Henry Cooper, rest in peace.

You should have said that back in April - I'd have brought some over for you .

There is a jenever distiller in Stefan's home town - Rutte & Zn.

We've stayed a few very nice Holiday Inns in America when touring.

It was a stretched Bentley she got for her jubilee in 2002, and the first Bentley in the Royal fleet.
It has extra glass with a subtle tint to help keep things cool inside. Obviously works since the Queen had a blanket over her knees on the way to the wedding .

I watched it, and enjoyed it. I hope they are very happy together. It can't be easy trying to make a relationship work under the full glare of publicity nowadays.

Frogherder I could, in theory still pay a foreign cheque into my account, but it would cost me so much in fees it wouldn't be worthwhile.

We do everything by bank transfer. Free in Euro countries and for a fee outside the Eurozone.
I recently inherited a small sum and the solicitor wanted to send me a cheque. I asked him to send it to my brother and I would collect the money from him, but that wasn't allowed. So he transferred the money. I lost a bit in fees and exchange rates, but not as much as I would have if I'd presented a cheque to my bank. Assuming they would handle it even - we have banking shops now, which don't actually hold any cash other than in the ATM.

Sending a cheque would never be quicker what with the postal time and waiting for the cheque to clear.

We have acceptgiros. Usually nowadays these are mostly dealt with using internet banking, but it is still possible to hand them in at the bank.
At the bottom of the detailed bill is a tear off form, which follows a standard format. The name address and account number of the person you are paying, plus your name and address and if known yor bank account number - otherwise you fill that in. The amount to be paid, and an identifying code are included. Sign it and hand it in. Or do it all online. Even little old ladies use internet banking nowadays! http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Acceptgiro.jpg

For things ordered on the net we use Ideal, an electronic payment system which takes the money straight from your account and moves it to the shop's account.

For shops we use PIN - our bank card with PIN which again instantly debits your account. This is used even for really small amounts.

The only time I need cash is to pay my window cleaner.

Since returning from the UK I have had exactly €0 in my purse. I have paid for everything with plastic - none with a credit card though.
We stopped using cheques in the Netherlands nearly 10 years ago.

I have one, in brown. For free, from Photokina .

Retrieve the originals from your trash can if you can, complete with the .xmp files.

An alternative method for dealing with RAW files, if you don't want to keep the changes you have made, is to click on alt & open, which will open a copy of your RAW file in the editor, leaving the original untouched and without an .xmp file.

Congratulations!
I hope all continues to go well.