Recent content by Sean K

I now have an irrational need to aquire some 51s and compare them to Sonnets.

If it's something you're going to use a lot, it's worth treating yourself. I've been using Parker Sonnets all day, everyday for over 30 years, I write about 10 sides of A4 clinical notes. 2-3 times a week. They're a good quality utilitarian pen; not dirt cheap but not tragically expensive if I...

I fitted these to my SB16. I was skeptical; they really don't look like anything special but they made a very noticable difference, stopping the loose panes in my windows from rattling, and saving me the ball ache of removing and replacing the putty. Definitely recommended.

The Phoenix Foundation, too. One of the best gigs I've ever been to

I was born and lived in the UK until aged 35 (Manchester, Hull and Sheffield), when I moved to NZ. What made the difference here was the quality of leadership. Ours put lives first, was decisive, correctly appraised evidence obtained via scientific method in a way that equipped them to make...

Thanks very much!

Thanks Gez Yes, UK citizen, Manchester b & b. I'm not sure I'll be able to claim both NZ and UK state pension when I retire, but I hadn't considered my UK state pension alongside my NHS one.

Thanks mate!. I've actually been here nearly 20 yours, it's just taken me taht long to get round to retirement planning!

Thanks so much for all the helpful advice and comments. I have a separate scheme, here in NZ, so I don't have all my eggs in one basket. The point about it being a final salary scheme, rather than a sum invested is obviously key. The bit I'm trying to get my head around is whether there are...

Disclaimer: I'll be forking about for advice from a couple of professional pension advisors at some point. I was an NHS employee from 1992 to 2005, when I emigrated to NZ. I paid into the NHS superannuation scheme during this time. I won't be returning to the UK to work. I'm currently 53...

Seriously? You'd take it to imply that? I take active steps to inform that my practice aims to be inclusive and that we take a zero tolerance approach to any discrimination. If anyone infers 'heteropobia' from that statement, that's on them (FFS, I'm a straight man, myself). I suppose if it...

I was to about to say the same thing but would have included john lithgow, too, I always find him watchable.

It does tend to change one's attitude to driving (and cleaning the gutters, too).

Erm, maybe someone who has spent 30 years working in brain injury rehabilitation ;)

Apologies if its already been mentioned, but Riders of Justice on Netflix is superb. It looks like it's going to be a standard 'law abiding man becomes badass and takes on gang of baddies to protect his family' type thing, but it totally subverts expectations and turns into something much more...