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Post by questionable on Jul 13, 2019 14:07:55 GMT
A lot of stuff, most of which I'll never be able to afford, although going to St Emilion several times has made up for some of the other things. My cousin lives there, until now not thought about visiting him until now, cheeky Whats App message just sent asking how things are 😀
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Post by kelw on Jul 13, 2019 16:48:13 GMT
Loads of things in no order of preference - As many others have said, a coast to coast drive across the USA - Test Series in the Caribbean - Ashes series in Australia - but only if we stood a chance of winning ! - British Lions and England trips to Australia, SA, and also to NZ. - Go to watch Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium - Drive around Europe in a motorhome and follow the Tour de France route and see the stages on Mont Ventoux and Alpe d'Huez. - Still be alive when alien lifeforms are discovered and officially confirmed. - Come back every 50 years or so in the future to see how life has changed - new technology etc - See Stoke win the Prem Arrowhead is worth the trip. Couple of cold uns in The Draft Room pub then the game. Done it a few times.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 13, 2019 19:08:45 GMT
A lot of stuff, most of which I'll never be able to afford, although going to St Emilion several times has made up for some of the other things. My cousin lives there, until now not thought about visiting him until now, cheeky Whats App message just sent asking how things are 😀 I'd go back in a heartbeat given half a chance. Just to stand next to the hotel and look down onto the square below, delightful.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Jul 13, 2019 23:02:28 GMT
Fly in to San Fran Yosemite Sequoia Death Valley Grand Canyon Zion Monument Valley Sedona Phoenix fly home She will be rising by then Ha ha, beat me to it! 😁
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2019 23:19:22 GMT
Just come back from Provence I could live there Correction to the above. You would like to live there. However this may not be possible after October 31. So could live there maybe incorrect. link
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 14, 2019 7:06:06 GMT
To do a coast to coast trip in the US and taking in as many games as I can. To run a 10k To go to a World Cup To go to an Ashes Test Match To see Stoke back in the PL To build a home cinema "To build a home cinema". There is a guy in Stoke on Trent who has done just that. It was featured in the "Mirror" on New Years Day a couple of years ago. Super bloke who did it. The cinema was built of bits salvaged from old cinemas and other buildings in the city. My grandparents lived in Norton next door to the Turners. Grandad had the task in the 60s delivering films all over Stoke to the cinemas. When some were closing down he salvaged various items for Mr Turner next door. (Antheas dad). He turned his garage into a brilliant cinema and when we visited our grandparents as kids we'd go next door to play and watch the films. A mini version of the real thing, projection room auto curtains the lot. Fun times.
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Post by Goonie on Jul 14, 2019 18:52:15 GMT
1. Buy a horse transporter and convert into a camper/music room 2. Build an off grid house 3. Be debt free 4. Retire 5. Travel in said camper 6. Have all my children outlive me (most important by far)
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Post by felonious on Jul 14, 2019 19:03:16 GMT
1. Buy a horse transporter and convert into a camper/music room 2. Build an off grid house 3. Be debt free 4. Retire 5. Travel in said camper 6. Have all my children outlive me (most important by far) I've got a mate who's interested in living off grid. He's been looking into this outfit.
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Post by salopstick on Jul 14, 2019 19:13:42 GMT
1. Buy a horse transporter and convert into a camper/music room 2. Build an off grid house 3. Be debt free 4. Retire 5. Travel in said camper 6. Have all my children outlive me (most important by far) I've got a mate who's interested in living off grid. He's been looking into this outfit. In this country you struggle to get the planning to live off grid
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Jul 14, 2019 19:56:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2019 19:58:04 GMT
1. Buy a horse transporter and convert into a camper/music room 2. Build an off grid house 3. Be debt free 4. Retire 5. Travel in said camper 6. Have all my children outlive me (most important by far) I've got a mate who's interested in living off grid. He's been looking into this outfit. Seriously, I’d love to live on a yacht, wide beam or narrow boat in a marina.....mrs beanflicker isn’t convinced if I’m the last man standing I’ll sell up and do it in a heartbeat
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Post by Goonie on Jul 14, 2019 20:22:39 GMT
I've got a mate who's interested in living off grid. He's been looking into this outfit. Seriously, I’d love to live on a yacht, wide beam or narrow boat in a marina.....mrs beanflicker isn’t convinced if I’m the last man standing I’ll sell up and do it in a heartbeat Lived off grid on a boat 7 years First 2 years we moved every 2 weeks then acquired a piece of land and moored there last 4/5 years Would not want a marina as they sit cheek by jowl and you may as well be on an estate, many dont let you light fires or live aboard all year round Winters are hard: cold, damp, need a fire going daily and towpaths are often very muddy Chemical toilets will need to be emptied 1 or 2 times weekly Add to that the small space: we have a 70ft boat but only 58 is usable space leaving a square footage of 58x6= under 350 sq ft. I live with my wife, 2 kids (11 + 13) and 2 cats in a space smaller than many peoples' lounges It is rewarding though: my biggest nuisance is swans and ducks pecking the weed off the hull at day break. You feel outside even though you are indoors. My fear about building the house is I wont want to live in it after its built! The main thing about bucket lists is this: don't put off doing it until you're old as you might not have your health Life ain't a rehearsal, once you're dead you dont get respawned! Oh one last point: when you do do something radical it very quickly becomes the norm and as equally dull as your life before sometimes so dont let the fear of new deter you
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 14, 2019 20:30:10 GMT
Seriously, I’d love to live on a yacht, wide beam or narrow boat in a marina.....mrs beanflicker isn’t convinced if I’m the last man standing I’ll sell up and do it in a heartbeat Lived off grid on a boat 7 years First 2 years we moved every 2 weeks then acquired a piece of land and moored there last 4/5 years Would not want a marina as they sit cheek by jowl and you may as well be on an estate, many dont let you light fires or live aboard all year round Winters are hard: cold, damp, need a fire going daily and towpaths are often very muddy Chemical toilets will need to be emptied 1 or 2 times weekly Add to that the small space: we have a 70ft boat but only 58 is usable space leaving a square footage of 58x6= under 350 sq ft. I live with my wife, 2 kids (11 + 13) and 2 cats in a space smaller than many peoples' lounges It is rewarding though: my biggest nuisance is swans and ducks pecking the weed off the hull at day break. You feel outside even though you are indoors. My fear about building the house is I wont want to live in it after its built! The main thing about bucket lists is this: don't put off doing it until you're old as you might not have your health Life ain't a rehearsal, once you're dead you dont get respawned! Oh one last point: when you do do something radical it very quickly becomes the norm and as equally dull as your life before sometimes so dont let the fear of new deter you
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Post by Goonie on Jul 14, 2019 20:31:57 GMT
1. Buy a horse transporter and convert into a camper/music room 2. Build an off grid house 3. Be debt free 4. Retire 5. Travel in said camper 6. Have all my children outlive me (most important by far) I've got a mate who's interested in living off grid. He's been looking into this outfit. Looks good. I was thinking straw bales, lime and cob render with steel roof Solar panels, solar hot water and a Tesla power wall Rain capture with sand traps to filter into drinking water. Grey water into a willow bed. Compost toilet (use a bucket system now for my outside loo and would work fine indoors with vented modifications) Heating would be via a rocket stove and same for the oven using the willow from the grey water bed Plan to sell the boat in a few years, retire and work p/t and the remaining days work on the house with contractors to do the complex stuff while living in the horsebox with additional yurt or caravan That's the dream at present anyway
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Post by Goonie on Jul 14, 2019 20:43:49 GMT
I could start a separate thread on the inequities in the current system we have for housing: you work for 25 years to pay off the debt for your house but you lose sight of that and start getting into more debt to fill your home with stuff you dont need to distract you from the job you may not like to pay for your home.
Then you have to have a nice car: more debt
Then theres the holidays, drinks, meals out: more debt
And when you start to make a dent in the mortgage you or your partner feels as you're ready to go up the chain and have that extra room: more debt, maybe you're back up to 25 years again. Now the car needs replacing, Xmas is here and you need a holiday after all that: yep, more debt
My advice: save and buy a plot of land and aim to go off grid even if it takes 5 years to build. You'll have a smaller mortgage, your house could be sold, pay off the debt and buy a new building plot cash and start again.
After 10 years you could have a home and no debt, free to persue your dreams and creative urges
Debt in the modern era is a shackle to keep you in the consumer-driven-Love Island charade that is modern life: dull, unfulfilling and uncreative
Well that's my view anyway
Other views are available
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Post by franklin66 on Jul 14, 2019 21:01:39 GMT
Mine is to live until 130yrs old.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 14, 2019 21:04:15 GMT
I could start a separate thread on the inequities in the current system we have for housing: you work for 25 years to pay off the debt for your house but you lose sight of that and start getting into more debt to fill your home with stuff you dont need to distract you from the job you may not like to pay for your home. Then you have to have a nice car: more debt Then theres the holidays, drinks, meals out: more debt And when you start to make a dent in the mortgage you or your partner feels as you're ready to go up the chain and have that extra room: more debt, maybe you're back up to 25 years again. Now the car needs replacing, Xmas is here and you need a holiday after all that: yep, more debt My advice: save and buy a plot of land and aim to go off grid even if it takes 5 years to build. You'll have a smaller mortgage, your house could be sold, pay off the debt and buy a new building plot cash and start again. After 10 years you could have a home and no debt, free to persue your dreams and creative urges Debt in the modern era is a shackle to keep you in the consumer-driven-Love Island charade that is modern life: dull, unfulfilling and uncreative Well that's my view anyway Other views are available I don't disagree, people are very easily influenced and worry to much about conforming and pleasing others rather than themselves. Best lessons I learned were working with the over 55s when they needed help to maintain their homes. Saw how being overstretched then getting old or I'll scuppered them. Trouble is debt is as cheap as it's ever likely to be and people don't expect that to end. It'll be a shit storm when it does. I'm on target to finish my mortgage next year hopefully but that's only due to overpaying significantly and sacrificing elsewhere. Plan is then to at least get down to a 3 day week at 55 but that's 15 years away. I think most of my generation either won't get a pension or will struggle to meet the age it gets ramped up to, need to sort yourself out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2019 21:21:21 GMT
Seriously, I’d love to live on a yacht, wide beam or narrow boat in a marina.....mrs beanflicker isn’t convinced if I’m the last man standing I’ll sell up and do it in a heartbeat Lived off grid on a boat 7 years First 2 years we moved every 2 weeks then acquired a piece of land and moored there last 4/5 years Would not want a marina as they sit cheek by jowl and you may as well be on an estate, many dont let you light fires or live aboard all year round Winters are hard: cold, damp, need a fire going daily and towpaths are often very muddy Chemical toilets will need to be emptied 1 or 2 times weekly Add to that the small space: we have a 70ft boat but only 58 is usable space leaving a square footage of 58x6= under 350 sq ft. I live with my wife, 2 kids (11 + 13) and 2 cats in a space smaller than many peoples' lounges It is rewarding though: my biggest nuisance is swans and ducks pecking the weed off the hull at day break. You feel outside even though you are indoors. My fear about building the house is I wont want to live in it after its built! The main thing about bucket lists is this: don't put off doing it until you're old as you might not have your health Life ain't a rehearsal, once you're dead you dont get respawned! Oh one last point: when you do do something radical it very quickly becomes the norm and as equally dull as your life before sometimes so dont let the fear of new deter you 😆👍 I noticed and questioned the side by side narrowboats as soon as I saw them ...look out of your window and look straight into someone else’s galley. I was picturing me, the missus and dog at fleetwood marina on a yacht or Glasson Dock as opposed to inland marina’s all the cold, damp etc let’s you know you’re alive 😉😁 I’ve always enjoyed camping, and the struggles of roughing it my wife would hate it tho, and that’s my only holdback she would go along with anything but I know she would hate it funny you should mention the bit about putting things off until you’re old....I’ve litterally listened to three stories today about the same thing Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to do her in now. 😜
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 6:00:07 GMT
Mine is to live until 130yrs old. You would have to smell yourself rotting and stinking of piss n shit every day.....like harryburrows does
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 6:01:25 GMT
I've got a mate who's interested in living off grid. He's been looking into this outfit. Looks good. I was thinking straw bales, lime and cob render with steel roof Solar panels, solar hot water and a Tesla power wall Rain capture with sand traps to filter into drinking water. Grey water into a willow bed. Compost toilet (use a bucket system now for my outside loo and would work fine indoors with vented modifications) Heating would be via a rocket stove and same for the oven using the willow from the grey water bed Plan to sell the boat in a few years, retire and work p/t and the remaining days work on the house with contractors to do the complex stuff while living in the horsebox with additional yurt or caravan That's the dream at present anyway Do you want a lodger?
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Post by Goonie on Jul 15, 2019 6:42:16 GMT
I could start a separate thread on the inequities in the current system we have for housing: you work for 25 years to pay off the debt for your house but you lose sight of that and start getting into more debt to fill your home with stuff you dont need to distract you from the job you may not like to pay for your home. Then you have to have a nice car: more debt Then theres the holidays, drinks, meals out: more debt And when you start to make a dent in the mortgage you or your partner feels as you're ready to go up the chain and have that extra room: more debt, maybe you're back up to 25 years again. Now the car needs replacing, Xmas is here and you need a holiday after all that: yep, more debt My advice: save and buy a plot of land and aim to go off grid even if it takes 5 years to build. You'll have a smaller mortgage, your house could be sold, pay off the debt and buy a new building plot cash and start again. After 10 years you could have a home and no debt, free to persue your dreams and creative urges Debt in the modern era is a shackle to keep you in the consumer-driven-Love Island charade that is modern life: dull, unfulfilling and uncreative Well that's my view anyway Other views are available I don't disagree, people are very easily influenced and worry to much about conforming and pleasing others rather than themselves. Best lessons I learned were working with the over 55s when they needed help to maintain their homes. Saw how being overstretched then getting old or I'll scuppered them. Trouble is debt is as cheap as it's ever likely to be and people don't expect that to end. It'll be a shit storm when it does. I'm on target to finish my mortgage next year hopefully but that's only due to overpaying significantly and sacrificing elsewhere. Plan is then to at least get down to a 3 day week at 55 but that's 15 years away. I think most of my generation either won't get a pension or will struggle to meet the age it gets ramped up to, need to sort yourself out. That's great mate. I'm very lucky to have paid into a pension from age 16 and I'm able to retire at 55 in 2.5 years time. That said I will work p/t till I'm no longer able to but hope to be in a position financially that I dont have to. Will do it for my mental health and retaining a purpose in life, still feeling useful
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Post by Goonie on Jul 15, 2019 6:43:17 GMT
Looks good. I was thinking straw bales, lime and cob render with steel roof Solar panels, solar hot water and a Tesla power wall Rain capture with sand traps to filter into drinking water. Grey water into a willow bed. Compost toilet (use a bucket system now for my outside loo and would work fine indoors with vented modifications) Heating would be via a rocket stove and same for the oven using the willow from the grey water bed Plan to sell the boat in a few years, retire and work p/t and the remaining days work on the house with contractors to do the complex stuff while living in the horsebox with additional yurt or caravan That's the dream at present anyway Do you want a lodger? Its important not to rule these things out 😁
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Post by Goonie on Jul 15, 2019 6:56:47 GMT
Lived off grid on a boat 7 years First 2 years we moved every 2 weeks then acquired a piece of land and moored there last 4/5 years Would not want a marina as they sit cheek by jowl and you may as well be on an estate, many dont let you light fires or live aboard all year round Winters are hard: cold, damp, need a fire going daily and towpaths are often very muddy Chemical toilets will need to be emptied 1 or 2 times weekly Add to that the small space: we have a 70ft boat but only 58 is usable space leaving a square footage of 58x6= under 350 sq ft. I live with my wife, 2 kids (11 + 13) and 2 cats in a space smaller than many peoples' lounges It is rewarding though: my biggest nuisance is swans and ducks pecking the weed off the hull at day break. You feel outside even though you are indoors. My fear about building the house is I wont want to live in it after its built! The main thing about bucket lists is this: don't put off doing it until you're old as you might not have your health Life ain't a rehearsal, once you're dead you dont get respawned! Oh one last point: when you do do something radical it very quickly becomes the norm and as equally dull as your life before sometimes so dont let the fear of new deter you 😆👍 I noticed and questioned the side by side narrowboats as soon as I saw them ...look out of your window and look straight into someone else’s galley. I was picturing me, the missus and dog at fleetwood marina on a yacht or Glasson Dock as opposed to inland marina’s all the cold, damp etc let’s you know you’re alive 😉😁 I’ve always enjoyed camping, and the struggles of roughing it my wife would hate it tho, and that’s my only holdback she would go along with anything but I know she would hate it funny you should mention the bit about putting things off until you’re old....I’ve litterally listened to three stories today about the same thing Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to do her in now. 😜 Boating is great if you dont have work commitments tying you to one place. That said every day throws up problems be it moving the vessel, acquiring fuel, water (we have a 'huge' 850 litre tank which doesn't get through the week via 4 people!) or food. Theres engine issues, phone/tv/internet signals if you use them, daily maintenance and pairing everything you own down to a small space Where to dispose of household waste, toilet waste, laundry etc It's good to list the negatives so people know what they're letting themselves in for 😁 If you last through the first winter you'll never leave! Just be aware of alcohol on boats: heavy, daily drinking is rife and a habit easily adopted!
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Post by Northy on Jul 15, 2019 7:55:18 GMT
I just want to retire and travel around Europe in my van with my bike Thought you had retired 😉
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Post by Northy on Jul 15, 2019 7:55:54 GMT
To see Brexit completed
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Post by franklin66 on Jul 15, 2019 9:46:47 GMT
Lol come on it has to be realistic 😁
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Post by yeokel on Jul 15, 2019 10:03:27 GMT
Just come back from Provence I could live there Correction to the above. You would like to live there. However this may not be possible after October 31. So could live there maybe incorrect. linkFrom the link - " The couple who said that they would like to retire in France said that certain major factors, such as healthcare and the value of the pound were making the decision harder" I'm struggling to see how their decision is any different to the one that anyone else has had to make during the last 150 years when considering emigrating to retire abroad. Brexit or no Brexit, EU or no EU, Empire/Commonwealth or no Empire/Commonwealth.
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Post by thequietman on Jul 15, 2019 15:49:29 GMT
Some straw.
I got a bucket and it had a hole in it so I need to mend it.
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