Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

zagubov

silvercar wrote: »

OH just got back from USA. He flew via Dublin. He reckons he didn''t have to go through customs at all on his return. At Dublin he remained airside because he had a connecting flight and at Heathrow he was in the internal flight area because he arrived from Ireland. Can this be right?

(going out he cleared USA customs at Dublin airport, surprisingly.)

I always assumed the US had a deal with the big Irish airports like they have with Canadian ones so you go through US customs and immigration outside the US and then your flight is treated as a domestic one when you arrive stateside.

The US, it's fair to say, is very fond of Ireland. IIRC, Obama, like many successful presidential candidates, was filmed drinking Guinness in an Irish pub he has ancestral connections with.

lemonjelly

silvercar wrote: »

Scrabble

Chess

monopoly

backgammon

risk?

Risk is possibly the best board game. Ever!

sss555s

silvercar wrote: »

OH just got back from USA. He flew via Dublin. He reckons he didn''t have to go through customs at all on his return. At Dublin he remained airside because he had a connecting flight and at Heathrow he was in the internal flight area because he arrived from Ireland. Can this be right?

(going out he cleared USA customs at Dublin airport, surprisingly.)

I wouldn't have thought of Dublin as internal. Belfast, yes.

I often find I'm not checked on arrivals in the UK.

Not sure if it's enough to be checked just when boarding or not.

zagubov

sss555s wrote: »

I wouldn't have thought of Dublin as internal. Belfast, yes.

I often find I'm not checked on arrivals in the UK.

Not sure if it's enough to be checked just when boarding or not.

If we're in the EU Customs union and the Common Travel Area, wouldn't Dublin-UK be regarded as internal flights? I thought only Ryanair demanded passports for this.

silvercar

zagubov wrote: »

I always assumed the US had a deal with the big Irish airports like they have with Canadian ones so you go through US customs and immigration outside the US and then your flight is treated as a domestic one when you arrive stateside.

The US, it's fair to say, is very fond of Ireland. IIRC, Obama, like many successful presidential candidates, was filmed drinking Guinness in an Irish pub he has ancestral connections with.

sss555s wrote: »

I wouldn't have thought of Dublin as internal. Belfast, yes.

I often find I'm not checked on arrivals in the UK.

Not sure if it's enough to be checked just when boarding or not.

zagubov wrote: »

If we're in the EU Customs union and the Common Travel Area, wouldn't Dublin-UK be regarded as internal flights? I thought only Ryanair demanded passports for this.

So flying USA ->- Dublin->- Heathrow, when do you go through UK customs?

GDB2222

Wheezy wrote: »

That's all very good, but we usually discuss mushrooms, dogs and cats, curtains, second hand cars, short nighties and bedroom activities with electronic fly swatters on here.

Damn and blast! I've missed the short nighties.

Wheezy_2

GDB2222 wrote: »

Damn and blast! I've missed the short nighties.

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sss555s

zagubov wrote: »

If we're in the EU Customs union and the Common Travel Area, wouldn't Dublin-UK be regarded as internal flights? I thought only Ryanair demanded passports for this.

I'm not knowlegable on this as I haven't been to Dublin. Just seems funny, well untill you look at the picture of the border in your link

silvercar wrote: »

So flying USA ->- Dublin->- Heathrow, when do you go through UK customs?

In USA it appears

I think it depends from where you've come from but you are usually checked more throughly when boarding than disembarking.

Unless you visit Gambia where they want to check everything, ain't that right Wheezy?

StevieJ

Every now and again you read a health story that cheers the soul, remember drinking alcohol is good for you (OK! in moderation ).
Here is another

Fitness fanatics should do “just one or a few” marathons or full-distance triathlons, say the cardiologists, because over-exerting the heart for years can lead to long-term damage.

Dr James O’Keefe and Carl Lavie, from St Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, and the Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Baton Rouge, US, say the heart is only designed for “short bursts” of intense activity.

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/too-many-marathons-can-kill--warn-doctors-101925466.html

Just off to put my feet before a quick run to the pub later

Wheezy_2

sss555s wrote: »

Unless you visit Gambia where they want to check everything, ain't that right Wheezy?

I don't know...was too busy trying to figure out who snatched my suitcase from the belt and declining generous offers of half-price scratch cards that were free in previous day's Daily Mail.