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From: William Black on 21 Apr 2010 06:18 EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: > > > 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.) I've met a number of Americans in Goa who live there all year round as US citizens can get a ten year tourist visa to India. Goa is cheap, the weather is good, the food excellent and the people are friendly and speak English most of the time. But it's not what you'd call 'sophisticated'. However the overnight sleeper train to Bombay is cheap and fun. -- William Black "Any number under six" The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat single handed with a quarterstaff.
From: d4g4h4 on 21 Apr 2010 10:41 JohnT <johntspamnot(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "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. Maybe he could put up Evelyn? :) -- (*) 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: William Black on 21 Apr 2010 11:55 Martin wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:18:15 +0100, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> > wrote: > >> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: >>> >>> 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.) >> I've met a number of Americans in Goa who live there all year round as >> US citizens can get a ten year tourist visa to India. >> >> Goa is cheap, the weather is good, the food excellent and the people >> are friendly and speak English most of the time. >> >> But it's not what you'd call 'sophisticated'. However the overnight >> sleeper train to Bombay is cheap and fun. > > At least one English woman has lived there whilst claiming UK social security > benefits. I think she is being or was prosecuted for �40K fraud. Current estimates are that about 25,000 to 30,000 Brits live there while claiming benefits, especially sickness and disability benefits as there's no routine check to see if you're in the UK. Indeed, I don't think you need to be in the country to claim them as long as you remain a British resident. -- William Black "Any number under six" The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat single handed with a quarterstaff.
From: JohnT on 21 Apr 2010 13:00 "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jhb23l.12mgs7x1ce3e63N%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > JohnT <johntspamnot(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> "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. > > Maybe he could put up Evelyn? :) It really is a delicious thought! -- JohnT
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 21 Apr 2010 14:33
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote: > 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. > Precisely why I chose Arizona, instead! (What one would do if one had unlimited means must usually remain an unrealized dream, alas.) |