By registering with our site you will have full instant access to:
268,000 posts on every subject imaginable contributed by 1000's of members worldwide.
25000 photos and videos mainly relating to the British Merchant Navy.
Members experienced in research to help you find out about friends and relatives who served.
The camaraderie of 1000's of ex Merchant Seamen who use the site for recreation & nostalgia.
Here we are all equal whether ex Deck Boy or Commodore of the Fleet.
A wealth of experience and expertise from all departments spanning 70+ years.
It is simple to register and membership is absolutely free.
N.B. If you are going to be requesting help from one of the forums with finding historical details of a relative
please include as much information as possible to help members assist you. We certainly need full names,
date and place of birth / death where possible plus any other details you have such as discharge book numbers etc.
Please post all questions onto the appropriate forum
As I feel there are quite a few on here that have NOT updated their Email addresses, can you please do so. It is of importance that your Email is current, so as we can contact you if applicable . Send me the details in my Private Message Box.
Thank You Doc Vernon
-
5th May 2018, 10:18 PM
#51
Re: 50 years ago.
and the weaker the Pound my USA shares on the New York Stock Exchange makes me more money,
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
5th May 2018, 10:25 PM
#52
Re: 50 years ago.
So explain how that works ??? if you are buying US stocks & Shares what currency are you using? be careful the UK tax man does not come calling for undeclared foreign investments.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
6th May 2018, 10:34 AM
#53
Re: 50 years ago.
I bought at "$2 to the pound 30 years ago. All dividends are reinvested so it snowballs over the years. into a BIGGER ball.The Tax Man knows, I pay Tax or I would not put it on here.,
I even pay tax on my State and MN Pensions, do you being an exile.???
Last edited by Captain Kong; 6th May 2018 at 10:35 AM.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
6th May 2018, 12:00 PM
#54
Re: 50 years ago.
Over the years I have had a couple of brushes With The Taxman but I've always found that if you are straightforward and honest with them most of them as I have come across will go out of their way to be helpful
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

-
Post Thanks / Like
-
6th May 2018, 12:50 PM
#55
Re: 50 years ago.
To answer your question yes I do, I am not an exile, try the term ex-pat the same as an awful lot of the membership on here.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
7th May 2018, 07:01 AM
#56
Re: 50 years ago.

Originally Posted by
Lewis McColl
To answer your question yes I do, I am not an exile, try the term ex-pat the same as an awful lot of the membership on here.
Nothing wrong with being an ex pat, just keep paying the UK pension is al we ask.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

-
Post Thanks / Like
N/A thanked for this post
-
7th May 2018, 11:46 PM
#57
Re: 50 years ago.
Expatriate definition: An expatriate is someone who is living in a country which is not their own.
Done that , back home now.
K.
-
8th May 2018, 02:53 AM
#58
Re: 50 years ago.
It is always struck me as quite amusing when you drive across France and to some extent Greece and Spain you find communities consisting of fellow British expatriates Who arrange a delivery from the United Kingdom where they have to have their Marmite and Heinz sauce all delivered out to them and they stay in there own little circle and never mix with the villagers it seems a shame really that they miss so much of the culture that they have never attempted to join
Last edited by robpage; 8th May 2018 at 04:47 AM.
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

-
Post Thanks / Like
-
8th May 2018, 05:27 AM
#59
Re: 50 years ago.
Rob, that happens in a lot of countries.
Here in Oz you will find all manner of groups who stick with their own much of the time,
Indian, Maltese, Somalians, Those of that religion we do not speak of, and many suburbs are taken over by them.
They do not become ghettos but the greater majority will be of the one nationality.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

-
Post Thanks / Like
-
8th May 2018, 09:02 AM
#60
Re: 50 years ago.
It is the same in BOLTONISTAN, They never mix, [not that I want them to,]
They just tell us, "This is our country now, convert or die"
I am an ex Pat in my own town.
-
Post Thanks / Like
Tags for this Thread
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules