From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on


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


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


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
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.

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"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: JohnT on

"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