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Forum: Australia
Jun 10th 2005, 2:02 am
Replies: 23
Views: 3,315
Posted By Don

Re: Crickets in the loft

Shouldn't that be 'comedienne', Lathlain, you humourless old winkety winker? :D
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 10th 2005, 1:56 am
Replies: 0
Views: 421
Posted By Don

please help with my poll

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307896

Thanks :D
Forum: Canada
Jun 10th 2005, 1:55 am
Replies: 0
Views: 623
Posted By Don

Please help with my poll

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307896

Thanks :)
Forum: USA
Jun 10th 2005, 1:55 am
Replies: 1
Views: 437
Posted By Don

Please help with my poll

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307896

Thanks :)
Forum: Australia
Jun 10th 2005, 1:52 am
Replies: 8
Views: 545
Posted By Don

Please help with my poll

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307896

Thanks :)
Forum: Australia
Jun 10th 2005, 1:42 am
Replies: 117
Views: 7,639
Posted By Don

Re: In Australia I think MacDonalds should be a NO NO

The purpose of fox hunting is to kill foxes, which are vermin and do damage. The fun element of the hunt is irrelevant.

The purpose of seal pupping is to stop seals destroying fish stock. Income...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 10th 2005, 1:32 am
Replies: 74
Views: 4,070
Posted By Don

Re: Cold houses...

You obviously didn't bother to read the report I gave a link to earlier. Written by a NZ academic who is concerned about the high number of NZ'ers living in poorly insulated and badly heated NZ...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 10th 2005, 1:16 am
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

Still, you can't beat the old 'black snot..or not' test, can you?

London fares much worse than Sydney.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 10th 2005, 12:52 am
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

Never been to Cairo - tho I have dived the Red Sea. :)

Athens - been there four or 5 times and never had a bad pollution experience tho I was always on my way somewhere else, sharpish, islands...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 9th 2005, 11:58 pm
Replies: 74
Views: 4,070
Posted By Don

Re: Cold houses...

You are still trying to say there is no problem with poorly insulated NZ houses.

You are clearly wrong.

Brits expect houses to have a minimal ie comfortable level of insulation / heat...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 9th 2005, 8:06 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 895
Posted By Don

Re: how do you manage?

The repairs and maintenance bills on my rental place in Dunedin show surprisingly low call out fees and hourly rates, which is of course great for me but crap for the tradies. :) :mad:
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 9th 2005, 6:22 pm
Replies: 74
Views: 4,070
Posted By Don

Re: Cold houses...

Interesting article here www.branz.org.nz/branzltd/publications/pdfs/con59.pdf

Extract:
Summary


Some facts on New Zealand households, their energy use and expenditure, and comfort levels....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 9th 2005, 5:50 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

Punish the Deed

THE Dog may be Man's Best Friend, but increasingly nowadays that friendship is coming under great strain. All around the world, different countries and states are enacting Breed...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 9th 2005, 4:44 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

[QUOTE=sayonara-uk]This is a sweeping generalisation, and imagine the outcry if you substituted "Moslems", "Jews" etc. for "pit bulls" (not that I am counting them amongst "dog races"). Talking of...
Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2005, 7:10 am
Replies: 46
Views: 2,789
Posted By Don

Re: Accepted offer on our house today!!!!!!

Just stay realistic, there are a lot of uncompleted sales around at the moment due to chains and wobbly buyers and the turning sentiment about the wisdom of buying at silly prices.
Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2005, 6:57 am
Replies: 150
Views: 15,720
Posted By Don

Re: 16 years away from the UK, first impressions.

Nope. It is much more likely that YOU have changed and have become an Aussie in outlook, which is recognised by others.

Hence the friendlier reception.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 9th 2005, 6:13 am
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Smile Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

Hang on, the media have a useful role.

Take pit bulls, they are now effectively a dead dog race in the UK thanks to the media and when the last living one dies out, they'll be gone - no more...
Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2005, 2:40 am
Replies: 5
Views: 635
Posted By Don

Re: Transferring funds -Capital Gains Tax

As I understand it there are two elements, interest and capital gain.

You will only be liable to tax on interest earned outside Aus once you are resident in Aus.

You will be liable to any...
Forum: Australia
Jun 8th 2005, 5:34 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,526
Posted By Don

Re: Taken house off the market

The BOE's remit is to keep inflation at about two percent, not to stop recessions.

Most analysts think that the possibility of putting residential property into SIPPs will have nil or nearly nil...
Forum: Australia
Jun 8th 2005, 1:08 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,526
Posted By Don

Re: Taken house off the market

It usually pays to nearly completely discount/ ignore the views of those with a vested interest in the housing mkt continuing to rise. Don't ignore their data - though take it with a pinch of salt...
Forum: Australia
Jun 8th 2005, 12:32 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,526
Posted By Don

Re: Taken house off the market

Your decision has to be respected.

However, my dispassionate view would be to sell, because IMHO the UK housing mkt has already started to fall and will continue to do so for a couple of years. I...
Forum: New Zealand
Jun 8th 2005, 12:13 am
Replies: 11
Views: 997
Posted By Don

Re: Where do we put the dosh??

Aren't you a tax accountant by training? ;) :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 8th 2005, 12:12 am
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

This time round I have been away from the UK for eight years.

I really notice the changes now and how much it has got worse whenever I go back.

It's real - UK is becoming a nastier,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 8th 2005, 12:04 am
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

I never noticed the 'black snot' phenomenon anywhere else in the world, certainly not all the European capitals, New York, San Francisco, LA, AKL, Sydney etc.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 8th 2005, 12:02 am
Replies: 78
Views: 7,531
Posted By Don

Re: Don't move back to London - there are some very good reasons everybody's leaving

I can. Whenever I go to London for a day, then at the end of the day if you need to blow your nose, the snot comes out completely black with the pollution.

Any Londoner will agree with this. It...
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