Another pointless thread

Tonight the bank of dad is paying for a birthday meal.

We're going to Little Tokyo in Leeds, be warned!!

Edit for Tozza
The tingle should feel strong, but comfortable.

Have a good meal HG. I love Japanese - and so do my kids which makes for an expensive night out.

Tozza, the tingle should, as HG says, be strong but comfortable and the feeling will fade in the course of the 45 minutes - in which case you turn the machine back up again so you feel it as you did at the beginning.

Ha! thats not half as expensive as a night in the North Bar followed by a Donner Kebab

It was when my card was declined!!

I now owe my son some money..

..for a change!

I can recomend Little Tokyo if only for the selection of Japanese beers. The food's very good as well.

My head this morning is a little fuzzy though.

Let's hope he doesn't charge you interest .

It has happened to us once when my husband forgot his wallet, and I hadn't taken my purse since we were walking to the restaurant. They gave us the bill to pay by bank transfer.
Very civilised.

If we drive to a restaurant I always have my purse, with two debit cards and a credit card (and my driving licence) in it, since I have to drive home afterwards . You actually have to have your driving licence on you to drive in NL.

It's not well known, but in the UK you are supposed to have your driving license and insurance certificate with you when you are driving. It's just than nobody does!

Well out in Edinburgh last night so nursing a headache. Since it's now over £5 for a pint of Peroni my wallet's feeling a lot lighter too!

You only have to be able to produce them within 7 days, you don't need to carry them. In practice, it may be more convenient to carry them though.

and here you're supposed to have registration document part 1, too....carried. Along with your licence. Insurance they're not bothered about.

Bret

It's one of the unwritten parts of UK life that we do not need to carry any form of identification. (just be able to provide it in serious circumstances)

A written constitution would probably erode these liberties as everything that is not written down is forbidden as apposed to now where everything is permitted unless written down.

There, that's my profound thought for the day- I'm off to knock a policemans helmet off (chance would be a fine thing -I haven't seen one in ages:lol

Bernard

Here if you don't have your licence and are stopped you cannot continue on your journey. Occasionally the police will turn a blind eye, but it can be a real problem. I was once stopped at an alcohol test where they blocked the road and tested everyone. I had been to the hospital for physio in the pool, so I hadn't been drinking, but I also didn't have any documentation with me, since the changing room at the hospital is not secure. Luckily I was let off with a warning, but it did make me think!

When you renew your licence (every 10 years) you have to first hand in the old one, and then a week later collect the new one. During that week you aren't allowed to drive, not even to and from the town hall to hand in and collect your licence.

For my diabetic daughter-in-law it is even more difficult since her licence is subject to review by the licensing authority - even when she has been declared fit to drive they can takes weeks to issue her new licence. Last year she was without a licence for 8 weeks , and she has to go through that every 5 years.

Ah, but you were overrun by bad guys in 1940's

Bernard

We get to renew every 10 years, too - and the complete roadblock for alcohol testing? I've run into those at least 4-5 times now.

Bret

If you have a new photo licence in the UK you have to renew it every 10 years, but, if you have the old paper ones then they're ok until you reach 70something.

I don't have a photo one and have no intention of getting one until I need to.

On the up, I attended a union/management meting this morning and severely upset a manager.

Result

Mine's a paper one (folded into a cracking plastic wallet and faded badly) and I've still got one in a hard red cover that I use to "bug" jobsworths who insist on seeing a driving licence for trivial reasons.

regards
Bernard

I've run into one over 10 years ago in France, where the policemen insisted on testing my passenger (who fortunatly passed). I don't think he reallised the driver's seat was on the right of the car!