Will be with you in spirit Paul. I shall be remembering in London on the 8th
My last big parade in the forces was in fact at the Cenotaph in London in 1998 and like you,my uniform no longer fits.

Yes that's how I understand it to be... No doctor (who ever he/she is) can refuse you treatment, money or no money

NOLA.. yes I know thro conversations with my American friends in Udon... US & UK have many things in common,some good and some not so good.

mortiboy you are generally right with your comments,however I do believe the NHS has to treat emergency cases for UK born and bred nationals, now living outside of the EC, should they return for treatment. Foreigners are first priority in many aspects, as far as the Westminster government is concern...

I'm due to fly out with Eva Air from London on Saturday night (6th) and arriving at swampy on Sunday 3.15pm and then I have a flight booked to Udon with Thai Airways at 6.30pm..... What's the chance of this happening because from this end, it doesn't look to good :( :( :( although there is stiil the...

Hi Dave in response to your question "what about prices in the shops etc", well i can tell you i have just spoken to a few housewifes here in London and the answer is the same, not noticed any reductions, in particular with food (excluding pump prices of course although they will no doubt go up in t...

Yes but still one of the dearest on the planet for fuel and most other things, come to think of it, certainly in the industrialised world.

Five secrets of a perfect relationship.......... 1. It's important to have a woman who cooks, 2. It's important to have a woman who can make you laugh, 3. It's important to have a woman you can trust and who never lies, 4. It's important to have a woman who is good in bed and likes being with you, 5...

Yes Dave it's called rip-off UK and the government leads in that respect. Anything and everything that increases, Mr Brown and/or the chancellor are in first hiking up taxes and everyone else follows. It's been like that for the last 10-12 years.

The Bangkok Bank branch at 154 Prajak Road has a very nice young lady that speaks excellent English and very helpfull. She's normally around the foreign currency dept on the upper floor near to where the managers office is.

As far as being a good chancellor is concerned, our dear Gordon Brown had a big say in Tony Blair's cabinet/government, certainly as far as financial matters were concerned, hence the s**t state the UK finds itself in. :( :( :( My guess is that 80 percent of the 630 odd MP's in the House of Commons ...

An Israeli doctor said "medicine in my country is so advanced, we can take a kidney out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in 6 weeks". German doctor said " Thats nothing, we can take a lung from one person,put it in another and have him looking for work in 4 weeks " Eng...

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. " What are you doing? " she asked " Hunting flies " he responded " Oh! killing any? " she asked " Yep, 3 males & 2 females " he replied Intrigued, she asked " How can you tell them apart? " He responded :fryingpa...

Hi Valiant I assume you are coming from the UK from your comment, if so then i am not sure it will make a large amount of difference, simply because if you change Pounds to US dollars then the exchange between the two is at a 5 year low ie: 1.68 USD = 1 GBP. If you take Pounds then you will be hit b...

I recall very the speech made by Gordon Brown in his early days as Chancellor when he said at the Mansion House venue and i quote " there will be no boom and bust with this government". The fact that he encouraged the banks to lend silly amounts and at silly rates. These irresponsible policies that ...

Hi git Yes i'm sure your analysis will prevail at some stage ( hopefully sooner rather than later), however it does'nt help when the PM and Chancellor and now the Governor of the Bank of England Harp on about how bad the situation is( Australia has a similar problem). It would be far more benificial...

At the end of November last year (2007) i got 68.7 baht for each GB Pound i changed at BKK airport, so a drop of 10 baht which i find not only depressing but also astonishing as Thailand appears to be the only country not suffering from the affects of the global resession / financial turmoil (despit...

Ok Ralph it's nice to see you back in the fold from your recent health problem. =D> =D> =D>. Looking forward to Xmas dinner and yes please keep me informed.Hopefully we will have a good turnout

Regards Len

Ron sorry for not being there I am in the UK at the moment but will be back in December to enjoy the beer, food and company at the N/M gatherings.Regards to all you N/M fareers.

Welcome back pal and good luck for the 11th