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Offline screamlead

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2013, 06:21:30 AM »
4.5 Kg cheshire cheese round - quite regular in the hand luggage.

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2013, 09:14:18 AM »
Two ikea glass wall lights 2x1 foot each.
Two shower mats and a pop up Christmas tree complete with lights.

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2013, 11:46:37 AM »
Well I thought it strange, but apparently the norm... tins of corned beef, oxos and sink plugs.

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2013, 11:49:23 AM »
A giant inflatable snakes and ladders game :D

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2013, 12:07:47 PM »
My "mushroom pan".. Its a huge metal pan which I bought for 25 p at The salvation army shop.. I cooked all the mushrooms for our hotel in it.. It followed us to our restaurant and cafes and then went with us back to Huddersfield.. It is now back home with us in England... 30 years later.. now that's a bargain.. It does stir fries everything. I would be lost without it... When I think about some of the stuff we did take to Turkey I wonder why? but some things just weren't available when we went...I took Tuna as well as Barrie didn't like the stuff there after finding olives in one of the cans...Maggi gravy mix was essential. Cant stand bisto and all that sort of stuff...

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2013, 13:13:49 PM »
I have taken a microwave in my suitcase (couldn't find a red one to match my kitchen anywhere in Fethiye   :) ), a nest of tables (flat packed of course!), a tv/dvd player that we bought for our bedroom at home, but it couldn't be fitted (long story   :) ), lamps, framed pictures for the walls - well, you name it, and I have probably brought it over to Turkey!  (not a blow up doll though Stoop!  :)

Only a steam cleaner to bring this time ........... so far!    :)

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2013, 13:31:44 PM »
A swingball, an electric pump to blow up airbeds, a badminton set, and I got stopped with a microwave at Dalaman. I was asked "electronic?" I just acted daft (which isnt hard) and the customs man just waved me on. He obviously thought I was too much hassle.

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #27 on: August 03, 2013, 15:50:22 PM »
An 18kg anchor.

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #28 on: August 03, 2013, 16:15:59 PM »
Pi55y has brought more unusual things out for The 3cs than you could possible mention on here....

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Re: Strangest Thing You Brought to Turkey in Your Suitcase?
« Reply #29 on: August 03, 2013, 16:27:23 PM »
When Thomas Cook got keen on weight I adapted a jacket I cut the in side of the pocket out and could get 11 tins of ham pushed round to the next pocket in the lining, I walked up to check in like Douglas Bader. After check in it went in my hand luggage, when I went through passport control at Manchester a couple of years ago, they pulled me over asked to open the bag. The girl looked at the tins, I asked if they were ok, she said not a problem but I would strongly advice next time you buy M and S tins of ham much nicer. I always do now, my mate did the same trick with 6 large tins of salmon, only to have them confiscated because they contain more than 100ml of fluid he was gutted.




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