How long has it been since you lived out of your native country

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  Are you living in the house ?

 

Yes, with two Weimaraners.

[still kicking]

43 years 

[Nick Carter icp]

Just now, Will B Good said:

 

Yes, with two Weimaraners.

 

   Right, so you are living in  house, but you aren't living in the Country where that house is located .

   You are living in a house in the UK, but you aren't actually living in the UK itself ?

   Just living in the house and NOT living in  the country where the house is situated 

[Will B Good]

4 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Right, so you are living in  house, but you aren't living in the Country where that house is located .

   You are living in a house in the UK, but you aren't actually living in the UK itself ?

   Just living in the house and NOT living in  the country where the house is situated 

 

Spot on......could not have put it better myself.....I "live" in Thailand.

[Nick Carter icp]

Just now, Will B Good said:

 

Spot on......could not have put it better myself.

 

   I was expecting you to correct me and state that my post didn't make any sense .

   How can you be living in a house whilst not simultaneously living on the land where the house is situated ?

  Face it, you are currently living in the UK and your long living  abroad streak has finished 

[emptypockets]

13 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

Because of its size, the diversity found in the US is simply amazing; from rainforests to glaciers, Mega-cities to hobo camps, it's all there for people to enjoy.

 

It's just a shame that the natural beauty of its National Parks is about to be raped and ravaged by Timber and Oil companies, with pipelines laying down over aquifers, logging roads blocking migration routes, and its wetlands and rivers soon to be devoid of wildlife because of industrial run-off now being unchecked.
See it now before it's destroyed.

 

"See the USA in your Chevrolet!" Oh wait... Aren't Chevys made in Mexico these days?

Yeah.....nah.

[emptypockets]

13 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

 

 

At first, when I read this, it bothered me a bit.  'Islamic countries.' (Yes, I realized it was stated with tongue-in-cheek bias. ) Isn't that being bigoted?

 

But then I realized that I, too, have my own prejudices.  I don't enjoy visiting Roman Catholic countries. Don't care for the Philippines, Mexico, Guam, Spain, etc. Beautiful places with lovely people, but...

And it's NOT the 'religion.' I don't care to which God a person prays, or why. But there is something about the Roman Catholic 'culture' that just doesn't suit me.

Why is that ?

Did you have a bad experience as a child?

You wouldn't have been the first by all reports.

I can sympathize as I experienced the same.

[Will B Good]

17 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   I was expecting you to correct me and state that my post didn't make any sense .

   How can you be living in a house whilst not simultaneously living on the land where the house is situated ?

  Face it, you are currently living in the UK and your long living  abroad streak has finished 

 

Fly back June 11, land June 12, return to the UK next August......how is that living in the UK?

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Fly back June 11, land June 12, return to the UK next August......how is that living in the UK?

 

   "I've had this broom for 15 years . its the same broom , 7 new heads and 12 new handles, but its the same broom"

[BangkokReady]

On 4/17/2025 at 9:29 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

Moved here in 2005 to teach English.  Still here and have burnt all my bridges back home, so will be staying.

 

What has your career been like?  Do you have any plans for retirement?

[Sydebolle]

40 years here, some other assignments of 6 - 9 months in India and the Philippines before that. In essence I can attest, that I left my native country (and have not visited it for meanwhile 12 years) yet never really arrived in Thailand. My kids and grandchildren live here but the interface to the locals is almost impossible - not a language issue (I'm fluent in Thai) but social values, common sense and priorities in life and family differ greatly 😉 

 

[Blueman1]

On 4/18/2025 at 11:57 AM, Harrisfan said:

Thanks.

Mods >>>> Can't YOU BLOCK This Total Clown ????........He's RUINING Every Thread on The Forum !!!!!

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, Blueman1 said:

Mods >>>> Can't YOU BLOCK This Total Clown ????........He's RUINING Every Thread on The Forum !!!!!

You contribute nothing. 

[fulhamster]

23 years.

Best thing I ever did

[rough diamond]

2 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

You contribute nothing. 

Which just proves @Blueman1's point!