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Man, you don't have a clue.

I am never bored.

 

What do I do to avoid being bored?

 

I spend most of my time saving the Chinese.

 

(But, I do not save them like a missionary might.)

 

No fing beach or gym for me....and....this is why....I am...

Never bored.

 

 

 

 

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32 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Man, you don't have a clue.

I am never bored.

 

What do I do to avoid being bored?

 

I spend most of my time saving the Chinese.

 

(But, I do not save them like a missionary might.)

 

No fing beach or gym for me....and....this is why....I am...

Never bored.

 

 

 

 

It figures you're a "never bored" guy.

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11 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Many end up drinking and sitting at bars and/or having relationships with prostitutes.

 

Hmm, how is you relationship, mine has been perfect for the past 17 years, just saying, oh and in my opinion most are p's, some you pay for directly, others indirectly, but you pay......LoL 

 

As for drinking and sitting at bars, yep, nothing wrong with socialising, if that's your thing, but everything in moderation Jummy. 

 

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8 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

Which probably sounds idyllic to some who have been working hard for the past 40/50 years but the novelty will wear off very quickly.

Years back it was said a guy retiring to the Philippines had a life expectancy  of 5 years due to excess drinking and just not taking care of yourself including smoking and eating wrong foods.

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3 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

I just spent 3 weeks on Koh Tao without my wife, so I guess that replicates a single guy's life. I did my usual exercise, meditation, reading, writing. Never hard to fill the day, I like my own company and there's always forgettable chat available at the pad thai coco shake place du jour. Prob more lite social encounters possible here than anywhere. 

 

When you get older, you need to me more stoic/resilient/self-sufficient. People are less interested in you. Oldies complain about being "invisible", but the last time I checked, invisibility is a superpower.

 

It occurred to me that I am at an age where it doesn't really matter where I am, since I will likely be doing the same things. Only the morning walk around part would change.

 

I'm going to Oman soon. It'll be very diff, but I'll be pretty much the same in temperament and non-Oman viewing activities.

I got to ask, what's your job in Oman? Why Oman? although they have some exquisite beach resorts.

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1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

I wonder about the guys who rent a place, no kids, no other family in Thailand, How do you fill your time, your days with constructive things. I can see where drinking can become part of a routine. 

Don't fit the criteria, but if getting bored, then must be time to  plan my next O&A, or new cooking adventure.  If all else fails, take the dog for a walk or to the park/surfside.

 

Food shopping (new ideas), got to eat, takes up some time, if eating good/healthy.  Baking something every other day (bread or pastry), along with kefir & natto lately.  Always a bird or critter nearby to take a snap of, or send a drone up for peeky peeky of the hood.

 

I'm actually quite happy doing absolutely nothing.

 

Last resort ... troll AN :coffee1:

 

Never was that much of a drinker of alcohol, outside of the house.  Once a month maybe.

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1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

Had a kid, bought couple houses, cars all paid for. I have things to do here like a bit of yard work, taking care of the kid, the beach is nearby, nice gym. Having said that I find myself bored at times

Stuck in the same routine daily can be boring. Sounds like you need some stimulation both in the brain with learning something nteresting and in the sub-navel region if you are that way inclined.

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1 hour ago, retarius said:

I don't watch TV at all and so read extensively but only good quality fiction.

 

My wife is younger and still full of life and she keep me on my toes dragging me out shopping, to visit people, or to visit some place she has read about. We used to go out partying when I was in my 50s and early 60s and had access to cities but do little of that sort of stuff now. 

What do I miss? Being part of my kids' lives. They are doing well, raising families and in their 40s. A weekly video and an annual get together don't really add up to being involved in their lives. But there is a price to everything.

How do you find 'good quality fiction'?

These days everything written seems to be low quality, factually incorrect and full of errors.

 

I'm still in my son's life, he's 12 and I'm near enough your age.

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2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

I wonder about the guys who rent a place, no kids, no other family in Thailand, How do you fill your time, your days with constructive things

A single guy in Thailand with no family but who has money can have a lifestyle that only movie stars or millionaires would have back in their homeland - for a fraction of the price!


Lots of different beach resorts, islands, provinces and beautiful Thai girls to fill their time.

 

Those lucky guys would be wondering about the married guys stuck in one place with one female for the duration of their retirement. 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Nemises said:

A single guy in Thailand with no family but who has money can have a lifestyle that only movie stars or millionaires would have back in their homeland. Lots of different beach resorts, islands, provinces and beautiful Thai girls to fill their time. Those lucky guys would be wondering about the married guys stuck in one place with one female for the duration of their retirement. 

That is entirely true. I sometimes think about the life I can have after the kid goes to Uni, and you're right about the money issue. I'll send the ole lady back to Isaan and I'll be foot loose and fancy free....again. Five star hotels at beach resorts is a nice way to live.

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1 hour ago, sirineou said:

I was/am  in a similar retirement situation as you.  about 15 years coming here , about 5 retired. 

married to a wonderful Thai lady  for about 15. but no kids , only one from a previous marriage. 

What would you do different if you had retired in your country?  I suspect being a lot more expensive there, you won't be able to afford as much as you do here and would be even more bored.  

    The trick is to not stop working after you retirement. but just change it to things you enjoy doing, and those things are different for each one of us. So I cant tell you what to do,

   I enjoy reading, so mi Kindle is alway near me , and catch up on my working life differed reading,  If I had 40 years of life remai ing there is no way that I can read all the books I should have.

  Picked up the Guitar again. Old hand and brain not cooperating but I manage to annoy the wife and send the dogs running.  (five of them)

  Ride my bicycle , which is exactly what I will do as soon as I finish riding this. 

Have a mall apartment building(only for apartments)  always needing something fixed.

  Koi pont and growing koi.

  Finding weathered wood in the fields and making Orchid derangements. 

Have a one Rai farm where I am always building something and spending 1000, baht to grow 100bht worth of vegetables LOL

  Cooking and baking

Traveling 

Setting everyone straight on this forum :tongue:

Not enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do. 

Just finished building this Sala all by myself and am very proud 

Point being you got to find the things that interest you and keep busy. 

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If I lived in the US where I own properties I would be busy with them instead of paying the property management people for upkeep.

 

The sala looks crazy nice.

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24 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

How do you find 'good quality fiction'?

 

 

I'm still in my son's life, he's 12 and I'm near enough your age.

I'll tell where NOT to look: that category called Thai Modern Fiction in The Asia Bookstore.

 

I recently bought 4 such books and was very underwhelmed. I won't even list the titles, because they're same ones you see every time at the airport. A book of short stories about Bangkok all felt like first drafts.

 

Problem: Thai's are too non-confrontational to gin up a meaty plot conflict. That's why they bring the ghost on to move the story along.

 

For Non Fiction Thai Books, Phillip Cornwel-Smith's 2 books (Very Thai and Bangkok) glimmer with insight and arcania about everything around you. He writes in the heady realm of Cultural Studies; he's a guy who stares deep into the noodle bowl and ponders.

 

Very Thai is out again in an updated edition, noting how much strange Very Thai stuff has vanished. Good Thai interest books have one shot in the bookstores and then they vanish for good. Anything that gets a reprint is top tier.

 

Slithering South by Steve Van Beek is a good travelog about drifting the length of The Ping River in a small boat that just had a reprint. He now has a companion book out, The Latte River, that completes the journey. Very Bill Bryson-esque.

 

A truly great book is something that you might fall into twice a year, if you're lucky. Snakehead is another Asian book that a lot of people here liked.

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