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Forum: Philippines
Mar 19th 2024, 1:45 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,844
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Daily Life Improvements

Bush's Best Baked Beans nice flavour with darker sauce

Van Camps Pork and beans in tomato sauce no pork just beans but flavour is nice, sauce is just like Heinz,.

Both from the US in S. & R
Forum: Philippines
Mar 17th 2024, 11:59 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,844
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Daily Life Improvements

Years go by and one day in SM grocery you see TESCOS. Brussel sprouts, shortcake biscuits, fig rolls and the marvel of Heinz baked beans. Sadly the supplies are used up and no longer available
BUT...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 25th 2023, 9:58 am
Replies: 62
Views: 9,452
Posted By sunnydays

Re: receive your uk pension in ph

We closed our sterling account with bpi expecting pounds to deposit in hsbc Alabang but they gave us a UK cheque from a bank in the UK?
HSBC bless them got me to write a note to our other sterling...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 25th 2023, 3:39 am
Replies: 62
Views: 9,452
Posted By sunnydays

Re: receive your uk pension in ph

Barclays were good at sending out atm cards because they are part of their pin sentry and also the separate pins for internet banking but their telephone banking was dreadful and thank goodness for...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 24th 2023, 3:49 am
Replies: 184
Views: 87,650
Posted By sunnydays

Re: SRRV Retirement Visa

Some one said once that the Philippines has some good laws but its the implementation that is lacking.

Property tax and land tax are an issue with some paying and the majority. not. Adding ...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 23rd 2023, 8:51 am
Replies: 4
Views: 733
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Roofer Needed

The " union steel" will supply longspan roofing in several designs and in ANY lengths we had a dozen pieces of 17 meter lengths delived with a low loader. You also have the choice of thickness and...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 23rd 2023, 8:46 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,185
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Tax resident in Philippines, UK income.

The only way to avoid tax on UK gov pensions is to lose your nationalty and become a Filipine citizen thro the Bi office Tempting because the tax I pay would go a long way here but couldn't,t give up...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 23rd 2023, 8:38 am
Replies: 184
Views: 87,650
Posted By sunnydays

Re: SRRV Retirement Visa

we both have senior citizens cards that give the 20% discount and e joy the facility in restaurents and expensive coffee shops. I am not supposed to have one but it was given so enjoy it .
Forum: Philippines
Dec 23rd 2023, 8:29 am
Replies: 184
Views: 87,650
Posted By sunnydays

Re: SRRV Retirement Visa

pra visas have no connection to your pension. The Philippines DO NOT TAX PENSIONS.
Forum: Philippines
Dec 23rd 2023, 8:24 am
Replies: 62
Views: 9,452
Posted By sunnydays

Re: receive your uk pension in ph

we have just had my Barclays bank account closed ofter 6o years with them. Apparently a post brexit ruling for people with non UK addresses. Before this I could .move sterling form there to my hsbc...
Forum: Philippines
Mar 13th 2022, 10:25 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,350
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Best Authors

I've actually read some of mine for the second time and enjoyed it?
Forum: Philippines
Mar 8th 2022, 7:06 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,350
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Best Authors

Just read a book and been surprised at the content wowowee... ok so the story is from the 1990 times but crikey its frightening....
Forum: Philippines
Jan 10th 2022, 12:24 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,177
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Cars

We bought a new Avanza after a test drive and found it very flimsy in the build despite it felling "solid" in the test drive. The wings and side panels are probably fibre glass and easily dented....
Forum: Philippines
Jan 9th 2022, 4:23 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,177
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Cars

I'd never buy an SUV here because I see them in car parks with the engine running and the a/c on, maybe the family is playing with videos in the cool whilst other do the shopping. So the mileage on...
Forum: Philippines
Jan 9th 2022, 4:10 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,177
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Cars

Lovely road to Nasugbu. We enjoyed living down the road from Tagaytay just cool enough to grow some vegetables but as time grew Tagaytay was swamped with developers and you can't move at the...
Forum: Philippines
Jan 9th 2022, 1:26 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,177
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Cars

Before arriving here I'd seen the Owner jeeps and couldn't wait to get one until I experienced the the heat and exhaust fumes from local vehicles.
I worry about breaking down and having no rescue...
Forum: Philippines
Jan 9th 2022, 1:17 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,177
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Cars

Electric windows, remember when they first appeared and a friend was walking passed my car but I couldn't find the button to work the windows fast enough and he'd gone when I finally found it.
The...
Forum: Philippines
Jan 8th 2022, 8:14 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,177
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Cars

Great if we lived in wind tunnels and travelled at speeds that smooth edges would improve petrol consumption but we don't. Look at the boxy people carriers sold by the Car manufacturers today, where...
Forum: Philippines
Jan 8th 2022, 2:31 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,177
Posted By sunnydays

Cars

A new car, what options do we have besides, large, medium or small, petrol or diesel?

Most of the new cars today are bigger, faster and more money to buy yet are more reliable than our older ones...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 22nd 2021, 8:08 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,350
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Best Authors

Much obliged for new authors.
Forum: Philippines
Dec 15th 2021, 9:23 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,350
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Best Authors

Donating to your local schools gives you people contact which I enjoy doing.
Forum: Philippines
Dec 15th 2021, 9:20 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,892
Posted By sunnydays

Re: Barclays Account Frozen

Must relate a bank story. We opened a sterling account with BPI for emergencies or whatever, opened it with a UK Barclays cheque back in 2006. It never moved and so we just closed it and opened up...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 15th 2021, 3:22 am
Replies: 11
Views: 806
Posted By sunnydays

Post Re: Karaoke Solutions

Our expat groups would always have a rented out Karaoke box and the wives would flock to. I enjoyed a good singsong and strangely enough miss the Christmas carol services, one time a lorry arrived in...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 15th 2021, 3:13 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,350
Posted By sunnydays

Post Re: Best Authors

Hi Raffin, yes most of mine are detective series. Ian Rankin writes stories round a Detective in Edinburgh that is very down to earth. Enjoyed Ruth Rendell stories round the UK street crime much...
Forum: Philippines
Dec 14th 2021, 11:53 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,350
Posted By sunnydays

Post Best Authors

I only read an occasional car mechanics book or electronics magazine in my younger days but employed by a company that had me sat in airports for hours on end I began to read paperbacks.
Here in...
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