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Excellent, thank you.

Oh, super, thank you. Usually we don't have to pay anything, rather we get money back from them, so just the Widerspruch, with a copy of last year's Jarhresrechnung, then?

Well, Wednesday evening we found an overlooked Jahresabrechnung from the Stadtwerke which luckily I opened straight away, since it asks for 16.000€ to be paid by the 10th April. We had a Zählerwechsel last October, and kid#3 who was here at the time doesn't have a photo of the number at the time. We...

Yup, my other half as well. Not next year, but not a full 10 years as I remember.

I remember back in the day people were mentioning that their cards came with expiry dates coinciding with their GB passports.

So that might be worth a look, especially given the current problems people are having with UK travel.

Absolutely. His wife has the Irish anyway, and he'd only go if he got a suitable job there.

I have said I think he can go anywhere in Europe with his wife, as spouse of an EU person, but is that true if he has the job and she doesn't? That I'm not at all sure of.

Our friend wants to get freedom of movement and after his 5 years go somewhere warmer.

I suggested it to my brother who is very miffed to have lost his FOM but the 5 years would be more complicated for him.

You can move there and work for 5 years afaik. A friend is planning on doing just that.

Well yes, there is that too.

It's just more mud in the water, really, because of the 'might' - who is really going to leave their travel plans on the whim of a Ryanair dude? Airline employees are notoriously fickle and this kind of extra power isn't helpful to an individual traveller at all...

Again, not gardening per se, but the fishdoorbell is open again today!!

https://visdeurbel.nl/en/

Gardening-wise, anyone planted tomatoes or anything else inside yet?
Anyone ever done parsnips at all?

I find the advertising aspect of this interesting. I knew about it from here, I think. Our Burgeramt wrote to all the British people living in the Landkreis to suggest we sorted ourselves out in terms of citizenship before the Brexit deadline - which I felt was above and beyond, and brilliant. The D...

That all looks delicious, and Happy Belated Birthday to you, Frantic!

Anyone have better experience with another KK? It would be interesting to compare. AOK and TK so far no cigar...

Also S1 doesn't cover Pflege - has anyone managed to keep paying the Pflege portion separately?

Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving. Yeah, you're not wrong! Kid#3's story came to a successful conclusion yesterday when her package of old UK passport, multiple copies from her DE passport and new UK arrived, having been forwarded by our son-in-law from the UK. Grand when a plan comes together...

snowingagain wrote: ↑Tue Feb 17, 2026 3:57 pm Alone today on Shrove Tuesday.

Rats. Remembered, forgot, remembered, forgot, did chilli, ate it, read this.

I hope your Dutch Baby (as you say, eeurgh) was delicious

Does the ING ETF Sparplan require Vorabpauschale payments? Or is that somehow different to a normal ETF? Or am I misunderstanding the whole Vorabpauschale thing?

Ah, only for those who are in the German pension scheme, so not filling a similar role to the ISA in the UK.

In my family it could be good for kids#2-4, though, I guess.

Thank you.

Any news on this idea?

Leon (or anyone else, tbf), have you used providers where the bonus (es) are a significant discount? Did you get the advertised bonuses, especially the Neukunden ones after your 12 months, even if you then switched at that point? Trying to decide which switch - too many choices, so many variables...

Well, it's a lot of moola, but heck, if you can splash the cash, it sounds incredibly interesting!