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23 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Just don't tell the bank, you are not obliged to tell them. 

But you will need the letter from the probate family court to withdraw, not using an ATM.

Not a problem any more since I bought the safe. No probate , no letters , no hassles.

4 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

 

same idea ,,,,,

on a Non-O Marriage ?  you could keep funds in a joint account ..  and transfer  back to to your personal acct  for the two months necessary ..   not 100% but it covers for 83% of your time      

I asked about this at our bank.

They said if one of the account holders dies then legally they are obliged to freeze the joint account until probate has been completed. 

They just advised that if my wife was given my account pin number she could just withdraw cash from my account until it was empty. This is illegal and they know it but TIT.

If doing this anyway , best to learn how to make cardless withdrawals.

The safe I bought is bolted and glued to the floor out of sight. Easy to use and bypasses the bank altogether. Not like I'm losing a fortune in interest.

My other grandads car

6 years old listening to this on the car radio at Christmas

Do they still do this now ?

Going to holiday camps in one of these with my sister and grandparents.

Our parents used to drop us off every weekend at our grandparents house in Hanwell.  On entering there would be two huge piles of comics for my sister and myself.

Beano

Dandy

Hornet

Hotspur

Topper

Valient.

That kept us quiet for an hour or so.  Around supper time grandad would sit in his chair watching the football results and filling in his Littlewoods pools ticket.

Never forget the tone of the announcer. Chelsea 3 ( rising three )  Arsenal 0  ( faling nil tone ) Sometimes would go with him to Stamford bridge . Always took my wooden rattle and he would buy me a rosette. He would occasionaly shout ' Come on the blues '  and I would stare up at him like he had gone mad.

For Christmas I finally got the toy of my dreams and set about shooting up the place 

I remember my nan, who had been in service giving us the food of the toffs....kedgeree

Then there was her fabulous bangers and mash with onions and gravy. Hmmmmmmmm

Poor England. Different world today.

Best thing of all was that everywhere I went I was always surrounded by love. Happy childhood.

4 hours ago, cliveshep said:

I'm 78, realistically my time is limited. I'm concerned about my wife being in trouble when I die, we got the 400,000 assuming she can get hold of it, she is a signatory on the account - seen under UV light on the book, but not sure if she can transfer the money legally if I'm dead. So does anyone know if she transfers my money to her own account using my laptop as we do all the time is it legal after my death, it's certainly legal when I'm alive.

 

Next advice - she says it will cost most of that amount to dispose of my body and that is exorbitant - all she needs is the cheapest cremation, no monks wailing or chanting, no food, no flowers, we are both Christian but it seems that it is only in a temple that a body can be cremated. 

 

So advice please, we live on my UK pension and they are not generous, far from it!

Pondering this myself , and how there could be a problem with my wife accessing my bank funds , we bought a safe which I have installed at home.

Two thirds of my funds are now in this safe and my bank account is kept at around 100,000 which she can empty with my ATM card on my demise.

If your house is secure it is worth considering. If you need the money for your extension just put it back in your account 2 months before you apply.

Just make sure you don't kick the bucket during this period.

On 4/11/2024 at 12:51 PM, Will B Good said:

Sounds like the missus.

The missus has a strap on ?? Wow , you two are really open minded.

In retrospect , I think I've had such a sheltered life . 

2 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Who is really in charge of the Thai government?

That would be Admiral Bob Smith. 

49 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Thank you for that recipe, though I would probably swap out the chicken livers for pork liver.

KIS ....Keep it simple. Too many ingredients will discourage you from making it and don't make a huge impact on the final result.

I use the following method ( in video ) except I don't use as much liver as if you make too much it might go off before you eat it all and I have found it does not freeze that well ( water gets in )

Secondly, I only marinate the liver in milk for about 30 minutes....not several hours. So all you really need is 4 cloves of garlic and a small onion plus the liver. Cook these up in a pan with a slice of butter. Add black peeper and salt ( plus optional mixed herbs if you have them.

One cooked let cool and put in a blender. As you blend, graduallky add cream ( I just use milk ) and blend until you get the texture you want. Don't put all the cream or milk in at once as if you overdo it it will be runny. Slowly slowly until it is nice and smooth. Put in a tub then pop it in the fridge. You can melt butter on top if you wish or sprinkle black pepper on it.

Just made up a tub of pork liver pate to spread on my home baked bread.

Delicious and easy.

21 minutes ago, george said:

 

 

HOT! 🔥

 

I'm drinking Sponsor (sugar free electrolyte) and lots of water everyday to keep the hydration.

 

Someone told me that Protein Milk is also good.

 

What are you drinking to keep up with the heat?
(I'm not talking about beer and booze...)

I have also started drinking sponsor recently and find it works better than water if you have been drinking alcohol.

Just make it a hub of something or other then see that it gets a thorough lauding. That should do the trick.

So....why didn't Nicaragua bring this cae against the USA if they feel so strongly about it ?

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   The days of doing things in shops when no one is looking has long gone 

Think outside the box then. Accidently drop them on the floor and then accidently stomp on them .

Maybe ripping the label might work in a pinch and more subtle.

4 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Your windpipe will thank you for this

His friends will thank him for this.