16-01-15, 11:46 PM
Quote:VNA, that is exactly why I live in Spain, the €euro is fecked and mean while my British pension is going up in value day by day, long may it last. I can ride my FZ out here 300 days a year if I want to, lets face why ride in the rain.Today I paid €1.16 for a litre for petrol and diesel is down to less than a €euro a litre. I did buy a half decent bottle of scotch today Ballintines €9.75, toyed with the J&B at €9.30. William Lawsons is on offer at €6.85.
Lew you are very fortunate. But why don't you ask some of the young Spanish folks how they feel about living Spain. You'll find plenty of young Spaniards enjoying cold breeze and drizzle in Scotland.
I think in time with some forms of Dementia we may find ways of slowing or stopping the damage, we already are with Alzheimer's. But it would also mean massive screening programmes. But then again at the end of the day there never will be a cure for old age - we will all die.
I've seen folks at my work try to take dementia head on, trying to care for their parents themselves whilst working full time. It always ends in tears.
The other thing I have learned is about relationships. If I try and get my Dad up in the morning (at the moment in the middle of winter he wants to stay in bed all day, which then results in him being up all night, which in turn drives my mother spare - which means my phone rings at 02.30 when I'm trying to get some sleep before going to work) he'll just tell me to piss off. He's not going to be told by his big brother when to get up out of bed (yes apparently I'm a 90 year old Welsh man whom died three years ago). But with the right care worker he'll get up nae bother and with a big smile on his face.
Meanwhile the rich elite who pay no tax and run everything in this country have no need for the NHS, other than that is to try and make even more money out of it (that's why they are privatising it) - they have all private health care - round the clock if they want - all they could ever wish for.
Quote:You have your Scottish referendum if you want to, just promise though that you will not put the price of Scotch up.
Hopefully we will, and this time we will win. Yes that means moderate price rises in Scottish Whisky for export. Why? Cos Scottish Whisky is largely foreign owned, that means the profit goes straight out of the country (as it does increasingly with energy, social services and increasingly the nhs), so a small export tax will be required in order that all Scots get the benefit of our billion pound whisky industry.
Stock up while you can Lew :lol