Nemises

I came back from living in LoS for 6 years (aged 65) to do my 2 years and will be soon getting the hell out of Dodge and back to Adult Disneyland immediately after turning 67. Have been on benefits the whole time whilst back here and never has anyone from C’link ever questioned me on whether I’m intending to stay here before my benefit automatically switches to the OAP in a few months. I own no property here nor have ever had a lease. Told C’Link I’m living with a relative and I will never tell C’Link (or anyone else) differently. After my birthday I’ll be saying to everyone that I’m going for a “lengthy overseas holiday” - again. Surely C’Link will not question or demand to see anything to prove that I intend staying in this (ridiculously expensive S-hole of a) country before giving me the pension. I will soon know, stay tuned!

It’s coming home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🦁 🦁 🦁

I know a guy who is spending his 2 years living in hostels! Costs about $30 - $35 per night leaving enough dole money to easily cover food and the occasional beer. He loves it, all hostels provide free A/C, WiFi, hot showers, communal kitchens, laundry, TV rooms etc. Some even have free swimming pools and free movie theatres. Some are located dead centre in big cities thus providing him with hundreds of things to do, including having public transport across the city and surrounding country areas capped at $2.50 per day. For added security and peacefulness, he only ever shares up to a 4 bedroom dorm room and always gets a large, free locker for his suitcases and valuables. Apparently he has made hundreds of new friends at the hostels, hence he is rarely bored or lonely. His only gripe is the occasional loud snorer, but he gets a new room when that happens. He gives Centrelink & MyGov an address of a relative but he never stays with them and they (C/L & M/G) have no idea of that. I’ve seen photos of his backpacking “friends”. Some are gorgeous, especially the ones from Sweden … https://www.yha.com.au/hostels/nsw/sydney-surrounds/sydney-central-backpackers-hostel/

… or…. go back the day before your 65th birthday, do the 2 years and get OAP portability without proving anything. Simply hop on the plane back to LoS the day after turning 67.

No

The temples and beaches.

PM sent.

Been asked before and no one on here has ever married a bar girl. They were all “cashiers”.

Theft of smartphones have fallen year on year. A key factor for this continual decline could be that smartphone security has improved to a point that it’s no longer worth stealing them; with Face ID, trackers, and fingerprint scanners, it’s now harder for criminals to wipe and fence stolen property. https://www.loveitcoverit.com/news/changing-world/mobile-phone-theft-a-new-crimewave/#:~:text=A key factor for this,wipe and fence stolen property.

You don’t need an Apple phone to have password protection. Most phones are password protected.

Is it really worth stealing phones these days? My phone needs a 6 digit passcode to unlock it (3 attempts allowed); has it’s location shown on another device; I can immediately disable it on another device; needs my Apple ID to work again if they factory reset it (3 attempts allowed). In other words it’s useless to them and they risk getting caught if they turn it on making its location visible. If ever stolen, all data is reinstalled onto my new phone via the daily automated Cloud backup.

Get a visa that doesn't require health insurance ...or marry a Thai government employee.

You’re retired. You live in a country with oppressive heat. You have nothing to do all day and you have all day to do it in. Yet you whinge if needing to spend an extra 20 seconds in an air conditioned shop. Amazing.

Consider it punishment for eating such unhealthy food.

I turned the video off when he admitted that he’s going back home to continue working to help pay off his new farangland home. Yawn.