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getting a settlement visa is dead easy. All you have to do is prove you have a genuine relationship and provide the nesessary documents. Whats hard about that? If you have a genuine relationship and a job and somewhere to live you have nothing to fear. Admittedly putting the documents together is time consuming, but I'm glad I did it alone. Not only saved the money, but also was a terrific learning experience. Congratulations on the visa by the way Phillip

as far as I am aware the planet is dying. Thats quite sad. The government is at least making an effort to address the issue. However as in all politics there is hypocricy. Why spend £20 Billion developing yet another airport terminal (Heathrow T5) Which I assume is to ensure that more flights are able to enter and leave the UK. Surely they must have considered global warming when making this decision? Didnt they? There has to be some sort of balance in this. By hitting Long haul flights what the govt is saying in essence is that if you are in a position to afford to go on holiday to lo

Having just read through the excerts on the book website, it seems to me that Only "13" is a reincarnation of "my name is Lon, You like me?" So whats that all about then? Maybe she didnt make enough money first time round. Who knows. Still an interesting read though.

I agree Allen and it is handy if you already know a bit of Thai before starting on Beckers book. Thats why for those just wanting to have conversations in Thai, "Thai trainer" in my opinion is the best place to start. And it's cheap!!

Hi Andy I think the one I played to her was the old version. However it's not the tonal element she was laughing at. It was the emphasis on correct grammer. Using too many words when a couple would do. I wouldn't have thought that they had changed this element of the course that much, but not knowing the new version I cant say. I would be reluctant to spend that knid of money though on an unknown product, when there are cheaper and in my opinion and my TGs opinion better options available. However if you do get hold of the Linguaphone new version, let us know how you get on!

Guys I bought PDQ before my first trip to Thailand and thought i had nailed it PDG (pretty darn good). However on arrival and speaking to Thai people I was getting some POL (pretty odd looks) and no one seem to understand what the hell I was on about. I played the CDs for my TG and she just laughed and stated that Thai poeple do not talk like that and that is why no one could understand me. Grammatically it's correct but it's almost too correct!! There are better and cheaper courses. You could try Thai for beginners by Benjawan Poomsan Becker. She is one of Thailand's lea

No Problems to report with the Woraburi. Just booked a deluxe with them for my upcoming trip for 1100. Stayed there last year, and of all the hotels I've been in this is without doubt the best value for money.

I fly etihad every time. I can't think of any reason why you shouldn't fly etihad.

Absolutely superb......loved that.......

Like you I hava had to cancel tickets and book new ones because Etihad changed my flight schedule which would have left me with a 20 hour stopover. I had booked through Airline Network. However AN were quite accomodating, and organised the new flights on the telephone for me. They also refunded my original money, on receipt of the old tickets, immediately. Whole thing, to get money back in my bank took about 4 days. Agree with you though. I have never had anything to complain about with Etihad once off the ground.

This bloke walks into the poshest restaurant in town and says, "Where's the goddam, mother fucking Manager you cock sucking arse wipe." The waiter is naturally taken aback and replies, "Excuse me, sir, but could you please refrain from using that sort of language in here, I will get the manager as soon as I can." The manager comes over and the bloke asks, "Are you the chicken fucking manager of this bastard joint?". "Yes, sir, I am," replies the manager, "and I would prefer it if you could refrain from speaking such profanities in this, a private restaurant". "Fuck off!" replies t

You have a lot to learn yet. But good luck with the forthcoming marriage.

None whatsoever. Nothing shows on your BT bill.

I use this.....not only great at 1p for calls to my TG's mobile......but its also 0p per minute for calls in the UK to landlines. It's saving me a bloody fortune!!

Looks like your on the same flights as me. See you in Abu Dhabi!!