Nemo2
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Dohhhh......changed it.
Just teasing you.
Dohhhh......changed it.
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Looks like a beautiful place to live. I envy you two and if I could just have a few more lives .... Are there any Detectorists around? Love that Netflix series.
In 2013 we were in Ripon and saw Rievaulx Abbey and then Fountains Abbey. But then took a left turn to Hawes. Would love to go back there and sketch some of those ruins plus all that nice stone work in the buildings.
Sometime when you are settled maybe we could have a thread on backdoor ways to visit the UK. It's not just all well known cities like London and Bath.
I'd love to see such a thread! I've been to London many, many times, lived in Bournemouth for 4 months, and I travelled the countryside SOME, but I feel that I haven't even scratched the surface as far as really traveling the UK. Always looking for places to explore - especially if they are reachable as day trips from London by train (we have done day trips as far as Edinburgh, so a lot of territory is in play....)
I used to dread the days when mushy peas were on the menu with school dinner! *shudders at the memory*the American people can do a ceremonial penance by eating mushy peas and blood sausage for a day.
Retire in the UK?
Soon there will be no need to move for that. IMHO, Reuniting with England and the British Empire the only way to solve this country's problems, and is therefore inevitable.
There would be a few problems. We will have to learn how to spell certain words like - harbour, colour, etc. But we will add many colorful words and phrases to the language. Gobsmacked is my favorite word and One Off is one of my favorite phrases. Then there are also all of those great British cuss words.
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I used to dread the days when mushy peas were on the menu with school dinner! *shudders at the memory*
Retire in the UK?
Soon there will be no need to move for that. IMHO, Reuniting with England and the British Empire the only way to solve this country's problems, and is therefore inevitable.
There would be a few problems. We will have to learn how to spell certain words like - harbour, colour, etc. But we will add many colorful words and phrases to the language. Gobsmacked is my favorite word and One Off is one of my favorite phrases. Then there are also all of those great British cuss words.
Everybody will need driving lessons, so maybe an investment in driving schools is a good idea for our IRA's.
We will have to relearn how to drink beer - warm and in greater quantities. But, we can share the craft brewing industry with them. They need help. And the idea of having a Pub on every corner is just wonderful.
Replacing ObamaCare will be easy! Just use the British National Health system. One big problem immediately solved as proof how well the Reunion will work.
Of course, the President will probably have to spend a night or two in a London dungeon, just to show that we are truly repentant. After a few days the Queen can issue a proclamation of forgiveness for the President and all Americans, and announce a new and glorious future for the Empire, both in Europe and North America. While the President is in the dungeon the American people can do a ceremonial penance by eating mushy peas and blood sausage for a day.
Hopefully, they won't burn down the White House for a second time. Perhaps we will be allowed to make the White House a museum of the abandoned American culture. It will serve as a warning to future generations not to question their leaders.
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Why?
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Well both homophones (well not quite) might be an accurate description of the average Harrogate resident....I meant genteel.
Does not make sense to me, considering, the majority of Brits do not intend to retire in their own country.
Either way....I kind of ruin the "average". I would rather have moved to the coast.....but my wife wouldn't go for that.
Not even Scarborough....that's like Harrogate-by-the-sea
I was just back in Ireland & England last fall and the exchange rate made it feel like we were in the US. Not cheaper though, but not expensive like it used to be. Long may it last! Maybe I'll visit more often now.
Being Irish originally, I'm curious how Brexit will unfold. Before the EU, Ireland-England had a "special relationship" (open borders for work) but I'm not sure if that would be able to continue post-Brexit.
I was just back in Ireland & England last fall and the exchange rate made it feel like we were in the US. Not cheaper though, but not expensive like it used to be. Long may it last! Maybe I'll visit more often now.
If we live in UK for 7 months out of the year and have NHS for healthcare (getting in not an issue) and live in California or somewhere else sunny for 5 months with travel insurance, would that work out? Any gotchas with that plan? Our relatives from outside the U.S. come to visit California sometimes for months at a time with travel health insurance, though no one ever had a car accident or anything big to test out the policies. Or sometimes they go to places like Spain or Portugal for vacations during the winter.
It is rainy here today so I've gotten some major decluttering done. If we don't end up moving, worst case we'll have a clutter free house.
Apart from regular day to day illnesses which travel insurance may not cover, what if you have a serious incident that requires ongoing care? Are you ready to be transported back to the UK for ongoing treatment?
Yes, that what we are considering - we'd be residents there and rent or sell the house here in the U.S.
The common travel area pre-dates the EU and should remain.Both governments seem to want to keep the border open. The ability for UK and Irish citizens to move between the two countries and work in either without visas was superseded by the free movement of people within the EU, but it still exists and I assume would do so after BREXIT.
FYI large numbers of UK citizens with Irish grandparents etc are now applying for Irish passports.