Now, I've been a "Pensioner" for a number of years now, and a German one at that! Time has passed, and in spite of my health conditions, which would probably permit an "early retirement",  I have never bothered applying for my "rightful" UK State Pension, as opposed to my Military Pension, because quite simply, I had the feeling that the idea would not be received with great pleasure or acceptance by the British Authorities, and I was living relatively comfortably at the time! "Rente"="Pension" in German "Arbeit" = "Work" Since I am approaching, at great speed, the limit for making my request/demand for this "State Pension", I am interesting myself for the details in the UK, and it doesn't look too wonderful. To give you an idea, the German system is such that over the last 6-7 years, my German Pensions have been increased, in total, by 3.5%  - over the whole period, offset by correspon...

All the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Hospitals" title="Hospitals" rel="wikinvest">hospital</a> arrange + publish   Wednesday, January 25, 2006 (edited and republished January 2011) Healthy Hospitals (continued) So, I reckon you must have got the idea now about how this system works, with little sticky labels of all colours, depending on what you’ve got/haven’t got are/are not! Bit like the Concentration camps really, and the food is just as bad! You won’t see many of these.... Anyway, having got my little sticky labels, called etiquette's, without which you go or get nowhere/nothing, I hurried off to my next confrontation – my room! Not being rich, I didn’t have a private room, and in any case, in my limited experience of such things, I never stay much in the room anyway, just for the necessary things, I’m always wandering around! This meant, of cours...