how paranoid is Schiphol?

I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague?

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague?

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

Sorry: I don't have an answer to your question because I haven't been
through Schipol recently either.

Your supplementary question suggests that maybe you feel some
paranoia.

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PB
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Have a beer and meet somebody new. Throw your money away in the casino.
See art from the museums. Shop, shop, shop, etc.

John Bermont
http://www.enjoy-europe.com/


Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague?

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ==============
Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760
http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975
stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557

LOL I dunno the answer but I post anyway
Sorry by the way


"Padraig Breathnach" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague?

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

Sorry: I don't have an answer to your question because I haven't been
through Schipol recently either.

Your supplementary question suggests that maybe you feel some
paranoia.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED
My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/

hahahaha funny martin

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
On 20 Dec 2006 18:52:59 -0800, "John Bermont"
wrote:


Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague?

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?
Have a beer and meet somebody new.

Tack onto a bunch of drunken oil rig workers.

Throw your money away in the casino.
See art from the museums. Shop, shop, shop, etc.

"***without*** getting fleeced", John :-)
--

Martin

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague

I think you may have a bit of paranoia yourself if you worry about such
things. And I hate to break it to you, but all the EU airports are now
adopting the recent UK security restrictions, which is a pain in the
neck, but there you go. I noticed this markedly on flights in the last
few weeks from Barcelona. The lines are also longer too, unfortunately.
I don't know how your return leg will be affected, but you'll return
into the problem at Schipol again.

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

Reading a book or listening to music is free.

--
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://www.davidhorne.net/pictures.html http://soundjunction.org

Martin wrote:

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:56:10 +0000,
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate) wrote:

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague

I think you may have a bit of paranoia yourself if you worry about such
things. And I hate to break it to you, but all the EU airports are now
adopting the recent UK security restrictions, which is a pain in the
neck, but there you go. I noticed this markedly on flights in the last
few weeks from Barcelona. The lines are also longer too, unfortunately.
I don't know how your return leg will be affected, but you'll return
into the problem at Schipol again.

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

Reading a book or listening to music is free.

As is drinking with drunken oil workers :-)

If they're buying!

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

"Runge" wrote:

"Padraig Breathnach" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague?

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

Sorry: I don't have an answer to your question because I haven't been
through Schipol recently either.

Your supplementary question suggests that maybe you feel some
paranoia.

LOL I dunno the answer but I post anyway
Sorry by the way

You don't give an answer, but you post anyway. That's an artistic
piece of irony.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED
My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/

Padraig Breathnach wrote:

"Runge" wrote:

"Padraig Breathnach" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

I haven't been to Schiphol in years but will go through it on
my way to Istanbul shortly. Do they have any special paranoias
I ought to know about? - i.e. is it going to be like a typical
UK airport or more civilized, along the lines of Prague?

How do you spend a couple of hours there without getting fleeced?

Sorry: I don't have an answer to your question because I haven't been
through Schipol recently either.

Your supplementary question suggests that maybe you feel some
paranoia.

LOL I dunno the answer but I post anyway
Sorry by the way

You don't give an answer, but you post anyway. That's an artistic
piece of irony.

It's very easy to get Runge never to follow-up to your posts!

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Martin wrote:

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:56:23 +0000,
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

Padraig Breathnach wrote:
[]
You don't give an answer, but you post anyway. That's an artistic
piece of irony.

It's very easy to get Runge never to follow-up to your posts!

It's the first time I have seen him use "LOL" and "dunno", perhaps because I
normally only see his posts in Greg's & Magda's replies.

And there would be plenty of that there, I imagine!

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk