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I wanted to say thanks to everybody who has contributed. I'm intending to do more research over the weekend when I next have time to kill, following up on all the information kindly provided here. :)

I'll be your huckleberry.

I highly recommend Hilton La Romana in Dominican Republic. I book it with Hilton points, but I was chatting to a another guest there last April (out of term time) who got a deal for a family of four £6k ten nights, premium room, flights included - all with Tui.

I would point out that as time goes on, insurance companies (like most companies in the economy) are getting tighter and tighter and squeezing customers' pips, looking for tiny excuses to refuse claims or make it so difficult for people with admin that they give up even though they're covered...

Why did we have millions of them in stock already, when until 2020 virtually nobody had heard of them? Those things were all over the place like those silver bottles thrown on the street by naughty teenagers. I'm sure you were familiar with them being a medically knowledgeable person, but ask...

I'd also point out that business class is very difficult to justify for people with children, especially when they're old enough for a seat to be mandatory, but young enough to hardly fit in the seat/not appreciate the difference. With three children, business class for the five of us would cost...

I agree with your first point. I don't disagree with your second point, as everybody has different experiences/results, but the wife and I flashing our Amex cards (instead of Priority Passes) has always got us and the children straight in to Plaza Premium. Quality has gone down a bit though in...

Well all those tens of millions of test kits that conveniently already existed in March 2020 supposedly worked on it. What were they made for? PS: Everybody I spoke with, who said they had it, I asked them if they'd previously had the flu. They said yes. I asked if it felt the same. They said...

Conspiracy theory dogma is government textbook denial. Somebody begins to talk about a secret? Rely on the public at large to belittle that person and unthinkingly assume he's a nutjob. Life is about balance. Sometimes theories are correct, and sometimes they are not. I still don't believe in...

The grey handgrip on the telescopic handle is plastic, but the telescoping sections are all metal. The other two handles, silver coloured, I believe are plastic. However, they are made so well that I could only tell that by touch initially/by the temperature contrast between the handle and the...

Maxpedition and Hazard 4 both have numerous options you might like. I collect military style gear mostly packs/pouches/storage solutions, and these are my favourite two brands. I can recommend from personal use the following which might suit your needs: Hazard 4 Bandoleer - size and capacity...

Whatever happened to that superspreader fella, the international traveller who supposedly took it from Asia to the ski slopes? I heard a rumour he was at an outdoor market, where he ate a bat that bit a crocodile that ate a pangolin infested with fleas that jumped off a dog that was owned by a...

If you managed to fix or obtain a working one, you'd have to start wearing a waistcoat though. Have you got the figure to pull that look off?

I used Gentoo for a while about twenty years ago. I looked at it again recently and couldn't understand how the hell I managed with it back then. The last few years I was happily dumbed down by Mint, but I found it was freezing up gradually more and more in the last year or two. Couldn't figure...

Dumb house and happy.

I've tried two electric cars so far. Polestar 2 was fairly good but my left leg didn't like the available space. I have nothing positive to say about the eCorsa. :D

I believe I know most of the travel card options in the UK, and I believe your best bet would be either the Halifax or Lloyds World Elite cards. I've never had one of them; they are quite new on the market, but it does sound like for £180 per year the main cardholder and supplementary cardholder...

Thanks very much you've given me a lot of useful information and perspective there. The case should have a lot of airflow as I'm intending to use, if I can find one somewhere, an Aerocool Dream Box. I already have a couple of them on the go, and really like them. That said, it might be easier...

I recently bought an aluminium cabin case called "Detroit Silver Case" from an online budget type store which I believe has physical stores too. Normally costs £119, but I got it for about £96 I think when on offer. It's in a similar style to the iconic Rimowa. I was sceptical at first, but...

Covered by AXA via an American Express card. I have claimed for overseas medical expenses twice in a few years, both times just for a few hundred quid each, and both times they coughed up/I wasn't left out of pocket. However, the most recent time there was a long delay and I had to enter in to a...