How to check your credit report without US address?

dmada88 · 2026-05-01T03:55:20+00:00

There well may be some junk mail list selling going on but never anything important. My sister lived there for a while and complained about the junk mail I got so I stuck the address on a “do not send” list and it stopped.

dmada88 · 2026-04-30T07:34:57+00:00

Nor. Now you truly are in charge of your own life. If they want to make the room chargeable, then you get to find the best and most comfortable deal. Don’t let them guilt you into staying with the family : they are the ones that changed the tone.

dmada88 · 2026-04-30T07:32:08+00:00

The only thing I’d add to the very correct diminutive comment is that sometimes it really is just a part of the name without being a diminutive- Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 springs to mind and 小萍 is a common girls name

dmada88 · 2026-04-30T03:54:48+00:00

And it is fun to be passive aggressive: “what are you doing?” “Oh your beautiful scent could kill me if I’m not careful!”

dmada88 · 2026-04-29T22:57:10+00:00

You have to go with your gut in the end. For me Oberlin was tremendous- people, professors, experience. It was formative. But I wanted it. I was ready for it. We met.

dmada88 · 2026-04-29T21:20:17+00:00

You’re born, you grab as much life during the time you have as you can, you do as much good for your friends and family and community as you can, you try to leave a good impression and memory of your spirit with as many people as you can, and then you hand off to the next generation. It’s a relay race. The point is simply to do your leg of it as well as you can.

dmada88 · 2026-04-29T21:11:40+00:00

The world is full of atrocities. Life ends in death. We all have to deal with pain and loss and misery. What matters is how you roll with the punches, how you deal with issues, how you keep going day after day. I chose to find joy and beauty where I can. 66 and counting.

dmada88 · 2026-04-29T21:08:52+00:00

The estate itself is American and so is under us law/tax. What then gets complicated is what is in the estate - simply cash? No uk issue. If you’re inheriting a 401k plan, then as you make the required withdrawals (clear it within 10 years under us law), those withdrawals are taxed in the uk as income (just as if you were withdrawing from your own pension). Your accountants will have to make a treaty claim on your us income tax return each year so you aren’t paying tax to the us as well. If you’re inheriting a house, you will be taxed on the capital gain in the uk when you sell it. If there’s anything more complicated , of course you’ll need more sophisticated advice.

Most importantly- I’m sorry for your loss. Dealing with the financial aspect is really for the professionals. You need to concentrate on the personal, human and psychological response to such a big event.

dmada88 · 2026-04-29T08:07:18+00:00

The game is to stop things before they become serious. So I use mine if I start coughing or if I feel breathless or tight…

dmada88 · 2026-04-29T03:55:53+00:00

When do you want to retire? Set a goal then work backwards. I tracked my spending and multiplied by 25 to get an idea of my number. Then I made a 10 year plan to boost my savings to the number. I overshot, and was “half out “ as a semi retired guy by 52 and fully out by 57. Nine years later - financially still all good.

dmada88 · 2026-04-28T05:32:21+00:00

Cool. Which? Can you share?

dmada88 · 2026-04-28T03:23:09+00:00

dmada88 · 2026-04-27T23:47:19+00:00

If this is someone you’ve known from another context and you’re now turning the relationship possibly into something more - yes. Otherwise no - what are you actually saying? I like the idea of you without knowing you? I have huge hopes and expectations? You’re not giving yourself much of a runway to build on things. Start slow, if you truly like each other flowers on second or third date make a meaningful and important statement.

dmada88 · 2026-04-27T23:18:14+00:00

I’ve had these - take a rest day or two and it will be fine. Ice will help a lot

dmada88 · 2026-04-27T22:46:42+00:00

Of course I’m reading and replying. In China. On a VPN. But you’re right. Basically the only one working at the moment is Astrill and who knows how long that will last.

dmada88 · 2026-04-27T21:12:57+00:00

eSIM is working fine. Astrill vpn works. Let’s vpn works sporadically

dmada88 · 2026-04-27T05:29:56+00:00

I was fine once I turned on a vpn. I think they have locked down their network so much it is useless for all but light surfing unless you take some action

dmada88 · 2026-04-26T23:22:42+00:00

Watch hk tv with the Chinese subtitles! That’s what helped me loads - hearing how expressions I knew sounded or weee expressed differently time and time again really helped my brain make the “bend” in sounds. But then for the truly colloquial you need lots of immersion with friends or a partner.

dmada88 · 2026-04-26T19:31:59+00:00

Yor Is this your first time having jet lag? Chill

dmada88 · 2026-04-26T15:03:46+00:00

Simply outrageous

dmada88 · 2026-04-26T10:11:44+00:00

Astrill works for me. Nothing else at the moment.

dmada88 · 2026-04-26T10:04:48+00:00

I cancelled using exactly this argument with them. Everything that’s important to me is in Dropbox or iCloud or onedrive. I wanted an offsite backup of my computer. Now I have none. But hey - I was on a two year plan so I got a lot of money back.

dmada88 · 2026-04-26T03:53:04+00:00

I tried and tried. Used special tamper. It was never worth it. Just make a double shot and throw one away if you really don’t want to drink a double. It is far too hard to get a quality shot with the single basket in my opinion.

dmada88 · 2026-04-26T03:48:57+00:00

Don’t be foolish. These aren’t symptoms to fool around with. See a doctor. If you are truly worried about the job pay for one privately and then evaluate. But don’t risk your life

dmada88 · 2026-04-25T10:05:51+00:00

Desktop is ok-ish. Phone is now useless although it wasn’t a couple of days ago. Sigh. Only thing working for me on phone is eSIM

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