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Being a loner in retirement
georgegeorgia replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Please go back one more time ???? -
You have less than 10 years?
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I was just speaking last night to a workmate about Seinfeld actually I used to love Seinfeld, a lot of the old comedy shows are just not the same nowadays. I used to love all the old British ones On the Buses , etc Unfortunately this WOKE world has banned them !!!! Only have to look at the new Australian Mother & Son re - made where the son is now black -
Being a loner in retirement
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I have strongly strongly come to the conclusion that a lot of not only lonely people NEED this forum but also those with mental illness and lonely What would they do if they didn't have this forum ?? -
One thing is I'm a realist. And one thing I enjoy in my workplace which is a very large hospital is to tell older workmates usually in their 70's that they have less than 10 years left in probality. Just the look on their faces the shock tells me they never thought of it. Those of you now who are say 73/74 surely you must know ! I'm always bemused when I see their face looking like shock ,like they didn't know they would be going ???? I remember telling a old workmate a few years back ,77yo and still a cleaner ,wife was a Filipino , working all hours , he ended up reporting me for harassment just for letting him know about his lifespan and how he was wasting his 5 years left I had another cleaner approach me in the staff mealroom and say you me "George you really are a low B**"*"d" !! But I was just giving realist facts . Does it make you a different person ,your plans ,doing more before the 10 years is up ?? Do you actually realise your not going up be here in 10 years or are you a denier ??? My late father was the same ,he used to get angry when I told him
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Leaving to go to Thailand too young
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And how have you been surviving between 30 & now? -
Is It Better to be 17 or 70....in 2023?
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Well it does because I couldn't put up with all the BS Imagine going to university now ... Not being away to call someone "darling" for fear of sexual harassment or identify as non binary and someone is a man but you have to call them Miss No I couldn't be young again starting in this World -
Being a loner in retirement
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This is very true ,begs the question how many of you live with a partner just for the sake of not being lonely! But you can't communicate and have conversations about the sex life of ants in Africa or about the Israel war conflict as your partner is not educated,so it's just a relationship for lonilesness -
Is It Better to be 17 or 70....in 2023?
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I would rather be older in this day in the world Who would want to be young again in this WOKE world? -
Being a loner in retirement
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Problem is....we don't know when we are actually going to go unless the doctor gives you a approx time eg terminal cancer -
Australia can't get plumbers and other tradies I had to wait weeks for a plumber recently,I found a British plumber tourist here,(Sydney )on a 2 week holiday install my bathroom vanity for cash , he was happy and half the cost of a Aussie plumber who wanted $450 to install a bathroom vanity !! If there's any tradies from other countries please come to Australia on a tourist visa and work for cash ,we need you !!
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Being a loner in retirement
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Imagine before the internet how those alone must of felt Rewind say 25-30 years ago Must of been a lot of sad cases around -
Love you Liverpool Lou or Pattaya Lou ,you are a wealth of information for all Pattaya expats
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Leaving to go to Thailand too young
georgegeorgia replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Yes I do too ! I applaud them although I feel a bit sorry for them YouTubers "native farang" I'm talking about Never saw a Thai guy with a real cockney accent until I watched them ???? If I was a gambling man though, which I am ,I would bet on them not being there in 5 years Why? I can't see the caucasian wife wanting to stay in a hot muddy dusty place such as Isaan though especially with children but I applaud them and wish them best of luck ,!! -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
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Absolutely! They don't plan for inflation and even emergency! Things change ,times change Many came to Thailand on high currency exchange,it didn't last ! But the question is to all of you , if that was your son or daughter that at that age living in farangland and in their 20's wanting to move to Thailand surely you would discourage them? What if they had a secure job and they were going to give up their career to do it ? Surely you would be disappointed -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
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I often wonder how all these YouTubers make money unless people donate ? -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
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Lol Reminds me about 20 years ago in Australia, I went to look at a house for sale about 2 hours North of Sydney (Central Coast NSW) The agent was telling me the old couple selling were motivated to accept all offers as they were members of some Pentecostal Church that believes Jesus was arriving on a certain date and they needed to sell their house to donate to the Church ! Apparently they were P*""d off when he didn't arrive and they had nowhere to live !! -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
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In Australia if you can't find a job and believe me ( there is some who say they can't find a job the last 20 years) then they get unemployment benefits,I think it's around $600 a fortnight. How some of these people can't find jobs is unbelievable,unless some work for cash money then claim unemployment benefit too I'm thinking Of course if you can prove you have a disability before age 67 you can apply for the disability pension which is not easy to get . For the old age pension, You need to be 67yo though to get the old age pension,I think it around $1100 a fortnight -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
georgegeorgia replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
And if you fail ,unless you have some sort of uni degree in medicine or whatever then you come back to farangland looking for a job in middle age broke !! -
Being a loner in retirement
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I see a lot in Condo's with Chihuahua 's -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
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You took a risk ,not sure what you did in your life but to retire at 54 is great ....unless of course your on a disability pension or something -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
georgegeorgia replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
And what if you didn't work ,how much do you get then? Strange social security system -
Leaving to go to Thailand too young
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Absolutely I feel very angry when watching that YouTube channel I think it was "native farang" or similar but a good-looking Thai guy with a pommy accent and his wife wasting their life living in muddy house ,why not wait until your at least 40 to risk this . I can assure you if that was my daughter and son I would be dead against it