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13 hours ago, stoner said:

little bird already posted a million mundane topics like this. 

And you posted yours for......free!

More fool you 😏

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

You must have has a special levy agreed upon to be incorporated into your strata levies because there is no way anyone in there right mind would pay that kind of strata levies, and if that is the case, it is being raised for future works on the development because the sinking fund is too low to pay for such works.

 

If levies are high on unit buildings in Sydney, that tends to mean that the building was either built by a shabby builder who has skipped town, I won't mention the usual nationality in fear of being called a racist, is an old building, or has to much upkeep on it that is required and has been let go because owners didn't want to raise their strata levies, other things to consider are passenger lifts usually found in medium to high rise developments that require changing after around 25 years, not to mention the constant servicing, swimming pools, tennis courts, saunas, spa's, cleaners, gardeners and security guards on site.

 

The higher the strata levies, the lower the value of the unit. Would love to know the area you live in, but then again I cant keep up with you, wasn't it Mount Druitt ?

 

 

Yes we have a special levy 

Can never get into America comedians or jokes .

Dry jokes not even funny

Just not funny compared to the British ones ,even Australians ones are better !

19 minutes ago, habuspasha said:

Retirement is treating me far better than I thought it would.  I enjoyed college teaching for over 50 years.  Only gave it up during covid, at the age of 81, afraid that if I contracted the disease and passed it on to my bedridden wife, I'd never forgive myself.  I am enormously thankful for the free time.  I come to Thailand 4 times a year (3 weeks each) now instead of 2 (2 weeks each) and am not limited to vacation periods.  I am not bored since I spend my time with my 42 year old Thai "wife."  I stopped  writing history and am  enjoying  trying my hand at historical fiction.  I keep my rental in Manhattan for an imagined future of half a year here and half a year there.  While my wife is alive (with late stage Alzheimer's) I am blessed with a superb care-giver for her.  The future is mixed, but in many ways I've felt younger.

So you have 2 wives?

9 minutes ago, gearbox said:

In Australia most of the apartments are not condo types, no swimming pools, gyms, security guards, etc, the strata amounts are way lower than your numbers.

Also our age pension is means tested and the own residence is exempt, so having 500k and more as means tested assets may reduce his pension.

Not always !

In Sydney city I pay ...wait for it...... ...$2850 per quarter !!!

Council Rates - $308 per quarter 

4 hours ago, Olmate said:

How have you  become disabled all of a sudden? lol

I have many witnesses in here that I'm crazy 🤣

7 hours ago, Will27 said:

How and why did you lose your superannuation?

Good question, unfortunately you had to ask it 👎

I know it's now much much harder to claim the Disability pension a lot of hoops to go through .....not to mention if you want overseas portability it's another process to prove that's very permanent

The question I'm thinking is when you turn 60 and you leave your job is it possible NOT to access your SUPER and then claim DSP or other Centrelink benefits and leave to go for ASIA ?

7 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Off topic,speaking Thai can be very useful. I was recently at a food court when a young Thai pushed in front of me. Gave him my best death stare, and said "mai supap" ( disrespectful ). He backed off, sheepishly.

 

On topic, I agree word of mouth from foreigners who are using the illegal agent route sounds best.

I don't want to spoil the main topic but I wouldn't recommend you keep doing that , sometimes it's better to let people "win" rather than confronting them

Your 80 what if this young guy turns on you , sometimes better to turn the other cheek 

1 hour ago, kevin612 said:

I was in college, young and no money 

Young Dumb & full of .....C

12 minutes ago, Stocky said:

February 2004
Freezing my nuts off working in Russia, gold projects in central Siberia and Kamchatka, Russian Far East. Rotation of 3 months on 1 month off, off time was spent in Thailand.

Sounds like you had a interesting life 

2 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

I accessed it all at 55. As you could in those days. Not any more now of course.

 

Met my b/f (40 yrs younger than me) in BKK late 2011, having travelled the world including across China & Central Asia & Russia. Married (Buddhist village ceremony) in 2013, partnered (pre-gay marriage) in Canberra 2014, moved permanently to Surin late 2015, built a mansion a relatively safe 40km from the family farm and living here since 2017. A case of: opposites attract and stay together.

Congratulations on nearly 15 years together 👍👨‍❤️‍👨

I think those who did a lot of drugs and alcohol in their younger ages must be feeling it now 

Another thing to be wary of when your old 😭 is the SUN 🌞

50 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

No point stressing the body every day, high cortisol, low testosterone, so roid injections, daft

You have a point, I was doing too much and with increased injection of testereone which raised my blood pressure too much 

There needs to be balance I found out.

I had to stop my testereone injections

I stopped alcohol but not the junk food love chocolate

I increased my sleep 

I had to pick either boxing or gym ,it's hard to do both physically when you get older , balance is the key 

It sucks getting old 😭

6 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

5 months from retiring from the Oz Federal Public Service at age 55.

 

SEAsia was somewhere you fly over on he way to Europe.

Australian Federal public servant ?

Haven't you been retired the last 30 years?😂

Well you are doing well retiring at 55, I'm not sure you can access your Super until 60 tax free though 

Oh sorry I read it wrong you were retired in 2004, my mistake 😊

And now 20 years later?

Ahhh your all up the Shxt  creek without a paddle 😂

6 minutes ago, proton said:

Never been in a gym, a pool or on a bike since leaving school, why torture yourself?

Exactly said the fat man with the Zimmer frame, each to their own proton,each to their own.

41 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

But I need a good laugh now and then!  555

But your the focus of his laughter ....for sitting there replying to him 6 times 😂😂 , he loved the attention 😄

43 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

2004. Contract recruitment in NZ, gave flexibility for my more important ocean swimming and triathlon pursuits in NZ/Aust.

Life/work balance.

This is very important what you wrote because you are taking about a job ..back then ...that gave you work life balance enough for you to train in triathlon ,...so the question is was it Monday to Friday work training times were ? and the most important question....did you WIN the triathlons?

Fast forward 20 years and .....your life your fitness is not the same?

10 minutes ago, StandardIssue said:

Airing stuff like this on this forum is tantamount to asking for help from a verbal fire hose .. I mean a verbal thunderstorm. Do what you want. If you are looking for punishment or to be confused out of your mind ask for advice here 🤣🤣🤣

Some people would put it back on you and say your tantamount to verbal BS 😳

21 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

Or a well placed OO gauge shot gun cartridge fired under his chin  

Try it yourself, doubt you will be missed 

22 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I am concerned with bad grammar, spelling and English usage anywhere. Learn from being corrected.

Talking about that , I notice a lot of young people now on tiktok etc using the word "bro" ...other words such as "mate" etc are fading out 

How are you mate is now How are you bro😳

2 hours ago, theshu25 said:

The fruit loop is obviously an attention seeking  loser.

Give him a go ,he is 86 ,don't be heartless 

2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Actually, increasing it is best.  Just cross train, walk, stretch, use lighter weights.  Overall, try to keep moving more.

Yes stretching is a big one at older age 😉

I find though sometimes I just have to have a dats test from gym /boxing and go nothing ,mind you it could be just laziness 

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

IME avoiding alcohol and sugar enables exercise to give more bang for the buck.

I am 80, and have health issues. I am damn sure those issues would be a lot worse if I stopped exercising.

80?

80 is like the new 60 nowadays

I remember my grandmother died at 75 and everyone at the funeral was congratulating him on getting to 75