Paging the current and ex USA ex-pats

RPI all-items index

March 1981 - 284
March 1991 - 518.4 (82% increase)
March 2001 - 679.3 (31% increase)
March 2011 - 917.2 (35% increase)

or

March 1995 - 581.9
March 2011 - 917.2 (57% increase)

Source: ONS

 

Good call.

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You suspect wrong, by a factor of three or more.

 

I give up.

A reasonable person does not have the 'nuclear' option.

 

Cool, that proves my point then, apart from the fact house prices now
are stupid, and in '95 were far less so inflation hasn't been all that
mental. Recreating my scenario wouldn't be an option for those on
entry level jobs any more, mind, 95% mortgage on low rates were an
option back then.

I also got my years a bit wrong as I bought the cheap 2 up,2 down
terrace in 93, then moved here in '99 just before all the stupid
property rises really started to happen.

 

For the last 3 years I've been on around £12k/yr.
I've survived. I can't say I've really missed anything that I used to
spend money on. Foreign holidays are not missed (in fact, holidays for
more than a couple of days are not missed), my car is still running, my
Morini restoration has completely stalled, but otherwise I'm carrying on
as before, but not spending as much.
Alan.

 

I did not mean significantly higher than doubled but that it will have
increased significantly in 10 years.

 

Oh come on, you know I have a considerable weakness for Nukes.

 

I think you're just making noise now.

There are plenty of people on low incomes that live rewarding
dignified lives, they don't want to be footballers, or act like
chavs, or tag along with any of the other negative stereotypes. They
simply lack earning power, and the trappings that it can provide. To
imply that isn't the case just makes you come across as pompous IMHO.

 

Do you (or not) have housing overheads? as in rent/mortgage and do you have
somewhere decent to live.

I also forgot to include private medical insurance and a decent life
insurance policy. That's £200/m.

 

Can't I make Chav type jokes now? sheesh

 

Heh. Good luck with that. Do _you_ get UK vacation days while your
cohorts next to you only get 2-3 weeks/year? The company I worked for
had a ton of expats and they all worked under US vacation plans.

That's been a legal issue, and I think they've eliminated the pre-ex
copout so inscos have to insure.

Why bother? Don't European cards work here? Mine work in Europe.

 

Mortgage of £244/mth. Just me and my daughter living here, so costs are
reasonably low.
Alan

 

Having seen how a friend got crucified I'd have to say the family
courts to all intents are a weapon for the estranged woman if she's
prepared to lie and make false accusations of assault. Even when these
are all dismissed as nonsense by the criminal courts they are still
used in the family court.

 

"Ride to work"

 

Yes of course you can. It's typically the same joke you make again
and again though, be it chavs, "prawns", or any other group you feel
are in some way impoverished or lesser. So, rather than feign
laughter, I thought I'd play a straight bat in return.

 

Comedy bigotry tends to work best when the person doing it doesn't come
across as a bigoted arsehole on a daily basis.

 

They're tied to an address which is a bit of a bummer if you've moved.

 

Go **** Yourself.

I'm an omnivore, there are only a very few things I can't stomach and they
all small like shit

 

That may well be the first time I've ever alluded to Chavs in this NG. I've
rarely bumped into such things.