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lamyai3

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  1. Yes it looks like you're fully funded. And even if the statement was unclear and did actually assume you'd be making contributions the next two years to get this amount there'll be plenty of time to sort it out. One thing of interest about the statements - irrespective of contributions made they are automatically updated twice a year. Firstly in April the projection increases after the current year triple lock is applied, and then in around November the record decreases when the previous year's future contribution gets moved across to become one of the "payable gaps".
  2. Somewhere on this page there should be a link titled something like "view gaps in your record and the cost of filling them". If you open the new page it will indicate any missing back years, and you can also tot up the number of full years that have been paid from there.
  3. Won't be any problem given that you have proof of payment. 65 weeks is horrifying, having said that I made my final four back years payment in December 2024 and my record was updated in less than a week (two years ago it took a couple of months). This time round they allocated the years correctly just by matching the amounts. However on a previous payment they did apply it to the wrong years - I phoned HMRC to tell them and they reallocated the money in real time while I was on the phone.
  4. There was a time when he looked like Hewitt, but as he gets older he's turning into a spitting image of the Duke of Edinburgh.
  5. Probably he meant Afterskool.
  6. I think Cactus Bar got an exterior face-lift for the movie.
  7. Looks like we had a similar thought at exactly the same time 555
  8. Is that a cowboy hat, or a panama or something else? Perhaps the soi got misnamed...
  9. "Ooh, I need a dirty woman. Ooh, I need a dirty girl" Young Lust - Pink Floyd
  10. It's a combination of the much older phenomenon of grumpy old men, emboldened by the anonymity of internet forums. Mostly benign, and generally a lot less harmful than the social media cesspools that suck in younger generations.
  11. The Philippines/UK agreement was not instigated by the UK government, but by the Philippines government back in the 1980s as part of an outreach for reciprocal benefits with other countries where there are large numbers of OFWs. Aside from the UK they also signed agreements with many European countries, as well as Japan, Korea and Canada.
  12. Just going on the increase from 800k to 2m, could be looking at 290k. 800-1m @ 20% = ฿40000 1m-2m @ 25% = ฿250000
  13. Nothing wrong with your memory, it used to be there on the forms pertaining to the Non O-A extension. The grandfathering rules for pre 1998 are set out in clause 7.
  14. Could've been worse. He could have said "Och aye the noo"...
  15. Got to feel a bit sorry for him. When I was at school anyone who ran like that would have been teased and bullied mercilessly.
  16. I like how he was sitting on the steps outside HealthLab, presumably waiting for them to open in a few hours...
  17. Presumably most of them would be quite pleased by this development.
  18. For the most common type of damage (wall cracks etc) the compensation is absurdly low - I think there's a sliding scale beginning at around 75 baht.
  19. This seems to repeat every year. It was funniest a few years ago when the Ministry of Culture objected strongly to the eroding of Thai values through topless dancing during Songkran, only for them to be reminded that their own website had a mural of naked ladies splashing water.on each other... https://www.nationthailand.com/life/30340072
  20. This is the guy they had to rescue from Kabul a few years back 555 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Routledge
  21. On my last trip to India a few years back I was surprised how prices had jumped since the 1990's. I think Thailand is better value on a like for like budget and quality of life is way superior (very important in later years). India is fantastic for visits long and short but living there full time would be too much for most people. As mentioned earlier there's no long stay retirement visa options. And don't be fooled by apparent spirituality, the country has more bogus holy men than anywhere in the world.
  22. It's about time Phuket had it's own dedicated crime forum...
  23. I've had success with Mytello for landline calls with family - not tried it with banks or govt organisations etc yet.
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