georgegeorgia

Bob lives in a studio room in the Nirun in Pattaya . Don't know if you have been past the Nirun ,but a lot of shirtless farang outside with tattoos all ages holding a beer bottle ...and absolutely nothing wrong with that !🍾

Wow! Thanks for being honest Did you just go on holiday or did you live there for awhile?

We don't have Walmart in Australia, as for greeters we don't even have them , Trying to get a Australian to greet someone,yeah right

Yes , be great to hear more of your story I know you mentioned you and your Thai wife moved back to Australia to a Country city and she works in a nursing home I think you mentioned May I ask how you went bankrupt

I guess before ...yes before that you decide to up everything, that you decide your daily weekly routine Maybe even doing a " practice run" ....3 months stay etc

I don't want to go off topic but not every senior citizen 70plus still working is broke , I have 10 in my workplace who are rich and still come to work, I think lonilesness I'm thinking , one guy is 81 He turns up every morning at his 5am shift ,goodness knows why

So you must live in the North West of Thailand? Is it the North East that is hot and dry ?

Absolutely! But remember not everyone likes what we like . I love my Thai massages

So the question is please be honest ....how many of you actually made the retirement to Thailand whether that be Pattaya or another place and ......ended up going back to your own country.... because of boredom OR it just wasn't what you imagined. I believe a few Aussie guys on here did. now I just watched a YouTuber who after one year retirement in Pattaya is going back to Europe as he is bored in his one year retirement in that one year he mentions everyday was the same ,he rented a studio in Central Pattaya , rose every morning, had his coffee on the balcony, went to the gym and the day became boring. It wasn't the excited lifestyle he thought it would be I was surprised there was nearly 100 comments from older guys who had taken retirement in Asia from Thailand to the Philippines and all said they were or had gone back to their home country , all said they got bored ,life was boring there in retirement a few mentioned "heat" and they were not used to it everyday ,others mentioned traffic and noise etc but the main was boredom it's not always about financial reasons ,as I said these guys are cashed up retirees going back to their countries after a year or so I think they in reality once retired miss their routine, and how many of you say 6 months into retirement living into Thailand actually have thoughts of regret ?

I try to stay out of the Sun especially in skin cancer Australia The Sun in Australia is a hot burning sun almost like a blowtorch Even in Thailand my skin becomes red I prefer capsules but I'm not sure , someone actually told me we need sun

Hardly needed a life sentence though ! There are thousands of Filipino housekeeping staff in Australia

Omg 10 years ! I'm sorry to hear that , it obviously broke your marriage.

Just reading some interesting facts today It seems Australians now rank higher as prisoners in Philippines jail's than Thai jail's But my question to you is have you ever been jailed in any Asian countries or visited anyone I went to Pattaya jail to visit a Thai guy before covid ,I had to shout through what looked like a large birdcage with everyone standing next to him I immediately asked to see the manager of the jail,this was like 2019 and I saw a farang in prisoner clothes mowing the lawn outside the jail Just reading a very very sad story today ,a Australian guy Troy Birthisel has been jailed for life in the Philippines today after only going there for a week holiday , only went for a week and he got life , not even drug related https://fundrazr.com/71BmI8?ref=ab_AIS3znnFEVGAIS3znnFEVG Sad and corrupt the Philippines it seems,it's now off my list

15000 a day of vitamin D???? Is that needed , I take 2000 a day

I admit my 3 months stay at Arcadia recently was great though The managers one a young guy from Europe was a lovely guy , friendly They have lot of security guards so it's very safe I do like it , but there is only a family mart nearby and you have to walk up the hill to the main road to get a baht bus ,there is a big gay sauna nearby

I was looking at buying in Arcadia resort ,good condo yearly fees of 13k Loved the very long swimming pool and gym But ....yes many families with screaming kids on holidays Xmas will be the busiest with screaming kids running around the pool I think if I was going to buy in Arcadia I wouldn't buy a condo overlooking the swimming pool I never saw police patrol as they have many security guards You can get the small studios for around 1 million baht if you try but small 1 bedroom I think 28sqm

Mine in Australia for 3 months was practically the same and I thought that was expensive and rang them up ! Yours is ridiculous price !!!

Long hours , That's America This is a country that doesn't pay its unemployment benefits forever ! I think 6 months ? In Australia we have young people unemployed for years because they get $300 a week on unemployment forever plus discount travel and free medical,why would anyone want to bother to find a job

You may be able to find a farang in your Condo building who is retired that is available Whilst technically I guess it's illegal to work for money I'm sure there is fine who will do it for a bottle or two

We should ask the Gen Z their opinions on that 😉

Does anyone else here work with Gen Z ers? How are they in jobs etc I was speaking to a guy at work last night whose brother is a police officer and 22yo , he was telling me 25% of police in Australia (Gen Z) are on PTSD leave because they can't cope , Western Australia just recently employed 500 older experienced police from the UK because Gen Z Aussies couldn't do the job !!!!

According to Gen Z ,you wasted your life !!! Did you make any tiktok videos of you at the desk?

I would rather have my million dollars in my superannuation knowing I can be free anytime , I can walk out of my job anytime , the Gen Z can't with debts That's the benefit of being old , knowing you have passed that caring stage, Nope I wouldn't want to be young again !!!

Getting laid is a success?

Working with many Gen Z Gen Z would regard that statement as being sexually suggestive, they don't like guys perving at girls especially guys double or triple their age , everyone must be the same ,no gender , no labels and certainly no getting laid ,( without signed permission ) Gen Z look down on older guys going to Asia , won't let you know what they call them