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    It's All Going To The Dogs

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    Unfortunately late on Friday evening we had to take our dog to the vet for the 3rd time that day & he was put to sleep.  SInce several days he could not get air when lying down & thus no sleep.  We had been several times over the last month to the vets & all they saw was an active dog & claimed he had an infection.  But as soon as he was home & laid down to rest he got no air.

    In the afternoon they did an endoscope examination & found that the larynx was staying shut rather than opening & closing.  When running around it seemed that adrenalin was making things work.  Tried antibiotics and cortizone but to no avail.  The family is in deep depression.  Daughter (29, still lives at home) cried most of the night.

    He had 7 good years with us after we got him from the rescue centre.  R.I.P. Scotty.
    He was a Yorkshire Terrier  - a rather large one at 6 kg.

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    Will Hirers Return After This Year.

    in General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, CambridgeCabby said:

    When the overseas holiday market reopens ...

    Is not the issue that Boris won't let people out?  Thinks back to the days of the DDR (East Germany).

    There was a headline over here about TUI promising Mallorca "free of English" (for Easter I think).
    I've probably related this story before - some years ago we had flown into Ibiza from Hamburg (early departure) and were waiting for the luggage to appear.  All Hamburgers (+ kids) standing queitly waiting & collecting their luggage.

    At the adjacent belt was a flight just in from Glasgow.  I was observing the crowd, most of whom had obviously indulged in "inflight refueling" & rather worse for wear & short-tempered with their kids.  I felt sorry for them on the first day of their holiday.

    Arthur Ransome

    in The Historic Broads

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    Coot Club was the first AR book I read at the age of 10 - a well-worn hardback in the classroom library at junior school.

    I have the entire collection - most being hardbacks bought as new during the 1960s.  Unfortunately I was not able to inspire my own children with the books as they have German as their primarly language (speak English reasonably well especially my son who is in IT).

    Most Of The Oldies Have Had The Jab Now.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    My daughter (28) had AZ last Monday & was completely K/O on Tuesday.  Bit better Wednesday & back at work Thursday.

    She works in the forensic medicine dept of the large Hamburg hospital (UKE).  She said a cooleague of hers who is totally fit etc had never been so ill as the day after his AZ.  Others were OK.

    MIL (she is 91) had BionTech/Pfizer 2 weeks ago with hardly a side-effect.  Just wife & I are "in the middle" with no prospect of vaccination in sight.  There is a vaccination centre within walking distance.

    Moving To Norfolk No

    in Broads Chat

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    Similar stories come regardless of where one moves to.  There are numerous expats in Germany who "came over for a few years" and after a while get tired or the job or relationship folds & when they return to their home country they usually find its not what they remembered & is no longer what they like.

    Generally the countryside has remained but the people have changed...

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    Private Boaters

    in Broads Chat

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    My daughter works in the forensic medicine department of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
    She works in the toxialogical lab & thus does not examine dead bodies...

    However, the director of the forensic medicine department  states that MOST people (84%) die FROM Covid-19 rather than WITH Covid-19.  The equivalent insitutute in Kiel come to a similar conclusion.

     

    Most Of The Oldies Have Had The Jab Now.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    45 minutes ago, Hylander said:

    The  'Well',  can you drink that water?     

    Apparently so - if you are referring to the well where Sven pulled up a bucket on a chain at the other side of the path you can just see a black pipe that carries the water down to parts of San Carlos.  Many of the new "fincas" don't have running water & a guy makes his living by driving the water truck around.

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    The walk looks interesting , dont so much care for yapping dogs around your ankles though.   

    We certainly enjoy the hike (did it twice in 2018 & once in 2019).

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     I did not realise it rained quite so much as you describe.

    Thats one of the reasons why its fairly green there (in recent years we have gone in September i.e. the so-called off-season).

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    Most Of The Oldies Have Had The Jab Now.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    10 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

    When it rains in Spain . . . . . . . .  well, Ibiza and the Hippy Market in particular, it can really rain!

    Oh yes - see here starting with gentle rains at 6:17 with downpour at 7:37.  Sven (who led the hike) had warned us before setting off that rain might come.  The girls whose stand we took shelter under took it all with humour whilst getting wetter & wetter...  We missed the rendezvous for the return hike, no busses, 3 taxis for many hundreds of people so we set off on foot (squelch).  After a couple of miles Sven & the jeep from the hotel appeared looking for us.

     

     

    Most Of The Oldies Have Had The Jab Now.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    2 hours ago, Hylander said:

    HEM - thank you for the video.   What lovely memories,  that is one thing this darn virus cannot take from us all.   I must say it does very nice and not busy at all.

    Thanks - the resort offered (I have to use the past tense as Corona has badly affected the team there) a hike each Saturday morning to the Hippy Market in San Carlos where the Hippies first congregated in the 1960s.  The route is mostly along back lanes & paths which makes it interesting.  Sometimes there are > 20 people in the group; this time we were just 4.

     

    We did the hike the previous year where we got caught in a massive thunderstorm & were drenched to the skin...
    Filmed that as well...  You have to see the thunderstorms on ibiza to believe them.

    Most Of The Oldies Have Had The Jab Now.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    21 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said:

    Then Perhaps many oldies will go clubbing in Ibiza leaving  youngsters at home.

    We have been to Ibiza many times (11x with the kids & 4x without) and have never been in one of those sorts of clubs!

    This was in 2019 (had to cancel for 2020 due to the virus; wanna go back again).
    Comments are in German but just enjoy the video...

    I doubt if we will be able to go in 2021

    Cars To Be Banned From The Broads?

    in Broads Chat

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    3 hours ago, Victoryv said:

    ...bet the ordinary inhabitants are going to love the outcome of that come the lockdown being lifted.

    Likely to be more crowded than before the lockdown given that travel abroad are going to be restricted in many ways, at least in the near future.

     

    2 hours ago, Victoryv said:

    .... technology, drones etc. seem to make filming very easy, even during the lockdown period.

    With a drone you can do aerial filming without the need for a noisy helicopter and at a faction of the cost (I am aware that drones are not silent but the noise level is far lower than for a heli).

    More Covid Restrictions Announced.

    in Broads Chat

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    On 12/01/2021 at 17:34, MaceSwinger said:

    I dislike most journos anyway, but that's always been a bit like rubbing peoples' faces in it a bit and it really gets my goat good and proper.

    One has to realise that the media is "in the game" to just stir things.

     

    20 hours ago, annv said:

    I remember witnessed  a accident, a van knocked a scooter over at a cross roads , scooter didn't stop at stop sign, when i read the local paper next day the paper  said furniture lorry knocks cyclist over at named cross road cyclist taken to hospitable, i have never believed the press since.

    We had a similar situation over here (but in the air) in the Summer of 2019.

    There was a near miss between a glider & a Lufthansa A321 - the press plastered that as "Glider obstructs Airliner".

    I have read the official report & it was VERY close.  The official report absolved the glider pilot of all blame (she was allowed to be where she was) - basically the controller should not have routed the airliner where it was (low down & at considerable distance from Hamburg RWY 23).

    Thus the correct press heading should have been "Airliner obstructs Glider".

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    Stuck On The M 20!

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    1 hour ago, Vaughan said:

    Surely someone should have seen this fiasco coming, and planned for it? It has been on the cards for the last 4 years, after all!

    Certainly "someone" (some people) saw this coming but they were probably put down as being "Remoaners".

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