BlueScouse

General view of shipping in the Gulf. Talk about the Thai ship starts at about 8 minutes in.

Everton

My two adult children returned to Thailand with expired passports and valid ID card. Were just told to get new passports at the immigration desk. No problem at all.

This is an interesting video about the US fleet and the new class of ships. The first couple of minutes are woffle, gets interesting after the intro bit.

In Ubon Ratchathani the newish head man wants copies of divorce certificate or death certificate if either previously married or widowed. Also birth certificate, id card and house book entries of any children you have together.Mine are in their 30's and both live and work in UK. At the end, two Immigration officers took me and the wife outside to have our photos taken, and also one of me holding my passport , with an IO. Took 3 hours from handing in the paperwork to leaving the offices. The IO was complaining about the new man making things more difficult.

Cannot say Born and Bred, It is racist. https://labourheartlands.com/born-and-bred-the-new-hate-crime/

Regarding IKBR, do you get dividends paid out to your bank? I am thinking of moving my various investment trust shares to them to a joint account with my wife so that when I die she continues getting dividends and control of the shares. I assume the shares have to be sold, then money transferred and then shares repurchased. Any charges for dividend payment transfers?

MOTORING ADVICE…….If you lose power & have a breakdown in an electric car you can still use the AA. Unless it's a small electric car, when you have to use the AAA.….

Renewing the passport in UK is easy. I applied on line on the 1st May, sent off the old passport the next day. Received the new passport on the 6th May and the old passport the next day. Had the passport photos taken at a shop, given a code to use on the application. E mails from the passport office telling of progress of application. The price is going up soon.

The original patron saint was St.Edmund https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Edmund-original-Patron-Saint-of-England/

Just bought a CD called "Sounds of the 70s". I don’t recommend it though, it's just full of old people wheezing, creaking and moaning.

Sorry, cannot answer your questions but one thing to note, when my son went to UK with the intention of joining the army he was told that there was a two year residency requirement before being allowed to apply. After two years, he contacted Capita, who were in charge of recruiting and was told it was a five year residency. So he never bothered. Now recruiting has been changed to Serco. If your son is living outside UK he will have to abide by the residency rules. It is 2 years, not 5, by the way.