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Of course your birthdate matters but it's also how much money you made that year. I wanted to start on my birthdate 22 Oct but because of my income it was better to wait till end of the year.
Also don't forget if you have minor children you're entitled to an additional check equal to half of what your check would have been had you waited till 66.5 yrs.
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43 minutes ago, bangkokequity said:
As I recall ... 6 months before retirement date is the time to submit your paperwork ....
I want to say it's 4 Mos. My retirement date was 31 Dec and I started collecting end of Feb....just yesterday.
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1 hour ago, scorecard said:
Would it not be true that revised policies would be put in place to ensure these folks are taken care off?
Agree that would make sense, but that's not what Bernie is saying with flapping arms. If he would leave those who are OK with our present Ins alone then fine.
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1 hour ago, cdemundo said:
Congrats EVENKEEL! I am still 1 year 5 months away from full retirement age. I have been wondering how accurate is the SSA website estimated benefit. Do any of you who have begun to receive your benefits remember if the actual benefit is close to the estimated benefit that SSA gives a person on the website?
I worked 2 months beyond my 62nd birthdate and I'm getting a little over the estimate so yeah it's pretty accurate.
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19 hours ago, BritManToo said:
I thought that was what you said when you snorted crystal meth.
Only if you snort off a bowie knife...….BBad
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21 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:
All 3 lanes are same direction traffic, right?
The left lane is therefor the slow lane and the truck is trying to overtake the Jazz on the left (wrong) side.
She might have a chance to win this case.
Lame excuse, you've never had a slow moving vehicle in fast lane and pass on the left? Won't fly.
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1 minute ago, JCauto said:The same way it works for us (Canadians). You buy overseas health insurance separately (Blue Cross, for example) and go home if you get something serious. Also depends on your status though, if you're an expatriate, then you don't get health care until after you've returned for 3 months to make sure that those who don't pay Canadian tax, don't get benefits. Of course, American expatriates are still subject to tax, unlike we Canucks. After all, freedom!
That's the whole point. Bernie wants to do away with "all" private Insurance. I have Blue Cross/BS and was able to keep it after I retired a few months back. Bernie is taking it to a whole new level.
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16 minutes ago, meechai said:Conratulations!
Feels good doesn't it?
I also started at 62 last Nov & have smiled every month on the 3rd Wednesday since ????
For me knowing the uncertainty of paperwork being processed is over. I always had a fear of incompetent workers screwing me up.
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Wondering how it will work for civilians working overseas not being able to have their own health Ins, or retired military on Tri-Care. Will be a mess if Bernie does pull it off.
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4 hours ago, brokenbone said:
drive faster, its as simple as that.
if you want proof for my statement,
drive extremely slow and see for yourself that you start flipping
the front wheel left and right constantly to maintain balance.
just keep a rather high speed and think nothing of it,
just as you would drive on a plain road
Fast is the same as fail, slow is what they want.
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Yep, my official retirement date was 31 Dec - 2019 at age 62 and today I actually received my first check.
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On 2/16/2020 at 1:21 AM, SooKee said:
Given AIS' recent announcement on binning channels I'd suggest True (as best of a bad bunch).
Well besides lost channels, for ease of use like having an easy to use menu board so the family can find channels easily. I like the idea of saving money with AIS but also want simple.
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Dow Jones dropped over 1000 pts yesterday over this.
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19 hours ago, Don Mega said:
If you are travelling to Sattahip from Bangkok, using Sukhumvit road will add kilos and time to the journey.
All the road construction surrounding Ban Chang is tiresome. Having the 7 from Ban Chang to Pattaya will be nice when completed.
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1 hour ago, somtumwrong said:
Yet, if you date a Thai girl from a good family, their parents and relatives always comment "good, he has no tattoos", tattoos are for the labor class. Pretty same as in the West, where middle class people have significantly less tattoos than the labor class.
Did you fall asleep, like 50 yrs ago and just now woke up. It's 2020 my friend.
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I hate the creepers, the ones who start driving on the shoulder continuously pulling out into mad traffic instead of waiting for a clear road and gunning it.
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8 hours ago, chickenslegs said:
My wife's brother, in the sticks outside Surin, had a fish pond dug last year. I estimate it's approximately 35m x 25m and 4m deep.
The local authority (highways department maybe?) did the work at no cost to him. They took away the soil to use elsewhere.
I have heard that a few other local people had the same sort of deal.
Had one dug in Sakon Nakhon some years back. Same thing.
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Saw the tail end of this on the news, asked the "ole lady" who he killed and she just sort of blew it off......yikes. I just recently retired and told bits and pieces of what she's got coming later on......yikes again.
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2 hours ago, lemonjelly said:
Would be interesting to know what’s happened to the 100 million baht assets.
And of the 2 children.
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1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:I got Pacino beat by one year.
And mine is hotter.
Without pictures, well you know.
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6 minutes ago, ChouDoufu said:
thai gf's niece works for a company that sells these.
here are some current prices (google translate from her email):
container fee for a grade office
empty box: 55,000
make 1 window: 9,000
door: 8,000
rust-proof coating: 7,000
paint with external rust proof primer, interior, 10,000
can chose 2 colors, padded foam with ceiling panels around the heat
base cost around 80,000 (box with rust-proofing, paint and ceiling insulation), then add for doors and windows, and add shipping cost calculated according to distance.
lotsa how-to videos on youtube if interested.
I'm guessing that's for a 20 footer.
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2 yrs ago I bought a 40 ft connex box in Calif. from a place that's been selling for at least 20 yrs. Cost was 120,000 bht $4000.USD I doubt they will be much cheaper in Thailand. That would not make baht sense to convert to live in.
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On 2/15/2020 at 12:41 PM, papa al said:
Look past the beam.
Don't go slow.
That's just it, can't go fast. Has to be a crawl. Don't look down as you said, look to the end of beam and keeping legs tucked in also helps.
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