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Came to Asia working Indonesia/Malaysian waters Oil&Gas in 2004. Decided to work the UK tax system so spent majority of leave in Thailand, bought land via a company and built a house in 2010, 2015 aged 60 retired with my bigish bikes, started to do dog rescue, tried to grow different fruits in my garden and breed Koi. 2017 married a Korat girl who left the City to be with me. Exchange rates and Covid resulted in me being the only Farang left for many, many miles. Now 68, love heading to Chaiyaphum or Korat on my bikes at speeds way too high for commonsense. Amongst our dogs are 6 German Shepherds, 2 of those were rescue, we had blind, brain damaged from road accidents we take care off. Whenever old friends drive from Pattaya to my corrugated roof blockhouse they are the ones shot away after 2 nights, the village all shutdown by 8.00pm is alien. I am as happy as a sand boy, enjoying my twilight years amongst big, 4 legged mutts, no visitors just my Thai family. Who are these strange folk

You are so correct, more than likely a Mother and Father are in tears now. My youngest son passed 30-Dec-2016, aged 27, bewilderment and numbness hits you. Requiescat in Pace

Somehow a "Little Wacko" conjures up images of a rodent type creature scurrying around the kill of an apex predator, to quote your own words!!

Does your empathy extend to your fellow human or it is what it is, zero?

Started living Thailand for tax reasons whilst working offshore in Asia aged 49 in 2004, in 2010 made a retirement plan, in 2015 aged 59 retired debt free so when the yearly lease on my Pattaya villa came up for renewal moved lock and stock to my Issan home. Met/introduced to a clothes shop owner in the Mall in Korat 2015, we got on that well in November 2017 we married. Have a Thai company that purchased some land where I built a retirement home to my wants and needs in 2011. Every year accounts drawn up, tax paid to government. Have a koi carp pond, 1 car, 3 motorbikes one of which my Ninja 650 still brings smiles to this 67 year old, have 10 dogs running around the walled perimeter, 5 are German Shepherds (2 rescued) and 5 Thai dogs, all rescued, some dogs have disabilities owing to have been run over before coming here, one GSD were a sniffer dog for the Thai army and lost a rear paw down South in a trap. The GSD's are loving and affectionate, but, if never introduced to you/them they revert to type, do not try and climb over the walls to steal as two drunken lads found out a few years back, the local police were excellent in their handling of the matter in that, 100% blame for their painful injuries were their own fault and Karma were at work. Enjoy my garden, reading books, love the solitude of being the only farang in the village/area. Doing DIY around the house, making and modifying things in my workshop attempting to install solar powered pumps to complement my solar lighting. Taking the lemons from the trees and bottling the juice for consumption every morning, eat the mangoes as they come. Watching TV via a box that all Issan households have?? Enjoying my twilight years with a great woman whose family has never created any issues and provide overnight accommodation if I ever visit Korat alone. Have virtually stopped drinking beer, but, a local mum & pop shop down the Soi has chilled, big bottles of Leo at 60baht. Today going out on a 180km round trip using the Ninja 650 to see an elderly friend who needs cheering up, will have two beers at the local Soi shop on my return before they close for the day at 7:30pm. If you have hobbies, interests and like solitude then village life in Thailand can be great. No longer take blood pressure tablets........ Why!! No longer have a Farang wife who created so much stress it made me ill