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Post by shrjeff on Jan 28, 2020 6:45:37 GMT 2
So so cold here, Shrjeff. Rain forecast for first four days this coming week. PLEASE bring the sunshine with you. And the warmth. it seems we have, shmethyl... in stockton it was rainy night before last but it turned sunny with highs in the mid-60s/up to 20C! |
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 31, 2020 9:32:08 GMT 2
To sum up -
The plan was that I was to leave Zambia for good at the end of February and fly to Germany.
Due to having an alcoholic brother who is now suffering mental problems due to Korsakoff syndrome I've been scrambling to get things sorted, like selling the car etc, so that I can fly to Spain instead. My flight has now been altered, after some difficulty, so that in just over a week I will go there instead.
My intention is to have nearly three weeks trying to get him onto some path of recovery and then go from there to Germany to begin the next phase of life.
Mrs M has a contract that doesn't run out until the summer for Zambia and so will be dividing her time between Germany and Zambia.
There will then be a gap of a couple of months where she will take a sabbatical and then resume work with another contract in a different country.
I'll not yet mention which this is until the new contract has been signed, superstitious me etc.
I/we do have a number of things to do with our kids in Germany as after a period of them being fine, are starting to lose direction with their lives and I need to be on hand to nip this in the bud.
Sometime around the end of the year will be the time we will/should then move on again.
As anticipated though, things may well change and the best laid plans of mice and men..........
One imminent problem is that because we knew we'd be without a car for several weeks here and the shops are some distance away, I'd already stocked up on supplies but as there will now be three weeks less that I am here, if anyone wants several bottles of coke zero, tea, coffee, bread, tinned goods, rice, flour and so on, all it needs is for you to pick it up.
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Post by slowcoach on Jan 31, 2020 11:10:59 GMT 2
Due to having an alcoholic brother who is now suffering mental problems due to Korsakoff syndrome ... I really am sorry to her this. I looked into the large pile of complications of chronic drunkenness and Wet Brain/Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome/Korsakoff syndrome is dire. |
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Post by shrjeff on Jan 31, 2020 16:41:31 GMT 2
good luck, mark, both with your brother and with the move... that said, stocking up on bread seems strange - doesn't it go stale?
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Post by Voy on Jan 31, 2020 16:53:13 GMT 2
many hugs {{{{Mark}}}} -- I know you have the strength to carry all of this off -- but any time you need a hug, just come here and you'll get 'em !
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Post by sophie on Jan 31, 2020 17:14:08 GMT 2
Echoing above voices.. good luck with what you need to do over the next while.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 31, 2020 18:19:21 GMT 2
Thanks all.
Bread doesn't go stale in the freezer.
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Post by kuskiwi on Jan 31, 2020 19:57:15 GMT 2
Deep breaths. That's a lot happening at once.
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 31, 2020 23:11:34 GMT 2
strength to you, Mark.
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Post by rikita on Feb 2, 2020 1:18:29 GMT 2
leaving tomorrow morning to southern germany to spend a week skiing near the austrian border. hope there is enough snow ...
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Post by shrjeff on Mar 2, 2020 6:21:39 GMT 2
well... postponing travel until after the coronavirus panic didn't last long! we're going on a cruise in may from southampton to copenhagen via st petersburg... we're scheduled to be in warnemund port on thursday, may 21... sabi, if you can be free that day we would take the train into berlin to see you and a! it's been too long... of course, if it works out and wiki is already there we can all get together like the old days...
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 2, 2020 11:16:01 GMT 2
In the middle of June we are going to Greece (as we have done for the past two years) for ten days. This time it is the island of Syros.
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 18, 2020 0:15:38 GMT 2
Not much traffic here so I'll tell you my next trip is to the allotment.
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Post by Voy on Mar 18, 2020 3:55:10 GMT 2
I;m HOPING to be able to head to Maine before much longer -- need to use up some of the stockpiled supplies. then it will be interesting if motels are open, food to take out? and if any of the friends I usually stay with will let me in !
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Post by kuskiwi on Mar 18, 2020 5:36:21 GMT 2
^ I hope so too.
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Post by shrjeff on Mar 18, 2020 7:13:21 GMT 2
i am planning on an expedition to the computer store to pick up some more laptops to prepare and present...
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 18, 2020 11:34:37 GMT 2
I am about to have an expedition to the supermarket.
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 18, 2020 11:36:15 GMT 2
Oh, and Mrs Faz has been staying with her daughter, about 90 minutes' drive away. She will be coming back here mid-morning. She should have an easy drive as there is very little traffic.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 18, 2020 16:20:15 GMT 2
Mrs Faz is telling me she is looking forward to cuddling with you, Baz!
I just walked to the "molok" where I threw my monthly bin in. And yesterday, I took a stroll of about 10-15 minutes one way to see my brother (and then back).
there is a food shopping expedition in the works, due Friday.
tomorrow, I'll hike to my parents' for a bank holiday family meal.
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 23, 2020 14:35:08 GMT 2
I have just cancelled our visit to Greece in June. Showing faith that by next year it will be easier to travel I have changed the flights to Jan/Feb and we'll go to Sicily. EasyJet made no charge for changing the flights. I have got a refund from Airbnb for the accommodation we booked in Greece.
Next it is to book the apartment in Palermo.
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Post by Voy on Mar 23, 2020 14:55:07 GMT 2
I;ve decided - heading to Maine tomorrow. Hoping to do it in 2 verrrrrry long days ( naps are good ) because the idea of a motel is scary.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 23, 2020 15:51:13 GMT 2
when driving long distance, my dad would take "power naps" he'd stop, we'd go out of the car of 10-15 minutes whilst he'd sleep and then, after everybody got refreshed, we'd continue our journey.
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Post by shrjeff on Mar 24, 2020 7:51:06 GMT 2
planning on making an expedition to the grocery store... we only buy stuff like fruit, veggies and milk for a week at a time... it will be our big sortie for the month!
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Post by slowcoach on Mar 24, 2020 11:56:36 GMT 2
Bon Voyage,
hoping to do similar Thursday morning to shop for fruit, veg, and top up bottled water, pasta and flour, and for my wife to attend the health centre to tour a high risk area for a repeat prescription (what a fiasco), but it will cover all bases regarding reasons to be travelling.
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Post by Voy on Mar 24, 2020 13:10:39 GMT 2
last night in his rambling idiot briefing , the Cheetoh in Chief did say they would not close interstate traffic... whew. I'm off in about an hour..
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 24, 2020 13:15:11 GMT 2
Bonne route.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 24, 2020 14:15:27 GMT 2
I'm coming up from air as it is read and knit day today. needed the quiet time. In a minute, I'll go out on the sunny terrace and clean it. Tomorrow, I'll furnish it.
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Post by Netsuke on Apr 1, 2020 3:09:17 GMT 2
My next trip is down the driveway to bring the bins back after they've been emptied.
I'm not allowed to shop. Sigh...
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Post by Baz Faz on Apr 1, 2020 17:38:26 GMT 2
I had to cancel our trip to Greece in June. Nothing planned for the rest of the year. However - deep breath - I have booked to go to Palermo next January. Italy is so bad at the moment that I feel in 9 months time the virus will have subsided and flights will be running again.
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Post by kuskiwi on Apr 1, 2020 23:08:14 GMT 2
Hope so.
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