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  1. Domestic flight tips

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    On 10/04/2024 at 12:42, TV Tom said:

    I thought you needed a passport if flying to Dublin ? i should know as i've been there countless times but always used my passport (in saying that you don't need any ID when going to Ireland by boat)

     

    On 10/04/2024 at 12:45, Selred said:

    No, flew there last month. Driving license is fine!

    As someone who flies regularly, Sky Scanner is the best. 

     

    13 hours ago, redkev said:

    I’ve always used my passport for Dublin ( how big an airport is Dublin ffs huge )

    It’s all about risk, isn’t it?

    The fact is that, under the terms of the Common Travel Area agreement, Irish and UK citizens can travel freely between the two countries without the need for a passport. That’s the case however you travel and wherever you arrive.

    But the point is the “Irish and UK citizens” bit. When you arrive there’s a risk that, at the border, someone might want evidence that you’re a UK citizen and therefore have the right to travel under the CTA.

    The risk of that happening is much greater at Dublin airport. Because by the time you get to the border check you’re mixed up with people arriving from places all over the world. When you arrive on a boat everyone is coming from the UK. There’s still a risk you’ll be asked to prove you’re a UK citizen, but for obvious reasons the risk is less.

    And for a UK citizen I don’t think we’ve got any way of proving that other than a passport. 

     

  2. Domestic flight tips

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    42 minutes ago, Slippin cider said:

    We usually use Heathrow and hardly ever use Bristol but I will look into flights from Birmingham in future, roughly the same distance but not as busy .

    Out of interest, why don’t you use Bristol? 

    The reason might be obvious (maybe you live in Hounslow!) or just be about where you fly to. 

  6. Domestic flight tips

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    Drivers licence is good as ID, and is normally enough.

    However, in theory you could be asked to evidence that you’re a UK citizen. And both the UK and Irish government advice is to take a passport in case you’re asked to do this. 

     

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  14. BBC4 Now…

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    11 hours ago, Never to the dark side said:

    Got confused with Tony Hall former boss of our public broadcaster.

    And there was me thinking the evening was all about National Theatre Director Peter Hall 

  18. Never Mind the Bullocks

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    6 minutes ago, RedRock said:

    Can you still get your leg over though?
     

    Personally, I started to struggle from around the age of 55 and had to start queuing down the gangways to exit. 

    Ha ha!! Just the same!! And by 65 started to notice how far up it is, even using the gangways! 

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  19. Never Mind the Bullocks

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    1 hour ago, RedRock said:

    …Here’s The Ospreys.

    Both Poole Harbour Ospreys now returned safely to their nest. The female arriving this morning about 36 hours after the male. Within a few minutes of reuniting he got his ‘leg over’, so chicks on the way. Amazing that they fly to Central Africa and back and can pinpoint their nest site and arrive back about the same time they did last year.

    Live web-cam action on the nest which beats watching both England and City - even when the ospreys aren’t present. 

    Wonders of nature. Although…….I migrate between Ashton Gate and Portishead and can still pinpoint exactly the same seat and arrive dead on time every Saturday. 👌

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  21. Wordle

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    23 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

    It is, of course, better known as a forename, but is also the second word in a well known phrase, hence my comment in my earlier post about the fact I completed it on my fourth attempt.

    Re. failures, I have failed WORDLE on a few occasions, but never failed to complete QUORDLE.

    Better known as a name, indeed!! To the extent that my mental list of options, once I'd got the last four letters, put a "W" ahead of an 'S" - even though that's a name too!!

    I'll have a look at Quordle. Thanks.

  22. Wordle

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    8 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

    I actually completed it in four, which I thought was slightly amusing - forth and all that, assuming it was the same word.

    Why might there have been some ructions?

    I also completed Quordle to maintain my long successful streak (completed, but not in four), but I cannot for the life of me remember the word.

     

    Did you get the first letter early on? With respect to @Slacker! I think that was a big help. Mrs ID did, and got it in 4. I had the last 4 letters in place after my third go, but it left so many other - and far more obvious - options for the first letter. 

  25. Pet hates OTIB room 101

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    1 hour ago, Superjack said:

    Well, as Everton are my second team (yes, football sucks right now!) I don't mind Dyche so much, but...

    ... Emery, Corboran, Lopetegui, The Bournemouth bloke... 

    ... I know that's it's not their fault. They are Spanish and speak better English than I could in their mother tongue...

    ... but they just talk too fast and I can't understand a ****ing word.

    Bielsa was infuriating with his interpreter, but I now think that was a better state of affairs!

    To be fair, I could never understand a ****ing word Joe Jordan said……but still enjoyed listening to him!! 

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