Does this spell the end for the hand-delivered toner cartridge business? No. Because there isn't one. Printer cartridges travel by air freight, not as passengers.

I would doubt that anyone has ever had a 500g toner cartridge in their carry-on luggage for any flight anywhere. If they did, I would bet that security would show quite a bit of interest in such an unusual item.

This is it. This is the bottom of the barrel scraped clean through and all the underlying soil removed right down to the bedrock. This is the knee-jerk to end all knee-jerks.

They are now banning things that don't happen.

Seriously, I am worried about the implications - I was hoping to fly into the UK with a Mini body panel and a crankshaft... I will be flying back with a whole load of bits... it will end in tears I 'spec...  noooo:

Um, why are you bringing Mini parts to England, like?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on November 02, 2010, 10:33:49 AM
This man has been awfully quiet this week  whistle:

BA boss Martin Broughton calls for airport security checks to be scrapped
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1324136/BA-boss-Martin-Broughton-calls-airport-security-checks-scrapped.html#ixzz147TDzv6C (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1324136/BA-boss-Martin-Broughton-calls-airport-security-checks-scrapped.html#ixzz147TDzv6C)

He has no need to be...

He is right IMHO... imagine the thousands and thousands of people at airports these past weeks taking off their shoes, having their trousers fall down cos they have to remove their belts, taking their laptops out of their cases... And the bloody terrorists just popped the bombs in the post!  ::)

Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Barman on November 02, 2010, 10:34:40 AM
Leg Iron (http://underdogsbiteupwards.blogspot.com/) summed up the toner cartridge farce quite well I thought...  lol:

Quote from: Leg-Iron
If you were getting on a flight with a laser-printer toner cartridge, the security people will definitely want to look at it because only a total dolt would want to lug that around departures for hours. Why would anyone have one? They are not much use without a laser printer and if you think a leaky pen in your shirt pocket is a disaster, wait till you experience a toner leak in your carry-on bag. Does this spell the end for the hand-delivered toner cartridge business? No. Because there isn't one. Printer cartridges travel by air freight, not as passengers.

I would doubt that anyone has ever had a 500g toner cartridge in their carry-on luggage for any flight anywhere. If they did, I would bet that security would show quite a bit of interest in such an unusual item.

This is it. This is the bottom of the barrel scraped clean through and all the underlying soil removed right down to the bedrock. This is the knee-jerk to end all knee-jerks.

They are now banning things that don't happen.

Seriously, I am worried about the implications - I was hoping to fly into the UK with a Mini body panel and a crankshaft... I will be flying back with a whole load of bits... it will end in tears I 'spec...  noooo:

Um, why are you bringing Mini parts to England, like?  rubschin:

1) Ordered the wrong bit - taking it back for a credit
2) Crankshaft is FUBAR - exchanging it for a new unit
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Pirate on November 02, 2010, 06:20:57 PM
scared2:
I order toner cartridges on line ~ they come by courier from the Channel Islands ..... Should I be worried?

Concerned of North Wales

Where d'ya get em from Snoopy...Are they cheaper. I have been using Cartridge World, but the quality of the print sucks...
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Pastis on November 02, 2010, 06:43:04 PM
I used to use MX2 in Guernsey but they went through a bit of a wobble and besides they no longer do generics for my printer.

Placed an order with Britannia Inks on the 25th Oct. and they've only just sent it out yesterday  ::)   I need to print a load of stuff out before I go on Thursday... the cartridges better bloody arrive  evil:
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Miss Demeanour on November 02, 2010, 06:54:38 PM
If you are stuck give us a bell
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Pastis on November 02, 2010, 07:07:23 PM
Ta!    8)
Title: Re: Airport Security Rant #3,487
Post by: Snoopy on November 03, 2010, 10:00:07 AM

scared2:
I order toner cartridges on line ~ they come by courier from the Channel Islands ..... Should I be worried?

Concerned of North Wales

Where d'ya get em from Snoopy...Are they cheaper. I have been using Cartridge World, but the quality of the print sucks...

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