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Forum: Police
May 16th 2026, 9:36 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,123
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: RCIPS - advice

Hello Jamjar

I've only just noticed your post. I did nearly 5 years in RCIPS and it was certainly an eye-opener after 18 years in central Scotland. However, to answer your points:

1. I went out...
Forum: Rest of the World
Jun 6th 2025, 9:15 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 7,883
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Retirement

Tax 'haven' is a bit of red herring. The income tax is set at 20% and there is no VAT, inheritance tax or capital gains tax. We have some MAJOR hi-rollers here and easily on a par with Cayman. Plenty...
Forum: Rest of the World
Jun 2nd 2025, 5:35 am
Replies: 10
Views: 7,883
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Retirement

Guernsey is a tremendous place to live and in a LOT of ways not dissimilar to Cayman. My wife and I call it the CayGuern Islands. Very small and everyone knows everyone or went to school with them or...
Forum: France
May 23rd 2025, 9:36 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,110
Posted By Jamesy5008

Recommendations for an Airbnb in Bordeaux

Some help required from the BEF community regarding travel. My wife has never been to France and now that we live in Guernsey, there is no excuse. We are looking at Airbnb in Bordeaux and the...
Forum: Rest of the World
Mar 20th 2025, 9:29 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 7,883
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Retirement

Then the local politicians took exception to an out-of-control, anti-income-tax Chamber of Commerce and pulled my residence-permit

Lemme guess........Bush?
Forum: Central, South America & Mexico
Feb 22nd 2025, 9:04 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,200
Posted By Jamesy5008

Thumbs up Re: Cuba

:thumb:
Forum: Central, South America & Mexico
Feb 14th 2025, 9:29 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,200
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Cuba

We went in September 2019 from Cayman for our wedding anniversary and stayed in Varadero in what was supposedly a 5* hotel. Cuban 5* and other 5* are not the same! But it was a fascinating trip....
Forum: Cayman Islands
Nov 29th 2024, 9:37 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 996
Posted By Jamesy5008

Talking Re: Leaving Cayman

We were practically neighbours. We lived in Point Four Street from 2018 until 2023. Rented a flat from Terry Wilson (RIP Terry). Sunset House was our goto because we could walk there. Fabulous part...
Forum: Cayman Islands
Nov 29th 2024, 6:31 am
Replies: 6
Views: 996
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Leaving Cayman

All the best Gordon in your latest adventure. 46 years in Cayman is a long time. More has happened in that time than in probably the previous 500 years. I still read CNS even though we left for a...
Forum: Central, South America & Mexico
Jun 19th 2024, 8:12 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 17,519
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Ecuador

Ha ha ha...and I'm in Guernsey now!
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Forum: Central, South America & Mexico
Jun 13th 2024, 8:05 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 17,519
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Ecuador

Best of luck GB. Never thought I would hear of the day of you leaving Cayman!
Forum: Police
Jun 9th 2024, 7:54 pm
Replies: 1,038
Views: 376,046
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: WA Police International Transition recruitment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3vaIxGeE5k
Worth a look. Coppering is coppering. It's the same everywhere.
Forum: Police
Feb 3rd 2024, 8:56 pm
Replies: 125
Views: 72,364
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Queensland Police Service (QPS) International Recruitment

Ah Baz, the good old days working in the *****. My pal has just left there to join Queensland. I've left the Caribbean too and I've got a wee number in the Channel Islands now to take me up to...
Forum: Police
Jan 19th 2024, 9:57 pm
Replies: 1,038
Views: 376,046
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: WA Police International Transition recruitment

Probably best that they didn't apply and were successful as I can pretty much guarantee that they wouldn't have lasted long. You have to shake that attitude off first and then absorb the culture of...
Forum: Police
Jul 4th 2023, 5:32 pm
Replies: 125
Views: 72,364
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Queensland Police Service (QPS) International Recruitment

Hi Baz
Quality post as usual from yourself. FYI, I've left Cayman now after 5 years and moved to Guernsey. Different again from Cayman and very different from the old F div. Unfortunately QPS isn't...
Forum: Police
Dec 29th 2022, 6:17 pm
Replies: 1,038
Views: 376,046
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: WA Police International Transition recruitment

Very brave (and big) move with service in that bracket. I did a similar move with 18 years service and don't regret it one bit. Best of luck. A better lifestyle awaits you, trust me.
Forum: Police
Dec 5th 2022, 10:17 am
Replies: 1,038
Views: 376,046
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: WA Police International Transition recruitment

I made the move from Police Scotland to the Cayman Islands so I fully understand the pull of a new life but I need to ask why as an Insp, who will lose the rank you've worked hard to get, would you...
Forum: Police
Oct 18th 2022, 10:55 pm
Replies: 1,038
Views: 376,046
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: WA Police International Transition recruitment

Brilliant! Loved every minute but circumstances have changed and it's time for another adventure.
Forum: Police
Oct 15th 2022, 1:44 am
Replies: 1,038
Views: 376,046
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: WA Police International Transition recruitment

I'm in the middle of a move to Guernsey Police from the Cayman Islands police service but I foresee a genuine mountain of applications from UK cops everywhere. It's definitely not easy making the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 19th 2021, 10:37 am
Replies: 43
Views: 11,597
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: I got called 'an arrogant s**t' today..

Here in Cayman all non-locals are ex-pats whether they are Jamaican, British, Canadian...etc. The Caribbean countries tend to socialise together in the same way that the Brit ex-pats do here. Part of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 9th 2021, 8:02 am
Replies: 94
Views: 28,284
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Moving Back to UK from Canada- Any Recent Experiences?

I'm always very surprised by some of the negative comments regarding Toronto and Canada generally. I was under the impression that it was a friendly and progressive country but reading some of this...
Forum: Police
Mar 19th 2021, 1:22 pm
Replies: 158
Views: 130,319
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Royal Cayman Islands Police Recruiting

Well I think you have enough posts now to PM people. There are a few on here who can answer your questions.
Forum: Police
Mar 18th 2021, 12:27 pm
Replies: 158
Views: 130,319
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Royal Cayman Islands Police Recruiting

It costs a mint to live here.

You'll both need to work.

It takes a year to even begin to adjust to the culture and being so far from home.

Childcare/nursery fees will take a huge chunk of...
Forum: Police
Mar 18th 2021, 12:03 am
Replies: 158
Views: 130,319
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Royal Cayman Islands Police Recruiting

Have you looked back at all the previous threads on RCIPS?
Forum: Police
Feb 13th 2021, 6:34 am
Replies: 158
Views: 130,319
Posted By Jamesy5008

Re: Royal Cayman Islands Police Recruiting

Well it isn't Edinburgh. It's an eye opener. LOTS to consider before coming here.
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