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[Sinbad]

Off to NZ finally?

No, nz isn't going to happen. Their economy took a pounding, jobs market is not great. People there on work permits waiting for residence and who lost their jobs have been told they have to pack up and leave if they can't support themselves.

Far too risky a prospect at this stage of our lives.

So, safe option is UK - has its own advantages in terms of world travel etc, and reasonable care as you get older.

 

[biometrics]

No, nz isn't going to happen. Their economy took a pounding, jobs market is not great. People there on work permits waiting for residence and who lost their jobs have been told they have to pack up and leave if they can't support themselves.

Far too risky a prospect at this stage of our lives.

So, safe option is UK - has its own advantages in terms of world travel etc, and reasonable care as you get older.

You lived there before, right? So have you got residency/citizenship there or whatever it is called?

You have probably made up your mind to leave, but serious question, why don't you just move to the Cape? It's not like that shithole Joburg.

 

[Sinbad]

You lived there before, right? So have you got residency/citizenship there or whatever it is called?

You have probably made up your mind to leave, but serious question, why don't you just move to the Cape? It's not like that shithole Joburg.

Yes I'm a citizen.

As for the Cape, it sounds great but in my opinion it's like having a luxury suite on the titanic.
I cannot see a future for my wife and I in SA for various reasons that have been rehashed over and over and I don't see the need to go over them again...

 

[biometrics]

Yes I'm a citizen.

As for the Cape, it sounds great but in my opinion it's like having a luxury suite on the titanic.
I cannot see a future for my wife and I in SA for various reasons that have been rehashed over and over and I don't see the need to go over them again...

Well I've been banned over there so long I must have missed much of it.

 

[biometrics]

So, safe option is UK

Oh, and you know @Dave lives there, right?

 

[Sinbad]

Oh, and you know @Dave lives there, right?

Planning to live at t'opposite end of t'island

 

[Dave]

Planning to live at t'opposite end of t'island

I've heard it's lovely on Rockall Island. Especially for boatie types.

 

[LD50]

So, safe option is UK

you must be out of your fucking mind.
I give you 2, 3 years max

 

[biometrics]

7 - Kitty much better today

 

[biometrics]

you must be out of your fucking mind.
I give you 2, 3 years max

He's lived there before. So must have weighed it up. Shit country vs shit country.

 

[Papa Smurf]

7

 

[Dave]

you must be out of your fucking mind.
I give you 2, 3 years max

UK is what you make it, but bottom line is all the necessary things work as they should most of the time.

 

[biometrics]

UK is what you make it, but bottom line is all the necessary things work as they should most of the time.

I live in Her*anus, everything works great here.

 

[LD50]

UK is what you make it, but bottom line is all the necessary things work as they should most of the time.

A toilet can also work

 

[Dave]

I live in Her*anus, everything works great here.

You know I don't like to compare or have this sort of discussion, but you've never had loadshedding? Never had protesters burning down local authority or government infrastructure in the area? Would you be happy to be taken into the local state hospital for emergency treatment and then booked into a ward?

 

[Dave]

A toilet can also work

Not if your water is cut off.

 

[biometrics]

You know I don't like to compare or have this sort of discussion, but you've never had loadshedding? Never had protesters burning down local authority or government infrastructure in the area? Would you be happy to be taken into the local state hospital for emergency treatment and then booked into a ward?

Pfft, who cares. Things are looking up.

 

[Dave]

Pfft, who cares. Things are looking up.

You know from a governmental point of view that isn't true.

Hermanus (and the whole of Cape Town) can't exist in a bubble, it's still part of SA and the problems SA is facing will still impact you as well, and with time (without a miracle of some sort) will get worse.

 

[biometrics]

You know from a governmental point of view that isn't true.

Hermanus (and the whole of Cape Town) can't exist in a bubble, it's still part of SA and the problems SA is facing will still impact you as well, and with time (without a miracle of some sort) will get worse.

Nah, I won't live long enough to experience that. It's good @Dave.

 

[LD50]

Not if your water is cut off.

you missed the point