Recent content by Covert Codger

Well, don't that just beat all? Did not see there was a second page so thought a post was deleted, my bad.

I see my last post was deleted so again I will post the same message. Hello RubyK, well after what seems like the passing of considerable time since my last post there have been no additional reactions. Believe it or not, I am kept quite busy with another important post that occurs between me...

Hello RubyK, well after what seems like the passing of considerable time since my last post there have been no additional reactions. Believe it or not, I am kept quite busy with another important post that occurs between me and a good friend in America via email. This person is retired and...

Hello RubyK, I see you are from Minnesota, or so it seems from your post. Sorry for such a delay, I've been on a sort of sabbatical from forum posting. As a matter of course I usually am not one to spend much time on social media which more significantly explains my sabbatical from forum...

I cannot lay claim to having lived an extraordinary life as in for example someone who has done it all etc., Not as extraordinary as some people's lives but more extraordinary than many other people's lives. My memoirs, although not as interesting say as reading about well-known people, do...

The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday So how is it you think I have led a full life? Did you read my Intro when I signed up for this forum? If you did read this Intro then that is only the tip of the iceberg as it were. I have written my memoirs.

I am aware of the penalty. Thanks for your reply. The only concern we have here is the language barrier. Have been considering hiring translators on an as-needed basis for doctor and hospital visits. This seems to be a viable solution, but am waiting on an answer from our visa specialist who...

My wife and I have entertained recently moving back to America, but it seems from our limited understanding of Medicare and Supplemental Health Insurance that the costs to live in America would be too tight on our budget thus we tend to remain as Expats in the Czech Republic where the cost of...

Yea, I know, it seems ignorant that I reply to my own post. The preceding post was supposed to be entered into some profile page that I could not seem to find. The preceding post resulted from thinking that the intro post was for my profile. How wrong I was. Hope I can find this profile page.

I retired in June 2015 after 50 years of much labor. Predominantly prior to age 45 I was a long-distance trucker having hauled household goods with Mayflower most of the 15 years as a trucker. I also hauled steel, farm equipment, general freight, and groceries. After working 8 years in the...