SARS Pt. 2 - Wuhan Boogaloo

[Smitty-48]

I've only been to Alberta..

What a shit hole

Fuck Alberta

[Montegriffo]

I hadn't been out there for 4 years and could not risk neglecting the place any longer. TBH, if the place was worth anything I would have sold it years ago but as I get closer to retirement age the idea of living out my dotage in the French countryside appeals more and more.

You definitely do not sell a property in the South of France, that is destination real estate

Can be justified from an Envirobolshevist position by France being 75% nuclear powered

Can be justified from a Cold Warrior position, as France possesses a robust strategic nuclear deterrent

I wish it was in the South of France. If it was, it would be worth 10 times what it is in landlocked central France surrounded by nothing but country bumpkin farmers.
My house is only halfway down the country, 150 miles from the Atlantic coast and about 300 miles from the Mediterranean.
I like the weather, the abundance of castles dating back to the 100 years war and the food culture. The plot has enough land for me to grow a lot of my own vegetables and some mature fruit and nut trees. I'm not so keen on the snakes but there are plenty of large birds of prey, red squirrels which are virtually extinct in the UK and forests full of wild boar and deer and lots of lakes and rivers. The winters are colder than here in the UK with temps as low as -20c in the worst years but they are shorter and the spring and summer are much warmer with temps reaching 25c in April and up to 40c in July and August.
Dad chose the region based on its low prices but it has a lot of pluses for my tastes.

[Smitty-48]

Dad chose the region based on its low prices but it has a lot of pluses for my tastes.

Trust fund baby property owners in the Neocolonialist Hegemony ruling over the Third World as our serfs FTW

Legio Patria Nostra

[Montegriffo]

You have a house in France. Why do you get to travel and live in two places, but it is frivolous for others. Why do you get to decide what travel is reasonable?

I don't fly to France despite the fact that it would be cheaper. I drive there in my 50 mpg, 20-year-old car.
I don't live in France, my trips there last year were a necessity due to the ivy and wisteria growing out of control and risking damage to the roof tiles.
I hadn't been out there for 4 years and could not risk neglecting the place any longer. TBH, if the place was worth anything I would have sold it years ago but as I get closer to retirement age the idea of living out my dotage in the French countryside appeals more and more.
I've not been abroad just for a holiday for 20 years when I drove to Portugal and back with a couple of mates in my motorhome. The last time I flew anywhere for a holiday was 1994 when I went to Egypt for about 5 weeks.
Even my castle tour was filling in time between two work gigs in order to save the fuel involved in driving all the way back to Suffolk from Cumbria
and then returning back across the country to Wales 2 weeks later.

Yeah but I haven't flown on a plane in like 10 years. I've only been to Alberta. I'll bet you are better traveled than me. That makes me a better person than you because I use less carbon jet fuel. I will forgive you (being the better person) but you owe me big time (money I hope. I have a birthday coming up. None of that anime bullshit you offered last time. Money in US dollars or Euros or Bitcoin. Don't be cheap. I repeat, please do not get me anime as a birthday present dude).

I'll tell you what, if you ever make it to France you can stay in my little house free of charge for as long as you like. The only condition is that you cross the Atlantic in a sailboat like Greta did.

[heydaralon]

I've only been to Alberta..

What a shit hole

Fuck Alberta

you're just jealous. You wish 6ix had tar sands like that. I'll bet your broke ass has a wood burning car engine..

[Smitty-48]

you're just jealous. You wish 6ix had tar sands like that. I'll bet your broke ass has a wood burning car engine..

The most frozen part of the frozen gulag, it's literally Canadian Siberia

[Montegriffo]

Dad chose the region based on its low prices but it has a lot of pluses for my tastes.

Trust fund baby property owners in the Neocolonialist Hegemony ruling over the Third World as our serfs FTW

Legio Patria Nostra

Well, the French peasants are friendly enough for the most part and the village is full of ex-pat Brits and a few Dutch and Germans.
I'm pretty sure I could grow a healthy crop of nice weed to get me through the winter if I build a greenhouse and little stubbies of beer cost about 40 cents. I can get my state pension paid straight into my bank account and even allowing for losing money changing it into Euros it should be enough to live on. I still have a reasonable inheritance coming my way when my dear old Mum passes away so I'll have a lump sum for any big expenses that crop up.
I won't be set up for a life of luxury like you and don't have a wife bringing in a good wage but I'll be comfortable enough.
I've even considered taking my mobile kitchen with me so I can service the ex-pat community with fish and chips or decent curry which is almost impossible to find in France.

[StCapps]

All of the best health care systems in the world aren't dumb enough to prohibit the free market, but do the lefties stand up and take notice? Of course not.

Yet these self-proclaimed "moderates" say the free market is the problem and evermore government health care is the solution, even though none of the best health care systems in the world are run that way.

Nice strawman Capps. I've never said that I have a problem with private healthcare for those that can afford it.
The UK system is a mixture of public and private healthcare and I think that is the best of both worlds. If people want a room to themselves, shorter waiting lists and better food they can buy private healthcare insurance and if they can't afford it they can receive some of the best healthcare in the world via the NHS.
My only real objection to private healthcare in this country is the fact that they do very little training of hospital staff and poach nurses and doctors who have been trained by the NHS rather than pay the costs of training them themselves. This is in effect a government subsidy for profit-making private healthcare companies.

In other words you have objections against the private market, you are just for private insurance as long care is administered by the government, but if it's administered by a private provider then you object because any competition for the NHS in the UK is not what you want. It's not a strawman at all.

[Smitty-48]

I won't be set up for a life of luxury like you and don't have a wife bringing in a good wage

"I always wanted a waf" ~ C.M. Kruger

She just brought me more beer, just in case, and now she's making me supper, Moules Frites

North German Belgians FTW

[Montegriffo]

All of the best health care systems in the world aren't dumb enough to prohibit the free market, but do the lefties stand up and take notice? Of course not.

Yet these self-proclaimed "moderates" say the free market is the problem and evermore government health care is the solution, even though none of the best health care systems in the world are run that way.

Nice strawman Capps. I've never said that I have a problem with private healthcare for those that can afford it.
The UK system is a mixture of public and private healthcare and I think that is the best of both worlds. If people want a room to themselves, shorter waiting lists and better food they can buy private healthcare insurance and if they can't afford it they can receive some of the best healthcare in the world via the NHS.
My only real objection to private healthcare in this country is the fact that they do very little training of hospital staff and poach nurses and doctors who have been trained by the NHS rather than pay the costs of training them themselves. This is in effect a government subsidy for profit-making private healthcare companies.

In other words you are against the private market, you are just for private insurance as long care is administered by the government, and it's not a strawman at all.

No. I'm against for-profit only healthcare systems and in favour of a mix of public and private. That way nobody gets bankrupted by horrendous bills and those with existing conditions can receive the care they need.