I'm spending a few days in Argyl and Bute next week and plan on visiting Benmore Botanic garden. Problem is that rain is forecast for the whole time I'll be in the area and Benmore is a midge hole in hell in that climate. It looks like I'll be sweating cobs in waterproofs then!
Bought a nice looking container of Strawberries yesterday. I just had some for breakfast. As i lifted one to my mouth, i was anticipating the lovely sweet and juicy taste, and then.....nothing. No flavour! I hate when that happens!
At least the letter from JW avoids the time wasted by answering the door and asking if they are blind. We have a sign on the door for No Cold Callers, but they obviously don't think that applies to them.
Are airport security checks really random? I'm a grey haired lady well past middle age and I haven't even got metal fillings but, without fail, every single time outward and return journey I get stopped at the scanner. The only thing I can think it's is that once several years ago, I accidentally left a little bottle of hand gel in my luggage. Does the scanner machine know who you are? I don't see how🤔
One of my bug bears IS When your disabled and in a wheelchair going through security they always stop you. My wife who needs a wheelchair is always stopped and drug swiped and the wheelchair swiped. Every time I have to point out its clearly marked as an airport wheelchair which we are using so what's the point in swiping the damn thing , but they still insist on swiping the bl**dy chair. They then say to her can you stand for a pat down. The wife has now got quite Bolshy and tells them "no I cant why do you think I'm in this chair". She being of a very calm and passive nature normally.
The number of times I've had arguments at security due to this procedure for disabled passengers I've lost count. I waltz up to the scanner and straight through every time.
And then of course the next hurdle getting on and off the plane that's a story in itself. It really is an unpleasant procedure traveling by air when in a wheelchair.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Don't be daft @B3. You make a valid point. Airport security is really the pits sometimes. A necessary evil these days unfortunately.
I used to travel regularly between Jersey and Guernsey on what was then a shuttle service on the Aurigny Airlines Trislander and Islanders planes. They used to run every 15 minutes. No need to book just turn up at the wooden shed at the airport pay up wait 15 minutes and then away.
Now , bl**dy hell got to go through the main airport check in an hour before, go through security, get on a plane 3 times the size all for a 10 minute flight . Security gone mad.
C'est La Vie
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
There is absolutely no point getting bolshie and arguing with airport security staff. That simply slows the whole process down. Grit your teeth and get it over with as quickly as possible.
Some years ago friends were travelling with their mother who also needed a wheelchair to get round the airport. Come frisk time, she apparently said very politely "I wouldn't go down there dear, it might be rather damp'. "There" being around her hips when she was still sitting in the wheelchair. The patdown apparently stopped very quickly.
To clarify, there was no risk of dampness, she simply had a wicked sense of humour.
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That's 'cos the school hols are starting @Uff
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
One of my bug bears IS When your disabled and in a wheelchair going through security they always stop you. My wife who needs a wheelchair is always stopped and drug swiped and the wheelchair swiped. Every time I have to point out its clearly marked as an airport wheelchair which we are using so what's the point in swiping the damn thing , but they still insist on swiping the bl**dy chair. They then say to her can you stand for a pat down. The wife has now got quite Bolshy and tells them "no I cant why do you think I'm in this chair". She being of a very calm and passive nature normally.
The number of times I've had arguments at security due to this procedure for disabled passengers I've lost count. I waltz up to the scanner and straight through every time.
And then of course the next hurdle getting on and off the plane that's a story in itself. It really is an unpleasant procedure traveling by air when in a wheelchair.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
Don't be daft @B3. You make a valid point. Airport security is really the pits sometimes. A necessary evil these days unfortunately.
I used to travel regularly between Jersey and Guernsey on what was then a shuttle service on the Aurigny Airlines Trislander and Islanders planes. They used to run every 15 minutes. No need to book just turn up at the wooden shed at the airport pay up wait 15 minutes and then away.
Now , bl**dy hell got to go through the main airport check in an hour before, go through security, get on a plane 3 times the size all for a 10 minute flight . Security gone mad.
C'est La Vie
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'