OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Feb 14th 2012, 11:39 am
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We don't yet have a firm closing date on our own house, so we're going to give it a few more weeks before we start broadening our search area to 'anywhere in England with decent broadband.'
Feb 14th 2012, 2:37 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Unfortunately that house didn't work out and we have rescinded our offer. The landlady is currently living there and upon receiving an offer, she apparently flew into a panic about where she would live (she didn't think of this before????!!!) and then stopped taking her letting agent's calls. He urged us to be patient, but we felt that she was too unstable and we decided to walk away. The home finder agreed, so we're back to square one. They've looked at a few properties for us, but nothing was as suitable as that house.
We don't yet have a firm closing date on our own house, so we're going to give it a few more weeks before we start broadening our search area to 'anywhere in England with decent broadband.'
We don't yet have a firm closing date on our own house, so we're going to give it a few more weeks before we start broadening our search area to 'anywhere in England with decent broadband.'
Feb 14th 2012, 3:39 pm
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Yes quite right Fish, I have many times seen the lines of hundreds of people lining up to get treatment in Vegas over the years, I think there mobile units come to town twice a year, with a few Doctors & Nurses,
And I do know very well first hand that a lot of people who have full time Jobs cant even go to the Doc, my last Job offered health insurance but the premiums were a third of the wages paid so NO ONE could afford to enroll including myself, the wages were very low at my last Job, but that was the only Job I could get ------ and it took me 7 months to get that one after being laid off from a good Job at a top resort, I was with them for 8 years and earning over $50,000 per year,
But while I was at my last low paid Job in Vegas, the one I left just before coming home ----- No insurance, one day I remember I had a tooth that was giving me a lot of pain, so I was going through my head the options of getting it taken care of and I found this mobile dentist in Vegas, it was a couple of trailers fully equipped with all the stuff that you would find in a regular dentist office, and well it turned out that they offer very low discounted treatment to people with no Job, and for people over 60 at that time got all there emergency treatment free, it was a program subsidized by the Nevada government, they have there mobile units in VEGAS, RENO, and a few other cities in Nevada, so they pulled out the tooth and I was fine.
At the end of the Panorama last night it said that 60% of Americans seeing this program will not be shocked at what they see on here, after hearing that I thought that maybe the other 40% that ARE shocked are the minority that are maybe middle or upper middle class that Just dont know how the poor people live, but it Just shows you that homelessness can happen to anyone, at any time in the twinkling of an eye,
And I do know very well first hand that a lot of people who have full time Jobs cant even go to the Doc, my last Job offered health insurance but the premiums were a third of the wages paid so NO ONE could afford to enroll including myself, the wages were very low at my last Job, but that was the only Job I could get ------ and it took me 7 months to get that one after being laid off from a good Job at a top resort, I was with them for 8 years and earning over $50,000 per year,
But while I was at my last low paid Job in Vegas, the one I left just before coming home ----- No insurance, one day I remember I had a tooth that was giving me a lot of pain, so I was going through my head the options of getting it taken care of and I found this mobile dentist in Vegas, it was a couple of trailers fully equipped with all the stuff that you would find in a regular dentist office, and well it turned out that they offer very low discounted treatment to people with no Job, and for people over 60 at that time got all there emergency treatment free, it was a program subsidized by the Nevada government, they have there mobile units in VEGAS, RENO, and a few other cities in Nevada, so they pulled out the tooth and I was fine.
At the end of the Panorama last night it said that 60% of Americans seeing this program will not be shocked at what they see on here, after hearing that I thought that maybe the other 40% that ARE shocked are the minority that are maybe middle or upper middle class that Just dont know how the poor people live, but it Just shows you that homelessness can happen to anyone, at any time in the twinkling of an eye,
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Feb 14th 2012, 4:32 pm
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I must admit there are some haters that visit this thread but I'm certainly not one of them, I have American relatives and Love every single one of them very much...
I've said many times that I feel for many Americans, I have the option to leave this country but many are stuck here, I didn't arrive here yesterday, I've been here 36 years, I've seen and the felt the major decline, life here used to be much better 30 years ago, today its rich against poor and its no secret that the poor are losing, how much worse will it have to get before everybody wakes up...
There are many people that would like a change for the better, but there are many with their head in the sand who think they've got it great even when they are getting treated crap, that's Ignorance for you...
Politics and religion divide this country, the lower and middle classes (99%) need to stick together for the common good but I doubt that will ever happen, there are too many issues that divide them plus the rich keep stirring the pot telling people what to think...
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Feb 14th 2012, 4:57 pm
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Why are there so many systems and plans that single out the young and old while the working people who pay taxes cant afford to get care, surely it would be better to have a streamlined system where Everybody gets covered, A healthy country would be a more productive country, Huhhh its pointless me saying anymore, the Big Money people are totally against helping the common man.
Feb 14th 2012, 5:28 pm
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A big part of the problem which doesn't seem to be addressed is what people are being charged for healthcare. I know some will say we are paying exorbitant fees to cover those who don't pay.
If we paid cash the fees would come way,way down
I see what doctors and hospitals are charging the government and its outrageous IMO
What am I saying???
I think what I am saying is that both business and surgeons are making a ton of money because people are suffering.
I think in the old days there was a moral obligation to tend to the sick and I think that goes back to biblical teachings.
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If we paid cash the fees would come way,way down
I see what doctors and hospitals are charging the government and its outrageous IMO
What am I saying???
I think what I am saying is that both business and surgeons are making a ton of money because people are suffering.
I think in the old days there was a moral obligation to tend to the sick and I think that goes back to biblical teachings.
Cheers
Feb 14th 2012, 7:59 pm
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May I wish you all a happy Valentines Day
(I bet you thought I had forgotten you-tut tut)
Cheers
(I bet you thought I had forgotten you-tut tut)
Cheers
Feb 14th 2012, 8:04 pm
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And a Happy Valentines day to you too.
Feb 14th 2012, 8:19 pm
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Since there are reported to be 1.8million voters who are dead on the voter rolls in the US I was wondering how the candidates do their campaigning to them??
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...sEnabled=false
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...sEnabled=false
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Feb 14th 2012, 8:24 pm
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I've been reading on another forum, that is for Americans living in England, that in some areas of England it is common place to hear American accents in public??? What is going on people?
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Feb 14th 2012, 8:33 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Well, I know in York, where I'm from, the whole city is full of American and Japanese tourists - is that what you mean?
Feb 14th 2012, 8:35 pm
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Well that's her choice, it is a moving back thread after all, maybe that should have clued her in...
I must admit there are some haters that visit this thread but I'm certainly not one of them, I have American relatives and Love every single one of them very much...
I've said many times that I feel for many Americans, I have the option to leave this country but many are stuck here, I didn't arrive here yesterday, I've been here 36 years, I've seen and the felt the major decline, life here used to be much better 30 years ago, today its rich against poor and its no secret that the poor are losing, how much worse will it have to get before everybody wakes up...
There are many people that would like a change for the better, but there are many with their head in the sand who think they've got it great even when they are getting treated crap, that's Ignorance for you...
Politics and religion divide this country, the lower and middle classes (99%) need to stick together for the common good but I doubt that will ever happen, there are too many issues that divide them plus the rich keep stirring the pot telling people what to think...
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Feb 14th 2012, 9:04 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
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Cheers you have to be very very careful when you post something, the above quote about the woman who left this thread is YOUR quote,
but at the top OF YOUR POST you have my name ----- WHY?
Im sure fish when he commented on YOUR post thought it was my post, thats very upsetting to me,
And Just for the record, I do not hate America, AND I do not hate OR dislike Americans ------ In all the 36 years that I lived in the U.S. every single one of my friends have been American, My wife was American and I loved her very much, I never even worked with anyone BUT Americans in all those years, unlike many Brits on this thread I have never had a Brit friend in America, they have all been American.
but at the top OF YOUR POST you have my name ----- WHY?
Im sure fish when he commented on YOUR post thought it was my post, thats very upsetting to me,
And Just for the record, I do not hate America, AND I do not hate OR dislike Americans ------ In all the 36 years that I lived in the U.S. every single one of my friends have been American, My wife was American and I loved her very much, I never even worked with anyone BUT Americans in all those years, unlike many Brits on this thread I have never had a Brit friend in America, they have all been American.
Feb 14th 2012, 9:04 pm
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I know that many Americans reside in the St. John's Wood area of London and Virginia Water, Surrey, where there are American Schools. Also see where these American schools are located:
http://www.acs-schools.com/ (Cobham, Egham and Hilllingdon)
http://www.asl.org/ (St. John's Wood, London)
http://england.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=349 (Virginia Water)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marymou..._School_London (Catholic school, founded for expat American families, Kingston Upon Thames).
Hmmmm - now I know why housing is so expensive in West London/Surrey! All those expats on big housing allowances lol!