1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

But here you are, trying to engage them. How sad are you?

Here you are trolling me. How sad are you?

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

You're poor with no hobbies.

That's weird... Do you have Tourette's Syndrome?

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Here you are trolling me. How sad are you?

No, you are Trolling. I'm just having fun with you.

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

That's weird... Do you have Tourette's Syndrome?

Just got a good bs detector. You're a D grade person.

Just now, IsmeUno said:

No, you are Trolling. I'm just having fun with you.

Right so anybody who disagrees with your crap is a troll 5555

Name 1 person who likes you 5555

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

You use your Marlin or Trout gear to catch that carp ?

They had their own rod and reel combos. Marlin tackle? LOL

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Right so anybody who disagrees with your crap is a troll 5555

Name 1 person who likes you 5555

When I arrived to the thread, you were Trolling @fredwiggy . Not so funny when the shoe is on the other foot, is it?

3 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Pay an agent? Do a muay thai course?

Muay thai course for 30 years straight ?

Retiring in Thailand is not only about cost of living, sunshine, and convenience. It is also about resilience. If your setup depends too much on stable politics, stable exchange rates, easy mobility, and continued health, then it may not be secure at all.

And that is why even the darker risk factors belong in the discussion. For some expats, when the plan begins to fail, the psychological collapse can be just as serious as the financial one. That is not pleasant to talk about, but it is part of the reality.

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

They had their own rod and reel combos. Marlin tackle? LOL

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

When I arrived to the thread, you were Trolling @fredwiggy . Not so funny when the shoe is on the other foot, is it?

Never trolled anyone. Youtube is just more practical than cds. CDs are 1990 to 2010 tech. Anyone with a brain knows this. Sales are down 90%.

You're a poor troll with D grade junk posts.

4 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

They had their own rod and reel combos. Marlin tackle? LOL

Bwahahahahaha, so you do not even use your own gear.

37 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

I guess you are still stinging from an earlier encounter... 😊 Get over it, child.

You overvalue yourself

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Muay thai course for 30 years straight ?

Retiring in Thailand is not only about cost of living, sunshine, and convenience. It is also about resilience. If your setup depends too much on stable politics, stable exchange rates, easy mobility, and continued health, then it may not be secure at all.

And that is why even the darker risk factors belong in the discussion. For some expats, when the plan begins to fail, the psychological collapse can be just as serious as the financial one. That is not pleasant to talk about, but it is part of the reality.

Don't retire there then.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Never trolled anyone. Youtube is just more practical than cds. CDs are 1990 to 2010 tech. Anyone eith a brain knows this. Sales are down 90%.

You're a poor troll with D grade junk posts.

Most of your posts are Trolls...hence your 'glowing' reputation score. Reasonably sure that you don't have any friends in real life.

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

Most of your posts are Trolls...hence your 'glowing' reputation score. Reasonably sure that you don't have any friends in real life.

Not 1 post is a troll. I don't care what left wing people think.

It is easy to see you have no friends. All your posts are just trolls and projections. You are a sad keyboard warrior.

You're such a loser not 1 person here likes you 555

3 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Never trolled anyone. Youtube is just more practical than cds. CDs are 1990 to 2010 tech. Anyone with a brain knows this. Sales are down 90%.

You're a poor troll with D grade junk posts.

Again, it's about personal preference. What I use has no bearing on you. People have been back into Vinyl for quite awhile now. Are you one to tell them they're wrong? That's like saying it's wrong for me to eat a cheeseburger with Emmentaler Swiss because most use Cheddar or yellow cheese. CD's sound great in a car, which is where I listen to most of my music.

2 minutes ago, TedG said:

You overvalue yourself

But here you are, trying to Troll me because you came out of an exchange the worse. Both times, you engaged rudely and disrespectfully in the first instance.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Not 1 post is a troll. I don't care what left wing people think.

It is easy to see you have no friends. All your posts are just trolls and projections. You are a sad keyboard warrior.

More weirdness from the board's no.1 loser...

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

But here you are, trying to Troll me because you came out of an exchange the worse. Both times, you engaged rudely and disrespectfully in the first instance.

Nobody likes you loser.

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Bwahahahahaha, so you do not even use your own gear.

I was on my honeymoon then, not knowing we were going to visit a pay and fish lake. I always use my own tackle otherwise.

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

More weirdness from the board's no.1 loser...

You can't name 1 poster who likes you 55555

You're an unwanted no hoper.

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Again, it's about personal preference. What I use has no bearing on you. People have been back into Vinyl for quite awhile now. Are you one to tell them they're wrong? That's like saying it's wrong for me to eat a cheeseburger with Emmentaler Swiss because most use Cheddar or yellow cheese. CD's sound great in a car, which is where I listen to most of my music.

Why do you take that idiot seriously? They are just lonely and need to engage, but they have no social skills of which to speak. So all attempts are clumsy/ham fisted.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

You can't name 1 poster who likes you 55555

You're an unwanted no hoper.

You like me 😊

42 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Think again. I can hear just as well now in most tones as before. I never shot guns without protection instead of while hunting, and don't blast music in an enclosed space, increasing the sound pressure levels which hurt the eardrum. And I'm 70 in August, so don't rush me.

"If you are age 70 or older, this is common. Mild-to-moderate hearing loss affects more than 60 percent of 70-year-olds, and more than 80 percent of 80-year-olds have hearing loss, according to NIH's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)."

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

"If you are age 70 or older, this is common. Mild-to-moderate hearing loss affects more than 60 percent of 70-year-olds, and more than 80 percent of 80-year-olds have hearing loss, according to NIH's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)."

Like I mentioned, I notice a little difference, mostly in low voices. I can hear some things very well, but certain sounds are a tad muffled, like when a child talks.

6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Again, it's about personal preference. What I use has no bearing on you. People have been back into Vinyl for quite awhile now. Are you one to tell them they're wrong? That's like saying it's wrong for me to eat a cheeseburger with Emmentaler Swiss because most use Cheddar or yellow cheese. CD's sound great in a car, which is where I listen to most of my music.

Vinyl has a unique sound. Cassettes rough. CDs more clear but not better.

I'm not 14yo so music is not special to me anymore.

It is just music.

11 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

Why do you take that idiot seriously? They are just lonely and need to engage, but they have no social skills of which to speak. So all attempts are clumsy/ham fisted.

You keep projecting yourself onto strangers. You claim to not be a troll yet that's all you do. I asked you about music and you replied with insults. You can't name 1 poster who likes you. You are just here to troll and act "cool". Lossless champion.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Vinyl has a unique sound. Cassettes rough. CDs more clear but not better.

I'm not 14yo so music is not special to me anymore.

It is just music.

Music is life. A friend told me what you said and I never understood him. he's a very intelligent business owner with the same hobbies, but later he did tell of some music likes, so it wasn't a total loss for him.

It has nothing to do with age, as a person getting older can appreciate the finer points of music, whereas much of the the younger crowd is usually into pop. I'm as much into music now as I was in the 70's.

Some say music died after the 70's and 80's , but there is still great music coming out now. Of course you can't compare the innovators of back then with today, but progressive rock just for one has some excellent musicians, along with the southern and blues rock revival, folk and fusion. Good music never dies, and some is timeless.

9 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Vinyl has a unique sound. Cassettes rough. CDs more clear but not better.

I'm not 14yo so music is not special to me anymore.

It is just music.

What a load of rubbish.... "CDs more clear but not better"? Makes no sense whatsoever.

1 minute ago, IsmeUno said:

What a load of rubbish.... "CDs more clear but not better"? Makes no sense whatsoever.

Then you were never a true music fan. CDs have no character. Vinyl did.

How old are you btw? You talk like a teenager.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You keep protecting yourself onto strangers. You claim to not be a troll yet that's all you do. I asked you about music and you replied with insults. You can't name 1 poster who likes you. You are just here to troll and act "cool". Lossless champion.

Protecting myself on to strangers? What kind of gobbledegook are you purveying here? You seem to be suffering from some sort of anxiety disorder. Posting absolute rubbish in a quickfire manner.