 Poster: A snowHead
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I have this evening packed a Christmas tree in a ski bag, along with a fully cooked Christmas dinner in a cool bag with ice packs for our flight tomorrow. There’s a number of other strange items, but I won’t go into the details of how weird we are.
And yet with all this luggage weirdness, in March we are travelling to the Caribbean for 17days with only hand luggage and a small child.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I imagine you'll make the baggage scanner's day!
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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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Still weighing up whether we can get that steak fondue set in…
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Haggis (from Harrods) for a Burns Night in Courmayeur (Jan 1982).
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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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I took a Land Rover starter motor LHR-ULN once, but not skiing
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I always pack Bovril cubes.
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Took a heavy, home made, passarelle ( boarding thing for boat) on easyJet to Nice.
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| pam w wrote: |
| Took a heavy, home made, passarelle |
East coast boating we call them planks . 
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| welshflyer wrote: |
| Haggis (from Harrods) for a Burns Night in Courmayeur (Jan 1982). |
Could job you weren't travelling to the USA as illegal to import Haggis. Something to do with the lung content, I believe.
Back in the early nineties I packed a balaclava to Corfu. Needed it for my miners impression.
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You can buy baklava in Corfu.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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"Bear of the Big Blue House" toy, which danced and sang. The security officers at Chambery were so intrigued that they played with it for so long that the whole queue was held up, as they called their colleagues over to check it out. The kids were delighted, but we were a tad embarrassed at the delay we had caused.
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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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Nothing particularly weird but we always pack camping egg cups. Never any egg cups in the apartments we have rented.
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@halfhand, not weird. I always take egg cups to the EoSB.
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You know it makes sense.
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I have egg cups in my apartment 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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One of my mates regularly travels to the western isles for work. He quite often bring back live lobster in his hand luggage, and sometimes in the hold 
He’ll get them from the fisherman on the morning he leaves, pack them in a polystyrene box with some seaweed, some ice blocks and some towels soaked in seawater, then put said polystyrene box in his suitcase/cabin bag.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Mr. Moose comes on many of our trips. He's a stuffed animal that we bought in Whistler about 40 years ago to give to our newborn niece but we decided to keep him for ourselves! His once-brown hair is now laced with gray (UV exposure) but he still gets after it. Last year I took him to Targhee and set him on the kitchen windowsill so he "could see any relatives walking past my car" and laughed at my silliness. Not five minutes later two moose walked right by!
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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 I missed the Christmas tree in the OP! Easy winner there. Massive style points!
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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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| Poshprop wrote: |
| welshflyer wrote: |
| Haggis (from Harrods) for a Burns Night in Courmayeur (Jan 1982). |
Could job you weren't travelling to the USA as illegal to import Haggis. Something to do with the lung content, I believe.
Back in the early nineties I packed a balaclava to Corfu. Needed it for my miners impression. |
Can confirm this as true, had one confiscated at Logan Airport in Boston in 1992. Spent an awkward hour in a small room with US customs. I never did find out which bit of the haggis they had an issue with!
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Weirdly we have never owned a set of egg cups, just one shot glass I have from uni days. I have a system for that single egg cup as they are not a rare food in our house, it’s been working fine for 12 years. I imagine I’d come up with a system if I really wanted a boiled egg somewhere else probably just hold it with a tea towel & eat one at a time.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I decided that instead of steak fondue, if I really want a steak I will just fry one as long as it’s some overpriced high quality one from the mountain shop it will probably be less hassle anyway. Not quite as fun though but probably safer with a small child around 
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| Rh2205 wrote: |
| I imagine I’d come up with a system if I really wanted a boiled egg somewhere else probably just hold it with a tea towel & eat one at a time. |
Just cut out a single section of the box they come in and use as an egg cup. Simples. 
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@Old Fartbag, don't come on here with your common sense!
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Mini kettle.
Folks cleaning their underwear in hotel kettles is a thing I'm afraid to say.
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I’ve travelled on internal flights with a rifle a couple of times, which is all good if you let the airline know, but feels a bit dodgy
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| Ionizingskin wrote: |
Mini kettle.
Folks cleaning their underwear in hotel kettles is a thing I'm afraid to say. |
And that's me never travelling without a kettle again 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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So people boil their duds in the kettle. Next person boils the kettle and disposes of the water. Kettle sterilised. Get over yourselves
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| Ionizingskin wrote: |
Mini kettle.
Folks cleaning their underwear in hotel kettles is a thing I'm afraid to say. |
Wait, what? 
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You know it makes sense.
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I have worked in the hotel biz on and off for a few years and this is definitely a thing. But it’s by no means the worst thing…….
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Drew the short straw and had to carry a car battery as hand luggage between Kathmandu and Lukla.
Security just asked what it was, a battery I said, like for a radio they said, yes sure said I and then sat on the flight holding the battery steady between my feet
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@Owlette, “And that's me never travelling without a kettle again “
What? - so you can wash your undies?!
But Holidaylover’s right - kettle has self cleaning capability. Think what could have happened to other contents of your apartment…
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Sat 23-12-23 12:34; edited 1 time in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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As for eggcups - yes, use the holders they came in - saves on washing up (and you don’t have to worry about remembering to pack them for the return journey after last breakfast).
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Some 30+ years ago a friend was doing a season in Val D’Isere where we were due to go for Christmas. I asked him if he wanted anything brought out, he said a box of his favourite chocolate bars and jokingly some of your mums trifle. Much to his surprise a Tupperware container of said Sherry trifle ( which I must say was legendary to anyone who had ever had the good fortune to try it  ) arrived. He was most appreciative.
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I don’t boil my underwear at home so hardly going to start doing that in a kettle while away. The water out of the tap is usually hot enough for handwashing. We always have a travel kettle with us if travelling by car in case there is not one in a hotel we might stop at.
My OH flew into JFK many years ago with Mont d’Or cheese for our (then) daughter in law. I had wrapped and wrapped it in foil, cling wrap, you name it, but he was sure he could smell it in the overhead locker as the flight went on. It was fine and he got it in ok.
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Not for skiing but a saddle, several bridles, head collars and heavy winter horse rugs… to Egypt.
I had a whole 2nd suitcase of kit so there were a few jokes of “is the horse in the other bag” on the way through the airport
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Used to bring back a load of Kalakukko on travels back from Finland (fish baked in a loaf of rye bread). Also used to take a portable humidifier when kids were younger.
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Also used to take a portable humidifier when kids were younger.
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Are we back to kettle stories.
Allegedly kettle cooking is a thing in some of his majesty's institutions. Catch a pigeon or other animal and boil it in the kettle for a meal.
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