And Finally

[aromulus]

On the application, we quoted 30th july, because I was under the impression that it was going to be a walk in the park...

I am waiting for Jet to come online, so I can ask her to show me, the dates, and validity of the visa.
I also need to get her a flight. The 11th is now out of financial bounds, because is too soon, the price shot up by zillions. So it will have to be the 20th.

We haven't had a summer.......... So as soon as she gets here, in readiness for an eventual winter, it will be Matalan, Primark, TJ Hughes, maybe JJBs, and definitively Tesco...
Shoes, boots, slippers, thermals, long johns, electric over and under blankets.... And grandma's knitted knickers... with velcro fastenings...

[andypaul]

On the application, we quoted 30th july, because I was under the impression that it was going to be a walk in the park...

I am waiting for Jet to come online, so I can ask her to show me, the dates, and validity of the visa.
I also need to get her a flight. The 11th is now out of financial bounds, because is too soon, the price shot up by zillions. So it will have to be the 20th.

We haven't had a summer.......... So as soon as she gets here, in readiness for an eventual winter, it will be Matalan, Primark, TJ Hughes, maybe JJBs, and definitively Tesco...
Shoes, boots, slippers, thermals, long johns, electric over and under blankets.... And grandma's knitted knickers... with velcro fastenings...

Im sure we had summer for at least a day down here maybe i dreamt it.
Don't forget to get the triple glazing and termonuclear reactor to ensure the temperature doesn't drop below 30 for the first few weeks or months. I almosted evaroprated away due to the heat the first few days i came back from work. Luckliy my wife adapted and seems to almost enjoy the cold more than the heat which she moans about more than me.

[aromulus]

Well...
Last night I Xoomed to Jet 400 quid for the flight...

Gave her, also, a full set of instructions for what to do monday...
ie.
CFO sticker collecting... Short trip to the local Qatar Airways office, to book her seat for the 20th...

And if there is a slight chance, to book an earlier flight.

I got her to print the itinerary and the charge from the Airline Website $597 one way...

If there is a leaving party at all, to keep it extremely low key, as I don't really want to feed the 5000, exclusively close family.
I suppose this will be a little out of the question, because Filipino like to show off a little, and if they have a chance to make somebody envious of them... They will take it.

Fortunately, Jet is not like that, but, dammit, she likes parties and fiestas...

So the saga is nearly over, soon she will join me here in the land of milk and honey, high taxes, speed cams, fortnightly bin collections, cold weather,and what have you...

What will she think of the UK...??? Will she miss home?
Obvious.

Thinking ahead, I did leave a pc with her, in May last year, with full broadband.
So that we could communicate every day,without her having to resort to walk ,in all weather, the local internet cafes.
Will it be enough for her to keep in touch with the family...??? I dearly hope so.

Thanks for all your good wishes, guys and dolls.
I really appreciate your sincerity.

[Alan]

God bless you both Dom. I am so happy for you.

Al.

[andypaul]

Well...
Last night I Xoomed to Jet 400 quid for the flight...

Gave her, also, a full set of instructions for what to do monday...
ie.
CFO sticker collecting... Short trip to the local Qatar Airways office, to book her seat for the 20th...

And if there is a slight chance, to book an earlier flight.

I got her to print the itinerary and the charge from the Airline Website $597 one way...

If there is a leaving party at all, to keep it extremely low key, as I don't really want to feed the 5000, exclusively close family.
I suppose this will be a little out of the question, because Filipino like to show off a little, and if they have a chance to make somebody envious of them... They will take it.

Fortunately, Jet is not like that, but, dammit, she likes parties and fiestas...

So the saga is nearly over, soon she will join me here in the land of milk and honey, high taxes, speed cams, fortnightly bin collections, cold weather,and what have you...

What will she think of the UK...??? Will she miss home?
Obvious.

Thinking ahead, I did leave a pc with her, in May last year, with full broadband.
So that we could communicate every day,without her having to resort to walk ,in all weather, the local internet cafes.
Will it be enough for her to keep in touch with the family...??? I dearly hope so.

Thanks for all your good wishes, guys and dolls.
I really appreciate your sincerity.

The pc left over there as your im sure aware needs to be kept up to date with os updates and the same with any av or anti spyware on the computer. Is there someone ok with doing that? Also make sure the broadband bill is payed as and when, not always the highest prioty for some families.
Also not sure of the family setup etc, but make sure the people who use it realsie its a communcation tool not a games centre. A few times my Wifes younger Bro and Sis have had to be told off for loading on manga screensavers and games etc.
Also my Wifes sister younger sister goes to a posh school in manila and when we were last over she had to load on files to the laptop from her usb stick only used on the school network computers we had a few nasty virus suddenly pop up.

Your still need a cheap way of ringing via landline and mobile as its unlikely they will have on the pc all the time plus your wife will need/want to speak to other realtives who don't have pcs trust me.

[aromulus]

Jet's still "nubile" sister will be left in charge of the pc.
She also uses it to keep in touch with her friends, video cam is used every day by us, so they can do the same.

Jet's daughter, only uses it once a week for school research, and she doesn't do games, she has a fully functional brain.

They are under strict orders not to download anything, and the Grandparents are very protective of the damn thing.
Any kid found lounging around the pc desk, gets a clip aroung the ears.
The OS, gets regular updates. so does AVG, which runs in tandem with McAfee, together they do a damn good job.

Besides I can always troubleshoot from here, via MSN remote assistance.

The pc is in good hands. We will still send a few bob every month for the upkeep, I understand the Filipino "priorities", and Jet is in charge of making sure that the bills get paid.

She is a force to be reckoned with, even her father asks for her opinion and accepts her input in everything.

So we are kind of sorted. thanks for the tip anyway, it is appreciated.

[andypaul]

Jet's still "nubile" sister will be left in charge of the pc.
She also uses it to keep in touch with her friends, video cam is used every day by us, so they can do the same.

Jet's daughter, only uses it once a week for school research, and she doesn't do games, she has a fully functional brain.

They are under strict orders not to download anything, and the Grandparents are very protective of the damn thing.
Any kid found lounging around the pc desk, gets a clip aroung the ears.
The OS, gets regular updates. so does AVG, which runs in tandem with McAfee, together they do a damn good job.

Besides I can always troubleshoot from here, via MSN remote assistance.

The pc is in good hands. We will still send a few bob every month for the upkeep, I understand the Filipino "priorities", and Jet is in charge of making sure that the bills get paid.

She is a force to be reckoned with, even her father asks for her opinion and accepts her input in everything.

So we are kind of sorted. thanks for the tip anyway, it is appreciated.

Sounds like you got it sort there Sir remote assitance can sort a lot of problems but not all sadly.

Although this belongs in the Pc nerdy tech section, I left a full back up disk which basicaly you bung in and the answer file does every to set up with no input needed from the people at the disk. A few mintues updating the pc after that and its all back to normal. Just in case the worse happens

I even left a Hard disk which a few realitives have been showned how to swap over in case we have another hard disk failure on the machine. Pcs out there so seem to suffer from the heat and humidty which we just dont get for the sustained times they do.

[aromulus]

All back-ups, documents, pics, music, you name it... OS, AVs and drivers are all in a mini 80 gig USB powered external plug and play hard drive.
Basically they only have to follow the on-screen instructions. Yes... That is worrying....
To swap hard drives is dead easy, because it is stored in the bottom of the case, it plugs straight in.....

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Sales_Deals_...e_Computer.htm

Nice piece of kit.
Installed an extra fan inside, so that the heat won't build up as fast.