Inselaffen

luckily not SYB, she was bored stuck at home when we moved here. she'll enjoy it for a month or two and then will be itching to get back to work

shakh your bootie

Damn, some guys get all the luck.... In my experience women have always been a drain on ones finances, ones time.... and ones patience.

Inselaffen

well this trip home for her is draining our finances but its a one off and necessary.
Maybe you just attract women who think you look like money! maybe the renault twingo company car does it

shakh your bootie

Ah, hope all is OK with her & her family..... Have you been there yourself yet to meet the Fockers?????

I seem to attract women who think I look like a shrink.... If they ain't a neurotic mess when they come, they sure as shit will be by the time they leave.....

Inselaffen

yes everything is ok but she's going to be happy to get on the plane out of there. havnt been there yet but did have in-laws here for christmas.

had fun with Borat Air the other day. they cancelled her internal flight and called me to tell me they would put her on the flight the next day. when I asked about her onward flight to bangkok they said that would remain as booked. i.e about 12 hours before her internal flight arrived. Muppets. They then refusd to put her on the next flight 2 days later because her fare class was not available! After 36 hours of fighting with them I called their Singapore agents who finally sorted it out for me!

she should have arrived back here yesterday but with the two extensions she will now only be back on 24th. this of course delays our trip back to blighty. probably now at the very end of May ( as long as she gets a visa)

shakh your bootie

Surely with a Brit husband (of the Oswald Mosely variety at that) the nice people at HM Govt will grant her a visa??? Hell, she should be entitled to a passport, surely???

Inselaffen

one would hope the visa should be ok.
Passport - no way. we'd have to live there for 4 years for her to get one.

shakh your bootie

Damn pen-pushing fascistocrats....

Make sure you look me up when you're over here!

Inselaffen

will do. we won't be far from there anyway (Reading) for part of the time.

shakh your bootie

Hey, cool. 1/2 an hr up the A34. I'll PM you my mobile number (if I haven't already, I forget. Part of the getting old thing)....

Blue Cat

I just watched Panorama, hard hitting stuff and sadly all true. Arabtec got a good bashing, let's hope people do actually stand up and do something about this. The money that Helping Hands raises goes nowhere, can you imagine trying to feed all the men on these camps by donations alone? it just isn't enough

still.unsure

(displaying my ignorance here, but...) what level of assistance do the embassies of the home countries give these guys? will they issue temporary/emergency paperwork to assist them in leaving? is it a matter of the workers not being able to navigate the paperwork (high chance of them being illiterate in their own language)? or is it a matter of their home government not giving a turd about them?

Blue Cat

Embassies will help with stuff like visa's etc if they can, the main problem is that the men are trapped here because they owe Agencies in their home countries for getting them the jobs in the first place. They have to work three years to pay that debt off. It is truly disgusting. The suicide rate at these camps is alarming.