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You have 8 years to put some money away for her.

A simple endowment product with initially some insurance value perhaps?

I think the military still have about 100 plus courses around the country so getting in a round will not be a problem!

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I haven't...      but knowing that paracetamol is just paracetamol I've never specifically 'sought out' the Boots brand.

 

Any reason why you are specifically looking for boots, when exactly the same product is sold under a different name such as Tylenol ?

First line of my original post.

"Used to be our go to pain/ ailment reliever but seems to have disappeared off the shelves. Same your way?"

But as it appears it is no longer available and nobody actually answered the original question.

So I guess no one has seen Boots Paracetamol on the shelves!

2 minutes ago, retarius said:

No issue. I mentioned it because Tramadol is a restricted drug, because of its addictive potential. But pretty much all the active for all brands of paracetamol comes from a few sources where labour is cheap and where they have good chemists to make it, like India and China. Boots will be buying their paracetamol from the same sources, so it doesn't matter which brand you buy, just pick the cheapest. Sara 100 tabs or caplets costs about 99 baht. 

Boots Paracetamol was 100 tabs for 100 baht so Sara sounds like a great deal!

1 minute ago, retarius said:

Tramadol doesn't have paracetamol in it. 

Try Sara or Tylenol available in every pharmacy I've been in.

Stand corrected. Was really asking about those who have used Boots Paracetamol, can they still find it and if not what are they using as an alternative and is it effective.

Used to be our go to pain/ ailment reliever but seems to have disappeared off the shelves. Same your way?

Panadol,Tramadol despite having Paracetamol in them don't appear to be the best alternatives.

What have you found to be a good alternative?

Thanks

Lovely day in Chiang Mai interspersed with the occasional smell of burning! 

Another question was about not reporting your overseas address and non residence status and still receiving full pension.

And had anyone ever been prosecuted for doing this and if so what was the penalty?

This was the response -"We are unable to provide the information you requested but any changes of circumstances must be reported to the Department as per the attached CFN701."

Unless anyone knows anything to the contrary it certainly looks like little if any action has ever been taken.

CFN701 10_23.pdf

8 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I was advised by IPC something along the lines of..."You keep the increase for the duration of your stay in the UK whether that is 6 weeks or 6 years; it then reverts on your return to the original frozen amount".

 

Admittedly, I didn't ask about leaving to a different 'frozen' country - but I would put money on that being the same.

Pretty much how I interpreted the response. Could be a potentially huge decrease in income that being the case.

6 minutes ago, CharlieKo said:

DWP are right. Your pension is set on the day you become eligible to collect it. You then left to a country where your pension gets frozen, no longer entitled to annual increases. When you return the increase in the pension is still based on the day it was set (based also on Contributions). So if you go to a country where your pension would be frozen again. You would revert back to your frozen pension amount. You lose the increase because you are no longer living in the UK.    

Would this also apply if you lived in the UK for say 10 years after returning and then went to another “frozen” country. It would revert to the original “frozen” pension? 

NB - No intention of doing any of these things just a question that came up recently.

A question I have recently asked the DWP.  

A person returning to the UK for a period of time can apply to get the full pension entitlement based on contributions whilst in the UK or a country where agreements apply, mainly the EU.

When returning  to the original  country of residence the pension returns to the original "frozen" amount, that I understand.

The question I asked the DWP was if a person was to return to the UK for a period of say one year and then go to another country where the "freeze" applies would the pension then be frozen at the rate that was received for the one year in the UK or what. 
This was the answer "your rate will return to the frozen rate applied when you first left the UK."  which was quite a shock and seemed most peculiar but was confirmed by another response from the DWP.

Still sounds wrong has anyone gone through this experience?

Just to rub it in if you return to the UK and expect to receive health care from the NHS you may well find the applies also-

"People who live outside the EEA, including former UK residents, should now make sure they are covered by personal health insurance, unless an exemption applies to them. Anyone who does not have insurance will be charged at 150% of the NHS national tariff for any care they receive."

It is now seen as part of the seasonal weather patterns!

The "Annual Burning Season"!

I guess the passenger was a maniac and if sexual assault was involved the headline could have read- 

                                        "Nut bolts and screws"

Sorry, the old ones!

Mainland Chinese asking too much?

On 1/23/2024 at 8:53 AM, Thailand said:

The super "new" system has just rejected my wife's 90 day because the system says she is on a tourist visa! 

She has been on a retirement extension of stay for 21 years!

So the unwanted trip to immigration is necessary yet again!

Glitches in the "new" system? On receipt of the "tourist" rejection for er indoors I immediately resubmitted  (Tuesday) as we were going away for a few days and could not go to immigration.

Wednesday morning she got an approval! TIT