Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 28th 2012, 10:47 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 347
greek exidous
So many people are leaving Greece right now, its getting harder to find reasons to stay. But we still want to - anyone else out there still trying to hang on?
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 28th 2012, 10:30 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,978
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Forum: Moving back to the UK / The Rovers Return
Apr 16th 2012, 11:47 am
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,148
Re: Songs that remind you of home in the UK?
Me too, and can't hear it without crying and feeling incredibly nostalgic which is really odd as i don't think I'd actually heard it before I left.
I also enjoy last night of the proms and play...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 15th 2012, 11:27 pm
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Replies: 106
Views: 6,798
Re: uk benifits?
Hi, I'd like to thank charley girl. Keep in mind this forum is largely for Expats trying to plan moving back, we are out of touch with the system and specifics are really useful. The link for...
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Forum: Europe / Cyprus
Apr 13th 2012, 10:32 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 833
Re: Rental plus bed and breakfast
I've not actually ever been to Cyprus, but I'm pritty familiar with Chalkadiki and Thasos over the last decade. Basically there are around 90 days in the middle of summer where you'd have to run an...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 13th 2012, 9:38 pm
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Replies: 106
Views: 6,798
Re: uk benifits?
Thanks a lot. Her youngest will be five in the summer and the other child, nine. So if she works say 3 days a week at £50 a day, what kind of credit could she expect. Her husband is planning a...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 13th 2012, 2:50 am
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Replies: 106
Views: 6,798
Re: uk benifits?
Thanks for that. Its hard to understand just how much things might have changed while we have been gone. I'm giving her advice that I don't really know is the best thing, but today she interviewed...
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Forum: Europe
Apr 12th 2012, 9:50 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,026
Re: Help Needed - International Romance
I do understand that, possibly TV gave me a false impression of the value of being able to go to a British embassy. While I know they are not an information service, "that's not our job" seems an...
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Forum: Europe
Apr 12th 2012, 7:02 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,026
Re: Help Needed - International Romance
I do understand that, possibly TV gave me a false impression of the value of being able to go to a British embassy. While I know they are not an information service, "that's not our job" seems an...
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Forum: Europe
Apr 12th 2012, 11:36 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,026
Re: Help Needed - International Romance
I live in Thessaloniki, Greece. The British embassy used to be a great source of humor for Expats. Its degenerate in to something we are now just too embarrassed to mention. Stories in the Mail about...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 12th 2012, 8:30 am
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Replies: 106
Views: 6,798
Re: uk benifits?
Thanks Petrichor, that is helpful. I've suggested trying to teach night schools, but she is reluctant as she has only worked with primary ages. As i teach 8 to adult, I know she could do it, but...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 11th 2012, 5:33 pm
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Replies: 106
Views: 6,798
Re: uk benifits?
Thanks, we got that - but didn't understand how housing benefit works. If she is entitled to £100 a week, but can't find anything close to the kids school close to that, how much can she reasonably...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Apr 11th 2012, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 106
Views: 6,798
uk benifits?
Trying to help my sister plan returning to uk after 20ish years. We both live in Greece, which is becoming harder to make ends meet - so forget savings. As she has two kids, situation is desperate so...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK / Citizenship and Spouse/Family Visas
Apr 11th 2012, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 1,240
Views: 87,277
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Forum: Europe
Feb 8th 2012, 8:33 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 943
Re: Greece?
I'm in Thessaloniki- North Greece. As you say you want to go to islands, I assume you fancy the south. Much like the UK, north and south here are very different. I can't see you finding much...
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Forum: The Lab
Feb 4th 2012, 5:05 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 878
Re: Tablet: flash or hard drive
OK, don't remember the name right now, but my husband keeps films, programs and stuff on a box that's just for that, has TV leads and USB connection. Its ideal for us - as we go away most weekends...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Feb 4th 2012, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 216
Hoping to move north west- help
We have very little cash, my husband wants to move down south, but I have family in the north and think a year or two getting money together is a better plan. Basically, I want to be chesshire /...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Feb 4th 2012, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,346
Re: EU Law & British Law & My Rant !!!!
When I read about the vicar, I thought about the poor vicar who married me and what he might be thinging. Basically I married my husband (Greek) in the uk, we already lived in Greece, and went...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Feb 4th 2012, 12:32 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 957
Re: Need some help!
Just wanted to add a good luck message. Also read a post here that implied it would be hard to get a job if your over 35. Don't know what kind of jobs their talking about or what you want, but my...
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Forum: The Lab
Feb 4th 2012, 12:08 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 878
Re: Tablet: flash or hard drive
I use an Acer tablet, so this point might not be relevent. I've tried connecting to a wide variety of devices and find flash sticks the most convenient.. I don't need space, but I do like to have a...
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Forum: Europe
Feb 2nd 2012, 9:29 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,026
Re: Help Needed - International Romance
Taking a romance to the next level takes sacrifice- you both need to keep options open until your truly ready for commitment though. One or both of you may lose some independence in a way that is...
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Forum: Europe
Feb 1st 2012, 9:45 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 943
Greece?
Is there a good place to go on the site to talk to Expats in Greece? I'm especially interested in ones who have just arrived as I'm planing on returning to the uk. Perhaps we can swap questions, I...
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Forum: Middle East
Feb 1st 2012, 9:35 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 2,534
Re: Does the ME make you Fat or Thin?
Wow, I got a bit confused - I thought you were talking about the illness ME! (Incase your interested - thin because you don't really eat, but really unfit because you don't get enough excersise)...
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Forum: Take it Outside!
Feb 1st 2012, 9:27 pm
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Replies: 19,544
Views: 964,134
Re: What has pissed you off today
I hate Wednesdays. Too late in the week it feel the afterglow of the weekend, too early to look forward to the next! Already overworked, and still to much to do! And just to cap it off, my husband...
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Forum: The Lounge
Feb 1st 2012, 9:20 pm
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,462
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