[MD] Best Wishes to All of My Old Friends

[Ant McWatt]

'Top of the morn' Adrie!

Coincidentally, this evening (for me at least; yesterday evening for you) I've just been on the phone to my Uncle who lives... in Dublin.  He's a millionaire on paper but only because he bought a house in the 1970s whose value took off in the last couple of the decades.  I can therefore understand why your son has such a relatively high rent for his apartment.  As you implied, it's a good thing he's in the IT business.

Anyway, that's a telling comment about lathes i.e. 'last in, first out'.  I wonder why that is?  Convenience?  In this day & age, I would definitely keep one as a 'back-up' in your business...

Finally, regarding BREXIT the younger generation in England & Wales will almost certainly vote to get back in the EU in the 2030s (of course most of Ireland will stay in it & Scotland will return asap after leaving the UK this decade) but on worse terms than the present UK enjoys now.  A complete waste of time & money for the UK & EU taxpayer.  A good thing I can move to Ireland still tomorrow if it really goes TITANIC over here!

Kind regards,

Ant

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From: Moq_Discuss <moq_discuss-bounces at lists.moqtalk.org> on behalf of Adrie Kintziger <parser666 at gmail.com>
Sent: 23 May 2020 13:26
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Subject: Re: [MD] Best Wishes to All of My Old Friends

Yes he does own a small lathe,although we do not need it very often,we use
it to sand  round parts and also do drill precision holes
that need work on the inside,but basically , if we need something of high
precision, we simply order it in China, as they have very good services for
turning work-on demand , and cheap as pak.
But a lathe is a bit like a motorcycle for many people, it is the last
thing to purchase and the first thing to kick out.

My son resides and works in Dublin  now , Anthony; he develops apps for
Linkedin, which is a daughter of Microsoft, and he is very happy there,
very good company with magnificent amenities (lol),a perfect on-demand
restaurant that would fit a 5 star hotel, coffeebars, massages at one's
desk on demand (!)
and a salary that would make most people doubt themselves.......the only
minor point is the rent for a small apartment in central Dublin , in the
old branches of the port
that stretches into the town,located on the water, on poles and concrete
slabs.The high rise is on those slabs, the water flows underneath the
apartment; which is very nice!!
(2200) euro/month!, but if one compares it to what he makes....
The apartment he has here,and that is only 2 years old , in Gent,is used
for airb&b guests now, altough most bookings now have stalled completely;
we had many guests from
America,and also many from England and Germany.

Because of all the above, we were lucky to be able to visit him in Dublin,
and we made very nice trips into the hills and countryside, along Bono's
house, and to Howt near Dublin proper itself ,
but also to the lake's that are fed by water filtered over peat,which gives
it a brownish appearance. Magnificent lakes, great forests,not many
tourists, and if there are, friendly.
It was near Blessington, next to the Wicklow mountains.
This is not like France....!-after that we went to Buckley fx to have the
famous ribeye steaks and some German beer and a Laproigh(?) whiskey or
two?;marvellous, but the bill was rather hefty.
I have to say Anthony , you have a magnificent country.I was lucky to
visit, and most certainly i will go back.Maybe for a month or so.

I sincerely hope The north of Ireland will blend in again,altough the
troubles are not forgotten,and they still have a biting reflex.

Talking about the Eu; it looks obvious by now that we will hit the no-deal
.
Adrie






Op vr 22 mei 2020 om 14:14 schreef Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk>:

> 'As an Englishman, i think you have a slight idea about the prices eh?,'
>
> LOL there Adrie, you'd think the now largely defunct BRITISH EMPIRE was a
> mercenary organization!