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I found this funny............ https://youtu.be/ZqiDRS8WqXQ

It was the Daily Mail......you specified not the general press. Most news papers eventually caught up with he fact she was Swedish. Most carried the same details as the Daily Fail including the 'Holy' Guardian. She was in the wrong visa-wise........... The Daily Fail if you can believe them says she's, 'free to come home...charges dropped and Dubai Authorities will pay for her flight............' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6049925/British-mother-jailed-Dubai-daughter-drinking-wine-Emirates-flight-FREE-home.html I'll wait until CNN verifies it.

The Daily Fail? Just like that daily right wing rag the Guardian then......or The Times........ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/woman-held-in-dubai-with-daughter-for-drinking-glass-of-wine-on-flight https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mother-and-daughter-held-in-dubai-after-glass-of-wine-on-flight-twltqccgv Yes, as always two sides.........He said she said. It's clear you've picked one and this lady and her child got what they deserved. No criticism can be attached to Dubai officials.

Just reading this shocking story today.......Dubai it seems can be a dangerous, brutal and unforgiving airport...........For the un-Birka'd that is. While we are supposed to accept any ME custom or 'letter-box' garb with grovelling good grace........ ...........this type of cultural acceptance is a one way street. Have a read........ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6044095/Mother-locked-three-days-daughter-sweltering-Dubai-jail.html

If you haven't decided you want to see Prayer Before Dawn yet............. Here's a Rolling Stone review....... Joe Cole in the prison memoir 'A Prayer Before Dawn.' "There are boxing movies, there are jailbird dramas and there are hell-and-back memoir adaptations — A Prayer Before Dawn throws all three of these genres into a dingy cell together, forcing them to either make nice or beat each other senseless in a survival-of-the-fittest showdown. Thankfully, filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Bosch-like take on Billy Moore’s autobiography of life in a Thai prison allows each of thes

Here's how one man dealt with his parking transgressions in England.

Great fun.........

Chinese lines have spittoons.

I did meet a lovely police lady at the police station. Hair-up and smart in her uniform......about 45? We conversed in Thai because she managed to ask all the questions I can answer in Thai......."How long here? Why I like Thailand?' etc. I gave a long list: weather, food, friendliness, beaches, sports.........and then my new word at that time, 'dochapoc' which means 'especially' '....lor gor... dochapoc suay t'damruate pooying Thai' She laughed, and was happy to be flattered.... even in my rubbish 'thai'........Perhaps it's a good thing I didn't know what the hand-cuffs she

I got nicked in Jomtien. I was at the lights on Tapraya road in the correct lane for turning right towards the beach. I was number one in this lane. As you might know as soon as the green light comes on for 'straight ahead'..... all the vehicles and motor bikes in the lane next to you that should be going straight ahead instead sneak in front of you and you find yourself relegated from number 1...... to number 4 or 5 in the queue. So as soon as the green light appeared I crept forward to maintain pole position. I waited for the right turn arrow and made the turn. Police pulled me over alon

If this is what goes on in the Indian discos......I'm going!! I'm loved up with the girl in red with red hair....

I was in a Jomtien bank yesterday. GBP to baht used to be 2nd or 3rd from the top on the exchange charts.....Dollar 1st, then Euro and pound. Yesterday noticed pound had dropped to mid-table.......Middle Eastern flags, Russia, India, Singapore, Honk Kong, China were higher.......Meaningless or not? don't know.... but I guess it reflects the changing tourist demographic. I don't think it matters much......... Not like the change in the UK.....In Bradford in the North of England if you phone the police they send the Bengal Lancers..... I'll know it's finished here when Indians st

The closest to Banshee's choreographed extreme violence and great fight scenes........Is 'Punisher'

Enjoyed Mission Impossible was fun yesterday......... Tom Cruise is the real deal ........His broken ankle shooting this was publicised .............I didn't know he was a sky-diver.... Here's James Corden finding God.

I see Pan Pan has gone already. My son did a quick mental memory count while we were having a coffee on the 3rd floor.........he reckoned around 50% of restaurants in Central were now Sushi or Korean.

Guy with a cleft palate and another with water-on-the-brain.

France Vs Croatia is confusing me.....I'm conflicted. It's like telling a Daily Mail reader that pedophiles are the natural food of illegal immigrants.

Talking of the money in the game..There's a new Nations league starting this season. England are in the A division and will be playing home and away against Spain and Croatia. Perhaps those games might be of interest to fair weather England supporters? I like international football...not many Englishmen in the Premier League for me to cheer on. So I'll continue to follow England Schoolboys, England Under 17s (world Champions) England Under 20s (World Champions) under 21's (Toulon Champions 3 years running and European semi-finalists). I'm England 'till I die.......Not long left so

After the game I couldn't sleep.........It wasn't the emotional state I was in, it was that even in Jomtien I could hear the noise of all the cheers and tweets echoing o'er the glens and from Welsh villages with long names. But well done England for reaching the first semi-final since 1990. There have been tangible improvements under Southgate and some new players have emerged. Croatia must be proud of their team. Looking forward to a pressure-free meaningless 3rd/4th place play-off and the final.

I stayed up for the first half.....Belgium seemed set for victory and dominated possession .300+ touches to 160.......Shortly after the goal went in I toddled off to bed. France will now be favourites for the cup whoever they meet in the final. I spoke to a Belgian yesterday and he said he really didn't want to lose to the French. He explained: 'There is much money to be made if you can buy a Frenchman for what he's worth and then sell him for what he thinks he's worth' ........... Tonight I hope, win or lose England play without fear........Get their crosses in early and shoot

What ARE you smoking? Does the wac stand for wacky baccy?

Rather than post a link I've cut and pasted this article..........Part of my happiness in this run from England has been in seeing the uniting aspect.....English fans of all colours supporting so passionately an England team of all colours. You can't get more passionately English than Ian Wright. This article struck a lot of chords or nerves if you like. Somehow football has become so much more than than a game. However it ends.......It feels so good.......Only those English voices in the cave meant more to me. Anyhow have a read......... "Should you want one, you could ord

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/world-cup/2018/zlatan-less-sweden-pose-major-threat-to-englands-hopes_sto6834332/story.shtml You've got to see this.........Only for the Catona clip.....So funny. I can't get it directly from youtube yet.........When I do I'll edit the link in.

I understand.....I think I should employ a Thai nurse to sit with me on Saturday.......Where can I buy the costume Jacko? Take my mind off the game at least. As for my inability to keep count during the penalties...... I've put that senior moment down to proof of God's providence in protecting further damage to my bloody frozen shoulder..........