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I reckon so, and I'd interpret that as a one-off occasion unless otherwise informed.

People often use contractions when speaking and it's fine. But if you had to write a formal letter you would use "...I had had..." instead of '"...I'd had...".[/quote]

Oh, definitely, I'm just not...

Don't say now.[/quote]

It sounds a trifle odd to me. I'd say "I wouldn't have got wet if I'd had ('if I had had', literally, but that sounds dodgy) my umbrella with me". At the risk of a good...

Ааа... кто Аркадий?

Yeah, well, the land of silly spellings ;).

Not very widely used, but most people would understand it, I'd say.

This ("would have liked") is commonly used, as kwatts said, in lieu (= instead) of "wanted".

Generally, though, it's used where something desired is unrealisable, like "I would have liked to go...