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I sent him an email just now!

Cheers

Anyone hear from Fulwood?

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I often think about him and would love to know how he’s getting along. I think I can speak for all the regulars of this forum in sending him our very best wishes.

I also think of Dunnroving...I wish he would let us know how he is. :fingerscrossed: I find it sad when long standing members just disappear. :(

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Yes - I miss Dunroving's posts - they were very interesting and informative. I miss all the "old" posters - Rodney, Dunroving, Trotty True (who started the original thread), also Eastern Dawn (Peggi). She was the Canadian lady (born in Scotland) who moved back to Scotland. She had a lot of bad luck at the start trying to find work, accommodation etc. I often wonder if her husband was able to join her in Scotland or if she went back to Canada. Also I would love to hear how Celtic Spirit is doing back in Northern Ireland. I hope they are all okay! Also Anna in Malta (?), As for Fulwood, I believe she is still in the US (unless she moved back recently). She sometimes posts on another thread about new British/European television shows she likes to watch. Hope she is okay too. Would love to hear from all of them!

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I miss hearing from Aries. I lived in Adelaide for many years & still visit from Perth, WA every year as our daughter is still there. I am about the same age & often dream of returning to England. I admired her courage as she went back aged 72yrs after 50yrs plus in Australia. Unfortunately she found it hard going. I hope she has settled & made friends.

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I’m still around and posting now and again. Yesterday I reached 6 years back in England, and although every day I say I would like to return to Adelaide and look on the internet for places to live, my health issues get in the way. My next birthday will have an 8 at the front, so time is ticking away to make another big move.

At outpatients in hospital this week the specialist said he knows Adelaide well, even knowing how the Crows finished this year, so with his enthusiasm I’m surprised he isn’t living there.

With other BE members who don’t seem to post these days, life’s ups and downs are probably playing a part, very little stays constant.

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I also wonder what happened to Rodney and would love to know how he is getting on. Dunrovin is a mystery. I remember he was in an accident and then stopped posting. I wish we knew what happened to him. With Rodney on the forum it was a lot livelier.

We are back 2 years now. Still love being in England but our neighbourhood problems of screaming kids and too many cars parking us in has not changed. So after giving it 2 summers we are definitely selling up and moving to SW Dorset hopefully in the spring. We realised that we came from a quiet beach neighbourhood on Vancouver Island and moving to our old house in Home Counties was too much of a contrast and I also miss being nearer the sea. We have no ties here except our property so at time it made sense to move back here.

Leaving soon for our 3 months in Cape Town to escape the winter here. Then I am not on internet much! So I will take this opportunity to wish everyone all the best until next year!

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I'm not here much myself anymore, but I would sorely like to hear from Rodney too, so if you have gotten a hold of him, cheers, and he would appreciate some correspondence, let us know. I am in touch with Fish n Chips (Phil) and will pass on that, although he is able to read posts, he is unable to post due to some issue with AOL and his password. Hopefully that will be resolved soon. In case I don't get a chance to say it closer to the time, I wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and New Year full of love and joy :santa::drinkingwine::xmaspressie:

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Aries it is difficult to imagine that you have been back for 6yrs. I am in Adelaide visiting my daughter. Adelaide has lost it's charm for me since it is now over populated for it's size. So much traffic that the roads cannot cope. Rundle Mall is so crowded with people. So many housing estates built where there was once lovely countryside.
The weather, always so changeable here, two days 36c followed by cool cloudy days. Tomorrow it's the Christmas pageant . . . you will remember that I'm sure.

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Maybe we can get to Rodney by contacting Donald. What do you think?

Cheers

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I watched Adelaide grow from half a million in 1960. It was very quiet in those days, but as new areas were developed, traffic and new roads increased as you would expect. With so much land available I wasn’t bothered by the loss of fields, and I was very pleased to be part of a growing community. Although some interesting buildings were demolished, others disappeared without being missed. The parklands surrounding the city remain and give the CBD an enviable oasis effect, and there are 5 squares within the grid pattern of the CBD which help to soften the straight lines drawn up by William Light in 1836.

I contrast the development of Adelaide’s new areas, shopping malls and hospitals, with the lack of development back in my hometown. A bypass that should have been constructed 60 years ago hasn’t long been finished, the shopping centre is run down, and there are no indoor shopping malls. Big old hotels which were once envied are now tired, yet for what is supposed to be a premier seaside resort in Devon, there should be investment and pride.

I think Adelaide can be proud of what it has achieved. My big disappointment was that the John Martins department store closed down, and the Christmas pageant it organised for so many years, ceased to have the same feeling.

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I haven’t heard about MissBetty for some time, is she still in Britain?

She made many descriptive posts during her troubled times on Australia’s east coast, and having visited friends in WA, I’m wondering if she decided to give it another go.

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So how is your day going?
I need to bring my blood sugar down. Unfortunately I am well stocked with British treats such as a big can of Scotish shortbread biscuits and the Swiss Toblerone chocolate.
OK I'm tested to the limit with the banks today. I made a cash deposit into the Credit Union on Monday and I happened to double check today and found out it was put into the wrong account. They said it was a human error.
Strange but also I had made a payment to my American Express account on Monday and I checked on that today and they didn't show my payment had been made???? Long story but they said they didn't have a record of my payment. It was the last day to make a payment and they would charge $27.50 for being late. I got that sorted and they didn't charge me the late fee.
Moral of the story. Always double check everything because there is a lot of mistakes being made by businesses/banks.
I was charged $9.49 a pound for mixed nuts at the supermarket. When I saw that on my receipt I took it to customer service ant told them I was returning them because of the cost. They looked at the sign and saw it was suppose to be $4.99 per pound??? Why are errors always seem to be against the customer?
Buyers beware.
Cheers

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A Merry Christmas to all over 40 who have returned to the UK or those planning on doing so.

Cheers

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Happy Christmas to you as well and to all other BE members and lurkers.

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Hello all- been about 2 years since my last confession lol!! How is everyone doing?

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We are good.
We are looking for Jasper 123.
Will someone go and knock on his door?
Cheers

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LOL why not just send him a PM?

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Hello everyone—is anyone still here? I haven't been on for a couple of years and don't know when my own last post was! (i know there's a way to look but didn't find it easily.) It seems this is the last page on the Over 40s thread, so no-one has posted since February, six months ago. It's great to see some of the old familiar names from the years when this community was so important to me as I yearned to go back to the UK. Now I am in my fifth year of being back and am still so glad to be here (maybe I'll pop a post on the back home thread too).

In the last few pages I've loved islandwoman's attempt to wake up the thread, feelbritish's (I think, sorry if it was someone else) posts and naming of early thread denizens like trottytrue, easterndawn, and many more who were such presences here. I too wonder how jasper/rodney (and his mum) are doing, and dunrovin. Good to hear from you aries though I am so sorry it isn't working out for you...great to see BEVS and pollyanna still mods...good to see FishnChips and cheers still posting recently...great to see Editha here a while ago and also on Back Home...I have missed out many names of people whose posts I read with pleasure in the old days, but hello to all!

Nothing specific to say really; and of course once we are back home, and get busy with the new life, seeing family members if we have them, and trying to create new networks, this forum becomes less important to one's life, as is only natural. Just saying hi!

"Tina"

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Hi Tina,

Nice to hear from you and to start up this thread again. I do get this one to come to my email address so I got a notification. Like others, I seldom go onto this anymore. Have had a mixed bag this year. Our Cape Town trip came to an end this year as the accommodation we had was sold and OH does not want to go again so we will be looking for some other place to spend a few weeks in the sun in winter otherwise I will not get through life here! We also have not been able to sell house quickly and have had it on market for 5 months. We want to move from South Bucks to Devon for a more relaxed retirement but at moment it is frustrating me being in limbo! Still we both are happy we moved back from Canada to UK.

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Hi feelbritish, great to see this update! Sorry about the difficult bit,especially the slow sale of the house...do hope something happens soon so you can get to Devon!

You are right about winter weeks in the sun...if one is able to do this it really helps! We did for the first time last year, only three weeks, but lovely--Florida Gulf Coast.

Yes, limbo waiting for house sale is frustrating, especially for so long! But I am glad to hear that you are happy about the move back to UK.

In my post above, of course there are many others I forgot to mention whose names i recognise and I am still glad to see around, like mods Jerseygirl and Sue....and many more...omission of anyone doesn't mean I've forgotten how important the support of so many people here was when I too was longing to go back home.

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Hi Cheers! And Hello to you all. Yes, its Don the turner - Jasper passed away soon after his Mum did, some time ago. I and my Thai Wife, were back on holiday, for the whole of July Just gone) - but nearer to the Laos Cambodia Border than previously, and if we can possibly get the right pounds together, we aim to go back, and stay there for ever! I am now 88 , and fairly OK, but do have an enlarged heart, which means loads of tablets! Please be in touch, anyone who wants to chat! Please Dontheturner.

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Oh my goodness Don, amazing to hear from you! Back in Thailand and wanting to stay there and start a new lease of life at 88! Well, good for you.

Thank you so much for telling us the sad news about Jasper/Rodney. I didn't know his Mum had died, though he may have posted that? and it's no surprise as she was a good ripe age. But for him to go so quickly...that is sad.

I think there will be an outpouring of comment from others who remember his constant, friendly and supportive presence here.

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It is so lovely to hear from you dontheturner and also everyone else popping up recently . I miss you all when you are not about .

Thank you SO MUCH dontheturner for letting us all know the sad news about Jasper123. Very kind. I hope his passing was peaceful.

Rather odd to think of him gone. I shall always remember him as a happy helpful chap.

regards
BEVS

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Oh no...what sad news. We miss him. :(

Sorry to hear about your health problems too...hopefully with meds you can lead a happy life. :fingerscrossed:

We are always here if you want to chat. Please don’t forget about us. All the best with your quest to get back.

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Oh dear, that is so sad about Rodney. He really held this group together for a long time. May he rest in peace!

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Hello Don, it's nice to hear from you. Hope you are managing the health issues ok and that you are both happy. Hope the move works out for you. Thanks for letting everyone know about Rodney, he gave a lot of himself on this page and he certainly will be missed. Take care of you both and keep us posted on your move. :starsmile:

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Hi all- so sad to hear about Rodney and his Mum passing over. Happy to hear from some familiar names and hope we can start this up again? What does everyone think? I was toying with the idea of returning to the UK but to be honest, I am in 2 minds...hubby and I want to travel a bit down in the USA for winters RV'ing in our retirement( in 2 years god willing). I did say to him the other day , " well....can you see you or me shovelling bloody snow when we are 80?" so its not ruled out LOL- sister in law has just moved from Dorset to Bideford in Devon and loves it...

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I'm still of a mind to resettle in the UK . I'd like the proximity of friends family and easy hols in the UK and on the Continent.

Recently though we have toyed with the idea of becoming 'keyfree' for a bit and doing a little travelling here and there before resettling.

I simply cannot seeing me living out my adage here in New Zealand . It just doesn't suit me.

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Hello Shelley, Added to my Wife and I, going back to Thailand for a holiday - (And perhaps moving back to end my days there) was the ongoing problem, of my Daughter Christine's Husband having a Cancerous growth in the stomach, and not wanting to wait, over the previous Christmas, for an operation. So they decided to ask the Senior Consultant - how quickly, and the cost, if they paid him to get it done privately- - No problem - within a few days, and £14,000. - So they paid and it was done, and would you believe - he told my daughter, (while he was in recovery) - Oh! by the way, I removed his Prostate while I was in there, to save trouble later on! - She confided in me - Their sex life had be non-existant all their life!. He died within three days. - Within the following year,.... Another friendly couple in the family - Vic & Mary - Mary died - and Then My Daughter Got with Vic (He lived in Devon) and was in the process of moving home - they have now got together - and she has sold her Bungalow near here- and has moved to Devon, so before we went to Thailand for our July holiday, we attended their Wedding! - Christine has now bought a Cottage Near Porthmadoc - as a Holiday let, for the family to use!- HOW TIME FLIES! Shelley - I can recommend Devon - Do have a look on Google Earth at TOTNES! You will love it Take Care ALL you folks!

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I love to think of this thread going on even when I am busy with life, and of being able to pop back on and find everyone still here! But of course if everyone gets busy with life,no-one will post....!!

Winters in the USA with Rv, wow interesting, but I guess you mean the southern parts, not the snow parts??!! As you say, shovelling snow in your 80s isn't a good idea. I have often wondered what RV-ing would be like...

"In 2 minds about returning to the Uk...." well, lots of people are, and it's understandable after many years away. I am so glad to be back though it's true the dark days in winter can get me down...I don't mind the cold that much because it doesn't last and it is rarely as bitterly cold as it was in pennsylvania (USA)!

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I am still here too - although a bit of a name change (was perthhomeschool).

I did know about Rodney's mum but not about Rodney. How terribly sad. I so enjoyed his posts. I have to say I am not entirely surprised that he passed so soon after his mum. She was his world. RIP to them both.

Don, so much happening in your life! I wish you luck with returning to Thailand. I used to go to boarding school right outside of Totnes at Dartington Hall. Lovely part of the country. Seriously considered Devon when we came back but too much rain. Now in sunny (and mostly dry) Norfolk.

BEVS, keyfree is great! We sold our house in Florida, and now rent. We can live anywhere we want now. And someone else has to take care of the repairs. Don't know if we will ever own again to be honest. No car either. Public transport or taxis work just fine. And just yesterday we signed the final papers on the sale of our biz in the USA. Funds will be out of the bank as soon as in as it will all go to pay for DD's wedding. Still, we are without responsibilities and without debt for the first time. It feels good.

Great to hear from some old posters. Hope you all keep it up. And maybe others will join in now we got this thing going again!

Seriously tempted to go back to the beginning of this thread and start all over again!

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Hey Perth! Keyfree eh? sounds interesting...the freedom appeals, yet I sort of want that sense of my own home base....carfree yes, we are doing that.

Yes, great to see old names coming back...

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My vote goes to owning your own home. I was brought up in a council house...my mum always dreamed of having her own house. Maybe that’s why I am in favour of Home ownership. Although you may have to fork out for the odd repair/upgrade from time to time...it is an asset which will increase in value...especially if you buy in the right neighborhood.

To me renting means I can be asked to leave when the lease expires...then I have to try to find somewhere else to live. Not a nice thing to have do if you are getting on in years. I would never feel settled...never feel ‘at home’...as it isn’t my home...it belongs to someone else.

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BtW and JG, everything right in what you say - and we weighed up each and every one of those concerns. And we were lucky in that our house appreciated 100% when we sold. So all good and valid points.

For us it works well right now. Who knows down the road.

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Ah ok, yes, that totally makes sense.

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