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Post by Humph on May 1, 2020 8:07:15 GMT
I've become quite nocturnal. Never was much of a sleeper but I'm hardly getting any now, not doing enough to get tired I suppose.
Walk the dog and ride my bike a lot to try to tire myself out but it's not enough really. Bad dreams when I do sleep.
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Post by Alanović on May 1, 2020 8:20:24 GMT
Can't say I feel any different. Does't seem to be affecting me. I am wondering how the hell I used to managed to fit in commuting and running the family around between home/school/railway station/sports clubs etc every day. I am going to be well below the mileage allowances on my PCPs, I know that much.
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Post by Humph on May 1, 2020 8:25:31 GMT
I want to be up a mountain.
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Post by EspadaIII on May 1, 2020 9:15:14 GMT
I want to go back to Israel. Warmer, safer, lockdown being relaxed....
Anyway hopefully a better day for me today. Feel less tired.
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Post by Alanović on May 1, 2020 9:24:22 GMT
Israel? SAFER? We are truly through the looking glass.
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Post by Humph on May 1, 2020 9:28:32 GMT
S'pose I'd better take the dog out before it rains again. Another day in paradise eh? 😕
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 13:06:04 GMT
Can't say I feel any different. Does't seem to be affecting me. I am wondering how the hell I used to managed to fit in commuting and running the family around between home/school/railway station/sports clubs etc every day. I am going to be well below the mileage allowances on my PCPs, I know that much. I keep reminding my home boss we need to finish the jobs already started before starting more. I'm back to 5 days/week from Monday still working from home no plan to return to the office before July. Focus is due back in August. I took it on a 3 year 45k Kms lease. The car is still a few hundred Kms shy of 30k. Fewer than 7k Kms on the replacement motor. They're currently advertising on autotrader equivalent for between 6 and 13k more than what I can buy it for. Same age, similar mileages.
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Post by EspadaIII on May 1, 2020 14:48:36 GMT
Israel? SAFER? We are truly through the looking glass. With a population of 9 million, only about 225 Covid deaths. So yes, safer!
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Post by Alanović on May 1, 2020 14:50:33 GMT
I was thinking more the habit their neighbours have of firing rockets at their houses and blowing up buses, but yes in terms of just Covid-19 it's probably safer.
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Post by EspadaIII on May 1, 2020 15:38:11 GMT
And more terror related deaths in Europe in the last few years than in Israel.
Think about the trucks that drove at pedestrians in Nice and Munich, the attacks in London and Manchester...
So yes, I feel a lot safer in Israel.
But in principle you would expect to be right...
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Post by Alanović on May 1, 2020 19:12:21 GMT
Aye well I feel a bit safer in Europe due to its size, compared to Israel. False sense of security? Maybe. I'm also of the view that a land based war is less likely to hit Berkshire/South Oxfordshire than the West Bank at any given time but maybe the same principle applies. Essentially, I don't feel surrounded by enemies here. Apart from Brexit tossers of course, but they're too pissed and stupid to do anything serious.
Perhaps I watch too much Fauda.
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Post by dixinormus on May 1, 2020 20:31:49 GMT
Retirees often tell me that they are so busy that they wonder how they ever had any time to go to work. I am starting to feel the same! Have settled in to a daily routine and the weeks are flying by.
Am not missing driving 400-500km/week with the tiredness and associated costs incurred. Have got used to pubs cafes and shops being closed and I haven’t spent a cent.
Shame I am 50 not 60, and I can’t just pretend to be retired indefinitely!
I’d definitely choose Israel over the UK right now. You weren’t in Tel Aviv were you Esp? Some smaller nearby town with walking access to a beach would be a great location to spend the summer. Although I do recall the Tel Aviv Hilton being rather nice too...
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Post by EspadaIII on May 2, 2020 23:02:10 GMT
Dad lives in Netanya, a large town about 30km north of Tel Aviv, on the coast and with lots of French and English speaking retirees. It's twinned with Bournemouth so gives you a flavour of what's it like demographically.
Getting warmer now, but of course I won't be there for some months.☹
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 10, 2020 14:51:28 GMT
Bugger - got the call to go back to Israel. Dad in pain and feeling very poorly. Had to apply to the Israeli Embassy for humanitarian visa to enter...
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Post by Alanović on Jun 10, 2020 14:56:48 GMT
Safe trip. All the best to everyone.
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