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To be honest James - even traveling within the UK it's best to have one - they say they'll accept any kind of photo ID, but tend to frown if it's not a passport.

As far as photos go, the new Photo-Me booths make it very easy, you just put the reflection of your face in a template on the screen & the result is 99% guaranteed to be accepted - it's worth getting the post office to do the form checking & sending for you as well - costs £6.85, but they check everything & stamp as being accepted, so all the passport office need to do is rubber stam & send the passport - just had ours renewed & we did this - had the new passports within a week

That's because our friendly smiling customs officers insist on shaking your hand, bidding you 'welcome home', giving you a cup of tea & offering to carry your bags

...before donning the rubber gloves & a glint in the eye

Dean wrote: at least you get to stand in the EU passport holders queue at Heathrow - which appears to move at half the speed of the non-EU queue.

(It was like this in Rome as well)

Should do, by the time you've spilled a few peoples pints with your hat, clonked someone on the head with your oversized acoustic guitar and then deafened the rest with your trumpet.

chopper wrote: Don't forget your EHICS card, just in case you contract swine flu and need treatment.   Talking of swine flu, a colleague is in quarantine after recently returning from a holiday in Cancun. I found this out the day after I spent a couple of hours standing at his desk talking to him.    I feel ok, really.   I know a good way to get a seat on the Tube now. Wear a Mexican hat, eat a packet of Doritos and cough a lot.

Two of my friends came back from Cancún Friday afternoon... they don't have 'flu as far as I am aware but they're supposed to be in quarantine I gather.

^^^

As with all things, it will be Gordon Brown who's making the money; who better to distribute it to those less deserving than ourselves...

progmetalhead wrote: Gave up smoking on New Year's Eve after 33 years a smoker, now over 4 months. Not easy but not as hard as I thought and without any of these kits. Still love the smell and disagree wholeheartedly with all these bans everywhere. Total codswallop IMO. (Enter Dean..... )   Met a lovely lady on January 13th and still going strong, from strength to strength if I'm totally honest. Introducing her gradually to Prog and has already accompanied me to a gig. Can't ask any more than that!  The kids adore her and to me that is important as any other thing.

I'm filling up here...

Nice to hear you're having a good 2009 thus far With all the doom, gloom, despondency & the possibility of Pallas releasing a follow up to The Sentinel, it's nice to hear some good news for a change

JJLehto wrote: Man, I sure do miss the VR! And all its many reincarnations.... I dont know if this site moves enough/has enough people to support a new one. So The Shed will have to do. Some exciting/big things are happening in my life at the moment. Have 1 final left, then I am done with my Jr year of college. Getting a guitar over the summer, finally! 20 years old a little late to start? Hopefully I'll be jamming with my brother, in what is currently a band with 3 guitars and nothing else. Hopefully I can play some drums over the summer as well. Or am I too young to even be posting in here.

Such is the case with all forums (fora?? ) people come & go, popularity waxes & wanes, real life issues intercede. That's what's good about The Shed - here, members of a certain age (and others, if they behave themselves & leave my beer alone ) can come & go, swap gardening stories & various age related trivia, complain about young'uns & generally have a nap in peace.

As with all such threads, it's sometimes busy here & sometimes dead as a doornail... but it's always here

Just in case though...