i can't believe.....

[sillyfool]

i am coming up on my 43rd birthday and for many reasons i am astounded that i am still alive. so many close calls and things that could of went terribly wrong yet i am still here.

 

pushed my body through my late teens and early 20's to the brink of destruction. yet now at my age i am as healthy as ever. i have changed many habits over the years to avoid an early demise but that doesn't take away from the fact that i should of passed on many times already.

 

anyone else feel the same way or have some stories they want to share.

 

should you be a goner already like me ? haha 

please share 

[CharlieH]

Moved to the pub !

[NaamGin]

Yeah, same here. I have lived life thinking that I would be dead by 45 with the hobbies and sports I enjoy. You know, the live fast, die young philosophy. I am now in my mid-60's and am paying the price for the years of abusing my body. Would I change anything? No, it's been a helluva run. 

[RichardColeman]

16 minutes ago, sillyfool said:

i have changed many habits over the years to avoid an early demise but that doesn't take away from the fact that i should of passed on many times already.

Not worry, you're only 43, a babe, not even reached the major heart attack years yet. Re-post in 25 years

Edited October 5, 2019 by RichardColeman

[Pilotman]

so what did you do that so damaged your health and well being and nearly put you in a grave? 

[BestB]

3 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

so what did you do that so damaged your health and well being and nearly put you in a grave? 

Met a thai girl and moved into a condo on a high floor????

[soalbundy]

Yes I can relate to that, I am 71 now which astounds many Thais who think I'm in my middle 50's, no age related illnesses, clear skin no wrinkles and yet in my youth right up until my mid 40's There wasn't a bar or beer garden that I didn't frequent on a regular basis in Munich and drank well over what was good for me even by German standards, two packs of cigarettes a day was normal and healthy eating was for hippies. Now I rarely touch alcohol, it does nothing for me, I still smoke but no morning coughing, still work hard physically if need be, walk several kilometers a day for fun to keep my 70kg weight, yes I'm pretty amazed at my genes.

[sillyfool]

43 minutes ago, BestB said:

Met a thai girl and moved into a condo on a high floor????

that would be too easy 

[sillyfool]

47 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

so what did you do that so damaged your health and well being and nearly put you in a grave? 

started very heavy drug  and alcohol usage when i was 17. continued for close to 15 years....solid. i mean really solid. 

at least 10 or so close calls with death in friends cars. let's leave thai driving out of this for now ok haha. 

i have almost drown 4 times.

smoked ciggies for 20 plus years.

you'll like this one. so much wild and crazy unprotected sex that i don't even really know how i didn't get the drip or anything. came out of it all unscathed. changed that to protected when i arrived here though but continued with the sex fiend life. i am not retarded i don't think.

fell through the ice a few times back home during the winter. lucky the water wasn't deep.

had a emergency flight going into scotland when i was young. landing gear on the plane wouldn't come down.

fell onto the subway track in toronto. 

3 times been outside a bar when a shooting happened within spitting distance of me.

missed the short bus from hat yai to krabi on the weekend of the 04 tsunami.

lived in hat yai in 06 when the bombings happened. a close friend died in the bombing. i was on my way to meet him to eat when it happened. was late due to my drug use. drugs do save lives kids. 

my own fault and not a thai problem...dropped a scooter in chaiyaphum doing about 95 when i lived here before. flip flops, warm up pants, t shirt, and no helmet ...of course.

a few months ago i rode to hat yai on my bike and one of my luggage straps came undone. was flapping against the back tire for god knows how long. remember indiana jones and him throwing the wood into the nazi guys tire. think that but on a thai road going banana like speeds. a thai guy on a bike pulled me over and pointed it out to me. thank you kindly sir you are a great man whoever you were.

overall a real lack of common sense and brains throughout my younger years which i'm sure many can relate too. some of which has carried over to my so called adult life. hence the need to change many things in my life. 

 

i am sure there are some things i have forgot but i attribute that to the short term memory loss ????

 

now i quite value my health other than the driving. speed may end up killing me one day. 

 

[sillyfool]

1 hour ago, NaamGin said:

Yeah, same here. I have lived life thinking that I would be dead by 45 with the hobbies and sports I enjoy. You know, the live fast, die young philosophy. I am now in my mid-60's and am paying the price for the years of abusing my body. Would I change anything? No, it's been a helluva run. 

not really death related but i have broken my ankles 6 times. reconstructive surgery on one. all before i was 21. loved playing football but my body size disagreed with the usually much larger guys i played against.

[Kadilo]

This should be good. 

Edited October 5, 2019 by Kadilo

[Kadilo]

How did you almost drown 4 times?

[OneMoreFarang]

 

[simon43]

51 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

How did you almost drown 4 times?

Fell asleep in the bath after taking too many drugs/drinking too much alcohol ????

[Pilotman]

1 hour ago, sillyfool said:

started very heavy drug  and alcohol usage when i was 17. continued for close to 15 years....solid. i mean really solid. 

at least 10 or so close calls with death in friends cars. let's leave thai driving out of this for now ok haha. 

i have almost drown 4 times.

smoked ciggies for 20 plus years.

you'll like this one. so much wild and crazy unprotected sex that i don't even really know how i didn't get the drip or anything. came out of it all unscathed. changed that to protected when i arrived here though but continued with the sex fiend life. i am not retarded i don't think.

fell through the ice a few times back home during the winter. lucky the water wasn't deep.

had a emergency flight going into scotland when i was young. landing gear on the plane wouldn't come down.

fell onto the subway track in toronto. 

3 times been outside a bar when a shooting happened within spitting distance of me.

missed the short bus from hat yai to krabi on the weekend of the 04 tsunami.

lived in hat yai in 06 when the bombings happened. a close friend died in the bombing. i was on my way to meet him to eat when it happened. was late due to my drug use. drugs do save lives kids. 

my own fault and not a thai problem...dropped a scooter in chaiyaphum doing about 95 when i lived here before. flip flops, warm up pants, t shirt, and no helmet ...of course.

a few months ago i rode to hat yai on my bike and one of my luggage straps came undone. was flapping against the back tire for god knows how long. remember indiana jones and him throwing the wood into the nazi guys tire. think that but on a thai road going banana like speeds. a thai guy on a bike pulled me over and pointed it out to me. thank you kindly sir you are a great man whoever you were.

overall a real lack of common sense and brains throughout my younger years which i'm sure many can relate too. some of which has carried over to my so called adult life. hence the need to change many things in my life. 

 

i am sure there are some things i have forgot but i attribute that to the short term memory loss ????

 

now i quite value my health other than the driving. speed may end up killing me one day. 

 

you're right, you should be dead.  Perhaps you are and this is the afterlife, having to post daily on TVF? 

[neeray]

2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Yes I can relate to that, I am 71 now which astounds many Thais who think I'm in my middle 50's, no age related illnesses, clear skin no wrinkles and yet in my youth right up until my mid 40's There wasn't a bar or beer garden that I didn't frequent on a regular basis in Munich and drank well over what was good for me even by German standards, two packs of cigarettes a day was normal and healthy eating was for hippies. Now I rarely touch alcohol, it does nothing for me, I still smoke but no morning coughing, still work hard physically if need be, walk several kilometers a day for fun to keep my 70kg weight, yes I'm pretty amazed at my genes.

I can ditto you @soalbundy all except for the drinking, never did really indulge. But also 71 and zero health issues. I still work physically (probably key to by health, along with good genes) and like you, people can't believe my age.

We can only hope that such good health continues.

[CharlieH]

4 near misses .

 

UK, (1975)

Thrown through the windscreen, had I been wearing a seatbelt would have been crushed to death by the engine.

 

 

In Thailand

• Mugged by machete in Bangkok. 
• Left phi phi the week before the Tsunami
• Missed a flight that later crashed on Samui
• Driving behind a Thai lorry carrying full length tree trunks that started dropping it's load .!! How I dodged those bouncing logs I will never know !

[bkk6060]

If someone said they have had unprotected sex with approx. 1000 girls in SEA and never caught an STD, seems very very lucky.

[sillyfool]

1 hour ago, Kadilo said:

How did you almost drown 4 times?

first time - i was probably 5 or so. went to a pool with a friend and his mom. can you swim...of course i can. i jumped in and sank to the bottom like a stone. lifeguard in to take me out gagging and spitting all over the place.

second time - a couple years later. bar harbor maine. hit by a wave and pushed to the ocean floor. then again and again until i finally surfaced sucking back water yet again.

third time. local ymca. high diving board. running start. slipped about 5 feet from the edge and slid along the board into the water. sank like a stone with my leg bleeding all over the place. lifeguard in to take me out gagging again.

fourth time was about 16 or so. playing with friends at a local dam/lock sort of place. got caught in the downfall of the water and couldn't move. friend had to pull me out. 

 

to this day i cant even open my eyes under water. i feel like a shark is going to bite me even in a pool. ya i'm that much of a p**sy. in fact i wouldn't even feel safe with water wings on. 

don't count on me to swim to safety or help anyone in the water either. 

 

i did take swimming lessons but let's not pretend i'm a michael phelps. 

 

 

[sillyfool]

45 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

If someone said they have had unprotected sex with approx. 1000 girls in SEA and never caught an STD, seems very very lucky.

i was always protected in thailand while having sex...... i used one of these to make sure

 

[sillyfool]

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

you're right, you should be dead.  Perhaps you are and this is the afterlife, having to post daily on TVF? 

before returning to thailand in july of this year i had not posted online in over 12 years other than a few comments on here just before leaving. i have no social media presence other than the few postings i have made on here. up until leaving canada i owned a flip phone. tried to get one here but realized that i would have a hard time even texting here without a phone.  since i left thailand i have had 5 of my friends die (all thai)....6 if you include my friend who died in the bombing. 

 

 

 

[Mavideol]

3 hours ago, Pilotman said:

so what did you do that so damaged your health and well being and nearly put you in a grave? 

could it be the brain?   555

[Nyezhov]

I had a hangnail that got infected. I fell asleep on a bear trail. Im weak and little and pugnacious and nasty. I almost got into a bar fight last night with, you guessed it, a Yob in a singlet, who had nothing to do with the incident but saw a chance to try to make Bangkok like Newcastle and therefore pitched in with a hearty "fawk que ya  b*o** c***", which of course left me to respond, etc, real tough guy he was Im 40 years older, but hey a younger Yank then jumped in and of course, the bouncers then removed the offending Pom and his crew as they shot me the bird and tried to continue the fight outside.

 

I always tip the bouncers hehehehe, thus I am alwys innocent.

[Mavideol]

read the post 2 times and still can't figure out what is it about, what's the point you are trying to make ????

[Kadilo]

I’m giving it a Reading of 2 on the Keller Gauge. 

[sillyfool]

1 hour ago, Nyezhov said:

I had a hangnail that got infected. I fell asleep on a bear trail. Im weak and little and pugnacious and nasty. I almost got into a bar fight last night with, you guessed it, a Yob in a singlet, who had nothing to do with the incident but saw a chance to try to make Bangkok like Newcastle and therefore pitched in with a hearty "fawk que ya  b*o** c***", which of course left me to respond, etc, real tough guy he was Im 40 years older, but hey a younger Yank then jumped in and of course, the bouncers then removed the offending Pom and his crew as they shot me the bird and tried to continue the fight outside.

 

I always tip the bouncers hehehehe, thus I am alwys innocent.

i'm guessing you are mid 60's. still getting into bar scuffles ? 

 

really.

[Pilotman]

1 hour ago, sillyfool said:

before returning to thailand in july of this year i had not posted online in over 12 years other than a few comments on here just before leaving. i have no social media presence other than the few postings i have made on here. up until leaving canada i owned a flip phone. tried to get one here but realized that i would have a hard time even texting here without a phone.  since i left thailand i have had 5 of my friends die (all thai)....6 if you include my friend who died in the bombing. 

 

 

 

Yep, you're dead alright. 

[Nyezhov]

5 minutes ago, sillyfool said:

i'm guessing you are mid 60's. still getting into bar scuffles ? 

 

really.

Dude when some wan** shoves you, you respond. And I didnt scuffle I got my boys to take care of my light work. ????

[sillyfool]

56 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Dude when some wan** shoves you, you respond. And I didnt scuffle I got my boys to take care of my light work. ????

dude where's my car. 

 

a mid 60 year old fellow getting into scuffles and having his *boys* take care of your light work. hahahahah sometimes these stories write themselves. didn't your mother tell you nothing good ever happens after the street lights come on. 

 

are you from hull by any chance ?  

 

all tongue in cheek by the way ????

 

 

[sillyfool]

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

Yep, you're dead alright. 

mommy ?