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Forum: The Barbie
Oct 12th 2024, 2:24 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 34,479
Posted By dracupg

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

Hi All,

Been here 21 years, and pop into the forum occasionally to check if I'm missing out on any major arguments. There were certainly a few crackers back in the day LOL.

Every 5 years or so,...
Forum: USA
May 6th 2024, 12:18 pm
Replies: 1,097
Views: 412,875
Posted By dracupg

Re: Class 2 NI. What about us poor expats paying voluntary contributions?

My *very* basic understanding is that Class 2 would be if you were working full time (in UK or OZ), class 3 if you weren't. They will assume Class 3 if there are gaps in your Oz full time employment...
Forum: Australia
Apr 29th 2023, 3:15 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,650
Posted By dracupg

Re: UK National Insurance buying back missing years

Yeah, looks like a no-brainer. Which is exactly the amount of thought I like to put into these things :regular_smile:
Forum: Australia
Apr 29th 2023, 10:56 am
Replies: 11
Views: 2,650
Posted By dracupg

Re: UK National Insurance buying back missing years

LOL, I'm a bit late to the party on this one.
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2023, 6:40 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,650
Posted By dracupg

UK National Insurance buying back missing years

Hi All, long time no post :-)

Does anyone have any experience of doing this? I understand there is a looking 31-Jul-23 deadline for buybacks from 2006. Only just found out about it as I had...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 20th 2020, 5:40 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,685
Posted By dracupg

Re: What's everyone up to for Christmas?

Well, we were booked on a houseboat on the Hawkesbury, followed by a caravan trip to the Sapphire Coast, but the Sydney outbreak may have just scuppered both of those :ohmy:
Forum: Australia
Dec 10th 2020, 10:53 am
Replies: 21
Views: 6,007
Posted By dracupg

Re: How to tell your parents you’re moving across the world?

My mum and dad were both really supportive of our move to Oz 17 years ago. It's always just felt like a flight away to go back until this year. This is the first time I've felt the distance and the...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 10th 2020, 10:46 am
Replies: 103
Views: 22,011
Posted By dracupg

Re: Roll Call...

I was way more active on this site when we had just arrived here in 2003. Glad it's still going. It had some pretty heated discussions back then, and certainly a few trolls that were just out for a...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 10th 2020, 10:42 am
Replies: 62
Views: 25,890
Posted By dracupg

Re: VPN for BBC iplayer

I've never had much luck with VPNs or DNS redirects to access the BBC iPlayer. It's like a game of whack-a-mole. As soon as the VPN provider allocates a new UK IP addresses, the BBC iPlayer will...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 2nd 2020, 4:50 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,052
Posted By dracupg

Long time no post

Hi Folks,
Hope everyone is doing well. As you can see, it's been a while since I was here :lol:...
Forum: Australia
Jul 30th 2008, 2:11 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 5,346
Posted By dracupg

Re: drinks and nite out in st ives area

Good grief. Haven’t been on this site for ages, and what is the first thing I read … night out in St Ives. It must be fate telling me to go out and get plastered.

We have lived in St Ives for...
Forum: The Barbie
May 11th 2006, 7:00 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 3,003
Posted By dracupg

Re: Afghan Hijackers Granted Asylum in UK

As I said, I was playing devil’s advocate. These are not necessarily my opinions or attitudes on the subject, and you should not refer to them as if they were.

This thread has a very one sided...
Forum: Australia
May 10th 2006, 5:21 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 804
Posted By dracupg

Re: UK Pensions and Transfers to Australia - an update ...

If it were me, I would transfer it over, but hang on until the exchange rate improves a bit! I like everything in the once place, and I would probably forget about it if I left it.
Forum: Australia
May 10th 2006, 5:17 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 7,070
Posted By dracupg

Re: Nationwide bank

I would definitely check this as most UK current accounts are only open to UK residents. There is a lot of new fraud and money laundering legislation around.

We have our UK account with smile, but...
Forum: The Barbie
May 10th 2006, 4:36 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 3,003
Posted By dracupg

Re: Afghan Hijackers Granted Asylum in UK

If someone hijacks a plane, does that not make them a terrorist? Presumably they are not labelled as terrorists because they were escaping a hostile regime.

As I said, I have no knowledge as to...
Forum: The Barbie
May 10th 2006, 3:53 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 3,003
Posted By dracupg

Re: Afghan Hijackers Granted Asylum in UK

They hijacked a plane from the Taliban from a Taliban controlled area. Off course they behaved like thugs. One mans terrorist …. etc etc.

I don’t have any knowledge about what other routes...
Forum: Australia
May 10th 2006, 3:44 pm
Replies: 103
Views: 7,018
Posted By dracupg

Re: Australias new tax rates from july 1 2006

Salaries usually quoted as “base” or “package”

Package can include a multitude of sins, including the 9% super, but may also include discretionary bonuses which may or may not be paid.
Forum: The Barbie
May 10th 2006, 3:34 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 3,003
Posted By dracupg

Re: Afghan Hijackers Granted Asylum in UK

Just playing devil’s advocate here, but these guys hijacked the plane in order to escape the Taliban. Presumably the same sort of people that we were allied to during the Afghan war and the same...
Forum: The Barbie
May 10th 2006, 2:50 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,307
Posted By dracupg

Re: Mannerisms I have picked up in Oz

“how are you going?” rather than “how are you doing?”

and saying rowt rather than root after a few weird looks.
Forum: Australia
May 10th 2006, 12:49 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,688
Posted By dracupg

Re: The Shetland Isles v Australia

My sister moved up to Shetland from Glasgow 17 odd years ago and I have been up a few times. I have been up on holidays a few times, and combined with the feedback from my sister, here is my opinion:...
Forum: The Barbie
May 9th 2006, 12:41 pm
Replies: 487
Views: 32,766
Posted By dracupg

Re: Scotts Fae Glesga

I am from Bearsden, so I am not sure I should be talking to any of you. ;) Lived for a long time in Fairmilehead (Edinburgh).

… now where did I put my fur coat? :D
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2006, 6:52 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,927
Posted By dracupg

Re: Dvla

You need to be careful about how long you drive with your UK licence once you have arrived in Oz. In NSW, for example you have 3 months to get a license. After 3 months your UK licence will not be...
Forum: Australia
May 4th 2006, 2:24 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 418
Posted By dracupg

Wills Day

With it being “Wills” day on 7th June (perhaps a new public holiday is in order?), I was wondering how other expats have done this.

We did the following:

a) Will (who gets what)
b)...
Forum: Australia
May 3rd 2006, 6:55 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 904
Posted By dracupg

Re: DAB in Oz?

I am not sure I buy the DAB is superior to FM thing, and I suspect a covert ploy to get everyone off FM so that the government can sell off the bandwidth. :rolleyes:

There was an interesting...
Forum: Australia
May 3rd 2006, 5:58 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,734
Posted By dracupg

Re: Downside of Citizenship

I am sure the jury service letter is in the post to you already :eek:
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