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Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 17th 2015, 4:35 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,111
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Well that move didn't go quite to plan...

You're lucky , when my stuff came over it all went missing from the storage yard in Fremont.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 16th 2015, 6:34 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 3,514
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Dealing with Current Debt...

I get that but I think for me I never saw it as a personal sacrifice. It was really more of a starting a new phase in my life with someone I love, almost an adventure if you like.
Maybe it's the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 16th 2015, 4:47 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 3,514
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Dealing with Current Debt...

LOL, there's that sacrificing thing again. Just figuring you're giving up living in a council house and lots of debt against moving to California, what's to sacrifice ?
Might be just me, but for...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 16th 2015, 4:07 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 3,514
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Dealing with Current Debt...

Good luck. I just saw your visa approval thread, congratulations. Hope everything works out for you both.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 16th 2015, 3:41 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 3,514
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Dealing with Current Debt...

I can see you are giving up your job to come to the USA but out of curiosity why do you see your independence having to be sacrificed in the move? Is it because you are going to be wholly reliant on...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Aug 28th 2015, 4:53 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,491
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Moving family to Florida

Apologies too, I missed her second post in this thread too where she also stated she was 2 when she moved from CT.
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Aug 28th 2015, 4:17 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,491
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Moving family to Florida

That might be a problem as the OP states in her teaching thread that she's lived in UK since she was 2 years old.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/usa-57/teaching-florida-864097/
Forum: USA
Aug 27th 2015, 7:52 pm
Replies: 66
Views: 24,088
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Teaching in Florida

My wife teaches 3rd grade here in Florida. The university of Florida, in our home town, turns out oodles of teachers every year so competition is tough. Also, helps who you know, so substitute...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 17th 2015, 6:26 pm
Replies: 159
Views: 10,969
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Would you have come to America ...

Y byd - The World.

Used to sing a very old song in Welsh when I was young which contains the words 'Y byd'. You'd be wrong about not having a concept of the world too. Given Wales' very ancient...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 7th 2015, 11:34 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,379
Posted By Welshgator

Re: SiriusXM

I've had Sirius as a freebie trial but have never renewed the subscription.
I use my smartphone on bluetooth in the car with a 99 cent "Radio Lounge" app that covers a hundred or so radio stations...
Forum: USA
Jun 17th 2015, 2:02 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,900
Posted By Welshgator

Re: UK Pension - Lump Sum - Tax?

Thanks, that's helpful to start with. The plan is proposing to wind up by Aug 2016 and we're going to be supplied with updates along the way. The company is even willing to pay fees for an...
Forum: USA
Jun 16th 2015, 1:38 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,900
Posted By Welshgator

Re: UK Pension - Lump Sum - Tax?

QROPS doesn't seem to be an option under the current setup last time I looked into it.

I am interested in any information on lump sum tax though. One of my UK private pension funds is planning to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 10th 2015, 2:55 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,210
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Diving boards and home insurance

Trampolines are the other apparatus that are frowned on by insurance companies. They could be reason for cancellation of your policy unless you pay a higher premium.

We had a screened in...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 22nd 2015, 9:16 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 4,123
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Life is fragile

Thanks, I may look into it later, not really ready for that yet. I am so sorry to hear about your daughter. It is so unfair at that age, you never ever think that such a thing could happen to your...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 22nd 2015, 9:03 pm
Replies: 141
Views: 8,905
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Would you be unkind to someone online?

Thanks for your concerns, I can tell you are a very considerate person. Actually, I hadn't been posting on BE for a while. I didn't log on to share my story as I am really a more private type of...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 22nd 2015, 3:31 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 4,123
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Life is fragile

Thanks to everyone for their kind words. Our local community, and also the swimming community in Florida, has been wonderfully supportive and very comforting for my wife.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 22nd 2015, 2:41 am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,123
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Life is fragile

Thanks. I have been somewhat numb since. It is the only way I can deal with it right now. I feel like I have been watching a movie and reality has not yet struck home.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 22nd 2015, 2:35 am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,123
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Life is fragile

I wasn't going to post my sad story but since this thread is underway....my sixteen year old daughter had a tragic car accident on the 2nd January. On the 4th I had to sign the papers to take her off...
Forum: USA
Jan 16th 2015, 1:34 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 3,674
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Teaching in Florida

Don't know about over qualified. Might depend which county in Florida I guess.In our county the school board only employs teachers with a masters degree and has done for the last twenty years at...
Forum: USA
Aug 22nd 2014, 11:04 am
Replies: 41
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Views: 3,812
Posted By Welshgator

Re: BBC

I don't watch a great deal of TV anymore but I do enjoy listening to Radio 4, 4 extra and BBC World service.
I've got a great phone app called Radio Lounge which provides most BBC radio stations -...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 4th 2014, 12:38 pm
Replies: 71
Views: 6,954
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Old batteries and electrical matters

Sorry, you're right. I remember getting on a bus to school. It used to be a tanner (2 1/2 new pence) and then the first day of official decimalization it was rounded 3 new pence, always thought that...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 4th 2014, 12:27 pm
Replies: 71
Views: 6,954
Posted By Welshgator

Re: Old batteries and electrical matters

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1960s-EVER-READY-4-5V-BATTERY-1289-today-s-3R12-/121393773487?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c43a1fbaf

I remember using these batteries a lot in the early to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 1st 2014, 9:14 pm
Replies: 154
Views: 9,644
Posted By Welshgator

Re: It's Stephen.....not Stefan

Sadly, Dai the Ball in our village was a eunuch. Got stamped on playing rugby as a teenager.

We did have a math teacher in grammar school named Dai Ball too. We had a kid in class who went on to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 31st 2014, 8:03 pm
Replies: 154
Views: 9,644
Posted By Welshgator

Re: It's Stephen.....not Stefan

We tried that system in Wales too, A for Afal (apple) worked ok, but when we got to Ll which is essentially one letter then Ll for Llanfairpwllgwyngychgogerychllandrobyllllantysilioggogogoch got a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 31st 2014, 8:01 pm
Replies: 154
Views: 9,644
Posted By Welshgator

Re: It's Stephen.....not Stefan

If you want to get the correct sound for that then maybe - a for anus.
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