Bill Thompson, REALTOR® : Glasgow, London, Terrorism...I'm Back Home!

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Glasgow, London, Terrorism...I'm Back Home!

By: Bill Thompson, REALTOR®
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:05 AM

Wow, things got a little too interesting in Scotland the past few days! I arrived back home here yesterday, July 3^rd. I had to go through both Glasgow and London airports but everything went extremely well. I arrived in Glasgow airport Monday, July 2^nd just after the Saturday car bomb attach. I was very impressed with the attitude of the people of Scotland and England. They resolved that terrorists will not interfere with their way of life, to allow them to do so would be to allow them to accomplish what they desire. Security was extremely high in both airports, however, things moved right along and everyone I came in contact with had a strong, positive attitude. London has dealt with terrorism for years and years with the IRA but this is the first attack in Scotland. They all handled it in a great, strong way. We could learn from their example, in my opinion.

It is good to be back in the good ol’ USA and the 4^th of July celebrations will be a little more special today.

Comments

Member Since '06	Cathy Clark said: Welcome Home, Bill! Glad you made it out unscathed. We've had several flights to and from London and Glasgow cancelled at Logan. Looking forward to the pics! July 4, 2007 7:10 AM
Member Since '05	Becky Troutt said: Glad to see you got back OK!! July 4, 2007 7:50 AM
Member Since '06	Todd Clark said: Amazing, It was bad enough watching it on TV, can't imagine being there. Welcome home! July 4, 2007 8:13 AM
Member Since '06	Sharron and Steve Lobman said: I was thinking about you and a good friend of mine who is over in Scotland, but not returning untill tonight. Welcome home! July 4, 2007 8:17 AM
Member Since '07	Shelly Constantz said: Welcome back. You caused quite a stir leaving this group to their imagination what you looked like in a kilt. Please post the photo's!! Shelly July 4, 2007 8:33 AM
Member Since '04	Mary Welch said: Good to know you are back. Did you invest in some property we can all time share in while you were there? July 4, 2007 8:34 AM
Member Since '05	Jay & Francy Thompson REALTORS® said: Welcome home Bill! And please, ingore Shelly's comment... July 4, 2007 8:45 AM
Member Since '06	Mike Robins said: Glad you made it back Bill, I was wondering if the Airports you went through had armed guards as part of the security ? I found it very interesting that in quite a few other countries they do have people stationed at various points that are armed and watching out for anything out of the norm. Of course this would not fly here because it could possibly inconvenience us further and we all know as Americans we can't have that. The folks in these other countries that have had to deal with these attacks have IMO learned that it is better to keep upbeat and positive about delays and inconveniences than to gripe and force things back to easier and quicker, Opening the same doors as before for these people to attack again. (OK I know gloom and doom) My point is this we really need to take a good look at what is really important to us as a country and be grateful that we can still go to other parts of the world to visit people and places than are so important to us and make it back home safe and sound. The example you talk about is very needed in our country and our attitudes really need an upward change here. July 4, 2007 9:08 AM
Member Since '07	Bill Thompson, REALTOR® said: Thanks for all the "welcome home" comments! Mike, yes Glasgow and London had armed guards. They had what appeared to be small, automatic weapons. They looked like smaller M-16s. July 4, 2007 9:55 AM
Member Since '03	Mipeco Realty, Inc - Michaela Krestenic, Broker-Owner said: One of the US TV stations recently mentioned that an attack was also planned to take place at the Prague airport in Czech Republic (where I'm from originally). ... supposedly, US warned Czech Republic about it ... interestinly enough, nobody back home new about it ... the only time it was menioned was when this TV station had it in their news. I wonder what country they got us mixed up with! July 4, 2007 10:07 AM
Member Since '06	Belinda Walker said: Good to see you back on home turf, Bill! July 4, 2007 10:11 AM
Member Since '07	Bill Thompson, REALTOR® said: Michaela, I did not hear about the Czech Republic threat yet. After being gone only 2 weeks, I am going through a mountain of regular mail and voice mails and trying to get my body clock back 6 hours again. I am a little behind on the news. July 4, 2007 10:07 PM
Member Since '03	Gail Griffin said: Glad you got home all in one Kilt...I mean piece! July 5, 2007 10:44 AM
Member Since '07	Bill Thompson, REALTOR® said: Gail, Me too! Thank you :) July 5, 2007 4:16 PM
Member Since '03	Mike Farmer said: Bill!!! July 5, 2007 4:39 PM
Member Since '07	Bill Thompson, REALTOR® said: Mike!!! July 6, 2007 9:42 AM