NtR you should book mark this thread to re read when you are old ( if you are fortunate enough to last that long).

The OP has worked hard all his working life and paid into the system then spends 9 years of his retirement in Los.

He returns home to sort his health out for a year for which he is rightly entitled.

Then he can comes back to enjoy his retirement.

No big deal.

A speedy recovery to PD and let's hope your new neighbours don't try to rip of your water.

All the best.

CCC

Welcome back in the golden staphylococcus uk country.

Don't worry uk will take care of you, once you are attacked by our bacterias(100% made In uk) you will never go back to Thailand.

Bye my friend...

Well, I did something very special today ... something that you lot never did (today).

I MET pattayadingo ...

A finer Brit, would be difficult to meet.

It was a business meeting, it was a friendly meeting ... it was done on a nod that we would exchange some coin for some trinkets ... neither side disappointed.

Old world values still exist with this man ...

A word of advice ... cut down on the ...

God's speed home and I am sure a full recovery awaits you.

OH ... answer my PM re the handbrake ...

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OP, i do not know you, but a speedy recovery wished back home.

Feel sorry that eventhough your desire to keep this topic positive, some have ignored that and derailed in going off topic and insulting 1 an other. This to prove not a single point.

Posts using profanities have been removed as well as off topic obfuscation posts.

But I dont recall calling him a leech, or inferring that he was - I simply agreed in principle that *if* he was in any way 'rorting' the system, he wasnt the only one on TV in that position. End of the day, this is just keystrokes in cyberspace - the OP appears to have real health issues and surely its more important that he get that fixed than for us to question his moral compass after so many years in Thailand.

I think any man that stays six years in Thailand without jeopardising his moral compass has been wasting his time

OK - you've got me there - I'll meet you at Golden Bar at 8pm on 20-04-14 to discuss this further