On 10/1/2025 at 12:16 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Probably greater probability having mental issues when broke

That's the reality... homeless people often seem to have mental issues, or at least go feral. Not sure which comes first. 

On 10/1/2025 at 3:00 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

On 9/30/2025 at 5:27 PM, georgegeorgia said:

flybird condo building is run down

Swimming pool nice, I like the murky, green colour

Crikey, pool is empty. 

 

I saw your girlfriend Georgie, she's looking good, big knockers 👍

She's waiting for you. She says hurry back. 

 

 

On 9/30/2025 at 5:27 PM, georgegeorgia said:

he was an elderly chap ,no shirt on ,very skinny head bobbing up at me from his bed .

I could feel the heat burn  from inside the room against my face  which I had pressed against the wire screen door ...in flybird they all have wire screen doors , although he had a fan going inside 

 

 

Bob?

 

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

Bob?

He was an elderly chap, no shirt on, very skinny, head bobbing up and down at the foot of the bed...

A lot of assumptions being made here. If he's on a state pension from such as the UK then what would he be doing  there. Sitting in a small flat watching the electric meter to see if he could afford to heat the room. Spend his days sitting on a park bench trying to keep warm. Cant afford to go to the pub or eat anything away from home.  Que up at the food banks to get something to eat.

 

 

9 minutes ago, garzhe said:

A lot of assumptions being made here. If he's on a state pension from such as the UK then what would he be doing  there. Sitting in a small flat watching the electric meter to see if he could afford to heat the room. Spend his days sitting on a park bench trying to keep warm. Cant afford to go to the pub or eat anything away from home.  Que up at the food banks to get something to eat.

 

 

Very true 

Although not a ideal life in the hot dirty rundown Flybird ...I'm sure it's much better than wherever he comes from 

The room was humid and hot. Fan was running and the building smelled of sweat, recently mopped linoleum and desperation.

 

Through a grated security door I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye. It was an elderly foreigner man, skinny, no shirt, rather unkept, a days beard unshaven. His head was bobbing up & down at the foot of the bed...

1 minute ago, Mark1969 said:

The room was humid and hot. Fan was running and the building smelled of sweat, recently mopped linoleum and desperation.

 

Through a grated security door I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye. It was an elderly foreigner man, skinny, no shirt, rather unkept, a days beard unshaven. His head was bobbing up & down at the foot of the bed...

Absolutely beautifully written Mark .. thankyou 

You are nosy parker. Why don't you minf your own buslness. 

On 9/30/2025 at 5:27 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I heard a door slam loudly I'm presuming it was him obviously a sad man 

He probably thought you were a nosy <deleted>, and you were. You were lucky he didn't want to make an issue of it. 

On 10/1/2025 at 1:50 PM, georgegeorgia said:

Oh open your eyes and stop trying to sweep these poor expats  under the carpet 

Have you listened to that song Lemon tree and actually shed a tear?

Help these people instead of pretending they don't exist 

 

What did you do to help him?

On 10/1/2025 at 10:15 AM, save the frogs said:

 

You seem like Bob and all his aliases, subtly degrading Thailand and Thai expats every chance you get. 

 

 

It is Bob!

 

 

3 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

It is Bob!

 

 

I don't think so. Bob was not as naive and marginally more intelligent.

GG is just plain stupid in a child like way.

On 9/30/2025 at 1:15 PM, georgegeorgia said:

Tell me that song "lemon tree " anyone know

Yes, a 1995 hit from the German band "Fool's Garden"...

 

I'm sittin' here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wastin' my time, I got nothin' to do
I'm hangin' around, I'm waitin' for you
But nothing ever happens

 

I'm drivin' around in my car
I'm drivin' too fast, I'm drivin' too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely, I'm waitin' for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

 

I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
I'm turnin' my head up and down
I'm turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin' around
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree

 

dah, dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-di-di-dah (dah-di-di-dah)
(Sing) dah, dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-di-di-dah (dah-di-di-dah)

 

I'm sittin' here, I missed the power
I'd like to go out, takin' a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired, put myself into bed
Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

 

I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
I'm turnin' my head up and down
I'm turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin' around
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
And I wonder (wonder, wonder, wonder)

 

dah, dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-di-di-dah
(Sing) dah, dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, di-dah-dah
Dah-di-di-dah

 

Better than dying of the cold etc. in a supermarket bin area ...

 

Edit: In another thread 'UK homeless deaths hit 1611 in 2024'.

 

I know where I'd prefer to die if all I had was an NI pension.

 

 

If you didn’t want to offer any help you should wiped the rust off your nose and leave before he scared you away.  

2 hours ago, Suetape said:

If you didn’t want to offer any help you should wiped the rust off your nose and leave before he scared you away.  

I never offer to help guys who Bob their heads up and down at the foot of the bed.
 

Just me...

21 hours ago, garzhe said:

A lot of assumptions being made here. If he's on a state pension from such as the UK then what would he be doing  there. Sitting in a small flat watching the electric meter to see if he could afford to heat the room. Spend his days sitting on a park bench trying to keep warm. Cant afford to go to the pub or eat anything away from home.  Que up at the food banks to get something to eat.

 

 

He would have a winter heating allowance so no worries!

The solution is to get to France and come over to the UK in a dinghy and get everything for free. 

 

Lemon Tree Song ...sounds like Temma Harbour ..Mary Hopkins? ..haz binna while

No the lemon tree song was apparently from a German band in 1995 someone last wrote 

15 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

No the lemon tree song was apparently from a German band in 1995 someone last wrote 

Not

Trini Lopez - Lemon Tree (1965)?