<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by SheilaF
Hi again

We need to look into the pension issue, my husband has a private pension that will initially be our only source of income. Problem with son is he left school after GCSE's and is working in the IT dept of a local company (has a factory in the US I think). My husband is looking into a business venture which will involve our son.

Not having a mortgage is an idea my husband and I both favour, having paid the UK one off years ago. We would just ship over furniture, we have plenty of family to give the electrical stuff to and the two cars will be sold.

We have been looking at properties, but can't do anything at all until we get the all-clear (IF)...

Hubby is thrilled to hear of Fox Soccer Channel, we spent last summer in Orlando and he really missed the footy. Spent Saturday nights glued to the laptop trying to find the results.....

I am sure you can get results online but if you need any info or a quick score, let me know.

Thanks again for your help
SheilaF
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Shelia... your son's GCSEs are not worth the paper they're printed on here. Belive me I've been through it. I came here with a bunch of CSEs, a few O levels and a year at Twickenham Poly. The US university I went to told me none of it counted torwards a degree. I had to take basic math and english clases to just get into the program.

I disagree with keeping UK property unless you want to still pay taxes in the UK. Remember all property you have in the UK is liable for the apropriate taxes.

Banks. I never kept mine, but I agree if you go back to the UK a lot they can be useful. But in this day of Intl. commerce a Vias card is a Visa card, wherever you are!

Later!!!!!!