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'Remember the Alamo!'

'The UK is a slow sinking ship.' (KhunHeineken) Like the Belgrano? Policing the Ukraine? I agree with JonnyF. Do we never learn to keep our noses out of age old trouble spots? Defending one's country is perhaps the most important task of government (as Machiavelli wrote 500 years ago). Are we succeeding in doing this? More than 60 years ago, I actually bought a book by Harold Wilson (!). It was 'pre-election fodder' but he wrote 'Why do we need a nuclear arsenal? WHO EXACTLY ARE WE GOING TO USE IT AGAINST?

Many thanks for your recommendations. I'll probably go next month to one of these two.

I'm 80 years old and I have cancers. I need to check any deterioration in my bone cancer. I had an MRI about eighteen months ago at one of CM's most expensive hospitals. It's a hospital I've used for 16 years without any complaint BUT I had a bad time in the MRI scan. I thought the operators were negligent and showed little concern or care. I won 't go into details. The important thing is can anyone recommend an MRI site where the operators/technicians are compassionate, fully professional and won't treat me like a slab of old meat? Many thanks and Happy New Year.

Are we going to pig out on the Khao Soi Curry chockie bars in Rimping Nawarat?

Hello. I'm nearly 80 and I need a stronger pair of bifocals. I like Top Charoen but end up paying a lot for frames. The service at K-Optic I found less good and the frames even more expensive. Can anyone please recommend a better (?),cheaper alternative in Chiang Mai or Lamphun? Thanks.

How many BMWs and Benz and Audis in the doctor reserved parking spaces in hospitals?

No England cap. What a disgrace.

Interesting on YouTube to hear Dr. David Starkey talk about her. And David Lammy!

I'm very lucky. I have them in the garden. I find them very sociable and they certainly have a most beautiful song. 62years of living in rural England spoilt me. Remember Henley's wonderful words: 'The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call, And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute, But I love him best of all.' My sentiment exactly. (Although what joy to hear a robin and a thrush and yet more)

It's a gold watch. That's all it is.

Does anyone know please where or how to purchase Lapsang Souchong?

Clean money? Laundered? How much per kilo?

Just be careful not to get your knickers in a twist.

No problem. Send for 'Jewels' Maigret.