geedee wrote1. I believe when someone blocks you they only see your posts when someone quotes you..
2. p.s. in as far as your operation is there anyway you being a veteran that the NHS pays for it or does it not apply to expats?
Just thought the Government looked after the veterans. I know in Australia they get private or public care with a Dr of their choice but they do live here.
I know a guy who used to go regular even with flu and he was very well cared for and went to Concord hospital regularly am pretty sure it specialised in returned servicemen
1. You are correct and why I wondered how he could have known the name of my handyman or, as he thought, gardener. Unless I can be pointed to where that name was quoted by others than my own post I'll just accept that Markit is a clairvoyant.
2. If I lived in UK I'm sure the NHS would cover me but I became a non-resident in 1974 and don't think, unless I returned and re-qualified, if I'm eligible for any NHS service. I recall getting a retirement letter from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) saying I was eligible to have medical care in a military hospital for life, as I had served for 22 years, but not sure how relevant that is today as laws have changed.
IMO The Australians and Americans look after their ex-military better than the UK does....although I have heard voices of discontent in the USA.
I'm name dropping again, which I know you hate, but I was a VIP crew member for 3 years flying the VC10. Passengers included the Queen, Prince Charles, 'King' Harold Wilson and Edward Heath amongst many other Members of Parliament and Civil Servants. One notable flight included all those aforementiond, minus the Queen, to Melbourne to attend Australian PM (Harold Holt) requiem in 1967. Tullamarine was not yet open as a Commercial airport but the runway was.....and was long and smooth...I recall.
Th UK VIP fleet operated similar to the USA Air Force 1 crew (Lyndon Johnson's Presidential B707 was parked next to our VC10) except the UK was too cheap to have a dedicated A/C...they would take a VC10 out of service and modify the interior for those VIP flights.
I received a commendation for my 3 year efforts (no cash nor any other dispensation) and a personal picture from Wilson...which I used to hang in my toilet...he was a nasty little man!!!