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@rjs, that shows how slow I am posting 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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And no Swiss chicken is battery farmed.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Gämsbock wrote: |
| And no Swiss chicken is battery farmed. |
Yes, but that chicken is not necessarily Swiss. It says it's only packaged in Switz in the specification. Budget lines from Migros and Coop usually use foreign chicken.
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Dutch or Thai.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| davidof wrote: |
81km/h in a 50 zone but I was between 2 villages and hadn't realized the 50 zone continued between the villages. There was a sign but I didn't see it. No excuses, fair enough. It was quite a shock getting involved with the Swiss justice system though. |
Blimey didn't realise the penalties were that harsh. I take it the 81 is after they took off a few km/h as margin? Is the ban also applicable in FR or just CH? |
They didn't allow much, I will look out the docs. I thought it was an 80 or 90 limit but simply because I'd not paid attention to the sign. Entirely my fault.
Yes the fine was based on my tax return... most snowheads would be seeing a much bigger fine I expect. The ban applies to CH only but it basically means I won't be driving there for the next 3 years.
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@snoozeboy, thanks, I had wondered about that though not got around to looking. I don't buy the budget line but the normal Migros line states it is Swiss. The advantage of the shops being closed on Sundays is that you can often get it half price on Saturdays!
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Blimey when I think of all the bacon and sausages that have crossed the border at Vallorbe in the boot of my car ... allegedly ...
We actually got stopped once, just inside the border (after the little roundabout), late at night, by two customs bods in a Volvo. They were just starting to interrogate me about the contents of the boot when their radio squawked and they took off in a hurry. Saved by the bell.
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@Pamski, They thought of that but were going to be fined anyway. @snoozeboy, The turkey was pretty heavy, they thought it would be a good gift as the turkeys are so small here.
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I'm sorry for the customs charges etc but 1200chf for a turkey is possibly the funniest thing i've heard in the last few months!
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@davidof, I could easily be wrong but I think if you have access to a smart car restricted to 50kph you are allowed to drive one of those,
Or maybe a la francaise if you need to drive for professional reasons.
Don't quote me
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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There's quite a good app from the Swiss Customs authorities that is fairly straightforward to interpret: search for 'swiss customs and it's the free app called 'Travel & Goods' and has a grey icon with Swiss cross in the top left corner and 'Customs' in the bottom right corner. There is no reason to pay for any of the non-official apps. See 'Entering Switzerland' then 1.3 'I am carrying goods. The new rules have been in place almost 18 months, if I recall. We've been stopped roughly 2 out of 3 times when we crossed at Vallorbe over that time. We've also been stopped going into France as well, although obviously what they are applying are the rules for goods into the EU.
My reading of the rules, and talking to locals, is that the Swiss authorities are mainly trying to limit grocery shopping by Swiss in French border towns, and the importation of furniture. So if you're an apartment or chalet owner be particularly careful about bringing over furniture. We seem to have a much wider range of choice in the UK, especially for mid-range, solid wood, modern designs. It may be that I'm not plugged-in to the Swiss online furniture market, but they don't seem to have anywhere near the same range of online suppliers. Yes, there's Ikea, but our Swiss Ikea kitchen cost 30% more than exactly the same one (and same part numbers) in the UK.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@msej449, thanks for the heads up, I've just downloaded it. A quick look for my next trip and the only thing that might be an issue would be the ham we were intending to carry. Even then 1kg each and 19 chfs for any excess wouldn't be too big a deal.
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The tariffs are meant for those coming into Switzerland and staying here. They dont count for those passing though but I don't know the procedure for this.
I would love to know the approx weight of the turkey to get an idea of the scale of the fines though.
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You know it makes sense.
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@msej449, thanks very much - installed!
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