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# hehe!
waht are all these people moaning about? Oh no, I'm stuck in barbados for a few days longer, send battleships immediately.
(benito vaselini no not that one, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:48, archived)
# BUT I MUST GET BACK TO WORK!
Can't chance an illegal immigrant stealing my job
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:51, archived)
# it's all a conspiracy
people with jobs have gone on planes somewhere and can't get back

boat people with no jobs are turning up and stealing the people with jobs's jobs

solution: passport control/customs officers, who currently have nothing to do, should go and stand about on beaches with binoculars

/armchair minister blog
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:56, archived)
# it was all in Canal Boat Monthly
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:02, archived)
#
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(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:12, archived)
# Minister for Standing About On Beaches With Binoculars?
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:03, archived)
# I'd agree with you
except that my mum's in Tenerife, she's going to miss two very important hospital appointments and she's already run out of the drugs she needs to control her condition. I've just spent the weekend trying to work out the logistics of transporting her back to the UK before she deteriorates any further.

If it was me stuck out there, on the other hand, I'd be happy as a pig in shit
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:54, archived)
# oh dear
she might get a lift with the Navy

but by the time they get there the war will be over
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:57, archived)
# The hospital have told her not to stress and to try and relax as much as possible
The options are:
1) Fly to Madrid and try to navigate her way up to Bilbao and get a ferry back from there, which will be a nightmarish journey of epic proportions and about the most stressful thing she could put herself through
2) Stay put and hope the airline can fly her out relatively soon - apparently they have booked her on a flight of Friday, but whether that takes off or not is uncertain...anything later than that and she'll start to get quite seriosuly ill :/

Not a great choice tbh
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:02, archived)
# Can't they somehow get the drugs to her, rather than the other way round?
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:04, archived)
# we've talked about it
but without air mail there's no guarantee that they'll get there in time either

Currently looking into the possibility of driving out there
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:06, archived)
# are you on Twitter?
twitter.com/#search?q=%23getmehome
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:30, archived)
# ouch
you could get someone to courier her the drugs - or would that be prohibitively expensive?
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:05, archived)
# yeah, looking into that now
my auntie may be able to drive out there but even so we need to get my mum from Tenerife onto the mainland
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:07, archived)
# get her to fly to the northernmost airport that's open
it's a 2-day drive though

mind you, I did Calais-Toulouse in 9 hours once
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:18, archived)
# if she could get to marseille, she could get the tgv to calais
French trains are pretty good.
(benito vaselini no not that one, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:21, archived)
# That's a bit worrying.
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:00, archived)
# this is in no way meant to sound sarcastic or a joke
but can't she go to a hospital in Tenerife? can't her UK doctor send copies of her medical history? surely the British consulate must have procedures in place for something like this
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:05, archived)
# It's a bit more complicated than that
the drugs she's on are "bio-drugs" that are tailored specifically for her - it's a brand new treatment that's still in trials and there's no off-the-shelf alternative, sadly.
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:11, archived)
# so Science has been foiled by an Act of God?
edit: seriously, hope you work it out
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:16, archived)
# Ah, that answers the question I was about to ask.
that answers the question I was about to ask.I am on lifesaving prescription medicine and when travelling abroad I always adhere by the instructions on the insurance documents which stress that anyone on prescription meds should take a repeat prescription with them in case of lost supplies / other emergency. That way when seeing a doctor in foreign climes it is much easier to prove you need the meds.

This proved invaluable during our last trip to NYC when daughter needed antibiotic eye drops after her bottle leaked in transit. She was very grateful that before our trip I insisted she get a repeat prescription with all the hassle that entailed after that happened.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 12:22, archived)