RetireJapan

beanhead wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:42 am Moomoo's ownership is Chinese.
Sorry, not for me.

Where shall I put all my savings and invest for my future? I know, some securities company called "MooMoo"....
I was out from just looking at the name

BTW, Bushiman, how long did you work in the UK (and how many years contributions did you pay) before leaving? I think I might be ok to challenge the decision on grounds that I worked in UK before leaving for Japan, albeit 5mths later. Just not sure about the contributions. Having said that, I’ve al...

Anyone had any luck finding the definition of ‘immediate.’ I left my last job in the UK in Jul/Aug ‘92 (only a 4wk summer job, but some NI contributions paid) then moved to Japan in Jan ‘93. Hard to describe a 5 month gap as immediate, but without clear guidance who knows? Almost same circumstances...

Wales4rugbyWC23 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 2:31 am I teach at a university that has an exchange program with Cardiff University

Not Surugadai University by any chance?
That's how I met my wife -on an exchange program at Cardiff Uni!

We had our air con's cleaned for the first time in a long time recently. They were disgusting and smell much better now. Zero regrets! This! We had our living room aircon cleaned for the first time in 12 years a few months back... It has an inbuilt cleaning function that removes dust which we've ye...

Then 2 summers later it desperately needed a cash(gas) injection of 35,000yen. :o Blimey... Here in Nagano, sure, our ACs certainly don't have to work as hard as those in other prefectures but they are on daily July~October and in 12 years I've never had to re-gas them... "Blimey". Steady...

Moneymatters wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 2:37 am Then 2 summers later it desperately needed a cash(gas) injection of 35,000yen.

Blimey...
Here in Nagano, sure, our ACs certainly don't have to work as hard as those in other prefectures but they are on daily July~October and in 12 years I've never had to re-gas them...

¥836 is 9 coins minimum (13 if you don't have a 500). ¥1341 is 7 coins and you get 2 coins change. Net result is the same :lol: :?: If I had the exact change, I'd use it! We're talking about minimising the coinage when you don't have the exact amount... I either break ¥1000 note and get ¥164 (7coin...

when the bill totals a number like ¥836 and I hand over something like ¥1341... Is that a real example or did you contrive it for this thread? Have to admit figuring that out on the spot would be beyond me 😑 That is pretty much a real world example! :lol: My leather wallet has a little pocket for c...

Always pay the small digits, even if it goes over the higher denomination coins. If it's a machine, put them in first. :lol: I always love freaking the cashier out when the bill totals a number like ¥836 and I hand over something like ¥1341... You see the cogs whirring, do they say something, am I ...