General Chat

However, one man's 'shutty' is another's demoralisation - and the 'shutty' on here appears to be one way - I'll point out 'your' errors, but don't point out mine.
Hardly the act of a Christian, Dermot, but apparently acceptable to you?

It's attitudes like yours that make me glad to be an atheist.
At least I have a conscience, and ethics without having to rely on a book for justification.

A little sprinkle of two-way shutty rarely causes a world war.

I now remember why I ceased to read/post on this site for some time.

This is supposed to to be the Season of Glad Tidings and Goodwill to all Men.

I see however our Merry Little Man is, as usual, dispensing understanding, compassion and a reluctance to keep to the Leading Subject under discussion.

I have never felt the need to apply for other than my UK passport (I had to have my first one if I wished to reside with my husband and daughter). I still could apply to the Republic of Ireland for a passport and be granted same as I have a g.g.grandmother born in Dublin of an English father and Welsh mother. Indeed anyone without the faintest trace of of relationship with this country can apply and be granted one. Perhaps this is not the only country to practise this.

Ignoring the previous poster as I hope he does me, I wish all a Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year.

My g.grandson aged 17 months visited this morning and he was a joy. Loved eating the ham his Gramps had just finishing cooking. That has got to be my best present - another will not arrive until mid Jan. - a mobility bed with a massage unit as well - Whee, Wheeeeee

I have old UK passports issued by the Brîtish Consulates in Kuwait, Paris. Both are dark blue. The UK no longer issues consular passports. Contracts for the printing and manufacture of passports must conform with WTO open competition rules so the passports might be be produced in Canada or Belgium rather than the UK. The UK will have no input to the size or technical content of the document. That will be decided in Brussels and Washington.
Since brexit about one million Brits have been granted EU passports on the basis of family. About half are Irish. Of the rest Poland leads the way. The Dutch have already changed their passport law so as to make holding a Dutch and British passport concurrently legal.
As it stands the UK has no plans to stop UK citizens holding other passports.
Whether the UK could survive outside if the EU is a moot point. If it all goes pear shaped then it will be back to the EU passport. BTW there has never been any legal impediment to UK EU passports being blue. The adoption of a common colour is just an agreement not a directive.

Just checked my old UK Passport, which expired in 1994, and was issued by the British High Commission in Canberra in !984, tis black, and nary a customs stamp in it :-(

As I've written before, I expect those who write for a living to get grammar, punctuation and spelling right. Others need only to write enough sense that everyone reading their words need only get their intention across ..... or a x.

As far as passports are concerned, I even have a black one among the burgundy and blues. Yes, I thought I remembered a black one from days gone by so I've just checked the colour; it is defo not any shade of blue - and it is, indeed, a UK passport obtained from an overseas embassy.

I've had both blue and burgundy - and to be honest, I don't care about the colour.
Though the blue one is less likely to allow us easy access to 27 countries, like the burgundy one does!

I have only ever had the EU passport it was only when I married Emmy second husband that I was able to fly. I must say it will nice to have a uk one again I understand a lot more about it now then I did back in 1972/3 when we went into the common market

~~~~~~~~~ to all

I will keep my current burgundy EU passport but look forward (if I live that long) to clutching my dark blue UK one again upon renewal.

Sue

Forgot to add that I second Allan's comment Maggie.

My dad was in the Fleet Air Arm, Linda! :-D

As Allan said, no need to justify yourself - others need to justify - and apologise for - their rudeness :-D :-D

Linda take no notice nobody is perfect only one person on here thinks they are. <3 now that is delusional with a capital D

Thank you Maggie and Alan its just a shame that the village school I went had such a rubbish head and he only help those whose parents had money my father was in the navy so I was one of many at the bottom of the pile. I have learnt most things since I left school I love the news and picked a lot of things up off the tv

Linda, there is absolutely no need to justify yourself, and well said Maggie :-D :-D :-D

So true, Linda - their problem, not yours. :-D

This website is neither a spelling bee, nor is it a forum for attempting (note the word 'attempting') to show your alleged superiority over others.

It's a chat forum.
People are entitled to write in dialect if they want, without some self appointed dictator believing it's his 'position' to correct them, or point out their alleged 'failings' - and he can get quite personal about those - he's (uninvited) given his 'assesment' (because, I contradicted him - proved him wrong on an opinion he put forward as 'fact') on me - shame he was so far off the mark I nearly ruined my PC - dropped me fag and sprayed the keyboard with Lambrusco. :-D :-D :-D :-D

Ignorance shows it's true self when a buffoon who has been unnecessarily rude about someone's spelling, then writes a load of self opinionated bull - with spelling mistakes and no punctuation :-D :-D :-D

Linda,,

So true <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Yes I have always had a problem with my spelling but I had a lot of time off school in my very years due to hospital appointments I have a disability the head master never gave me any help but I normally keep a dictionary, but if I’m on my iPhone has I now I have a spell check, but there is a saying that I go by sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. If people have a problem with my disability’s it’s not my problem it’s theirs

It must be very galling to the Brexiteers to discover that the new blue passports will still be like the titchy EU passports and not like the big solid British passports of yore.

Edit.
Apparently we could have had blue covers when in the EU, there is an opt-out clause. Also the new ones will not be available until some time after the Brexit date.

I didn't say you didn't have any disabilities, for all I know you might have. But if you had you would be aware of the possibility of them in others.

Rollo asks: "Why are you so sure that I do not have any disabilties?"
You obviously do - a lack of empathy and a feeling of superiority.

Detracting by mentioning your Grandfather - yes, he may be the only person I knew who got through extended exposure to heavy metal in a war zone without a scratch - but perhaps you don't know many people.


Remember:
“The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets.”