Denmark is the First to Fall

posh*spice

!!!!!!? wrote: »

Though you should be prepared to stand by what you post - a bit rum to post all that venom and then ask for the posts to be excised - that is what happened, yes?

He probably deleted them himself. There is a delete button !!!!!!? you can delete posts yourself, you don't have to ask the mods to do it.

Dithering_Dad

Just out of interest, does anyone know the Scandinavian state pension rules?

Now that the UK has moved from 44yrs to 30 yrs NI contributions for state pensions, I'll have paid the full 30yrs in another 8 yrs and will then have a further 17 years until retirement. If I worked in (say) Norway for those final 17 years and opt to pay their social security payments, on retirement I would qualify for a full UK pension and a further 17 years of Norway's pension.

Any idea what that would be worth?

EDIT: After a quick google, I found the information on Norway (you have to contribute for 40 yrs for full state pension) and all the Nordic countries on this site: http://www.nordsoc.org/

carolt

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

Just out of interest, does anyone know the Scandinavian state pension rules?

Now that the UK has moved from 44yrs to 30 yrs NI contributions for state pensions, I'll have paid the full 30yrs in another 8 yrs and will then have a further 17 years until retirement. If I worked in (say) Norway for those final 17 years and opt to pay their social security payments, on retirement I would qualify for a full UK pension and a further 17 years of Norway's pension.

Any idea what that would be worth?

EDIT: After a quick google, I found the information on Norway (you have to contribute for 40 yrs for full state pension) and all the Nordic countries on this site: http://www.nordsoc.org/

Good attempt to change the subject.

Since when did the UK change to only needing 30 years for pensions? How did i miss this? I thought we were all supposed to retire at 75 or preferably later, so as not to be too expensive?

Do tell more.....

(PS Sorry for off topic. And just to prove I am entirely interested in Dithering Dad's analysis/comments, but couldn't resist winding him up a bit after some of his winding up of several other posters recently. I admit it. )

Dithering_Dad

carolt wrote: »

Good attempt to change the subject.

It was getting tedious in the extreme, so I moved us back to Scandinavia.

carolt wrote: »

Since when did the UK change to only needing 30 years for pensions? How did i miss this? I thought we were all supposed to retire at 75 or preferably later, so as not to be too expensive?

Do tell more.....

It changed during pension A-day (April 2006). The main changes were that you had to contribute 30 yrs instead of 44 to the state pension (via NI contributions), you could put 100% of your salary into a private/company pension and you had to retire at age 66/67/68 depending on your date of birth (it's being phased in).

Once you have paid in 30 yrs, your remaining NI contributions will not buy you any more entitlement to state pension, but may buy you additional State Second Pension pension rights.

carolt wrote: »

(PS Sorry for off topic. And just to prove I am entirely interested in Dithering Dad's analysis/comments, but couldn't resist winding him up a bit after some of his winding up of several other posters recently. I admit it. )

That's fine, you did such a poor job of it that I didn't even know you were trying to wind me up until someone pointed it out. :rotfl:

carolt

Thanks for the info.

Interesting.

Glad you weren't put out by the wind-up.

mr.broderick

carolt wrote: »

Thanks for the info.

Interesting.

Glad you weren't put out by the wind-up.

Nah we're used to it, you wind everybody up then when people see you for what you are and reply you play the little innocent angel, with your bodyguards (moomoo etc) there to save you...getting tedious.;)

neverdespairgirl

Snooze wrote: »

People bang on about solar panels and wind turbines etc, but if you do the research you'll find that solar panels are about the same price as your house and you may see a return on your investment in about 150 years time (and that's with the Government grant, and also assuming you can get it) plus also factor in that one full day's summer sun will provide just about enough energy to boil a kettle... once.

I don't think they are quite that expensive!

They are obviously a lot more useful in some countries than others. Most blocks of flats (most people seem to live in flats) being built in Israel now have solar panels on them, and they are very cost-efficient.

neverdespairgirl

carolt wrote: »

. Full of stunning blonde Swedish women with adorable blonde babies,

Nothing wrong with adorable blonde babies. I quite like mine (-: