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Post by Kath on Nov 5, 2024 17:33:33 GMT
You have it right and he's equally glad that he doesn't live there any more. He's been living here in Scotland with Indefinite Leave To Remain since 1992 and frequently says he'd never go back. It is largely to do with gun violence but also the very limited and closed view of the world that so many of his compatriots seem proud to sport. In fact he even went so far as to say that if he went back for a holiday there are certain states he'd avoid like the plague, or would work to avoid having to go through to get elsewhere. It seems my dream of a cross-country road trip in a Winnebago is just going to be a dream because driving from one side to the other while avoiding the middle would take forever! Kath, he might want to check what indefinite right to remain actually means. Some who had it were prevented from re-entering when they visited "the old country". Of course they were black (think Windrush) but even so... It has been a while since I really gave it any thought but I do remember that he isn't allowed to be out of the country for more than 30 consecutive days and there are a limit to the number of days in a year that he can spend outside the UK. He also has to keep the original passport that gave him right to remain even though it has since expired - they don't re-stamp your new passport so he has to carry both around. That said, we've not been able to afford a trip out of the UK in the last ten years or so, which means it hasn't really been a problem! |
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Post by willien on Nov 5, 2024 18:06:20 GMT
Thought there might be some limitations.
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Post by dreampolice on Nov 5, 2024 19:09:18 GMT
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Post by spinno on Nov 5, 2024 19:23:58 GMT
Great news and well done Mum! |
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Post by gray1720 on Nov 5, 2024 19:45:23 GMT
Bravo, Nige's mum and her peers! |
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Post by kate on Nov 5, 2024 20:16:50 GMT
Well done your mum! And she looks far too young to be your mum. Lovely lady. |
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Post by geoffr on Nov 5, 2024 20:38:51 GMT
Well done your mum! And she looks far too young to be your mum. Lovely lady. I'll second that Kate
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Post by peterba on Nov 5, 2024 20:53:38 GMT
That's a great achievement, Nige. Her 'chuffedness' is totally justified.  |
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Post by dreampolice on Nov 5, 2024 21:12:38 GMT
Well done your mum! And she looks far too young to be your mum. Lovely lady. She's 83 in a couple of weeks. |
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Post by zou on Nov 5, 2024 21:24:37 GMT
Well done your mum! And she looks far too young to be your mum. Lovely lady. She's 83 in a couple of weeks. I think they're saying you look over 70 pal.  |
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Post by dreampolice on Nov 5, 2024 21:36:06 GMT
She's 83 in a couple of weeks. I think they're saying you look over 70 pal. I was choosing to ignore that assumption. |
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Post by willien on Nov 5, 2024 21:45:06 GMT
Hey, 70 is the new 60.
Or at least it will be if they keep raising the retiral age...
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Post by zou on Nov 5, 2024 22:11:12 GMT
Slapped on the wrist with a wet bus ticket? One hopes not. I know someone who used to drive for them so will enquire what likely action would be. They told me it is taken very seriously. Disciplinary action such as mandatory retraining or suspension. If a driver has 3 strikes they are fired. |
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Post by willien on Nov 5, 2024 23:05:22 GMT
One hopes not. I know someone who used to drive for them so will enquire what likely action would be. They told me it is taken very seriously. Disciplinary action such as mandatory retraining or suspension. If a driver has 3 strikes they are fired. Once had a Lothian's bus driver with passengers swerve his bus towards me coming the other way on the Dolphinton moor. I had objected to having to brake sharply as he chose to overtake a car while ignoring on coming traffic namely me on a Honda 125. |
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Post by dorsetmike on Nov 5, 2024 23:25:25 GMT
Not heard a firework tonight.
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