The Fugitive

Very good information (as always), thanks Sheryl. I can advise that when checking-in for an outpatient appointment at my UK NHS hospital the check-in machine asks; 'Have you been resident in the UK for at least the previous six months?'. The answer options are limited to yes or no.

Interesting and thanks for your information. I'm pleased you were tested, examined and received medication that was obviously effective. I'm guessing they accepted your case was an 'emergency'. Therefore, everyone regardless of residential status is entitled to free treatment. If they hadn't, they might have moved heaven and earth to get you out of the door without spending any money, telling you to go to your GP. The fact you'd told them you weren't registered with one may (or may not) have made any difference. We shall never know that.

I'm almost at that point. Hoping they raise or abolish the 70 upper age limit!

Many thanks for your information!

Brings the case of Stefan Kiszko to mind.

The traffic cops who stopped him on the moto and later considered he bore a resemblance to the suspect don't appear to have done anything wrong. The chief problem was the victim positively identifying him. Agree that the cops probably offered some sort of deal to the two dodgy 'eyewitnesses' for them to claim they saw Andy following the victim. They also probably deliberately destroyed the victims clothing in 2016 to prevent further DNA examinations. Why he wasn't freed in 2007 when another man's DNA was found on the victims clothing was obviously wrong in hindsight but didn't prove beyond reasonable doubt at the time that he couldn't have done it. Why permission to appeal following his jailing took so long to be considered is totally against the principles of justice.

Being from U.K. I'd never seen the U.S. TV soap 'Dark Shadows' made between 1966 and 1971. Now watching on tubitv. Scottish/English Canadian born actor Jonathan Frid is superb as the troubled, eloquent and kindly English vampire 'Barnabas Collins'. Apart from Jonathan the acting is variable and dialogue predictable and tedious. It's actually more interesting watching for the mistakes and listening for background noises that shouldn't be there!

Phuket hotels seem 'on the ball'. Always insist upon my passport even though the booking might be under my Thai wife's name. A week yesterday checked into a Phuket hotel and they required my passport and ID cards of my Mrs, neice and a friend who went with us.

Agree. It depends how mobile you are and how far out of your way you have to go to your bank branch. I can understand the security concerns now that we are limited to installing their app upon one device only. Changing that device could indicate a potential security issue and that's why they want to see us in person.

Agree it's painless.

Add flooding, albeit deliberately inflicted. Although none for 10 years previously there were two consecutive years when we needed boats to access our homes.

Wonderful coastlines within easy reach on North and Irish seas plus English channel. NHS, free bus travel, more economical breakfast cereals, milk and cheese. Hollands pies and proximity to Europe. Plenty of cheap flights to Portugal and Spain for holidays. Depending upon where you live may have a choice of bus and/or rail transport to your nearest airport.

If I needed medical treatment likely to be so prolonged that it would wipe me out financially if I remained in Thailand.

Noise and traffic is against central Pattaya. Having said that the traffic on the darkside can be heavy too.

My history teacher lived in Rochdale. He said it was; 'A Mecca of civilisation'.

Interesting. I was told by several retired police officers that arrest warrants usually await 'whatever'. After the officers involved had moved on, resigned or retired there was zero done with them. One guy was stopped for speeding in Wales. It was found he had an outstanding arrest warrant from 20+ years ago.

Much prefer live acoustic jazz myself.

Agree. Spent a while on the darkside, enjoyed being away from the mass of tourists yet still having falang food and bars. Now make frequent trips to Pattaya always centred around Soi Lengkee, Soi Buakhao and LK Metro.

3,150 GBP per annum for over 70 years of age is miraculous. Plans I've looked at for myself are more than twice that and I'm under 70.

VietJet also re-time and cancel frequently. The options are to cancel or select a different flight. We should be entitled to a full refund not time limited credit against future bookings. I note that www.trip.com now charge a fee for changing or cancelling 'adjusted' (automatically rebooked) flights.

Your passport cannot be taken from you whilst you are on police bail awaiting their decision on whether to charge you. However, once you are charged you are then on court bail. Application can be made by CPS to magisistrates' court to confiscate your passport until you have been tried.

Assuming you're satisfied with HD Prime wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to email Nord VPN and ask them why they can't unblock HD Prime for you? If they say 'we're working on it but can't give you a timescale', consider cancelling your subscription with them (Nord VPN) and trying an alternative VPN?

To be fair, could there have been a (temporary) reason for non-delivery? How many times has this happened? The fact your parcels were found easily could indicate misrouting/misplacing. Had similar with Flash. Item scanned as delivered but had, in fact, not been delivered because wife's shop was closed and parcel returned to depot, placed upon shelf and forgotten about.

Strange. AN loads as fast as I could expect even with my very slow speeds. Bizarre!

That's more than enough! I'm getting; 0.2 Mbps down and 5.6 Mbps up. Friends in South America ridiculously slow too.