Not sure, but it might be here. Goodness knows where he is now; pre-Xmas, he does the Caribbean for 4 weeks every year for peanuts.
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Before I give up my rental, I will go to Melbourne to see if we get along with each other.
Giving up what I have is fraught with uncertainty.
A single guy over 60 trying to get a rental would be nigh on impossible.
We might not be compatible. Plus he is 70. If he was to die, his family would sell the home and I would be stranded.
Before I relinquish this place, I will go over to Melbourne and see if the arrangement would be
compatible with me living there full time.
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Marry him, problem solved.
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Yep Dave, you can still drive with an ICD (Implanted Cardiac Device) but you have to inform DVLA and give details of your cardiologist and Hospital. They do check, because they told me.
We did a cruise around Iceland and the Faroes and we docked at Southampton we were surprised by the amount of people who didn’t disembark and sailed on to the next destination…I think it was the Caribbean…
Problem with over wintering on a ship or in a hotel is that you still have household bills to pay.
I am surprised OGF, if it has a defibrillator element. Also, I am surprised at what a person should not use, like an Apple Mobile phone and endless other gadgets. I just purchased one of those floor electric foot pedal machines and it states use with caution if you have a PM.
It doesn’t go off willy nilly Dave… 
Before I had one fitted I read up loads of stuff about do’s and Don’t’s, like induction hobs, power tools etc etc…And to be honest, I use an induction hob every day, power tools quite often, and stick a smartphone in my ear on occasion and never had a problem.
These modern defib’s are set to respond if my heart goes over a certain speed, it also learns what is a natural beat for the individual, so it might not even go off if my heart goes too fast. It should go off if it stops though (hopefully) The pacemaker gives my heart a nudge if it goes too slow, and keeps it ticking over at 60 bpm. I get a fluttering in my chest when it has to correct my heart. Apparently, the battery lasts depending on how much your heart needs assistance. Mine assists 50% of the time and the battery should last 13 years…I’ve used 3 years up already.
It downloads the days heart events each night while I sleep, there’s this internet thingy on my bedside table. Every now and then it sends all the downloads to the Sheffield Northern General where they can keep an eye on my progress. I’m due a annual checkup any time now and will get a full report.
Foxy, will the device stop you dying of natural causes 
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It will not prevent a heart attack Spitty, but it will try and start a stopped heart. Apparently, it can be embarrassing when your heart stops for the last time because it will carry on trying to revive the heart and the body will appear to move from the shocks.
I understand it would be removed before the body is placed in the coffin…
It can be stopped temporarily by placing a strong magnet over it.
Having heart surgery can be a problem if the patient is jumping all over the operating table…
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The reason OGF that yours can shock a stopped heart while driving, made me ask the question. Still could be worse, I guess if a person is in the “Throes of Passion”. I can’t say after about four years that I can feel my three-wire one doing anything, but I was told the third wire keeps me alive. Also, it is monitored by a box at the side of my bed which used to scare the shite out of me with flashing lights in the night,
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Do these cruise liners mind if you die of natural causes during a karaoke dinner or something. Do they have a fridge to put you in? Makes you wonder.
Would one want their assets frozen on a cruise ship, likewise, would it matter anyway.
Do cruise ships have brass monkey racks?
My friend was cremated this week, two months after she had passed away. No rush these days.
Yes, its strange, other cultures seem to be back in the ground in 48 Hours.
I think it depends on why the ICD was fitted in the first place Dave.
Mine is just a two lead pacer/defib because my problem was the electrical signal sent from the top of the heart to the bottom (the classic ‘bump bump’ you can hear when listening to a heart beat) and because my heart beats so slow, even when running, it was dangerous to be miles from anywhere when out running and my heart stopped. No help available.
Fortunately, I can’t run those sorts of distances now.
Probably due to the pacer keeping my heart slow, and Bisoprolol restricting the adrenaline necessary to quicken the heart during exercise.
My trip to Melbourne is very fluid with the only thing locked in at the moment is the recce trip on the 14th of April.
Original plan was to sell up and put my vehicle on the train, with me flying over.
The train no longer carries cars. The only option was to use a trucking company at a cost of $1800, taking up to 3 weeks for the trip.
After plenty of thinking about pros and cons I have decided to drive over with my vehicle.
That is dependent on the arrangement to live there is satisfactory.
Driving will be expensive, checking fuel prices at various stations across the Nullarbor, they range from highest being the Nullarbor Roadhouse at $2.85 a litre ($150 top up) to $1.90 ($100 top Up) at Norseman. Most likely will take up to 7 tanks of petrol to drive the 3,500 km to Melbourne. Understanding that a lot of the time the drive involves strong headwinds coursing across the Nullarbor Plain.
Writing this I have received an interesting email from Mulgrave man, David.
He has offered fly to Perth and drive back with me, going via Albany, Esperance, Port Lincoln and Victor Harbour. Paying all accommodation costs and splitting fuel costs.
The whole trip will be about 10 days.
Something to seriously consider.
It would be a good thing for me to do. Allowing him to fulfill a bucket list item.
It would save me at least $1000. What with accommodation costs and fuel.
As I said, this trip is very fluid. I must be adaptable for the best outcome.
Update later.
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Buy a 20 litre plastic can from Super Cheap Auto and fill it up at a cheap servo. I always carry one or two 20 litre cans to save filling up at roadhouses.
I don’t know how much those cans cost now but there is not much point spending more than you save. Once you leave Norseman fuel isn’t cheap again until you get to Ceduna
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Yes, that is the plan. Fill a couple at Perth, save at least one for Nullarbor Roadhouse. ($2.85 litre)
I paid over $3 a litre at Kings Canyon and Uluru
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