PGSan

On 5/12/2020 at 9:55 AM, bkk6060 said:

UK pensions sure seem very low.

Around 1000 US a month?

Geez terrible, how can anyone live on that? 

I am not sure which UK pension you are referring to here.  Or what you are comparing it with: which country and with what details of employments and investments made? 

2 minutes ago, Salerno said:

If you don't understand the term  "life expectancy"

But I do understand this term as normally used in the literature,  do I not?   But I am unsure what your understanding is: it would be nice to know this.

And we are still waiting to be let in on the joke that caused the hilarity tag.

5 minutes ago, PGSan said:

Please can you be more precise on this: the term ‘life expectancy’ usually applies to a cohort of people currently at a certain age.

Maybe a link/reference would help.  Thanks.

@Salerno:  Glad you enjoyed the joke!   But some of us did not get it.  Please explain the cause of the mirth! 

18 minutes ago, chesterubi1 said:

Average life expectancy at 72

Please can you be more precise on this: the term ‘life expectancy’ usually applies to a cohort of people currently at a certain age.

Maybe a link/reference would help.  Thanks.

4 minutes ago, Magenta408 said:

they have yet to isolate the virus causing Covid19?

Have they not?  Maybe I am misunderstanding your use of ‘isolate’ for a virus?? 

This virus, including many variants, have been sequenced, have they not? 

1 minute ago, UncleMhee said:

Do you?

So it is Guess Wars time!  How provocative you seem to be. 

Maybe I did, but I do not now wish to trade guesses with you!  

1 minute ago, Tanoshi said:

But you may transit through one that is, such as the UAE.

Yes, that is why I said ‘Thailand itself’.

2 hours ago, Presnock said:

I am 74 and could go to work right now

Similarly aged, I do still, in a sense, do quite a lot (mostly enjoyable) work: but not because of any financial necessity.

Many people work into their 80s and beyond: all it takes is reasonable health and a positive attitude.

7 hours ago, EvetsKram said:

Between a rock & a hard place now

Only in your mind!

10 hours ago, UncleMhee said:

Becoming eligible for the aged pension at 67 is an educated guess...... 

But could be other places too.

19 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

If you are arriving into England and have visited or passed through a country on the list from which travel to the UK is banned, (sometimes called the ‘red list’)

But note that Thailand itself is not on that UK list.

22 hours ago, EvetsKram said:

I had an income sufficient to meet needs but that abruptly ended 3 years ago due to legislative & regulation changes

So that was the better time to be sorting yourself out, not 3 years on!

22 hours ago, EvetsKram said:

I don't get a look in 

Maybe there are other factors that cause this?  Probably things such as your attitude (including admitted years of fecklessness) are more of a disadvantage than your age.   Or maybe you just need some job-application guidance.

On 2/13/2021 at 5:19 PM, EvetsKram said:

You really shouldn't be so judgemental

Why not?  It seems that have set yourself up to be harshly judged.

On 2/13/2021 at 5:11 PM, J Town said:

Words from the OP:

 

"I have a degree in health & years teaching at tertiary level"

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

Maybe he meant to write ‘degree of health’ ?

2 hours ago, WineOh said:

Because they only celebrate it in VIETNAM.

What does this mean?  It simply has a different name in Vietnam: same noon, same newness!  This particular new moon is celebrated as the start of the year in many cultures.  Other new moons mark “New Year” in other cultures: having a local name for it does not make this new moon any less universal and cross-cultural. 

15 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

where whites don't dominate. 

Who are they? The typical Chinese complexion is regarded as “white” around here! 

16 hours ago, Felt 35 said:

a new foreign public holiday.

What on earth is one of them??? 

7 minutes ago, WineOh said:

I'm dressed all in black today.

Whatever turns you on!  

17 hours ago, tifino said:

just call it the Lunar New Year

No, please do not!  This is ambiguous since there are many distinct such, the major variants being these: Muslim, using a pure lunar calendar; South Asian, from which our own Songkran (no longer lunar) New Year derives; and the Chinese, from their lunisolar calendar.

18 hours ago, WineOh said:

Chinese new year is NOT their festival.

Yes it is, since it is everyone’s festival by now.   Celebrated (at least in cities) throughout civilization.   

18 hours ago, CharlieH said:

the biggest Chinese population outside of mainland China

Is that a fact!?  Thanks for the information.  

1 hour ago, poyai111 said:

being amused does not equate to learning.

Agreed: they are  not 100% identical.

BUT there is a very high correlation between ‘amusement‘, ‘engagement’ and ‘effective teaching/learning’ .