He came to Thailand with a million quid (UK pounds) after a sucessful career in the UK insurance industry - A few divorces later, he was down to his last 300,000 quid - Determined that he wasn't going to loose that - he invested in a wizz bang Australian investment sceme, which offered high returns - Ultimately this turned out to be a scam and he was pretty much potless..... He tried writing, selling Thai goods and exporting them, even opened a bar over the Darkside - but none of them amounted to much - All through this his health got worse and worse, so fair play to him, he threw the towel in and headed back to the UK with his lady / step daughter - At least in the UK he got free health treatment and numerous free benefits, so managed to carve out an "ok" life in his remaining years.....
Someone should write a book about his capers - would be a best seller .....