Wawa

Good points noted cheers, the only downside too much luggage on QM is having to cart it all off at the other end and put it in your Morris Minor

jasper123

Good post Fish,
Denise on the Spain or France thing, my Sister and her Husband moved from England to Spain a few years ago, it was my Brother in laws choice, my Sister wanted to stay in England, but anyway they sold there house in Portsmouth (which they owned outright) and bought a house in Spain, not quite sure where, they bought the house in Spain (outright) shipped all there furniture over to there new house,
Well it didn't work out at all, they lived in a place in Spain where the local people didn't speak much English and there were very few UK people living in that area,they never made any friends, My Sister was very unhappy, and My brother in laws health was getting quite bad,
after around two years they returned to England and had to rent a house there while there house in Spain was trying to be sold, (it took about another two years to sell there house in Spain, then with the proceeds of that bought a house in Plymouth where my Sister now lives with her Son in his 40,s
The point I think I am making Denise is if you do choose to leave UK for Spain or France I think it would be best to rent for a few years until you know for sure that is the place you want to settle in,
My brother in law got cancer and died shortly after returning to England, I think he was about 66,
The whole thing in Spain was an absolute nightmare for them, then after leaving there Spain House they had to ship all there furniture back to England again, a three bedroom house load of all the furniture they loved,
Anyway Denise whatever you eventually decide to do I hope you will be very happy, cause thats all any of us wants to be in the end ----- just HAPPY,
Rodney.

jasper123

Yes I agree Cheers the DMV here is pretty darn slow, but when I had to renew my drivers licence just a couple of months ago I was surprised that it had got a bit faster, the place was literally packed with people, it took about three hours or so from start to finish, this time I had to go in to the DMV physically cause they needed me to take an eye test which I passed waring my glasses,

jasper123

Charleygirl,
OK I am going to tackle the Garage next Monday in a few days from now, thanks for the nagging from you and others --- that is just what I need, I really mean it !!!
Will let you know how it goes,
Rodney.

cheers

I would use the Black cab or the 'One man and a White Van"

dgjamison

Hi Fish and Rodney, thanks so much for your best wishes, and you are both right, as my husband and I talked more and still looking round we have decided we will definately stay home and go to France ans Spain on Holidays I never appreciated how genuinely friendly and helpful the people are still here, so it was worth the loss of my savings if it takes the wunderlust (spl) out of my system and I settle for good, how I envy contented people who are just happy with their lot. Just another little update on the car, I told you the whole palavour with the test centre, but we got our certificate saying it had passed, WELL: got a phone call yesterday from the manager to tell me in fact it had'nt passed, hand break was'nt working, so I would have to bring the cert back, and go through the test again I was in a state of disbelief I just went along with everything, brought the cert back, the guy was lovely and so apologetic, and he is going to try and get both the iva and mot done on the same day at no extra charge never heard of anyone having this trouble, but you know I said to my husband if this had happened in Canada I would have been so stressed out, here I just laughed about it. Also for anyone thinking of bring their car home, make sure you have lived out of the country for 12 months (or you will have to pay duty and tax) also make sure you bring proof you've live out of the country ie utility bill bank details, I had shredded mine and only kept the last few months so it was a nightmare, when I emiled my bank in Canada to see if they would email me a letter to state the date I opened my account, they were VERY nice telling me of course, just a little charge of $15 I told them their charges were stupid and to forget it, to get the machanical hand book for our car (which no longer comes with the casr when you buy it $195) the man at our MOT centre told me no way was he going to let us pay that, and he sorted out the answers we needed for the IVA test, no charge, my bank is sending me out copies of statements as we need new uk driving licences no charge the Chevrolet dealership gave us a letter for customs valuing our car, no charge, I just could not believe it, I am so delighted at the genuiness that I took for granted, so you all have this to look forward to, I have to say I found the Canadian government offices better organised than ours, but everything can't be perfect Yes Fish we lived in England in the 80's , and loved it and met some beautiful people, we loved the english countryside and most of all pubs!!!! the villages, and humour, we were there through some of the worst of the troubles and never found anything only friendliness, as a matter of fact we had an old war veteran as one of our regular customers Albert, had his own tankard kept at the pub, we used to talk all the time, and he told me stories of the war, I loved him, and I still think about him, I know he must of passed now, but their experiences what they lived through sometimes I think our youngones should be sent to a boot camp to live as they had too, and they were such gentlemen compared to today I have only respect for that whole generation, sorry again for the long posts, I love talking to you all Denise

Easterndawn

Hi Everyone, well I just recieved my drivers licence through the post today, now, I have checked the codes on it and I am a little confused. I understood that I would only be alloed to use an automatic car until I passed a test of some sort. On my licence the codes are as follows, B, BE, B1, then under that are the letters fkp, I have checked the informational pamphlet that came with it and I am sure I must be overlooking something as according to that information there is no restriction, can someone please explain.

charleygirl

Well looking at the License sight codes it says 106 means limited to automatic only, do you see that anywhere.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ns/DG_10022623

Actually though if you look at this though I think it depends on when you got your UK Licence.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ions/DG_180694

charleygirl

RODNEY GARAGE........ its the weekend!!!!!!
Denise, laughed about your post, so they said it had passed only to get a call to say it hadnt, now was the car still with them then or had you left with it.........oh gosh too funny but as you say you can laugh about it now.

Fish good to hear you are hanging in here.
Trotty where are you.........
I hope all everyone is fine would love to hear if JJ are more settled.
Have a great weekend, declutterers get de cluttering......

Taffy Duck

Hi Peigi look for code 78 in col. 12 on back to the right of B...

cheers.....Taffy

Easterndawn

Nothing with that code on it and I just got my UK licence as was only a kid when I left in 1965.

Easterndawn

It does say in Column 12 78.90CDN, so does that mean not able to drive manual?
Cheers, Peigi

Taffy Duck

Hi Peigi

yes that means automatic only...sorry

Cheers....Taffy

Easterndawn

Oh well, thats enough excitment for one day, never mind at least I have my licence.

Mummy in the foothills

Congrats on your license ED
Rodney are you in the garage yet? It's early and still cool outside, get out of bed and sort boxes