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Old Feb 7th 2005, 9:32 am
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if and when I leave Holland, am I allowed to take a computer along with me? Or will UAE customs require that the harddisk is checked first?

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Old Feb 7th 2005, 9:38 am
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Originally Posted by Frans Wind
Hi everyone,

I was wondering if and when I leave Holland, am I allowed to take a computer along with me? Or will UAE customs require that the harddisk is checked first?

Frans
There is a risk of them checking,
But fear not, you can buy almost all types of DVD's here
Alot of them from your home country as well
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Old Feb 7th 2005, 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by Frans Wind
Hi everyone,

I was wondering if and when I leave Holland, am I allowed to take a computer along with me? Or will UAE customs require that the harddisk is checked first?

Frans

Hi Frans,

I came in with a laptop, they just opened it and checked the c drive for 2 minutes!
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There is a risk of them checking,
But fear not, you can buy almost all types of DVD's here
Alot of them from your home country as well
Don't even walk down that road Jammy, the funniest XXX movie I ever saw was the one in that was recorded in what we call "Oxford English" here in Holland. The UK government actually complained about it as they saw it as an insult. The tears rolled down my cheeks laughing !!!

Serious, what concerns me is the 25 years of files stored on my harddisk, and yes, the backups as well. Otherwise known as the Exports Managers "Little Black Book With Connections".

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Originally Posted by Frans Wind
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I was wondering if and when I leave Holland, am I allowed to take a computer along with me? Or will UAE customs require that the harddisk is checked first?

Frans
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I just used to remove the Hard drives, take them thru as hand baggage and leave the PC in a suitcase, never been stopped or checked.

They did remove my Corkscrew from my baggage when i flew last week!!
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Don't even walk down that road Jammy, the funniest XXX movie I ever saw was the one in that was recorded in what we call "Oxford English" here in Holland. The UK government actually complained about it as they saw it as an insult. The tears rolled down my cheeks laughing !!!

Serious, what concerns me is the 25 years of files stored on my harddisk, and yes, the backups as well. Otherwise known as the Exports Managers "Little Black Book With Connections".

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And if your into that kind of thing? Download World TV, switch to any Dutch Channel after midnight, you'll get it for free.

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Originally Posted by Frans Wind
And if your into that kind of thing? Download World TV, switch to any Dutch Channel after midnight, you'll get it for free.

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Or pop over the wrong side of town and spend a quid on some entertaining "educational" material on DVD
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Or pop over the wrong side of town and spend a quid on some entertaining "educational" material on DVD
or at least thats what my friends cousin told him..
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Or pop over the wrong side of town and spend a quid on some entertaining "educational" material on DVD
Neah....
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