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Forum: Rest of the World
Mar 28th 2024, 9:09 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

The hobby - described as "the king of hobbies and the hobby of kings"- is slowly dying in terms of number of collectors, let alone more serious philatelists. My children certainly have no interest,...
Forum: Rest of the World
Mar 21st 2024, 6:47 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

I had a similar assumption for years but finally it dawned on me the difficulties my parents had when they were in their 80s. The Aunt I referred to lived until 108, and while it was quite an expense...
Forum: Rest of the World
Mar 5th 2024, 8:30 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

I was fortunate that due to changes in work, and realization my parents needed help, I moved back to where they were (both were 89, and passed away at 91) and that two years made me realize I should...
Forum: USA
Jan 24th 2024, 8:12 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 225,841
Posted By morpeth

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

[QUOTE=tht;13237091]In my experience even with the details in the bank transfer a call is needed to “allocate” it to the record… but I always wait 3-4 months first to see if it posts on the...
Forum: USA
Dec 25th 2023, 12:56 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 225,841
Posted By morpeth

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

Interesting. for years I could check my NIC payments on line, and paid visa standing order or one time payment through my bank account.
Forum: Rest of the World
Oct 28th 2023, 8:09 pm
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

Deut. 15:12 (KJV)

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

Indentured...
Forum: Rest of the World
Oct 21st 2023, 7:49 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

Indentured workers from Britain were a significant portion of early settles to America, some choosing to sign up so that after 7 years they were free to pursue their lives in America.

The 7 years...
Forum: Spain
Oct 15th 2023, 4:14 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,019
Posted By morpeth

Re: To Wise experts

I have generally had good experience with WISE, but a few times I had questions got the same run-around; I note recently some changes with WISE hopefully not indicative of problems in the future. For...
Forum: Rest of the World
Oct 3rd 2023, 6:43 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

My first 'real job' was as a management trainee in Finance, and of the training was doing auditing for 6 months, good training for all my subsequent career.

Yes 'fake news' common in genealogical...
Forum: Rest of the World
Sep 29th 2023, 11:36 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

Try MyHeritage.com, easy to use to research and organize information.A)1 grandparent couldn’t get past first census in Scotland in 1840, but easy enough via MyHeritage.con, Findmypast. And ordering a...
Forum: Rest of the World
Sep 25th 2023, 6:59 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

Looking back on the ancestry of my grand parents found I could trace ancestry directly on one to 9th century, one to 12th century, one to 17th century, the other to 19th century.My stating point was...
Forum: Rest of the World
Sep 17th 2023, 6:34 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

Stamps can be sold on e-bay, via auction on ebay or , or if particular value to dealers or auction houses, in USA market there uses the Scott catalogue pricing not Gibbbons. If you are in area that...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 12th 2023, 4:33 am
Replies: 7
Views: 698
Posted By morpeth

Re: voluntary NI contributions

Voluntary National Insurance: Eligibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/voluntary-national-insurance-contributions/who-can-pay-voluntary-contributions))
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 11th 2023, 6:43 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 698
Posted By morpeth

Re: voluntary NI contributions

It is definitely worth looking into, even if Class 3 (which I suspect easier to qualify for). The return on your investment by year can be 30% for each year paid but you need a minimum 10 years.
Forum: Republic of Ireland
Sep 11th 2023, 8:00 am
Replies: 35
Views: 9,628
Posted By morpeth

Re: Sex for rent issues in Dublin

This typical of many problems today- the root causes not being addressed, indeed avoided.
Forum: USA
Sep 7th 2023, 8:56 am
Replies: 88
Views: 7,465
Posted By morpeth

Re: Moving to the Bay area - need help with public school minefield!

Premiums are just one aspect, co-pays and deductibles another.
Forum: USA
Sep 7th 2023, 8:49 am
Replies: 88
Views: 7,465
Posted By morpeth

Re: Moving to the Bay area - need help with public school minefield!

Living in SF besides the cost presents the obvious issues about quality of life; I would assume most people especially with children wouldn't would not choose to live in SF these days considering the...
Forum: Rest of the World
Aug 26th 2023, 7:08 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

The current adhesive stamps used are more challenging to remove from paper, and countries decades ago accelerate the number of stamps made- reducing the value of modern stamps. But even accumulation...
Forum: Rest of the World
Aug 22nd 2023, 1:27 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

A dying hobby for children for a variety of reasons, and how modern stamps are made compounds the issue, The usual trajectory is a man in his 30s, settled down discovers a childhood stamp album and...
Forum: Rest of the World
Aug 20th 2023, 10:15 pm
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

I have them in storage, and plan to sir my daughter down to read when she is a bit older- in particular the reference letters.

I have become more interested in genealogy in recent years- reading...
Forum: Rest of the World
Aug 16th 2023, 8:25 am
Replies: 310
Views: 32,024
Posted By morpeth

Re: Back in the Day

I remember studying in Switzerland when my parents were in Indonesia- I had to make a 'reservation; for a time to make the call-and at times there would be a double-echo : so I spoke,would hear the...
Forum: Republic of Ireland
Aug 2nd 2023, 11:19 am
Replies: 35
Views: 9,628
Posted By morpeth

Re: Sex for rent issues in Dublin

Just imagine the complications of such rules actually making a substantive difference- whether landlords proposing such arrangements informally or renters doing so.Might reduce advertisements of such...
Forum: USA
Jul 4th 2023, 1:07 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 225,841
Posted By morpeth

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

I originally had less than 10 years, but then paid for missing years and brought up to 25, was well worth it from standpoint of return on investment from what I had to pay.
Forum: USA
Jun 17th 2023, 8:24 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,280
Posted By morpeth

Re: using Wise in the USA

WISE as far as I know is regulated by the FCA in the UK,so if they were shut down it would affect WISE account holders wherever they are- their interest bearing account- a sort of "sweep" account-...
Forum: USA
Jun 17th 2023, 5:20 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,280
Posted By morpeth

Re: using Wise in the USA

As much as I find the WISE account useful, considering all the Fintechs in the UK that have either left market, or put into administration, I am a bit leery putting funds inti a WISE interest bearing...
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