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From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 21 Apr 2010 14:43 William Black wrote: > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) 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. (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. Exactly! (My choice of "ideal" locations is based upon the availability of top quality opera and classical music performances.) I truly wish I had found the courage to begin my international travels when I was young. There are many parts of the world I would like to have seen and did not. Who knows, if I had begun my European travels when I was still young, I might have managed to audition for (and be hired by) some regional opera house? (Many American singers of my generation did so - none became "superstars", but managed to make a living doing what they most wanted to do.)
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 21 Apr 2010 14:45 David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote: > 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? :) Thanks, but no thanks!
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 21 Apr 2010 14:51 William Black wrote: > Martin wrote: >> 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. > 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.) >
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 21 Apr 2010 14:53 JohnT wrote: > > "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! Not to Evelyn! (And probably not to Mixi, either.) 8-)
From: William Black on 21 Apr 2010 15:00
Martin wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:55:42 +0100, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> > wrote: > >> 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. > > How can you be both a Goan resident and a British resident at the same time? They're not Goan residents. They're UK residents travelling on tourist visas issued by the Indian government and valid for six months. They who go to Goa for those six months, officially on holiday. They continue to claim, and many of them also work there illegally. > The woman in question is the mother of the teenage girl who was murdered on a > beach in Goa. She is, I'm afraid, horribly typical of that group. She was always a UK resident. Officially she was on holiday and travelling on a tourist visa. -- 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. |