If I lived there I probably wouldn't! I particularly like Ireland for it's detachment from the ratrace outside Dublin, and my assumption is that IoM is similar. I wanted to retire to Ireland, but I got married again instead. :-| Peter > *From:* "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx> > *To:* <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Date:* Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:21:30 +0100 > > You assume we never take our cars over to the UK or Europe... > > bones > bones@xxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf > Of Peter Dodds > Sent: 10 July 2009 16:16 > To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: pdodds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jhb] Re: Tom Tom > > I am intrigued why, on an island half the size of London, with less > than > 100th the population, and just 4 towns, 4 villages and 16 parishes, > you > need a Tom Tom. Now if it was Ireland... > > I was in Tipperary last week and got lost within 5 miles of my > friends' > house - and that was after having stayed there for 3 days. > > (Runs hastily in retreat from invasion of Chester by 24,693 Manxmen > between the ages of 14 and 65) > > Peter > > >