Tomice

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So I did one of those dna tests, and apparently I'm like 20% Jewish. Never expected that haha @Tomice shalom
:lol: marhaba

Hahaha, That's not a negligible number either, crazy how this genetics tests turns out sometimes.
Though if your family is from Tripoli or Benghazi I would be surprised if you weren't in some part.

No wonder we are a good team in mafia :grin:

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Fred

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Oct 2, 2003
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So what else did you get
The rest was boring tbh.

56% North African (which is Arab), 16% Middle Eastern, and just 5% Nigerian hahaha.

I also got 1.6% Andean haha

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:lol: marhaba

Hahaha, That's not a negligible number either, crazy how this genetics tests turns out sometimes.
Though if your family is from Tripoli or Benghazi I would be surprised if you weren't in some part.

No wonder we are a good team in mafia :grin:

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My family isnt from Tripoli or Benghazi thats the crazy thing. My family are bedouins living in the South of Libya, Sahara Desert, for generations. We trace our history back to Yemen/Middle East, and you know for centuries Arabs and Jews lived together in the Arabian Peninsula, so I'm guessing at some point one side of my ancestors were Jews that converted or something
 

Tomice

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The rest was boring tbh.

56% North African (which is Arab), 16% Middle Eastern, and just 5% Nigerian hahaha.

I also got 1.6% Andean haha

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My family isnt from Tripoli or Benghazi thats the crazy thing. My family are bedouins living in the South of Libya, Sahara Desert, for generations. We trace our history back to Yemen/Middle East, and you know for centuries Arabs and Jews lived together in the Arabian Peninsula, so I'm guessing at some point one side of my ancestors were Jews that converted or something
Wow, that's interesting, I know a lot of Arabs have Jewish genes, many Jews were converted al over the middle east but a Bedouin is quite rare. Even here I never heard or met a Bedouin with Jewish ancestry. Palestinians with Jewish ancestry are a dime a dozen

I'm also part Yemenite, my mother side. Maybe from there then, probably the oldest Jewish community outside Israel,. Crazy hah?
 
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Fred

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Wow, that's interesting, I know a lot of Arabs have Jewish genes, many Jews were converted al over the middle east but a Bedouin is quite rare. Even here I never heard or met a Bedouin with Jewish ancestry. Palestinians with Jewish ancestry are a dime a dozen

I'm also part Yemenite, my mother side. Maybe from there then, probably the oldest Jewish community outside Israel,. Crazy hah?
Exactly that is true. But then again, nobody really knows if they've actually been bedouin throughout their lineage. Because bedouin tribes generally used to absorb a lot of clans and families for strategic purposes(creating coalitions against rival tribes for example). As a clan or family absorbed in the tribe, you get the surname/last name too. So over time, it becomes impossible to tell between those who were absorbed at some point in a bedouin tribe and those who can really trace their lineage all the way.

Like you said, Yemenite jews are one of the oldest jewish communities. Haha, we might be distant cousins at some point :D

Still, its a bit surprising, i am really curious to know where this 20% came from haha. Super interesting.
 

IliveForJuve

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Today I found out that I pay 9.6% of my salary towards my superannuation scheme. What. The. Fuck. Employer contributes 21.1% so that's a lot but I don't even know if I want to live in the UK for the rest of my life.

Perhaps it's time to opt out?
 
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lgorTudor

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Today I found out that I pay 9.6% of my salary towards my superannuation scheme. What. The. Fuck. Employer contributed 21.1% so that's a lot but I don't even know if I want to live in the UK for the rest of my life.

Perhaps it's time to opt out?
Dunno about Bong Island but you can't opt out of that shit here.

Which is hilarious given that the average pension is about to converge with the average welfare gibs :baus:
 

IliveForJuve

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6% would be decent. Don't opt out, that'd be foolish imo. You're going to need that pension money growing.
Uh oh. I don't think I can reduce it under my current pension scheme. I suppose I could contribute to another scheme but my employer would stop contributing 21.1% of my salary.

I'm itching to be stupid and just opt out and use that money to invest in the market :tuttosport:
 

Cerval

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Uh oh. I don't think I can reduce it under my current pension scheme. I suppose I could contribute to another scheme but my employer would stop contributing 21.1% of my salary.

I'm itching to be stupid and just opt out and use that money to invest in the market :tuttosport:
Contributing 21.1% and you want to miss out lmao. Up to you lol. but fyi i've known retired people that were getting pensions from other countries they lived in the past. It would surprise me if you can't use that money outside the UK.
 

IliveForJuve

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Contributing 21.1% and you want to miss out lmao. Up to you lol. but fyi i've known retired people that were getting pensions from other countries they lived in the past. It would surprise me if you can't use that money outside the UK.
I'm sure there would be no issue with using the money abroad.

Maybe I'll opt out for 6 months since that's my probation period and then opt in again.

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Yeah 21% is absolutely insane, that's free money you'd be throwing away.
Yeah it's a bit insane.

I just hate that I'm contributing almost half a person's monthly rent.
 
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Siamak

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Today I found out that I pay 9.6% of my salary towards my superannuation scheme. What. The. Fuck. Employer contributes 21.1% so that's a lot but I don't even know if I want to live in the UK for the rest of my life.

Perhaps it's time to opt out?
as i know UK has a dynamic labour market, with a high turnover, particularly in low-paying work. i wish, i was there and getting a job even temporarily.
 

Raz

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What is happening? From a brief overview, people are still trying to cut each other throats for trivial things. So nothing new it seems here, but why close the mod thread? That's a sad change if there is one. Anywho, maybe a ban for a good old time sake?

Oh and I haven't seen much of Juve lately or any football for that matter, but that winson fella from US just proves that soccer players can't play football.
 
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