the third world - Heathrow airport

On 7 May, 17:54, "Jan" wrote:
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et viola, thats the problem with assumptions.......stick to the facts
in front of you

What's Viola got to do with this? :-)

Jan

thats french, that is

Chiken Koma wrote:
On 7 May, 17:54, "Jan" wrote:
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et viola, thats the problem with assumptions.......stick to the
facts in front of you

What's Viola got to do with this? :-)

Jan

thats french, that is


Did Arthur Bostrom ( Officer Crabtree ) teach you ?? :-)

Jan

On May 6, 5:21 pm, Chiken Koma wrote:
Tip for people with more than 1 piece of hand luggage travelling from
Heathrow.
You will be stopped from going to the departures lounge (where there
are no seats and you MUST shop) for 'security reasons'. But if you put
all items in a large plastic bag then you are not a 'security threat'
and will be allowed to pass........5 metres later you can re-arrange
as you like and no one gives-a-****.


Heathrow is not that bad. The security is understandably strict, and
the lines are long, but the facilities are good, and you can take the
Tube directly from the airport to central London. I certainly prefer
it to Schipol or Athens' airport, just to name a few.

Chiken Koma wrote:
On 7 May, 17:54, "Jan" wrote:
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et viola, thats the problem with assumptions.......stick to the facts
in front of you
What's Viola got to do with this? :-)

Jan

thats french, that is

s'not. Look it up!

In message .com
Chiken Koma wrote:

Yes there are seats but not very many, and its a busy place. Their
idea is to extract as much money from people by making the seating
limited, this pushes them towards the shops;

So stick it to "the man", stand, and don't buy anything.

That'll show 'em.

--
EARTH FIRST! We'll strip-mine the other planets later.

"Jan" wrote in message
...

Use a free water fountain

Ho ho ho...

This is Heathrow we're talking about.

No free water fountains, just machines that sell the stuff for £1:50 a half
litre...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

William Black wrote:
"Jan" wrote in message
...

Use a free water fountain

Ho ho ho...

This is Heathrow we're talking about.

No free water fountains, just machines that sell the stuff for £1:50
a half litre...


None by the public toilets?

Jan

On 7 May, 19:17, Iceman wrote:
On May 6, 5:21 pm, Chiken Koma wrote:

Tip for people with more than 1 piece of hand luggage travelling from
Heathrow.
You will be stopped from going to the departures lounge (where there
are no seats and you MUST shop) for 'security reasons'. But if you put
all items in a large plastic bag then you are not a 'security threat'
and will be allowed to pass........5 metres later you can re-arrange
as you like and no one gives-a-****.

Heathrow is not that bad.

....and Hitler was misunderstood

Chiken Koma wrote:

On May 7, 12:36 am, "Jan" wrote:

Chiken Koma wrote:

Tip for people with more than 1 piece of hand luggage travelling from
Heathrow.
You will be stopped from going to the departures lounge (where there
are no seats and you MUST shop) for 'security reasons'. But if you put
all items in a large plastic bag then you are not a 'security threat'
and will be allowed to pass........5 metres later you can re-arrange
as you like and no one gives-a-****.

AFAIAA You are still only allowed to take1 piece of hand luggage through
security when departing from all UK airports.
There were seats in the departure lounges last time I flew from Heathrow.

Jan


and what difference does it make to security ??


It gives them a place to sit down.

I still don't understand why you must shop, for security reasons.

On 7 May 2007 08:37:27 -0700 'Chiken Koma'
posted this onto rec.travel.air:

so it does not matter if you have 1 or 2 bags, which was my point.

IME at Heathrow if you have one bag inside another when you arrive
at security, they ask you to take it out before going through the
scanner. That might depend on what the 2nd bag is. If it's a bag of
medicines or whatever, they'll leave it inside but if it's an obvious
small 2nd carry-on bag (eg camera or gadget bag), seperate it out.

OTOH I don't know what happens if you have two very separate bags
in your hands.