georgegeorgia

So some expats pay to be loved and have someone care for them?

Before you read the post I want to inform everyone that tommrrw is Are you ok Day A day you should ask others if they are ok Are you ok ? Ask on "ARE YOU OK DAY Well I was on WhatsApp last night to a business owner in Pattaya. He mentioned to me "Old Reg" from Australia ???? is going back ,you may see him. Old Reg I thought .oh yes the old guy 72yo from the North Coast of Australia,met him in Pattaya my last trip Had been living in Thailand for 3 years on his aged pension. Miserable old guy who sat all day in a bookshop or a bar and brought his own teabag !!!! Lived down at jomtien in his own owned apartment that he had proudly boasted he bought for 800k during the pandemic Well, I said , probably going back because of not having money ! No ! No ! The business owner told me in WhatsApp, it's not the money ,he has enough......he is " old & lonely !!! He came here to Pattaya he says and now is depressed , sits in his apartment all-day he can't meet a proper partner to love in Pattaya and he misses his weekly Bingo in Australia and his Lawn bowls He is old & lonely ! Your joking ! I exclaimed Your joking ! No ,said the business owner ,you can't imagine how many old guys I meet who come here full of beans only to get Lonilessness and go back !!! " I told him to go back ,said the business owner ," at least there he had friends & family and his bingo !!! And his lawn bowls ! Here he sits in a bar or bookshop all day ,he can't meet a real lady in Pattaya they all want to be paid " he just sat here all-day " said the business owner who had a bookshop cafe talking to everyone & anyone then went back to jomtien condo and cried Everyday was the same for him . He then goes on to tell me how old Reg invited a middle-aged lady he met at a laundry shop to dinner one night ,no sex apparently, Oh she's the one said Old Reg the next day at the cafe she embarrassed him by saying out loud " You not pay me for last night !!! You not pay me !!! Like she apparently wanted to be paid to go to dinner with him and she wasn't a working girl , So apparently so many Reg's ,it's fun for awhile isn't it ,moving to Thailand particularly Pattaya,then you find out there is no real friends,no family , No real love And in Reg's case no real social life

The Australian system is meant to stop those going overseas to live ....I guess , I'm not sure exactly, why do you have to do this 2 year resident ridiculous The UK system is different and you can apply to get it even from Thailand but it apparently doesn't ever increase .

Your over 80 ,don't waste money ,everyday you wake up is a bonus

Are you saying this Amlodipine I'm taking can gain you weight ? Because strangely the last week taking it 5mg a day I have gained a belly ! I also read on another post it affects bone density I may have to stop taking this !!!! Or can I take it every 3rd day I wonder ? I'm sick of taking this every morning

Alice Springs would be better I guess , I wonder if that's the hottest place in Australia? Strangely I just heard from the guy in the gym that many english people immigrate to Tasmania in Australia because it's like english weather ! I need to head back to Asia, it's not the cold it's the gloomy look ,dark at 5pm , etc . I thought it was summer in Australia?

Since I come back from Thailand it's been nothing but cold & gloomy here in Sydney, Australia. I know you guys may think 17 degrees is not cold but it's cold to me This has been going on for months now even getting down to 4 degrees and colder in the mornings ! I can't even remember when it was hot here , my body is becoming depressed , I can't even remember a hot day ,always beanies and jumpers As I look out the window on this gloomy doomy cold overcast Tuesday afternoon I think how do those guys in the UK put up with this everyday ? I used to hate the hot sweltering days but now I need to move to a hot sunny country, I have more energy , my old bones stop aching , I'm more happier , Thailand was perfect , my aches & pains went , my blood pressure was normal , my sciatica went What kind of weather person are you ? One post I remember some guy from Scotland says he lives in a area where the heavy rain hits the windows everyday and he loves it , smashing against the winfiws in the Scotland highlands Right now I'm in bed ,too cold here at 17 degrees If the airfare wasn't double the price I would nip over to Thailand just for the week to get my aching bones back to normal !

To the OP I hope this doesn't sound awful,but your time is limited . Just get the dentures , and spend the rest of the money you saved on enjoying life ! At 81 you could have 2 years left or 10 years ,do it for comfort to yourself

The BLood test medication???? My doctor has just started me in this !!!!!! Are you sure it does this ???

I'm taking these 5mg a day whatever their çalled , I will see how they go I don't drink enough water This testereone is not good I wish I had never started now

If thats $1096 a fortnight and say $2200 a month ,what is that in thai baht ?

If your married can you bring your wife /partner back to Australia for that 2 year period? Then again as one poster said it may not be a good idea to tell them your married , but then then the negative is you miss out on the married rate !

For those of you who are making comments on re someone's financial situation at 65 , Of course you must remember compulsory Super wasn't in until 1991 . Then there was the Recession we had to have with millions unemployed 1991 to 1994 Not everyone paid extra into Super.

I think it's around 43/44 K per month with the exchange rates , I don't think you get the allowances

My blood pressure is 163 My GP in Australia wants me to take Aldoprome 5mg a day to see if it goes down Whilst in Thailand I prescription 150ml a week of testereone,my Australian GP is not in support of that and suggested it's no benefit to me only in raising my Blood pressure, I have cut it down to 125 a week Injections He suggests cutting out the testereone to see if it goes down, the BP that is I find taking the testereone addiction and I can't stop as it gives me high energy a few days after taking it until I feel tired again indeed more , I am finding I get short tempered but I feel good I think he has it wrong , what other things could be causing my high BP? Did anyone else get high BP taking testereone? Could it be something else? Salt ?

Any Aussie on here who is on DSP Disability support pension and trying to get portability,,I notice a forum specific for that. I won't post the link but you can google it Disability support overseas forum, DSP overseas proboards

Does anyone know the history of this 2 year " jail term" ? Obviously it started when the Liberal Government was in power . How long has it been in for does anyone know? Was it Howard or Morris or Tony who brought it in ? I could even be wrong and it could be Labor who brought the Law in with Julia or the other guy Kevin Anyway let's hope that Albo's left wing Goverment removes it !!????

You can use a caravan park address ,plenty of people ( thousands) on unemployment benefits in caravan parks , they are actually called mobile home villages nowadays A lot up on the coast even in Sydney Parklea etc You can also get rent assistance if your living in a caravan park/mobile home village,you are paying rent for the site ,

Ironically I was just googling housesitting for the Mount Druitt area , I don't live out West but grew up out there Some wanted Security guard licences ????????

I'm not sure about Rents in a park Kenny but sounds like a fantastic lifestyle. Would you come back at 65?

Love your posts mate. ???? they bring positive energy to the forum instead of all the negative, great stuff and obviously you are a fantastic person for them to ask for you !

So your a house sitter Have you tried Mount Druitt? You could add to your resume that you take on challenging situations and like to meet interesting people ????

A expensive gym near the low class Flybird Condominiums????

Love your positive post ???? I guess you have to take into account also that some may not have the finances to come back especially to Sydney,they may not have worked in the past or saved up. So if they come back to Australia say at age 65 I think it's the dole they can only claim for that 2 year period ? I was just talking to a friend last night who was at a Centrelink office up at Woy Woy and he was saying there was more young people there to claim unemployment benefits than old people so not everyone will have enough for their future ,

The conclusion is , I couldn't live in a studio , the ones that look like hotel rooms would be the worst . Watching TV from your bed everyday . Sink outside in some ,in fact some have only the bathroom sink Nope ... couldn't do it I have empathy for you guys doing it ,is that what you wanted in life to end up in a small bedsitter ?