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Got banned from a New Forrest pub for taking a real stag to a stag night........................................of cours, I was extremely drunk at the time.

I was intrigued by "Eyes Wide Open's" post which seemed to be hypothesising that countries that had fewer guns per household did not have the lower gun homicide rates and, being a statistician (retired-hooray!), I thought I'd take a look:-  http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvinco.html gives a table of comparisons for the mid-nineties which to my quick "eye-ball" does not seem to support the hypothesis. In fact I would say that there does not seem to be any direct corellation so I would ask for more data - things like population densities, age-related population stats, age related homicide stats etc to see if there were identifiable trends.
My gut feeling is that if you're going to commit murder, you'll do it with whatever you have to hand but if you have a gun in your belt, you don't have to think about it too hard............................I hate you BANG-BANG!
It's a funny old world.

How about the wonderful Dusty Springfield.

Much more difficult for fellers but I would nominate Joe Cocker for range and emotional content

From: http://www.moneysavi...ap-travel-money

Do you want a debit card instead?
If you can't get a credit card due to a weaker credit rating, or would prefer a bank account with a debit card to spend on abroad, you have a few options:

Norwich & Peterborough BS has changed its current account range, for both new and existing customers, to have 0% overseas spending fees and no cash withdrawal fee worldwide. However to avoid all charges you must meet some requirements...
Gold Classic

The Gold Classic card* charges a £5 fee unless you pay in £500 per month (approx £6,100 salary). There's also a £5 monthly fee if you go into your authorised overdraft by more than £10.

If you apply via moneysupermarket (the link above takes you there) you'll get a £150 holiday voucher, however it can only be used on brochure holidays for minimum seven day stay for two people. It's likely you can beat this price using our Package Holidays guide.
Gold Light

The Gold Light card charges £5 if you make fewer than five transactions a month. There's no authorised overdraft for new customers, so ensure you don't spend more than you have in the account or you'll be hit with some big fees.
Santander Zero. If you have a Santander savings account with over £10,000 in, or a mortgage or investment product with it, you could apply for the Santander Zero* account, and get fees-free spending and ATM withdrawals worldwide.

Provided you haven't already got a current account with Santander, you'll also get a £100 sign up bonus. See Best Bank Accounts guide for how this compares.

I use a combination of Nationwide (not free but very cheap) in the UK and Aeon in HH.  The Co-op Bank is free I understand, as is ING.  

Most UK High Street banks charge a fee plus give a lousy exchange rate, Nationwides fee is only small (to cover Visa charges) and their exchange rate seems to be nearer Thai rates than UK rates.

Probably someone has done more research than this though.