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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 25th 2023, 8:04 am
Replies: 340
Views: 50,063
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Life's Turning-Points

See post #302!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 25th 2023, 7:42 am
Replies: 340
Views: 50,063
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Life's Turning-Points

A different slant - Falkland Islanders pay local local income tax, but nothing to the UK which currently spends about £60 million on their defence.

(That's about £16k per Falkland Islander, for...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 24th 2023, 9:09 pm
Replies: 466
Views: 76,828
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Shrimps On The Barbie

In a similar vein, remember Gulf war 1 when British journalists suddenly started pronouncing ME place names with a pseudo Arab pronunciation, ie Dahran suddenly became Daacchran, Baghdad became...
Forum: Australia
Aug 23rd 2023, 10:13 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,856
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Barclays Bank Accounts

Aren't UK pensions paid by DWP, rather than HMRC?
Forum: Portugal
Aug 22nd 2023, 7:04 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,175
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Do i have Mug written on my face

Hang on! You may or may not get the money back - but your OP suggested you would still have to take the cats home with you. What then?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 21st 2023, 8:26 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 12,719
Posted By Finknottle

Re: What happened to this place?

I'm a bit disappointed, I'm still waiting for someone to give me my opinion on this topic.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 19th 2023, 5:01 am
Replies: 78
Views: 12,719
Posted By Finknottle

Re: What happened to this place?

As a resource for those emigrating, tackling residency issues or just sharing experiences & life I would suggest that BE is unrivalled (certainly among English language websites).
However, the rest...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 18th 2023, 3:26 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 12,719
Posted By Finknottle

Re: What happened to this place?

Fair enough.

So, to go back to the OP, what happened to the vibrant & supportive community?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 18th 2023, 2:27 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 12,719
Posted By Finknottle

Re: What happened to this place?

Good question!

Out of interest it appears that 52 members have joined & posted in this month alone - & I bet 99% of them disappear immediately!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 16th 2023, 2:57 am
Replies: 340
Views: 50,063
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Life's Turning-Points

You raise a good point about dependants, however it shouldn't be too difficult to come up with a regime that protects them accordingly. Putting that to one side it makes absolute sense that...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 10th 2023, 10:05 am
Replies: 89
Views: 13,936
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Drought in the West/ Pulaski Road Trip

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/britishexpats.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/20230809_121217_b62f6938c2a32a79e1e5bf9048075c0358d2bdf2.jpg

Pulaski - a child in time!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 4th 2023, 12:18 am
Replies: 340
Views: 50,063
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Life's Turning-Points

Close, but I don't think 8 year olds are sent to prison!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 3rd 2023, 9:22 pm
Replies: 340
Views: 50,063
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Life's Turning-Points

Were yours censored? Our were.
Forum: Europe
Jul 29th 2023, 8:29 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 8,761
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Anyone here living in Finland!

I know it's hard at the beginning but you need to to try and wean yourself off British things and get used to the local alternatives (& there will be alternatives*) - in fact doing so can be both fun...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 22nd 2023, 6:40 am
Replies: 8,202
Views: 700,032
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Let's talk about cars

Happened to me, as a teenager, when working on a petrol station - deliberate in this case.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 22nd 2023, 6:26 am
Replies: 8,202
Views: 700,032
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Let's talk about cars

I wonder if anybody has driven off with the cable still plugged in!
Forum: Europe
Jul 8th 2023, 3:35 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,980
Posted By Finknottle

Re: Slovakia

Not really a particularly high standard of living in Bratislava (compared to other former communist countries), in fact old town with its large number of cheap cafés (but few restaurants) still has...
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