Reconstitution

[Weinie]

I hear the Belgians make good beer

When I drink too much Belgian beer, my wife rages. Happy wife, happy life.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

I used to enjoy inciting the Belgians to fight each other.

If you know a little bit about how the Flems and Walloons interact which, being Canadian, we do you can spark some pretty good little public spats.

It's one of my darker hobbies

Human cockfights! Sounds awesome!

 

[SeaKingTacco]

You should write about that.

Bill Bryson needs some competition

Actually- not an awful suggestion. Start writing.

Plus, there are about a billion battlefield sites/war cemeteries within 20km of your house….

 

[Weinie]

I hear the Belgians make good beer

I used to go to the basement, switch on the large screen TV, and access to a mini-beer fridge, and watch American College football on Saturday, and NFL on Sunday til I achieved zen. Similarly, I used to travel home to Nova Scotia for two weeks every year for deer hunting. The results of the hunt didn't really matter, as I spent 14 days in the camp with cousins, uncles, and friends, and we traded insults, competed in crib. 45's and hearts, heard war stories, and generally got re-acquainted. Those were the things that motivated me. In Belgium........................

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I used to go to the basement, switch on the large screen TV, and access to a mini-beer fridge, and watch American College football on Saturday, and NFL on Sunday til I achieved zen. Similarly, I used to travel home to Nova Scotia for two weeks every year for deer hunting. The results of the hunt didn't really matter, as I spent 14 days in the camp with cousins, uncles, and friends, and we traded insults, competed in crib. 45's and hearts, heard war stories, and generally got re-acquainted. Those were the things that motivated me. In Belgium........................

Clearly, I need to hop on a plane to Europe, stay at your house and insult you for a week or so…

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

I used to go to the basement, switch on the large screen TV, and access to a mini-beer fridge, and watch American College football on Saturday, and NFL on Sunday til I achieved zen. Similarly, I used to travel home to Nova Scotia for two weeks every year for deer hunting. The results of the hunt didn't really matter, as I spent 14 days in the camp with cousins, uncles, and friends, and we traded insults, competed in crib. 45's and hearts, heard war stories, and generally got re-acquainted. Those were the things that motivated me. In Belgium........................

Yah I get it, I personally am not a huge fan of Eurostan myself.

You could always take up Football Hooliganism or Rioting. Seems to be popular there

 

[Weinie]

Actually- not an awful suggestion. Start writing.

Plus, there are about a billion battlefield sites/war cemeteries within 20km of your house….

Ummmmmmmmmm. Not interested. We are going to Waterloo next week, which I understand has an amazing museum.

 

[Weinie]

Clearly, I need to hop on a plane to Europe, stay at your house and insult you for a week or so…

I'm not suggesting I am going to garrote myself. And you are welcome anytime.

But from my limited perspective, retirement sucks shit, and Belgium exacerbates it.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Good ideas EITS. I am really struggling with retirement. With the move to a foreign country, the things I enjoyed in Canada are no longer available, so that puts a barrier up.

Certain things, that the Belgian people accept, drive me crazy. My wife says I need to calm down, I am not in that place yet.

That would be a tough combo. I’ve always had this idea of moving to Scotland and having a small hobby farm in the northern around the Inverness area. No doubt if I pulled it off I’d miss some Canada stuff too.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

I'm not suggesting I am going to garrote myself. And you are welcome anytime.

But from my limited perspective, retirement sucks shit, and Belgium exacerbates it.

Lift weights and get HUUGGGEEE. Or take up a Martial Art like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It's great for centreing your mind.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Lift weights and get HUUGGGEEE. Or take up a Martial Art like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It's great for centreing your mind.

He could hang out with the Muscles from Brussels!

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

He could hang out with the Muscles from Brussels!

Or Ubereem!

 

[FJAG]

I'm not suggesting I am going to garrote myself. And you are welcome anytime.

But from my limited perspective, retirement sucks shit, and Belgium exacerbates it.

 

[NavalMoose]

Ummmmmmmmmm. Not interested. We are going to Waterloo next week, which I understand has an amazing museum.

Pace yourself if you go up the Lion Monument...it's a doozy of a climb

 

[Weinie]

Pace yourself if you go up the Lion Monument...it's a doozy of a climb

Saw it from the highway as I was taking my eldest to a soccer game two weeks ago. Thanks for the advice.

 

[CBH99]

Actually- not an awful suggestion. Start writing.

Plus, there are about a billion battlefield sites/war cemeteries within 20km of your house….

So in a scale of 1 to 10, how haunted would the house be?

 

[Weinie]

So in a scale of 1 to 10, how haunted would the house be?

0. But the house occasionally smells, because I have three boys, and they play soccer, and fart.

 

[lenaitch]

Retirement + new country + three kids at home. Tough combination.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I'm not suggesting I am going to garrote myself. And you are welcome anytime.

But from my limited perspective, retirement sucks shit, and Belgium exacerbates it.

Go to work for NATO? Jobs are all tax free…

 

[mariomike]

The CAF is pretty clear that it doesn’t GAFF about retirees. That’s someone else’s job.

There's always the Legion. But, maybe it's not necessarily the end of the line in a member's working life, but perhaps a new beginning as they transition to a new career.