On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

d wrote

Well that's the kids of a lot of service-men scuppered then despite them
having British passports.

British forces bases abroad are British sovereign terrority, so no, they
aren't.

Only Cyprus I think, hence the large number of natural born Brits with place
of birth, Germany, that confuses the UKIP.



--
Mike D

wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently
not on the agenda:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sout...uegian_Railway

Restaurants feature, too. For example, this is currently rated the world's
top restaurant:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7667519683205/

But I actually preferred this one, currently rated number two:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7635835071983/

No longer ranked in the top ten, but still one of my favourites:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7648526689577/

This month I've eaten at five Michelin starred restaurants. But Spud
wouldn't have liked them as they were all abroad and served foreign food.
And I had to fly there.

So, yes, it's nice to be retired and able to travel around the world in
luxury, without worrying about the cost. I'd have been horrified to earn as
little as Spud does when I was working, and I didn't have to write boring
programs to do it.

On 22.11.16 20:57, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently
not on the agenda:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sout...uegian_Railway

Cool. I look forward to seeing the pictures. How are you getting to the
Falklands, BTW, the Air Bridge out of Brize Norton?

Any plans, incidentally, to visit St. Helena?

wrote:
On 22.11.16 20:57, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently
not on the agenda:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sout...uegian_Railway

Cool. I look forward to seeing the pictures. How are you getting to the
Falklands, BTW, the Air Bridge out of Brize Norton?

No, by ship. I flew from Iguazú Falls last time I was there, in 2012:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7648526689577/

Sadly I couldn't take any pics at Mount Pleasant, as it's a front line
military base and civilians aren't allowed to take pictures. Annoyingly, at
the same spot in front of the air terminal where I was told not to take
pictures, I subsequently saw a bunch of squaddies taking a group photo.

It'll be interesting to see if Stanley has changed much in five years. I
suspect not.


Any plans, incidentally, to visit St. Helena?

No, but it would be interesting. I don't fancy the long boat ride, and
flying isn't currently an option (!).

On 22/11/2016 21:35, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 20:57, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently
not on the agenda:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sout...uegian_Railway

Cool. I look forward to seeing the pictures. How are you getting to the
Falklands, BTW, the Air Bridge out of Brize Norton?

No, by ship. I flew from Iguazú Falls last time I was there, in 2012:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7648526689577/

Sadly I couldn't take any pics at Mount Pleasant, as it's a front line
military base and civilians aren't allowed to take pictures. Annoyingly, at
the same spot in front of the air terminal where I was told not to take
pictures, I subsequently saw a bunch of squaddies taking a group photo.

It'll be interesting to see if Stanley has changed much in five years. I
suspect not.


Any plans, incidentally, to visit St. Helena?

No, but it would be interesting. I don't fancy the long boat ride, and
flying isn't currently an option (!).


Soon though, possibly .....
http://sainthelenaisland.info/buildi...#officialcomms

Colin

ColinR wrote:
On 22/11/2016 21:35, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 20:57, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently
not on the agenda:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sout...uegian_Railway

Cool. I look forward to seeing the pictures. How are you getting to the
Falklands, BTW, the Air Bridge out of Brize Norton?

No, by ship. I flew from Iguazú Falls last time I was there, in 2012:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7648526689577/

Sadly I couldn't take any pics at Mount Pleasant, as it's a front line
military base and civilians aren't allowed to take pictures. Annoyingly, at
the same spot in front of the air terminal where I was told not to take
pictures, I subsequently saw a bunch of squaddies taking a group photo.

It'll be interesting to see if Stanley has changed much in five years. I
suspect not.


Any plans, incidentally, to visit St. Helena?

No, but it would be interesting. I don't fancy the long boat ride, and
flying isn't currently an option (!).


Soon though, possibly .....
http://sainthelenaisland.info/buildi...#officialcomms

Ah, that's interesting, and good news.

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:54:44 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:42:44 +0000
(Mark Bestley) wrote:
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:26:58 +0000
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
On 18/11/2016 13:51, d wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, if you weren't born in the UK you shouldn't have
had a vote in the referendum.

So my adult children, who have lived in this country since they were 2
months old, aren't entitled to a vote in in Spudland? You're an idiot.

Presumably they have the passport of the country they were born in. So no,
tough.

In an earlier post you said that expats should not be able to vote in
the country whose passport they have.

I said the approach other governments take to ex-pats is up to them. I don't
care. But if someone has left the UK permenantly they should lose their right
to vote here whether they still have a UK passport or not.

How do you decide what is permanent ?

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:41:10 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:29:02 +0000
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
On 16/11/2016 09:27, d wrote:
Pity May didn't trigger it while she had the chance before those immigrants
won that legal challenge (one can only hope one night down a dark alley...).
The EU wouldn't give a damn about legal squabbles here, once its triggered
its
a done deal as far as they're concerned and all legal challenges would have
been moot.

Wrong again. If the Supreme Court had decided, even after the fact, that
May didn't have the power to give notice, the European Commission would
have accepted that decision. Unlike some people here, they actually have
respect for the law.

The commission would have no obligation to respect the decision, they are
not bound by any judgements made the UK supreme court.

Judgments in foreign courts are a two way matter; they are very likely
to be "respected" by treaty unless an individual matter (e.g. an
offence not known to the legal system where a defendant resides) is
specifically excluded.

As for "the law", its not the laws of nature, its not invioable, its just
a load of words that people decide to abide by at any given time. Its easily
changed where there's a will.

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:57:44 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently

Four long haul? Yes, better hurry along to antartica before your travel
patterns help to melt it. Still, you'll probably be dead long before that
happens so what do you care.

This month I've eaten at five Michelin starred restaurants. But Spud
wouldn't have liked them as they were all abroad and served foreign food.
And I had to fly there.

Who needs to go abroad for foreign food when in multi culti rainbow diversity
inclusive London one can find decent food of pretty much any nationality.
Except British of course, good luck finding a decent carvery or even decent
pub grub in central london.

So, yes, it's nice to be retired and able to travel around the world in
luxury, without worrying about the cost. I'd have been horrified to earn as
little as Spud does when I was working, and I didn't have to write boring
programs to do it.

Earning millions were we? Good for you. Odd you still hang around here tho,
would have thought you'd be on your yacht in the med sipping cocktails
surrounded by some hired bimbos.

--
Spud