Recent content by RP

Interesting and thanks for that update, FIREdreamer. If the visa allows the retiree access to France's health care system it would indeed be something to consider very seriously. Americans (who make up most of the membership here) tend to think of US health care as numbe rone, but in fact it's...

I've been away from the forum for a long time ... nice to be back. A couple updates to my updates above from last year. It appears there is not/may not be an employment-based option on the Philippine SRRV (Special Resident Retirement Visa) program. The program does however continue to expand...

One place I would look at for resources is here: http://www.recordcollectorsguild.org/ It's a relatively popular hobby it seems. Not sure, though how you could escape the task of making a comprehensive list in order to avoid that chance that there is a very high value gem in there,

This has been a long running, and interesting thread. I went back to read it from the being and came across this comment. Confused me a little bit. Are you saying, Oldbabe that those of us who have chosen to live outside the US are less patriotic than those who have chosen to live within the...

Joe, thanks for a very illuminating and thought provoking post. As a military/federal annuitant with over 38 years combined service I feel qualified to say this ... the military for years has done a very bad thing to both officers and enlisted ... they promote continuous propaganda that tells...

This subject )Filipino teachers showing up unannounced) intrigued me enough to dig further. What I found was what I really already knew but (as usual) ignored. Where there's a way to game the system, the system will be gamed. Here's a news story that shows how one group of professional...

Almost all modern computers are world compatible. Look at the power supply for the Mac (the "lump" in the cord) It likely says 100-t240 Volts and 50/60 hertz 9cycles). Germany is a 220V 50hz country, so anything marked that includes that range will work. The plugs are physically different but...

Your Craftsman saw will certainly accept a moulding head if you shop at real tool stores ... or from the Sears Tool catalog, one of the last things Sears is still doing right. When the head is mounted on the saw arbor and the wood is resting on the saw table (rigidly held in proper relationship...

Interesting how several comment on Florida supposedly rolling back property taxes. I've lived in a number of states, Florida not one of them, but I never paid property tax to a state on a home. To a county and city? Yep, for sure. And in the states I have lived in 9and in states I am aware of...

Medicare does not care where the person lives, it cares where the treatment is received. Nothing prevents a US citizen living elsewhere from returning to the US for treatment ... that's 100% legal. A dear friend just recently went back to the US for "laser knife" brain surgery because he had no...

@ haha: Boeing is no longer a Washington State corp, moved to Illinois some time ago, and building their newest aircraft in such places as South Carolina and even China. As has already been stated here, one doesn't want to make a retirement choice based on state income tax because, in general...

I don't think any US resident can get a better deal than a US policy for coverage within the US ... especially after 65 when almost all policies just become supplements to Medicare. the gist of the thread was having coverage when living overseas when Medicare won't do. If Rob is confident he's...

Visit www.google.com/transit to see 10 cities who not only understand mass transit but make it easy to use ... nice tool.

Another option is host country insurance if you have say a US policy that doesn't cover you overseas. here in the Philippines you can get in-country only Blue Cross for around $100 a year ... cheap enough to carry as extra coverage. The problem with the policies I see from BUPA is, they die at...

You must not watch Norm: http://www.newyankee.com/index.shtml A cheap router is no good for furniture grade stuff you will look at everyday. For finishing the edges of cabinet doors on a project like you are contemplating I wouldn't even use a router ... a good moulding head on your table saw...