I think they are - there was an ad at the end of the village about jobs but that is all I have seen.
It is strange - I (like all other university wives) shopped at Aldi South in their homeland over 35 years ago. Everyone else in Bavaria comes to South Tirol, seems amazing Aldi hasn't made it yet!
Work???? Me??? Wash your mouth out with soap and water!!!!!!
Though if Mrs Maybe can't get her act together I may need a job to get healthcare cover after March 2019 until I'm 67 and get my miniscule Italian pension - which includes healthcare...
Currently as a UK pensioner I have a permanent EHIC card for anywhere else in the EU and an Italian healthcare card for Italy (well, South Tirol actually, they told me it would be simpler to use the EHIC card in the rest of Italy - go figure). If they don't manage to sort an agreement out, we Brits living in the EU27 will be in the same position as EU migrants in the UK fear could be: no healthcare reciprocal agreement after March 2019. I worked here briefly so will have a tiny pension but not until my 67th birthday - the Italian system raised the pension age for women from 60 to 65 overnight a few years ago and since to 67. So from March to September 2019 when my pension will start I could have no healthcare cover.
There will be no reciprocal healthcare cover when you go on holiday - even for a day trip to Calais you will need a policy. Which with existing conditions can be rather pricey - cover for Europe currently factors in the reciprocal agreement. For 5 months living here I hate to think what it might cost! David has already suggested we spend 5 months touring the UK in the camper... Though I THINK our existing holiday medical cover would cover us for Europe - maybe that wouldn't be so bad!
Oh yes - there is a LOT that hasn't been mentioned. Many people moved to the UK from this side of the channel to work because the years they pay NI in the UK also count for their pension benefits in their home country when they return. That will no longer apply - so in future they may well have big holes in their entitlements at home. The same of course applies for Brits who chose to work abroad for some years. It makes a big difference to young people in the UK wanting/being able to go abroad to work for some years. My nephew's partner got a letter just a few weeks after the referendum telling him that if he remained in the UK he risked not getting full benefits in France at pension age. That was the final straw, they split up and he is now in The Netherlands. Actually - there are no guarantees Italy will let us stay even though we do have the precious bit of paper granting us permanent residency. a new government could argue that it was an agreement made when the UK was an EU member state and now they aren't. All the plans we made 15 years ago are based on shifting sand now. And no-one in the UK gubmint has had the courtesy to write to us telling any of us living here anything. They can't say they don't know we're here - they pay our pensions here and are fast enough to ask for our tax!
That is appalling. I know a number of people who will be impacted negatively. I demand another referendum. The last one was influenced by fake news, racism and downright lies.
No, no - JR-M (and his little friends) will tell you it was all scaremongering... I wish I knew what he thinks it will all achieve. A return to the 1960s that will magically sort out al the problems in the UK? Polution in London, NHS shortages...
I also heard quoted from the Institute of Economic Affairs that we will not notice any discernible benefit for at least 10 years but this is all about er making Britain great again for future generations.
Actually the gentleman referred to thinks they will return to the days of the Empire, if not of Queen Elizabeth 1!!!!!!!
They sound good ...have you tried less honey? Just wondered if it effected texture more than taste. I don't like things too sweet but dates are one of my favourites. The gylcemic loading might be doable and macadamia nuts are one of my faves too. I love a medjool date stuffed with a walnut. Yum.
They don’t taste sweet like chocolate truffles ( in other respects that’s what they are like). I kid myself that the Manuka honey has health giving properties. 🤣 we could try less. Those quantities make a lot of bliss balls.
I have been try to find out if it's better to use maple or agave syrup but not much difference in terms of release of sugar. More fat equals slower release as does the fibre. I am thinking of rolling in more nuts.....like a lovely ferrero Roche.
I am wondering about Manuka Honey and if it really makes a difference. Religiously eating it daily for 4 years, the strongest because I read it was the only one that made a difference but I am not sure it has other than it’s very expensive. It’s fine in the two for one penny sale but full price I am a beginning to question
For me I think of it more as a skin type treatment for ulcers etc. I believe the properties it's supposed to have are ruined if you heat/warm it so don't have in porridge or tea.
I read that and never have it warm. It could solve itself as I have run out of it and am too mean to buy more unless it’s on some sort of offer, otherwise it’s £55 🥂
There is, of course, also the point that there is no way all the honey labelled as Manuka could exist according to the regs of the designation! So some of it much be a bit dodgy...
Exactly I buy Holland and Barrett who are supposed to be good but as you say its unregulated so I am thinking if it works good, I shall see if not taking it makes any difference 🥂
Now I am really confused Holland and Barrett are usually very good and at £55 I expect it to be authentic. I will interrogate the staff when I go to the store
Bad day today, all ready for the Rheumatologist armed with my Prof Das Gupta Over heads and demanding to know why he still had me on Aspirin, why my CRP is 14 and my ESR only 10,I know CRP is more time relevant but I was also told it may never be normal. Why my ankles are puffy and can I still fly to Atlanta at the end of the month. I feel fine and am on 17.5 after 4 years.
As I said, ready for him, then his Secretary rings to say he has gone off sick so I have to save myself until next week.
Worst of all I have lost my excuse not to go swimming with my nagging daughter,I would so rather lie on my bed and do the Suduko or better still 🥂
If you can get some from a beekeeper in your local area they usually only mix from the hive. If you suffer hayfever it's apparently good to eat local honey. I presume it's like milk ...gets chucked together. I only buy a brand I feel comfortable with (normal honey). There was a bit thing about sugar syrup being sold as honey.
I've made a batch, Jane and they're scrummy! I substituted the honey for organic maple syrup, which I had in the fridge. My mixture made 27 balls and I've worked out they contain about 3g carbohydrate and around 30 calories each - that's less than an apple and a more tasty treat!
I didn't work out the vitamins and minerals, but there's iron and calcium and magnesium.........
I considered making half quantity, but thought it wouldn't cover the blades of my food processor, which I think would have been the case. The mixture is very dense and doesn't look a lot when it's blended down. I used level teaspoonfuls and they rolled into about 2cm / 3/4" diameter. I'll put one in the freezer and let you know.
I was thinking one-a-day like my multivitamin and mineral tablet! They are very satisfying as well as nourishing!
I await the results. It's my night time post sleeping tablet persona that gets me into trouble. It seems okay at the moment...usually comes out when I am super stressed. I am hoping to get to the shop today. I mayux in soya protein too...like those bounce balls which don't sound as nice as bliss balls. 😁
Just munching a defrosted Bliss Ball - perfick! I can't tell the difference between this and the freshly made ones. There's so little moisture content, so no ice crystals to alter the texture. It came out of the freezer, rattling round like one of Jane's marbles! Don't be tempted to eat them frozen, or a visit to the dentist could follow.
Mine are in a container in the fridge, but I may keep them in the freezer.
The maple syrup flavour comes through really well, but I expect the honey does too.
Rugger very kindly made some of your Bliss Balls and brought some to our meeting in Ilkley, they were delicious and went down very well. I will certainly be making some.
I FINALLY got round to doing the bliss balls last evening after all the kerfuffle. Delish. Loads in the freezer. It took so long cos I ate my dates 😂😂😂 just one a day but then there were none!!!
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