Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Flights, Airlines and Airports => Flights to Dalaman and Turkey, Airlines and Airports => Topic started by: Scunner on May 09, 2012, 16:24:13 PM
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I always seem to get pulled to one side to open a case or item of hand baggage and yesterday was no exception. I have no idea why they pick on me 8)
Him: "Open"
Me: "ok"
(case opened)
He searches it, and (I think) sees nothing much of interest then picks out an item...
Him "What is it?"
I thought he was trying to be smart, but actually he was rather thick. Below is "it" - see if you can work out what the item is - it is a difficult one I realise ;)
(http://www.calisvilla.co.uk/charger.jpg)
Me: "A charger"
Him: "Walkman?"
Me: "Battery Charger?"
Him: "Walkman?"
Me: "Walkman"
He asked for my passport and I was added to a clipboard list of people stopped trying to leave the country with obsolete technology.
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pmsl:D:D:D:D
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Funny!
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He didn't want you to play it then :D
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Good job too, I'd forgotten to pack all my C90's!
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I got added to the list for having a mosaic lamp last time!
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I don't think I'll ever beat the time I brought a full suitcase of music cd's back. Having a young girl lifting them out one at a time, in front of everyone, asking "p0rno? p0rno?" each time is something I doubt happens that often [:o]
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LOL last year they had our cases opened and in Mrs Raygans case was lo and behold some electric rollers now that was an explaination in itself ending with Mrs Raygans demonstrating what they were for...priceless.:D
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Originally posted by Scunner
I always seem to get pulled to one side to open a case or item of hand baggage and yesterday was no exception. I have no idea why they pick on me 8)
I wondered why the queue was going so slowly... bloody tourist with six pieces of hand luggage.
That would have been you holding everyone up at passport control as well I suppose - poor guy trying to work out why you'd been allowed entry in the first place!
JF
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Nonsense - they scan my passport, give me a wink and that's me through.
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Give you a what :-\
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we too are on the damn list....actually to be precise, Mr Pookie is on the list. He attracts them every flipping visit......last week it was for a large bunch of keys. Last year.......beggers belief really......We had bought, last minute, one of those lovely big jars of honey with nuts, and rather than put it in the suitcase, which we normally do, put it in the hand luggage (I Know, Stupid !). So we get to the search man and were told to remove it.....' Eat now !' he demanded ! Well we like the stuff but a whole jar in five minutes between the two of us ? So as we couldn't eat it, it was unceremoniously removed, we had our names logged in the naughty book and the jar was thrown in a rubbish bin two feet away from us. So we walked five steps, into duty free and had to purchase another one..... we could still see the original jar waving at us from the flipping rubbish bin !
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I like the name so I've changed the title to that :)
I just remembered, I am also in it for "being in possession of an offensive stone" - Our little Robyn found a lovely red stone on Koca Calis beach, about 3" across and almost perfectly heart shaped. We left it when we moved back and we were out without them one time and thought we'd bring it back with us as a surprise. Our case was full so I put it in my laptop case.
Straight through the entrance security, job done - only to have it taken and binned at the gate security (now gone, thank God). I have never felt so gutted at the loss of something of no financial value whatsoever.
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Last September we watched a couple being taken to one side whilst the lady's rather large toilet bag was taken apart. Every item was removed and put on the small table and she had to explain what everything was for. As the guy did not speak English she had to demonstrate putting deodorant under her arms, putting moisturiser on her face, etc., She looked a very nice middle aged lady who really should have put this big bag of toiletries in her suitcase, but she did not look like a terrorist threat.:(
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I daren't comment on that Jacqui ! ;) ;)
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My mother was put in for having stones in her bag last month it would appear you cant take Turkey home with you.
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My son is now wondering if he can bring over a skean dhuh in his suitcase for his wedding?
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Only if it has had it's injections
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Tell him to hide it down his sock Jacqui.
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Good advice from Highlander there Jacqui. Tell him to get a lighter out on the flight and try to set fire to his shoes too.
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Originally posted by Jacqui Harvey
My son is now wondering if he can bring over a skean dhuh in his suitcase for his wedding?
If in his suitcase there will be no problem. I think they are referring to hand luggage. I too am in the "naughty book" for carrying a luggage scale in my handbag.
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Jacqui, I had a similar experience to the lady you described. I had a pair of Braun gas tongs in their holder. I put them towards my head and the guy said "use this for sex?". I nearly passed out. He must have thought it was a v'rator! Made more than my hair curl, so it did![:X]
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I once managed to get into Dalaman with a tupperware box with 1.5kg of homegrown pickled chillies in my hand luggage.Which was fine until I noticed a trail behind me ,a stain ,smell and then passport and tickets covered in the pickling liquid ! I disposed of them in a bin bout was worried in case they though it was my c4 leaking !
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Jacqui, I had a similar experience to the lady you described. I had a pair of Braun gas tongs in their holder. I put them towards my head and the guy said "use this for sex?". I nearly passed out. He must have thought it was a v'rator! Made more than my hair curl, so it did![:X]
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Slightly off topic but a surly individual managed to smash a plate that the present Mrs H had received as a birthday present from the cleaning ladies at Letoon. The fellow is extremely lucky to still be with us.
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Just to let you know Stan that Brenda was extremely upset at the plate being broken. Much like the kids at Bozalan, the cleaning ladies at Letoon don't have very much and Brenda was vey touched and thought it a lovely gesture that they would buy her something.
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Sorry H, no offence meant, (My Mrs says I must learn to keep my mouth shut,I've removed post) :-\
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We were once asked to open our case as they thought my hairdryer was a gun !!
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Toky I just can not stop laughing at your post my son is asking me what are you laffing at and I just can't tell him:D
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I am on the naughty list. Not for the 8 cartons of cigarettes in my case, but for a zippo lighter (empty of fuel) hurriedly thrown into my suitcase at the last minute.
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I think you are all being a little harsh on the airport security staff, just you wait until they get a "whiff" of the underpants bombers news and start searching and checking out for them. my only search was when arriving at dalaman with a large picture wrapped up thinking he was in for a medal the security guy put it through a scanner in the hope of winning a plasma screen tv, my he was crest fallen when he saw the picture
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There were a couple of lads on our flight home on Friday and they are definitely on the 'Naughty' list. They had handcuffs in their bags and the security staff were not amused. Did they get told off or what!!!
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I outdid all my previous instances of being stopped at Dalaman security, having a bag searched then having my passport details put on the Naughty List - of which there are many.
I managed to get my details put in the book twice on Saturday evening, once at each of the security checks, both for the same bag, in both searches they found nothing, but even so, into the book I went. Twice in 30 metres.
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I had you in my naughty book after 30 seconds when I met you last week Keith. ;) :)
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Did they let you keep the batteries. . ? When we came back this time they stopped Paul and after a long scearch of his case, they pulled out his torch. Apparently it is illegal to fly with batteries. We've never had a problem before, but they wouldn't let him go unless he removed them and gave it to them. >:(
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Apparently it is illegal to fly with batteries.
What about the batteries in cameras, mobile phones, ipads etc. - not to mention pacemakers :).
"Pardon" - and hearing aids :)
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I had you in my naughty book after 30 seconds when I met you last week Keith. ;) :)
I can be very naughty Des, I just don't keep it in my hand baggage :D
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;D ;D ;D
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We had a gift of Turkish delight in our hand luggage. The security staff asked what it was? "Turkish Delight " was my husband's reply. He was asked to open the pack as they needed to "examine" the contents. "But it's a gift" my husband said as he was ignored by security who opened the package and passed it around to the officers to eat, said it was OK and then handed the half-eaten package back to him!!
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They're little tinkers ain't they ? ;)
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That is very rude of them indeed to do that re the Turkish delight I think...I am not in the naughty book (yet) but I did get practically screamed at by a horrid woman because I set the alarm off when going through the scanner and I dared to say pardon because I had not heard what you shouted to me, she practically screamed at me to "go back" of course it made sense that was what she had asked me to do but she was really awful... I flew with Pegasus this year and was kind of expecting the cabin crew to be a bit like some of the Dalaman staff (wrong of me to assume that I know) but actually they weren't they were all really friendly and nice and their safety demo is great it is all children in the ad so is entertaining but gets the message across and makes you want to watch it... sorry did not mean to go off topic....
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So, did she scream at you or just "practically scream" ? ;)
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Um practically scream ;)either way I was scared :(
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The only little Tinker I know is Andy, and he,s only 5 foot 2 in his high heels, love you realy Andy, :) :D
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Yay naughty book again on Friday, this time shish skewers, the ones with the fancy brass ends, what makes it worse is they weren't even mine, I put them in my bag because my make got carried away at the nut and spice stalls in the market, filled his bag to the limit and had no room left!