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14 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

You don’t suppose it has anything to do with deterrence created by being well armed with US F-16s do you? Nahhhh, too obvious. Your armchair insight into military strategy is staggering.

Your bar stool BS is also impressive... ????

F-16 deterrence hahahah again against who? For what?

Now folks like.........

Libya Oil...Iraq Oil...Afghanistan Oil/Pipelines.....Thailand? Nada no oil & no strategic value...No value as allies nada

Most posts here answered bar girls & cheap beer but anyone can have that without a fight

What are you claiming China?  Pffft they already have a good portion of Thailand in their pocket why fight over what is already theirs? So what country do you see invading Thailand & Thailand needing F35's submarines etc etc?

Truth is all these generals need are receipts to pad at the citizens of Thailands expense

Anyway.........back to your beer & chatting with your X-CIA  MI6 buddies or whoever you are this week 555

13 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I will pass at engaging with you any further on this issue as there is clearly no value in it.

Classic ????  Now if we were also spared all your sensationalized wealth of no first hand experience anti USA stories that would be

something to look forward to

43 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You seem to be saying homelessness is some kind of media conspiracy theory.

Your words not mine....There are homeless as always & many in fact by choice

It is you that uses sensationalized media to explain your sky is falling in the USA chants

But you & your constant complaining about a place you have not been for decades gets old & is in fact the dishonest one

Folks who actually move back seem to do fine & do find affordable places & I am saying that while living in one of the most expensive States

Perhaps you should tune out of msm & concentrate on finding your place in the sun...if it exists ????

57 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

In all fairness, a lot of people still thing the media they favor is providing unbiased reporting. 

True...mainly the folks that don't live in the spots msm is reporting on.

They still cannot understand it is sensationalism that sells/gets the clicks...well that & supporting the usual political BS ????

5 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

I must be living in the US, in a parallel universe, to the universe that folks not living in the US are reading about.

You have to understand these are folks that have not (because they cant) been back to the USA in decades.

So since they cant they want to be the chicken little running amok crying the sky is falling in a place they never been...in decades

These dogs won't hunt & never would......It in reality is they who live in a parallel favela ????

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I can speak to that from personal experience. Often going to the police makes it worse as the police are quite likely not to be at all sympathetic. 

Oh come on now....In what decade are you referring to your "personal Experience" In what decade did you last LIVE in the USA??

If ever a need for "Peer Review" existed it is in anything you claim about life in the USA

Truth is you have a wealth of no valid Actual First Hand experience in recent decades

15 minutes ago, Isaanlife said:

Just taking it one day at a time until we get our feet under us.

 

It really takes some getting used to, after all the years in Isaan.

You have the right attitude & I'm sure you will do fine

My wife like yours is a US citizen & had lived & worked before in the US

We were the same at first & it took a few months to settle in.

Then we started noticing how great it really was & we were happy we made the move back

Congrats & Good Luck going forward

On 3/3/2022 at 4:57 PM, Danderman123 said:

Meanwhile, the daily death toll in Thailand is spiking. 

Yeah...they better be careful soon the daily Covid death toll will rival the daily road death toll ????

Quote

As Thailand continues to adjust to “living with Covid” national Covid-19 hotline being overwhelmed with record daily phone calls from worried Thais

555 Classic Thailand!

2019-2020 tons of Covid Zero testing...many provinces had old folks dying of what they called super pneumonia

Now 2021-2022 Tons of testing tons of mild results with death rates still below daily road deaths NUT total PANIC!

Because the so called leader who used covid scares to keep students at bay & off streets protesting till another election could be rigged created a unreasonable fear.

One more item/cause of this panic & that is the cheap self tests! Has anyone seen Social Media these days? Thai's love to post their test daily showing negative results like a badge of honor! Insane!!

If any country did that they would show large increases too....Same if there was a test for common cold & a population tested daily for it

Thailand ????

That is Awesome! ????

Would love to hear what his diet is like too

Good on him!

On 2/22/2022 at 2:06 AM, Jingthing said:

Another point.

For those that do have a solid US network especially family they can live with, obviously that network would make things much easier. Indeed that might be a strong incentive to go home.

Actually you have that backwards

The Blue States give & give & give from others wallets but they give & give & give

On 2/22/2022 at 8:20 PM, Jingthing said:

Affordable in the U.S.?

I don't think so.

Consider someone on a 1300 SS check.

170 goes to Part B.

 

See^^^ Stuff like this from someone who does not know nor has lived in the US in how long?

Someone on 1300 a month SS gets free Part B & Part D but please dont let the facts stop your sky is falling song

3 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Thing is, once you get away from the coasts and into the heartland things change dramatically. You may not have a beach on your doorstep, but equally you're not destined to live in a hellhole.

I work with retired folks living on their SS and a part time job, living comfortable middle class lives, hardly the tale of destitution that seems to be peddled in this thread.

 

But if you want to live on next to nothing with no health insurance or support, I guess Cambodia is in your immediate future

Yup I tried a few times & gave up.

The usual suspects are out to cry the sky is falling in the USA without so much as having lived here in decades

No problem & like you say perhaps Cambodia or some other Favela is in their future as the obviously are looking for "something else"

PS: about coastal living...I have actually lived on beautiful beaches & would never again (own anything there)

The Salt eats it all in a matter of years even the glass picture windows all become pitted from Salt

The alum frames? Forget it oxidized to death & your car 5555 good luck with that salt infested cancer ????

On 3/2/2022 at 8:13 AM, Neeranam said:

Thai bashing at its finest. 

 

One wonders why you stay here. 

Get some glasses...It is not Thai Bashing I love Thailand & its people but........

These types sat & let their country be taken from them ...AGAIN....in 2014

Look at how that has worked out for the people??

There is a well known saying....Every nation gets the government it deserves....You should get up & work on cleaning your house first before offering to help others with clean theirs

5 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

For those of you have perm retired to Asia,

 

What about your home in farangland , did you keep it, did you decide to sell up and keep no assets where you came from,or do you perhaps rent it out ?

 

I am making decisions that when I retire I may keep my house in Australia until about 70 then if I decide to permanently live in Asia whether that be Thailand or Phillipines then I will sell it.

Yes kept our home & it tripled in worth

For you I would highly recommend keeping it & like you said when you get closer to expiration date then you can sell & likely do fine.

Those who sold to retire early had their cake early & now have to live with that decision

Truthfully for young folks there is never a absolute good reason to sell when they could easily leverage it & let someone else pay it off

2 hours ago, falangUK said:

Would you care to elaborate on how you achieved this state? meditation? 

Sure

Meditation is always good but when I said hours per day it is because I have been an avid road cyclist for 35 years

I love to ride in the mountains & do so for 3 hours most mornings

The problem of our time is News is no longer news it is Opinion based on *their* facts

So yes we are better off ignoring it.

There was a time when news was just that....news reported as fact unbiased

Today you have left news, right news & all their little minions All part of the same corrupt systems

You also have to laugh at some these same pompous BS spreaders new demands such the new censorship called  "Peer Review"

Puleeze...definition of "Peer Review"  is let the BS'ers review & decide if any of this truth may be released knowing it shines lights on previous BS

Yet these that demand Peer Review publish their BS freely

Well as always  "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others"

Age is no guarantee of anything wisdom included

You can have wisdom anytime...it is actually quite easily achieved.

Anything ever learned is written so read & gain wisdom anytime

But wisdom is not knowledge

Knowledge is only gained when you *Know* the wisdom is true & thus it becomes knowledge

This should be learned especially in these days of media fueled BS passing for facts

Yes ????

New US COVID guidelines allow most Americans to go mask-free