The Fugitive

Try a speed test! It's Worldwide. Undersea cables apparently.

To be fair, it might not have been his expressed wish to be buried in Wales. Could be his familiy who've now decided they want to do this?

Strange, but many people don't seem to know about doing it 'the other way around'.

It's all pie in the sky now of course. However, after WW2 things would've moved on. I believe the Arabs would have been somewhat compassionate. Jews would be working for them in their country. UN and UK publically plotting against them was the worst possible thing that could have been done. As regards the Nakba, the deal was 50/50 of what remained of the British Mandate. Arabs refused. In effect, half of their land was stolen from them and handed to the jews for their exclusive use. Can't blame them for objecting to that.

I don't believe anyone had to go anywhere else. True, there were tensions between Arabs and jews prior to 1917 but the UN plans exacerbated them. Had Palestine gone directly from Ottoman colonial rule to Arab majority rule there would have been no Nakba hence no jews expelled from other Arab countries thus losing their homes and jobs in retaliation.

Both are hard-liners. That's the problem. Arabs want jews to go away or they will kill them. Israeli's like to boast; 'We're here and there's nothing anybody can do about it'. Until both attitudes can be changed I fear the fighting will never end.

You went from talking about six Arab nations to Palestinians. There are 22 Arab countries, all contiguous apart from Somalia. There just isn't a worst place to establish a jewish state. Arabs were quite correct to refuse to give part of their land to form a jewish country. They knew it wouldn't end there and that the jews would keep going until they had stolen (or annexed as they term it) their portion too.

Special circumstances apply. The Arab-Israeli war of 1948 was triggered by United Nations and United Kingdom giving majority Arab occupied land away for exclusive jewish occupation. They knew what would happen.

Good info thanks. About to visit a recommended auto window film fitter and want to instal front and rear cams plus proximity parking sensors.

Did they ask (or did you tell them) about that? I was accepted at 63 by The Red Cross at a local mobile collection session on the basis of previously donating in UK and I continue to donate at 67. Assuming the rules don't change I will be sacked off, same as everyone, else at 70.

Interesting (and worrying of course). I'm usually either 300 metres or 900 metres away from our local community hospital depending whether I'm in the wife's shop or at home. Additionally, her shop is opposite a First Responder base and a nurses 'surgery'. I'd always believed that, at those distances, I would have a good chance of being saveable. I know that our community hospital only has one GP who is tied up all day. I'm assuming that the A/E dept. have at least one doctor available 24/7? I'm thinking that the problem at local level would not be lack of drugs but maybe equipment and specialist skills?

That's annoying and not in the spirit of wanting to give your blood for the benefit of others. Had you previously donated elsewhere?

I commenced at 63 at our local mobile collection sessions because of previously being a blood/plasma/platelet donor in U.K. Apparently, everyone gets sacked off at 70. That also used to be the upper limit in UK, however there is now no upper limit providing you continue to be healthy.

I have always believed that going into doctors surgeries or, even worse, hospitals is a sure fire way to make yourself ill. Can I ask do you know if your vital signs are OK? If you've been a blood donor in Thailand (until now) and/or in your home country that's a reasonable clue. Do you ever REALLY need to take any medication apart from for bronchitis?

International flights are coming.

I have practical experience of this. I was in the waiting area of my Government Regional Hospital having taken my Thai mother-in-law there for an out-patient appointment. I felt faint and nauseous. Next thing I was being lifted upon a trolley and wheeled into the casualty dept. They took my vitals and placed me on a drip. Apparently, my blood glucose level had fallen dramatically. After seeing a doctor and being monitored until my blood glucose level returned to normal I was discharged with a bill of 800 baht. Excellent service!

Blimey! At a government hospital, a bill for 200,000 baht. What on earth would a private hospital have billed him?

Brilliant cover! Wish I could get anything like that. I guess it's the length of time you've been with Pacific Cross, your no claims discount and maybe health cover previously? The best quote I could get was a premium of 315,000 baht with exclusions for anything blood pressure or diabetes related. I haven't received any treatment for raised BP since 1986 and have never been diagnosed with diabetes (once collapsed due to low blood glucose).

Don't go to Austria.

To be fair, when my neice and myself were 'bowled over' by a moto with side cart the rider did slow and turn his head to look before then riding off!

Anyone with actual family experience of this? Three years ago my Thai nephew attended a Japanese Language school. He then worked in Japan in their seafood industry. Despite speaking almost exclusive English after 12 months his employer insisted he take an advanced Japanese language test. He failed and his contract was terminated. My stepdaughter graduated last year after five years at University with a degree in Business Administration with IT. Yesterday she ‘graduated’ from the same language school and now has a ticket to Japan. Her job will be packing ready to eat meals of rice and noodles etc. for 7/11 and various supermarkets. As you might have guessed I paid for both language school courses at 169,000 baht each. Naturally, also for my stepdaughter’s five years at Uni.

I agree. If travelling alone and with hand luggage only I go for the bus.

Thank you for your courage!

Great pics!

Quite a weighty recommendation!