Love Is All Around Us

The Reids <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Personally I wouldn't even give a
    > thought to buying in a place I hadn't even been to.


personally, neither would I.

But until that point where I win the lottery and am able to spend many
years jetting around the world a few times, discovering every island and
country of the world, I'm gonna have to be selective and ask other folks
their opinions.

The Reids

Following up to love is all around us

    >But until that point where I win the lottery and am able to spend many
    >years jetting around the world a few times, discovering every island and
    >country of the world, I'm gonna have to be selective and ask other folks
    >their opinions.

Sure, get a short list!
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nitram

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:21:06 +0100, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to love is all around us
    >>But until that point where I win the lottery and am able to spend many
    >>years jetting around the world a few times, discovering every island and
    >>country of the world, I'm gonna have to be selective and ask other folks
    >>their opinions.
    >Sure, get a short list!

They still do knee capping in some parts of the UK of GB & NI

Dominique Foucart

love is all around us avait soumis l'idée :
    > I was wondering what people in here consider to be the perfect place to
    > live in Europe?
    > I'm thinking here of aspects such as decent infrastructure, quiet, non
    > touristy area, with a climate that has no real extremes (say averaging max
    > temps of mid 20s or so); and where a nice villa is still buyable.
    > It can be mainland or an island.
    > I note that on the concierge website, the thousands of travellers polled in
    > their latest survey concluded:
    > 2003 TOP 10 EUROPEAN ISLANDS
    > 01 - Capri
    > 02 - Madeira
    > 03 - Mykonos & the Cyclades
    > 04 - Sicily
    > 05 - Sardinia
    > 06 - Crete
    > 07 - Majorca & Minorca
    > 08 - Rhodes & the Dodecanese
    > 09 - Corfu & the Ionians
    > 10 - Channel Islands
    > http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/...islands/eislan
    > ds
    > All ideas welcomed!

Another point about this list is that it's only island... I would
definitely go for a place where mountains are the highlight (but it's
pure personal opinion - I have found what is close to that definition
for me - see my sig) but I wouldn't bet its paradisiac by definition
for everyone !

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barney

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (B
Vaughan) wrote:

    > It would indeed be illegal for someone who was working for a local
    > planning board to submit a project to that planning board.

So what happens if an employee or member of the planning board owns some
land, say, and wants to develop on it? Can they not just excuse*
themselves from dealing with that particular application for planning
approval?

* (I thought the word I was looking for was 'recuse' but when I went to
check its meaning was surprised to find it not in my dictionary. Am I
dreaming that it exists?)

Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn

<[email protected]> wrote:

[]
    > * (I thought the word I was looking for was 'recuse' but when I went to
    > check its meaning was surprised to find it not in my dictionary. Am I
    > dreaming that it exists?)

No, it's a good word to use in the context. What dictionary are you
using?

David

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Juliana L Holm

What about Martinique or Guadeloupe. While physically located in the West
Indes, they are a full Department of France. Except for the occasional
hurricane, and I think VERY occasional as far south as them.

Martinique in particular is low in tourism by Caribbean standards (which
may not be the same as European standards, and the climate is right about
perfect.

No idea on the proces of Real Estate.

Julie

Dominique Foucart <[email protected]> wrote:
    > love is all around us avait soumis l'idée :
    >> I was wondering what people in here consider to be the perfect place to
    >> live in Europe?
    >> I'm thinking here of aspects such as decent infrastructure, quiet, non
    >> touristy area, with a climate that has no real extremes (say averaging max
    >> temps of mid 20s or so); and where a nice villa is still buyable.
    >> It can be mainland or an island.
    >> I note that on the concierge website, the thousands of travellers polled in
    >> their latest survey concluded:
    >> 2003 TOP 10 EUROPEAN ISLANDS
    >> 01 - Capri
    >> 02 - Madeira
    >> 03 - Mykonos & the Cyclades
    >> 04 - Sicily
    >> 05 - Sardinia
    >> 06 - Crete
    >> 07 - Majorca & Minorca
    >> 08 - Rhodes & the Dodecanese
    >> 09 - Corfu & the Ionians
    >> 10 - Channel Islands
    >> http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/...islands/eislan
    >> ds
    >> All ideas welcomed!

    > Another point about this list is that it's only island... I would
    > definitely go for a place where mountains are the highlight (but it's
    > pure personal opinion - I have found what is close to that definition
    > for me - see my sig) but I wouldn't bet its paradisiac by definition
    > for everyone !

    > --
    > Dominique Foucart
    > Brussels, Capital City of European Community
    > Trails and Hikes in Haute-Savoie: http://www.samoens.int.ms
    > Appartment Rental for Hiking and Skiing:
    > http://dfoucart.tripod.com/samoensquejaime


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Mike O'Sullivan

love is all around us wrote:
    > I was wondering what people in here consider to be the perfect place to
    > live in Europe?

Luton?

barney

In article <1gkvzc1.7ikd8t4tegjkN%this_address_is_for_spam@ya hoo.com>,
[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses o'
th' barn) wrote:

    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > []
    > > * (I thought the word I was looking for was 'recuse' but when I went
    > > to
    > > check its meaning was surprised to find it not in my dictionary. Am I
    > > dreaming that it exists?)
    >
    > No, it's a good word to use in the context. What dictionary are you
    > using?

Collins, generally a very good dictionary. It had 'recusant', but not
'recuse'. Unless I'm going blind.

Bogus Address

    >> Personally I wouldn't even give a
    >> thought to buying in a place I hadn't even been to.
    > personally, neither would I.
    > But until that point where I win the lottery and am able to spend many
    > years jetting around the world a few times, discovering every island and
    > country of the world, I'm gonna have to be selective and ask other folks
    > their opinions.

It seems a bit odd that the local culture hasn't featured in anybody's
stated criteria for a good place to live. I couldn't stand living in
a place where there was nobody interesting to talk to, and would hope
to find cultural activities I could take part in (I play music; being
able to do that with local people would matter). Nor would I consider
moving to a place where I needed a car to get to cultural activities.

For example, Portugal has a great climate, nice food, looks wonderful,
but its culture is anti-intellectual to the point of brain-death (it
may have produced Pessoa and Saramago but just try to find a bookshop).
Russia and Turkey may have mafias, death squads, swamps, dustbowls and
poverty but they also have easily accessible people who know and do
interesting things.

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nitram

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:13:01 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >What about Martinique or Guadeloupe. While physically located in the West
    >Indes, they are a full Department of France. Except for the occasional
    >hurricane, and I think VERY occasional as far south as them.
What about French Guiana 5 degrees North, 35DegC all the year round,
no hurricanes, French food ...

nitram

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:24:40 +0000 (UTC), Mike O'Sullivan
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >love is all around us wrote:
    >> I was wondering what people in here consider to be the perfect place to
    >> live in Europe?
    >Luton?

Handy for Easyjet? :-)

Take your pick from
http://www.craptowns.com/html/fronts..._5/england.htm

Housing is cheap in Hull.

A.Spencer3

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:13:01 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >What about Martinique or Guadeloupe. While physically located in the
West
    > >Indes, they are a full Department of France. Except for the occasional
    > >hurricane, and I think VERY occasional as far south as them.
    > What about French Guiana 5 degrees North, 35DegC all the year round,
    > no hurricanes, French food ...

It's French.
And it's bloody humid.

Surreyman

Juliana L Holm

a.spencer3 <[email protected]> wrote:

    >> >Indes, they are a full Department of France. Except for the occasional
    >> >hurricane, and I think VERY occasional as far south as them.
    >> What about French Guiana 5 degrees North, 35DegC all the year round,
    >> no hurricanes, French food ...

    > It's French.
    > And it's bloody humid.

Is it? The Caribbean is not terribly humid.

Except during the rainy season, and that's really more a problem in the north
of the Carib.

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A.Spencer3

"Juliana L Holm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > a.spencer3 <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >> >Indes, they are a full Department of France. Except for the
occasional
    > >> >hurricane, and I think VERY occasional as far south as them.
    > >> What about French Guiana 5 degrees North, 35DegC all the year round,
    > >> no hurricanes, French food ...
    > > It's French.
    > > And it's bloody humid.
    > Is it? The Caribbean is not terribly humid.
    > Except during the rainy season, and that's really more a problem in the
north
    > of the Carib.

We're not really talking about the Carribbean, are we?
And French Guiana is bloody humid, I promise you!

Surreyman