I want some shiny things

[cailin maith]

Mine are blue. What about yours?

They're the orange colour and I have black storage jars which I really like.

[cailin maith]

Aren't things boring on CUK when we are reduced to discussing the colour of our pots and pans?

[doodab]

Aren't things boring on CUK when we are reduced to discussing the colour of our pots and pans?

Well I am off to buy some nice screwdrivers. That's pretty interesting

[d000hg]

Interesting idea, where do you find out about these high interest foreign accounts?

I simply meant to open a fairly standard bank account in countries with high interest rates. For instance Brazil

In India they give nice interest rates.
But I doubt you can put your GBP, EUR or USD in the account.

The issue is simply getting an account in that country in the first place. I don't know how you do this. In the US I think you can apply for a 'fake' SSN and then get a proper US account, it all appears a bit torturous but OTOH might be worth the effort. You could even make a plan B out of setting this up for other people.

[Fishface]

Brazil, India = 3rd world.

You would be barmy to put money there as a foreigner (unless it is dirty money you need to launder).

try getting it out and you will encounter all sorts of regulations, taxes, fees, flying pig donations, pay-offs, bribes etc etc delays, forms - and all to the most decent of folks.

The US will give you a TIN (tax id number) not an SSN from the State where your account is and if you fill out a certain form which confirms you will pay tax on the interest in the UK or the US as you wish.

US = 0.95% interest maybe 1.5 with a 5 year CD - great.

[OwlHoot]

A word of warning - If you open an account with a US bank, and then don't touch it for a couple of weeks (or not much longer), they'll pinch the lot on the grounds that it's a "dormant account" and then deny it ever existed!

[d000hg]

Brazil, India = 3rd world.

No they're not. Not that the term really has a strict definition it would appear... we use the term in common parlance to mean something different from what it was originally coined to describe:
Third World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Three Worlds Theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Old Greg]

Aren't things boring on CUK when we are reduced to discussing the colour of our pots and pans?

I have a matching lasagne dish that is also 18 years old. Still going strong.

[doodab]

Oh.

Lidl have some in stock once again then?

I got some of these.

Wiha SoftFinish® Sätze / Schraubendreher / Onlineshop / Wiha.com / Hochwertige Schraubenzieher und Schraubendreher. Premium Werkzeuge für Profis.

Not shiny though, they have a nice matt chrome finish.