Moonlover

You are indeed confused. This conversation has nothing to do with the unfounded rumour that Thailand intend to tax our pensions. It's about HMRC failing to recognize that the state pension is frozen for expats such as ourselves. It's a problem that's been running for many years.

I've never bothered with the app as their web site is extremely good. You're right though. You're paid in Britain so you're taxed in Britain. There's no escape! 😞 But I always look on bright side. At least they're still prepared to pay out our pensions no matter where we are in the world. Some countries won't even do that!

Your wish might just be their command! ‘Life certificates’ sent to UK pensioners living abroad, including in France, could be moved online'. Many providers already do have on-line life confirmation. DWP are behind the times. https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/proof-of-life-certificates-may-go-online-for-uk-pensioners-in-france/104888

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Thanks, that's quite an interesting article that covers quite a bit more than just eye issues. Worth reading.

If you care to take a look at it, it says 'departure card'. So it stands to reason that it is valid until you depart. They used to request the card number when doing a 90 day report, but they have stopped doing that now so it's possible it may no longer be relevant, but there's no harm in hanging on to it. It doesn't weigh a lot does it.

Where is your evidence regarding Thai wives in the west running off other men? The coroner did not record her death as 'not suspicious'. They recorded an 'open verdict'. The legal way of saying I/we don't know the cause of death. The very fact that Armitage did not report his wife missing to the British police and took off to Thailand is suspicious in its own right and, at the very least he should be treated as a 'person of interest'.

There was no more than a second between the car becoming visible to the rider and the collision. She would have needed lighting fast reactions to even reach for the brakes never mind apply them. That, not withstanding, this was primarily the car driver's fault. However, one thing stands out. I and many others have spoken out time and again about the dangers of riding motorcycles on the hard shoulder. The rider was 'boxed in' by the car on her right and would have been unable to swerve out of danger, even if she did have more time to react.

The same thing was often said about Japan in the past wasn't it. China is now considered to be one of the key players in advancing green technology. 'The rapid growth of green technology production in China has helped cut green energy costs worldwide, making sustainable energy solutions more accessible than ever for billions of people' . If they need to nick a bit of knowledge from the west to help them on the way, then more power to them. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/why-china-matters-to-the-worlds-green-transition/#:~:text=Enterprising innovation,reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

Registered post will also track it all the way to the point of delivery, but it's your money, not mine!

South Korean spacecraft photographed the landing sites of the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 https://universemagazine.com/en/south-korean-spacecraft-photographed-the-landing-sites-of-the-apollo-11-and-apollo-17-expeditions/

HMRC sent you a life certificate? That's a first! Ok, I'm teasing you, you obviously mean DWP. Next time use registered mail. Just as reliable and a quarter of the cost. Switching to an on line procedure is under discussion by DWP. They are aware that they loose millions of pounds a year paying out pensions to dead folks around the world.

I doubt that it is your air conditioner that is lowering the dust reading by that amount. That's not what they're designed to do. However how high is your apartment above ground level? Pollution levels reduce with height and the readings are taken at or near ground level. That and the fact that you'll be keeping your windows closed probably accounts for the difference,

Now, now. steady on The very first sentence in the same wiki article that you're quoting from says: SSN is the US Navy hull classification symbol for such vessels. So my statement was not 'utter rubbish'. However as the term has been adopted for us by NATO and other countries I will concede that your use of it was correct. An interesting factoid from that same article is that the UK was the first ever country to use an SSN boat in hostile action, when HMS Conqueror sunk the Belgrano during the Falklands war. Following that engagement, not a single Argentinian naval vessel left port during the entire campaign, which does demonstrate the deterrent value of these subs. Little wonder the Yantar quickly departed UK waters.

Perhaps Google could help lead the charge into Thailand's use of Small Modular Reactors.

Just how far back do you wish humankind to to regress? Once again you are misinformed. (or guessing) 'Fusion on the other hand does not create any long-lived radioactive nuclear waste. A fusion reactor produces helium, which is an inert gas'. https://www.iaea.org/topics/energy/fusion/faqs#:~:text=Fusion on the other hand,its half life is short.

Write to them! Yes I do mean a good old fashioned snail mail letter to HMRC. I went through this same annoying issue about 11 years ago for 3 years and I finally cracked it by doing just that. It seems that only a letter will spur them into action. After 3 years of trying, they finally pegged my state pension at the original fixed value and they also paid back 3 years worth of tax over-payments. The problem has not reoccurred. I advised a guy last year on this forum to do the same and he acknowledged last August that he'd had a letter from them to say that the problem was finally resolved. He did acknowledge that it was 'hard work'. (I took that to mean a bit stressful)

Oh yes, I remember my Renault 6 well. It lugged me, the family, my diving kit and our camping gear all over Cyprus for 3 wonderful years.

AI's response to that is: 'Yes, while minimal compared to fission, fusion energy production would still generate some waste material, primarily in the form of activated components within the reactor due to neutron bombardment, which are considered low-level radioactive waste and pose a significantly lower risk than the high-level waste produced by fission reactors; the primary by product of a fusion reaction is helium, an inert gas, making fusion considered a very clean energy source overall'. Any improvement in the levels of pollution has to be welcome.

SSN is an American hull classification, not a British one.

No need for a 'shot across the bows'. (Astute class subs don't have deck guns anyway) Just showing themselves seem to have done the job. 'The skills and resilience of our submariners should be applauded. The Yantar, according to the Secretary of State, stopped what it was doing and scuttled off to the Mediterranean'. https://www.forcesnews.com/opinion/opinion-if-you-want-peace-prepare-war-uk-submarine-surfacing-near-russian-warship-warning?utm_source=Forces+Newsletter&utm_campaign=da74ff73e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_01_24_05_45&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-da74ff73e7-441295500

ASEAN NOW negativity shining as brightly as ever.

Thanks. “Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” –J.M. Barrie. Try it sometime. Take care. 🙂

Quite possibly.

Sad but oh so predictable that the very first post is a negative comment like this. Two people who are happy together can infect other people around them with their happiness And the infection continues outward. Thus the world slowly becomes a better place for all. But it's slow, slow process and there are many grumpy old sods who will never understand that.