Recent content by hereiam39

Actually, many countries do just that. Here in Portugal, there is a government-funded immersive class 5 days a week, 4 hours a day, for 9 months, offered 3 times daily, that also pays a daily stipend of €2 for coffee and pastry during the break. It totals over €300 paid out during the course...

Try moving to Portugal and EVERYTHING US-based is to the west, including the Atlantic. I have been here 7+ years and still have to think which direction the ocean is in.

My wife and I watched this a month ago and liked it. Suprised me in how much I enjoyed the show. A tad slow at first, but once it gets going, was thoroughly enjoyable. Ted Danson shines. Be warned, if you are older (we´re 61 and 65), it will get somewhat dusty wherever you are watching it)...

Here´s a video clip from about a year ago. Not record-breaking waves, but still large ones.

I was there in 2020 when the woman set the first record. We retired to Portugal in 2018 and live in the north. But during a break in the lockdown of Covid we went to the Algarve to get away from being locked up for months. However, our vacation was cut short and we had to return home due to...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-voter-gets-choked-ice-102822157.html Sorry, not sorry.

Living in Europe, I have gotten used to these (no plastic straws allowed). Now obviously, some are better than others, but I don`t plan on leaving a straw in my drink for an hour, so that aspect doesn't bother me. I just don¡t like the ones that your lips stick to because of the moisture...

First thing that I said to my wife this morning was that there should be an investigation into Vance's visit and the Pope's sudden death hours later. I was kidding, sort of, but the above meme portrays my thoughts exactly, lol

I can't believe that no one has called out dg's hypocrisy on wasted money and flying. How about the money spent by taxpayer's to fly to play golf upteen times? From what I understand it is a factor of 100 times the cost!

My wife and I are leaving Portugal for NC to visit her daughter for a week. Flying in and out of Dulles, so I am curious as to what the process will be like. We are 61m and 65f, but we haven't been in the States since last September.

I am sorry to admit that I also watched it. Didn´t like tRUMP or his son, but the advisor and his daughter seemed to have some business sense at the time. The season with Trace Adkins and Pierce Morgan was actually pretty decent TV, for reality tv.

I will throw this out there for everyone, and then I am done. Now again, I don´t pay taxes in Portugal, but I do in the US, so add on probably another 30-40% to your budget. My wife and I visit the US twice a year, and take about three to four trips around Europe each year, plus travel around...

@farce© I have rented the entire time while living here. I am an only child with no children and deceased parents. My wife has 2 older siblings who are fairly well off. She does have a daughter, but the daughter will never come here and is a classic rural NC Trumper. So why make it difficult...

Sorry about the delay in replying. After the last two days' effect on the market, we needed a spirit lift and went to the beach. Not totally sure as to what you mean, but Portugal´s tax rate is hefty: https://www.pwc.pt/en/pwcinforfisco/statebudget/pit-and-social-security.html This is in...

As I said, the Golden Visa option is gone for Portugal real estate, but I didn't add that it is still available as an investment option into Portuguese companies or infrastructure, or opening a business that employs 10 people. The question was about real estate, so I answered in that vein. And...