tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108645869007704655.post5144007472083848316..comments2023-10-04T14:00:03.620+01:00Comments on HIV and Us!: Barry says he is a resilient bugger!!! - & his jobUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108645869007704655.post-51534784520236569822008-03-22T22:04:00.000+00:002008-03-22T22:04:00.000+00:00Any chance of coming to visit without screaming ch...Any chance of coming to visit without screaming child and grumpy husband?! LOl x<BR/><BR/>Yes, I never thought of it like that. Of course 8 acres of land in Cornwall is seen much differently to 8 acres of land up here! Where we are there would be a que of people begginf to buy it off you! But of course it is very different where you are.<BR/><BR/>And it must be fabulous to have that space and open views and fresh air and peace!! We have a yard wit a rotweiler the other side of our fence and sirens up and down the streets all day! LOL x<BR/><BR/>I am certian that you will keep your beautiful home and you guys will be just fine. But always hre for you guys anyway x<BR/><BR/>H xWinegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04835871986606282997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108645869007704655.post-68043640115394020442008-03-22T18:03:00.000+00:002008-03-22T18:03:00.000+00:00Veritee said... Don't worry at all - we will work ...Veritee said... <BR/>Don't worry at all - we will work something out - I just use the blog to sound off about the things that we have to deal with - the stuff we have to sort out.<BR/>But its OK - we will get there ......I guess at the worst..... <BR/><BR/>Barry and I will have to go on benefits for another 4 years until he can pick up his pension - and we will have to try to live frugally until we can collect his pension....... or not go on benefits at all and try to earn enough to keep us until then.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about my offload - I am sure it will pan out somehow, and way or another.<BR/><BR/>As Barry could try to insist on a ENG3 - fitness 4- and if he gets it accept he will never go back to sea - or he will have to get a ENG2 and try to get a local job - we will survive as we are both very resilient.<BR/><BR/>As to selling any of our land - it would seem on paper a very good idea as we have 8 acres, in addition to our house and garden -<BR/><BR/>But one we have considered in the early days looked and into and is just not practical or really desirable or possible .........well for a start it is agricultural land only - a registered smallholding - and would not get planning permission for anything else and agricultural land is worth very little in terms of cash. It is also subject to planning restrictions due to its location!! <BR/><BR/>Stick our land in a different place, near a town or somewhere more key in terms of building and development ..... and it would be prime land, but our land is in the depths of farming Cornwall - where agricultural land is worth very little if anything - most of our neighbours own far more land than we do, also worth nothing on the open market and not developable......<BR/><BR/>At first I found this hard to understand as it is not that beautiful as land goes , just fields with a great view<BR/><BR/>But now we understand and respect this and have been custodians of this land for 21 years - we would not now want to see it built on.<BR/><BR/>But you can not get planing permission to build on it or otherwise develop it anyway , so it is worth nothing at all in financial terms to us really!!!<BR/><BR/>But the view is great - fit to die for sometimes and I can walk my own fields wit my dogs, look at the wonderful sunset and think - I own this little bit of the UK!!<BR/><BR/>If you ever come and stay - which I very much hope that one day you may - you will see why we love it but anyway could not sell it separately from our house, even if we wanted to -<BR/><BR/>It is just not in that sort of situation to do this. <BR/><BR/>But also if you could see it you would see why we would not want to -- the joy of living where we do is a lot the land that surrounds our home and our lovely views etc and isolation. If we did not have this we would move with no difficulty to an estate or road in a town or something - it is the unique situation and the land surrounding us that makes it worth fighting to stay.<BR/><BR/>We are very privileged and lucky to have it but if we had to sell the land we would just sell it with the properly for the next residents to care for and move as the land is what makes it why we want to live here really. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully we will get Barry's pension - or manage somehow until we do - and keep our home for as long as we are able to look after it.<BR/>And one day you will come and visit with your family.<BR/>watch this space as this is what we aim at<BR/>Veritee XXXXHIV and Ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402770587100172701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108645869007704655.post-7839207837999997092008-03-22T16:48:00.000+00:002008-03-22T16:48:00.000+00:00Oh crikey Vee what a mess! What an odd setup!I don...Oh crikey Vee what a mess! What an odd setup!<BR/><BR/>I dont know what to say, wish there was something I could to help?<BR/><BR/>Am I right in thiking you have a bit of land with your property? Have you ever looked into selling some of the land?<BR/><BR/>I know this is not the ideal solution and i dont think any suggestion is, i am just typing out load really while I think about what I would do in this situation.<BR/><BR/>Does Barry even want to go back to Sea? How many years are there until he is automaticlly entightled to his pension?<BR/><BR/>Sorry if I am rambling, just wanting to be helpful I guess.<BR/><BR/>I am thinking of you both xx<BR/><BR/>Luv HelenWinegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04835871986606282997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108645869007704655.post-71238812381653092972008-03-22T10:05:00.000+00:002008-03-22T10:05:00.000+00:00Thanks WGIt has something to do with him being a s...Thanks WG<BR/>It has something to do with him being a seaman. In any other job he would be signed off until he feels fit enough for work again - but as a seaman you are either fit to go to sea ( maybe with restrictions ) or permanently unfit altogether and forever - so it is difficult to know what to do or what to try and get.<BR/><BR/>To go to sea at all you have to have a special medical certificate to say you are fit for sea. If you are fully fit with no restrictions you get an ENG1 which Barry always had - and if you are not fit a you get an ENG3 with a fitness category of 4 - permanently unfit, which Barry would need to claim his pension ( an ENG3 with the fitness category 4 that means he can never return to sea) <BR/><BR/>The possibility right now however is with treated HIV he will get a ENG2 which will mean he is able to go to sea with restricted duties and probably restricted countries that he can work. BUT!!! he will never get a job with restricted duties/conditions in what he does until he is a LOT fitter than he is now and he will not get his pension either - so this could leave us with just incapacity benefit which just is not enough to keep us in our home. <BR/><BR/>The other possibility is an ENG3 with fitness category 3, which means it is considered that one day he will be able to return to sea probably on restricted duties.<BR/><BR/>Either way he will not get his pension, which we need to pay off our mortgage so we can live in our home and not have to move - so we are hoping for an ENG3 with fitness 4.<BR/>But this is a catch 22, because if he get this he will never be able to return to sea, so even if once the HIV meds really kick in he feels up to it. And with time there may be an opportunity of a local seaman/marine engineers job out of Falmouth locally - but with an ENG3 of that category fitness he would never be able to do it at anytime.<BR/>The problem is that while he does not want to go back to sea as his job is now, by this he means not back 'deep' sea away for months at a time thousands of miles away - but he does not rule out wanting to work on local boats for a few days at a time to supplement his pension, If at all possible Bary want to work a bit although preferably locally - but after almost 35 years doing the same job 'deep' sea Barry knows nothing else to earn money, and if he gets signed off for this he will not be able to ever work at sea again - some how we are hoping to get a ENG3 fit 4 but with the option of changing it to a ENG2 restricted later - but this may be impossible - and if they think he can work at all with HIV or anytime in the future - which it seems that may feel this, we do not get the pension - very difficult : http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-seafarer_information/mcga-dqs_st_shs_seafarer_information-medical/mcga-dqs_st_shs_approved_docs_list-2/mcga-dqs_st_shs_approved_docs_manual-ch-3.htmHIV and Ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402770587100172701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108645869007704655.post-63743896488715487072008-03-21T14:59:00.000+00:002008-03-21T14:59:00.000+00:00Hi Vee, hope I am ok to post here? Just wanted to ...Hi Vee, hope I am ok to post here? Just wanted to say how disgusted I am that Barry in his condition may not be signed off work! So many people are signed off these days for so many things that it astounds me that this may not be the case for Barry! If there is anything I can do for you guys, please just ask. Sending my love and support to both of you xx<BR/><BR/>Helen xWinegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04835871986606282997noreply@blogger.com