jacko45k Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I have lost one here due to a health issue. Rather more back in the UK though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Most of my friends had children in Thailand and moved back to farangland when the children were young due to the fact that raising children here was too costly and gave the children a limited development potential. But I was a generation younger than Simon43 when I came here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZuluSixNine Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Sorry for your loss, I hope that you will be able to move on from this and get some new friends soon. I personally have no friends by choice, my family is very close and dear to me and my wife is gem, that's is all I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZuluSixNine Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 My Mom is 92 all her friends ,relatives older than her are all gone.The older you get the more people you know will die.You need to Get use to it,part of life.I was around drug people quite A bit in the 70's and 80's.I can't remember all of "associates" that I knew That are gone now,but it's a lot.Just get use to it. Im glad you can remember the 80's coz I can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farang99 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I have lost two, one to cancer, one to suicide after his Thai wife conned him out of everything he had and then left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Well, this is not meant to be a sad topic, more a realistic one. We all have to go sometime. Of my friends in Phuket that I mentioned, those killed by drunken drivers whilst riding their motorbikes are perhaps the deaths that seem so unjust and a warning to all riders that you can easily be killed by some other idiot on the roads. But all of my friends who have passed here were still relatively young ==> between 30 - 65 years old. (OTOH, that is maybe because I don't have any octagenerian friends...) But I was a generation younger than Simon43 when I came here. You were still in a pram?? Edited September 1, 2015 by simon43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 In 11 years, I've lost one in a plane crash (Phuket, his wife of 6 months walked away) That must have been the One2Go crash? Off-topic: I was about 600 metres away from the airport when the crash happened. I recalled the rain was falling horizontally, such was the strength of the wind gusts that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Stranger Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) What is this, the land of death! Depressing to hear how many have died or left on bad terms. Even lots in the 30's and 40's age range. Personally speaking, when living here year round, I kind of knew it wasn't my thing, so I just like coming to get away from the Canadian winters. It has worked out well, as the city I'm from is better all around outside 5 months of the year. And when I do return, it's exciting and fresh. No friends died yet, but I believe the first woman I was ever with in Thailand (Phuket), was killed in the Tsunami. Edited September 1, 2015 by Friendly Stranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 My Chums here appear Dead ,but "It's My Round" revives them. Had all my Original friends here die over My 25years here ,but good memories of them. New ones here tend to be over 68 ish and enjoy life with no money worries anymore. We avoid Teachers here ,that keeps us Young, moaning buggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggo Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 After reading these threads....i'm thinking of "jumping" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 everyone accounted for I know ....except for "songhua"...and... "pigeonjake". The rest have posted already here, so i wont worry too much now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 everyone accounted for I know ....except for "songhua"...and... "pigeonjake". The rest have posted already here, so i wont worry too much now..... Can I sing you a song now..? ...OK,OK, will let them do it..... Definitely NO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc46 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 All my friends are mad alcoholics. That's ok than they are well pickled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammygood Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 7 deaths were preventable in my books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 everyone accounted for I know ....except for "songhua"...and... "pigeonjake". The rest have posted already here, so i wont worry too much now..... Can I sing you a song now..? ...OK,OK, will let them do it..... . He sang this to his beloved Tire pressure gauge in Lotus..[emoji447] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanng khao Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Visited a friend in hospital bangkok, next to him was a old Australian guy looking the worse for wear, I looked at him and said, remember this mate, you never came here to die, he opened. One eye and said, your right there bruce, I came here yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellohello123 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Im in my 30s and dont even thibk about retirement. But this thread really makes me work towards not spending my retirement years regardless of which country im going to be in, to have a different priority to drinking excessivly and to have a good network of friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Excellent humour from the last 2 posters- 1. what a festival of the pathetic this is.- a tremendous phrase, I imagine the boat scene from ' One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' when Jack takes all the misfits on a fishing trip. 2. But this thread really makes me work towards not spending my retirement years regardless of which country im going to be in, to have a different priority to drinking excessivly and to have a good network of friends - Unwittingly, the noble contributors to this thread, by revealing their inadequate social skills resulting in alienation and loneliness, have enabled this young man to set the correct path for achieving contentment in his sunset years. To comfort the OP, Simon 43, I would like to make a suggestion,......... perhaps the departed wanted to go, to join...you know who: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbear Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 1 in IDC 1 Deported The rest of the Samsen Crew all good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Plenty more farangs around...stop whining and go meet them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Better to go to your friends funerals than them go to yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) It sure is a depressing thread and I didn't get a friend yet , guess I'll keep drinking alone Edited September 2, 2015 by steven100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaleySabai Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 How's your group of friends??...... I avoid farang and keep Thais at arms length.......hope to live longer (and yes, happier) this way..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Oh dear, yet another friend has left this world today. She was the cook at my first hotel in Phuket, a lovely Thai lady, always smiling, cooked really tasty Thai and western food. Dead at 40 years old from Aids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 My imaginary friends don't even turn up any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 My imaginary friends don't even turn up any more.They've probably been banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit_Doggie Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 And no mention of your ex friends being ripped off by a thai wife or gf your group so lucky enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 And there goes another mate - we worked together as teachers in Yangon in 2012/13, spent the evenings together using sign language and minimal Myanmar-sa to seduce the local Burmese women. Fun times and he's gone as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Simon, you are cursed. Luckily I know not who you are beyond these pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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