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From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 20 Apr 2010 18:17 Martin wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:43:56 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" > <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> >> Martin wrote: >>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:29:34 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke <see(a)sig.nature> wrote: >>> >>>> Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in >>>> news:d10ns518hnq7t6k9epoq50ovhovf28b1eu(a)4ax.com: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:31:48 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" >>>>> <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> You obviously can't get BBC NEWS >>>>>>> It's available on Internet. >>>>>> Yes, and I'm thinking of subscribing, although I think there is a fee >>>>>> involved. >>>>> There is no fee involved. I receive BBC radio in the Netherlands via >>>>> Internet. >>>>> >>>>> Take your pick >>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ >>>> I think Evelyn is looking for a television channel. You can't get BBC >>>> television on the internet outside of the UK, neither free nor for a >>>> fee. But there are several BBC channels available in Europe and the US >>>> on satellite and cable, some with subscription some without. >>> In most of Europe you can get everything available in UK, except HD, free via >>> satellite with an Aldi �50 satellite receiver. The size of the dish required >>> varies with location. >>> >>> I thought she wanted news. Radio news is adequate for most people in search of >>> news. >> True, but living in a senior "retirement residence" as I do, only the >> "normal" broadcast frequencies are available to me (no Sirius). One of >> our NPR stations broadcasts a brief "News from the BBC" segment daily, >> but the interval is too short to provide anything like full coverage. > > As I said above all BBC Radio is available via Internet and the BBC website is > full of current news. Thanks to those of you who pointed this out to me. (I've bookmarked it for future use.)
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 20 Apr 2010 18:22 Hatunen wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:38:38 -0700, > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> >> Hatunen wrote: >>> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:12:20 +0200, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:28:37 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Martin writes: >>>>> >>>>>> It is a real shame that you discovered this so late in your life. >>>>> I've known it all my life, so it's not a discovery. >>>> You haven't managed not to snip relevant context after all these years of >>>> posting to news groups. >>>> >>>> So why didn't you stay in the USA? >>> He prefers to pontficate on the evolving culture in the USA from >>> a safe distance rather than through personal experience. >> There are times when I envy him! (Unfortunately, with my retirement >> income all in U.S. Dollars, retiring abroad just wasn't feasible.) > > Mexico. Lake Chapala near Guadalajara. Thanks, but to me "abroad" would be Vienna or Paris or Brussels, meaning the shrinkage of the dollar against the euro would prove a hardship. (Particularly when major cities ANYWHERE are more expensive than other communities.)
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 22 Apr 2010 16:20 Hatunen wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:51:19 -0700, > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> I could be mistaken, but I think one can collect U.S. "Social Security" >> benefits anywhere, since they represent money we have paid in taxes, all >> our working lives. (However, they are paid in U.S. dollars, and even >> here in the U.S. provide somewhat less that a reasonable amount to >> sustain life, if that's the sole source of income.) > > You can get your social security all right, but your Medicare > doesn't travel. Nor does my "Medigap" supplement! (Fortunately, I established that before my first trip to Europe, so during the years I was able to travel, I had a travel medical policy with Amex.) The policy only cost about $135 a year. It covered anything my primary policies did not, so long as my trips were no longer than six months at a time. (It was considerably less expensive than getting trip insurance for each journey separately.) >
From: d4g4h4 on 21 Apr 2010 03:19 EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: [] > Thanks, but to me "abroad" would be Vienna or Paris or Brussels, meaning > the shrinkage of the dollar against the euro would prove a hardship. Your sights did seem set high. Those cities would be rather luxurious retirement choices (assuming no property was already owned there) for Europeans too. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: JohnT on 21 Apr 2010 05:33
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jhahrp.10dfago1vugzw5N%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > [] >> Thanks, but to me "abroad" would be Vienna or Paris or Brussels, meaning >> the shrinkage of the dollar against the euro would prove a hardship. > > Your sights did seem set high. Those cities would be rather luxurious > retirement choices (assuming no property was already owned there) for > Europeans too. Depends on your expected lifestyle. Mixi seems to survive in Paris on the occasional Big Mac and bowl of rice and an income which he claims doesn't exist. -- JohnT |