The poisonous Brother in Law

[The Dark Lord]

5 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Yes!

 

It has been a huge help to me as I have tried to figure out what to do.

 

Part of my problem was the refusal of the Thai doctor (a lovely person) to actually sign off on me on the quite reasonable grounds that I might not arrive alive in Sydney.

 

However,I clawed back some of my physical health and she did agree and I have been getting slowly prepared ever since.

 

The excellent support offered on this topic shows that men can do it-be supportive-and just not let each other hang out to dry which you do see on other topics on TV.

 

The elderly German gentleman had tears in his eyes yesterday as I painfully  rose to my feet,proffered a farewell handshake and said "Auf weidersehen,old pal."

Shit Ody, you got me welling up again. 

[KNJ]

Best of luck to you both, and enjoy those meat pies

[The Dark Lord]

Just looking at some "likes" that have popped up on this thread it occurs to me that other than the handful of guys who have been supporting each other and recounting their experiences as an aid for the others, there is a silent but I believe quite impressive number of TVF members who have followed this saga ( nod to Ody there) but did not feel they have the strength  to post their experiences on such a public forum. My message to those guys is don't worry, you are very obviously not alone and you do not need to face these challenges by yourself. You don't need to open your life to everyone else as it may be culturally "verboten" or you just don't have the confidence. Just take solace in the fact that support is there from some of the most wonderful guys I have never physically met. 

 

Even the trollers have have steered clear after being admonished for their crass behaviour 

 

remember it is always darkest before the dawn. 

[Odysseus123]

3 minutes ago, The Dark Lord said:

Just looking at some "likes" that have popped up on this thread it occurs to me that other than the handful of guys who have been supporting each other and recounting their experiences as an aid for the others, there is a silent but I believe quite impressive number of TVF members who have followed this saga ( nod to Ody there) but did not feel they have the strength  to post their experiences on such a public forum. My message to those guys is don't worry, you are very obviously not alone and you do not need to face these challenges by yourself. You don't need to open your life to everyone else as it may be culturally "verboten" or you just don't have the confidence. Just take solace in the fact that support is there from some of the most wonderful guys I have never physically met. 

 

Even the trollers have have steered clear after being admonished for their crass behaviour 

 

remember it is always darkest before the dawn. 

Hmmm,

 

In the State of New South Wales-all statistics indicated that if you were a male recently diagnosed with cancer,in your 50-60's,recently retired or divorced or alone and isolated the chances were that you were going to die and that goes for heart attacks and other problems too.

 

My male cancer support group had 3 men who sorta shuffled their feet and looked at the floor-the women's group across the hall had about 30 and they were all chattering away and networking quite happily together.

 

The price of being (or pretending to be) an alpha male can be very high.

[The Dark Lord]

1 hour ago, Odysseus123 said:

Hmmm,

 

In the State of New South Wales-all statistics indicated that if you were a male recently diagnosed with cancer,in your 50-60's,recently retired or divorced or alone and isolated the chances were that you were going to die and that goes for heart attacks and other problems too.

 

My male cancer support group had 3 men who sorta shuffled their feet and looked at the floor-the women's group across the hall had about 30 and they were all chattering away and networking quite happily together.

 

The price of being (or pretending to be) an alpha male can be very high.

Well Ody old chum, as we all know the majority of "government stats" are a crock if merde de cheval

 

Looks to me old friend that there is yet another myth that needs disproving. 

 

You up for it?

 

Anyway old chum, you are not alone, there are quite a few chaps here (chapessess too I will wager) who are rooting for you to beat big c. You are not a fellow who lets his chums down are you.........

 

[Odysseus123]

7 minutes ago, The Dark Lord said:

Well Ody old chum, as we all know the majority of "government stats" are a crock if merde de cheval

 

Looks to me old friend that there is yet another myth that needs disproving. 

 

You up for it?

 

Anyway old chum, you are not alone, there are quite a few chaps here (chapessess too I will wager) who are rooting for you to beat big c. You are not a fellow who lets his chums down are you.........

 

Hey..hey Count D'arco..

 

It's not the big C that's killing me-dreadful little chappie that he is..but something they discovered in the midst of all that hacking.slashing,chemo and radiation zapping.I had a heart attack and then they discovered that I had a thing called "Hypercholesterolaemia-severe and intolerant of statins"..and everything else too.Basically my heart is inexorably clogging up with cholesterol/lipids.So..first one leg..as the blood supply failed..now onto the other leg..and now my left hand and wrist.

 

My doctor once asked.."How are you doing this?

To which I replied..

"Apart from chasing pretty Asian ladies about,drinking lots of red wine and smoking dreadful Cubano cigars..I have no specific strategies in mind...:

 

We both had a good laugh-wry humour,eh?

[rhodie]

3 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Hey..hey Count D'arco..

 

It's not the big C that's killing me-dreadful little chappie that he is..but something they discovered in the midst of all that hacking.slashing,chemo and radiation zapping.I had a heart attack and then they discovered that I had a thing called "Hypercholesterolaemia-severe and intolerant of statins"..and everything else too.Basically my heart is inexorably clogging up with cholesterol/lipids.So..first one leg..as the blood supply failed..now onto the other leg..and now my left hand and wrist.

 

My doctor once asked.."How are you doing this?

To which I replied..

"Apart from chasing pretty Asian ladies about,drinking lots of red wine and smoking dreadful Cubano cigars..I have no specific strategies in mind...:

 

We both had a good laugh-wry humour,eh?

Hang in there Ody. We want to hear all about the red wine and Cubano cigars back in the old country. And hopefully a lass or 2 too! 

[The Dark Lord]

15 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Hey..hey Count D'arco..

 

It's not the big C that's killing me-dreadful little chappie that he is..but something they discovered in the midst of all that hacking.slashing,chemo and radiation zapping.I had a heart attack and then they discovered that I had a thing called "Hypercholesterolaemia-severe and intolerant of statins"..and everything else too.Basically my heart is inexorably clogging up with cholesterol/lipids.So..first one leg..as the blood supply failed..now onto the other leg..and now my left hand and wrist.

 

My doctor once asked.."How are you doing this?

To which I replied..

"Apart from chasing pretty Asian ladies about,drinking lots of red wine and smoking dreadful Cubano cigars..I have no specific strategies in mind...:

 

We both had a good laugh-wry humour,eh?

Ody, you tinker, how do you manage to turn a post that is very serious into yet another if your cracking anecdotes. You do have a gift mate. 

 

Ah the old heart giving you some gyp, cannot trust the heart, as we have seen on this post,  I had 3 heart failures (stopped) ) in my wilder years ( one whilst in the office in which I shat my pants or so my mates told me whilst crying with laughter - bar stewards) and was finally diagnosed as having the old atrial fibulation i.e. A heartbeat like Apocolypse in 9/8 in the Genesis song Suppers ready. 

 

My combined cholesterol was right on target. Problem was the good was very low and the bad very high. Prognosis at that point was bleak. 

 

I was ordered to cease smoking, cease drinking, take up a fitness regime and change my diet or I would be pushing up the daisies by the time I was 45. 

 

Somewhere along the the line I forgot those words of wisdom, continued smoking,drinking, eating ABF ( no thanks to your posts ) and let my non existent gym membership expire. 

 

Well some 12 years later I am still here as neither the big man upstairs or the chappie downstairs has any room left. 

 

And there was me living the lie of "live hard, die young and leave a pretty corpse" Mind you, one out of three ain't bad ( Meatloaf) 

Edited July 18, 2017 by The Dark Lord

[Odysseus123]

4 minutes ago, The Dark Lord said:

Ody, you tinker, how do you manage to turn a post that is very serious into yet another if your cracking anecdotes. You do have a gift mate. 

 

Dint worry about the heart, I had 3 heart failures (stopped) ) in my wilder years and was finally diagnosed as having the old atrial fibulation i.e. A heartbeat like Apocolypse in 9/8 in the Genesis song Suppers ready. 

 

I was ordered to cease smoking, cease drinking, take up a fitness regime and change my diet or I would be pushing up the daisies by the time I was 45. 

 

Somewhere along the the line I forgot those words of wisdom, continued smoking,drinking, eating ABF ( no thanks to your posts ) and let my non existent gym membership expire. 

 

Well some 12 years later I am still here as neither the big man upstairs or the chappie downstairs has any room left. 

Yep-that's what I keep thinking too...the dear old Dev come a lookin' and sez to himself-"Jeez this bloke could be a major problem...I'll give it a miss this time.."

[Odysseus123]

17 minutes ago, rhodie said:

Hang in there Ody. We want to hear all about the red wine and Cubano cigars back in the old country. And hopefully a lass or 2 too! 

She'll be right,Rhodie...I have developed a severe yearning for home..but that's because I want to SEE things again..

 

Cross over the Blue Mountains,have lunch at the old pub in Mt Victoria and then as we come down the pass to look out on the rolling Western Slopes again-because on a clear day you can see forever...

[The Dark Lord]

3 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Yep-that's what I keep thinking too...the dear old Dev come a lookin' and sez to himself-"Jeez this bloke could be a major problem...I'll give it a miss this time.."

As Charlie Daniels once famously said,

 

The Devil bowed his head

because he knew that he'd been beat

abd he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnnies feet,

Johnny said "come on back if you ever wanna try again 

coz I told you once you son of a bitch , I'm the best that's ever been. 

[sandrabbit]

 

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

16 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I have to correct my misquote, although I do like my version better ( it's more apt for our situation ).
 

Ha ha, yes good choice. One of my all time favourites.

(We will of course forget Robert came to hate singing this despite the millions he earned from it.)

 

 

[Odysseus123]

Well...it's time to shut down and pack the computer into the well travelled bag otherwise I will have more farewells than Dame Nellie Melba....

 

Best of luck to all,

 

 

[The Dark Lord]

8 hours ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

Ha ha, yes good choice. One of my all time favourites.

(We will of course forget Robert came to hate singing this despite the millions he earned from it.)

 

 

Hi Georgio old friend, Goid reminder and I can fully understand RP's reluctance to play it over and over. From my experience I got fed up trying to play it over and over. Undoubtedly here are a number of former and current neighbours who join me in my sentiment. 

 

When tou you think about it though some of he dings churned out by Zep, Floyd, Genesis, and the likes are still around now dome 40 years later. Will that apply to one direction or Justin Beaver etc?

[rhodie]

1 hour ago, Odysseus123 said:

Well...it's time to shut down and pack the computer into the well travelled bag otherwise I will have more farewells than Dame Nellie Melba....

 

Best of luck to all,

 

 

Wishing you a safe trip back to the land of the living. 

[sandrabbit]

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992231-at-the-end-of-it-what-would-you-do/

 

someone with similar problems and slightly different circumstances.

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

On 7/18/2017 at 0:28 PM, The Dark Lord said:

As Charlie Daniels once famously said,

 

The Devil bowed his head

because he knew that he'd been beat

abd he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnnies feet,

Johnny said "come on back if you ever wanna try again 

coz I told you once you son of a bitch , I'm the best that's ever been. 

And the alternate version....

Well it made me laugh.

 

I find it amusing that walking around UK supermarkets (and some here too) you now hear the tacks by Zeppelin, Eagles, Floyd, Genesis, Eurythmics, Tears For Fears etc etc.

I hope my grandchildren don't find themselves being nostalgic about Hip-hop, Rap, House, Techno  etc in 40 years when doing the shopping... It least Beaver can sing a bit, sort of "modern" Michael Jackson, but not my cup of tea.

I was only ever one of those guys that hung around with musicians ---

a drummer.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2017 by George FmplesdaCosteedback

[Andrew Dwyer]

Well it's all gone very quiet !!
I guess DL and Ody are traveling or settling in their relative countries.

I'm missing the daily updates !

[Been there done that]

14 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Well it's all gone very quiet !!
I guess DL and Ody are traveling or settling in their relative countries.

I'm missing the daily updates !

I'm more curious about the poisonous bil from OP. Time HE updates us about his predicament in his beautiful family.

[The Dark Lord]

1 hour ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Well it's all gone very quiet !!
I guess DL and Ody are traveling or settling in their relative countries.

I'm missing the daily updates !

Hi Andrew and co, 

 

yes just a swift update but if you will bear with me as I try and make sense of my last post. I think I got hijacked either by my blindness, this Chinese iPad, fat finger syndrome or the evils of the TVF auto correct spell check.. anyway no complaints about it so far!

 

in about five hours I start the journey. First to khorat to drop the car off then to Swampy to catch the Etihad flight to the UK. 

 

My my two sisters and their spouses have got together to make my transition into the UK easier and have planned all sorts of fun consisting predominantly of traipsing around the island visiting extremely old relatives and the suchlike. So as not to get overexcited I have been promised visits to a number of graveyards where a number of my blood relatives are resting. 

 

I believe the penny has finally dropped with "the one" in that I am now getting all the texts about how much I am missed and, reading between the lines, how she is back-pedalling with many of her friends who enquiry as to my current location, by telling them I am in the UK. I suppose she will be right tomorrow.

 

Naturally these messages are liberally sprinkled with tales of woe and impending poverty to which I have responded quite firmly by suggesting that she stops asking me to support her, the son (34 yrs and a feckless immoral, lying thief) and daughter ( 36, lazy, opportunistic but possesses interesting underwear - see earlier post) neither of whom are willing to pay for the car that they have stolen and taken out a loan against (son) recovered and kept (daughter) . I have no need of it neither does "the one" but instead of asking her blood to honour the debts they have with her ( for her read originating with me) it's best to demand from idiot farang. 

 

The message was as clear ear as I could make it; the 2 legged ATM is out of order 

 

Other than that I often read about how nice the Thai is how genuine but rarely do I read the word trustworthy. 

 

Reason this came to mind is because I know the owner of a small restaurant where I ate yesterday. I asked specifically for her not to tell "the one" that she had seen me as it would not be helpful at all.

 

Well <deleted> me, no more than ten minutes after I left the restaurant, I was in receipt of the anticipated " I know where you are" message.

 

Thainess at its absolute best.

 

Anyone hear from Ody yet as to if he got home ok? 

 

Will drop a linger one once i am less knackered.

 

cheers

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

13 minutes ago, The Dark Lord said:

Hi Andrew and co, 

 

yes just a swift update but if you will bear with me as I try and make sense of my last post. I think I got hijacked either by my blindness, this Chinese iPad, fat finger syndrome or the evils of the TVF auto correct spell check.. anyway no complaints about it so far!

 

in about five hours I start the journey. First to khorat to drop the car off then to Swampy to catch the Etihad flight to the UK. 

 

My my two sisters and their spouses have got together to make my transition into the UK easier and have planned all sorts of fun consisting predominantly of traipsing around the island visiting extremely old relatives and the suchlike. So as not to get overexcited I have been promised visits to a number of graveyards where a number of my blood relatives are resting. 

 

I believe the penny has finally dropped with "the one" in that I am now getting all the texts about how much I am missed and, reading between the lines, how she is back-pedalling with many of her friends who enquiry as to my current location, by telling them I am in the UK. I suppose she will be right tomorrow.

 

Naturally these messages are liberally sprinkled with tales of woe and impending poverty to which I have responded quite firmly by suggesting that she stops asking me to support her, the son (34 yrs and a feckless immoral, lying thief) and daughter ( 36, lazy, opportunistic but possesses interesting underwear - see earlier post) neither of whom are willing to pay for the car that they have stolen and taken out a loan against (son) recovered and kept (daughter) . I have no need of it neither does "the one" but instead of asking her blood to honour the debts they have with her ( for her read originating with me) it's best to demand from idiot farang. 

 

The message was as clear ear as I could make it; the 2 legged ATM is out of order 

 

Other than that I often read about how nice the Thai is how genuine but rarely do I read the word trustworthy. 

 

Reason this came to mind is because I know the owner of a small restaurant where I ate yesterday. I asked specifically for her not to tell "the one" that she had seen me as it would not be helpful at all.

 

Well <deleted> me, no more than ten minutes after I left the restaurant, I was in receipt of the anticipated " I know where you are" message.

 

Thainess at its absolute best.

 

Anyone hear from Ody yet as to if he got home ok? 

 

Will drop a linger one once i am less knackered.

 

cheers

Sounds good. Only one slight blip so progressing nicely.

Enjoy the flight.

 

[BEVUP]

7 hours ago, The Dark Lord said:

Hi Andrew and co, 

 

yes just a swift update but if you will bear with me as I try and make sense of my last post. I think I got hijacked either by my blindness, this Chinese iPad, fat finger syndrome or the evils of the TVF auto correct spell check.. anyway no complaints about it so far!

 

in about five hours I start the journey. First to khorat to drop the car off then to Swampy to catch the Etihad flight to the UK. 

 

My my two sisters and their spouses have got together to make my transition into the UK easier and have planned all sorts of fun consisting predominantly of traipsing around the island visiting extremely old relatives and the suchlike. So as not to get overexcited I have been promised visits to a number of graveyards where a number of my blood relatives are resting. 

 

I believe the penny has finally dropped with "the one" in that I am now getting all the texts about how much I am missed and, reading between the lines, how she is back-pedalling with many of her friends who enquiry as to my current location, by telling them I am in the UK. I suppose she will be right tomorrow.

 

Naturally these messages are liberally sprinkled with tales of woe and impending poverty to which I have responded quite firmly by suggesting that she stops asking me to support her, the son (34 yrs and a feckless immoral, lying thief) and daughter ( 36, lazy, opportunistic but possesses interesting underwear - see earlier post) neither of whom are willing to pay for the car that they have stolen and taken out a loan against (son) recovered and kept (daughter) . I have no need of it neither does "the one" but instead of asking her blood to honour the debts they have with her ( for her read originating with me) it's best to demand from idiot farang. 

 

The message was as clear ear as I could make it; the 2 legged ATM is out of order 

 

Other than that I often read about how nice the Thai is how genuine but rarely do I read the word trustworthy. 

 

Reason this came to mind is because I know the owner of a small restaurant where I ate yesterday. I asked specifically for her not to tell "the one" that she had seen me as it would not be helpful at all.

 

Well <deleted> me, no more than ten minutes after I left the restaurant, I was in receipt of the anticipated " I know where you are" message.

 

Thainess at its absolute best.

 

Anyone hear from Ody yet as to if he got home ok? 

 

Will drop a linger one once i am less knackered.

 

cheers

Hello DL 

Can understand the last bit, as I went back to my old village for a BBQ & within 10 min the whole village knew

There were 4 Falangs in all , one with a pregnate Thai wife ' 

When I got home wife thought the thai women was for me (no abusing or anything) as she heard that my mates wife was getting a women for a falang

 

My answer was that i think i have enough problems with one

[rhodie]

17 hours ago, The Dark Lord said:

Hi Andrew and co, 

 

yes just a swift update but if you will bear with me as I try and make sense of my last post. I think I got hijacked either by my blindness, this Chinese iPad, fat finger syndrome or the evils of the TVF auto correct spell check.. anyway no complaints about it so far!

 

in about five hours I start the journey. First to khorat to drop the car off then to Swampy to catch the Etihad flight to the UK. 

 

My my two sisters and their spouses have got together to make my transition into the UK easier and have planned all sorts of fun consisting predominantly of traipsing around the island visiting extremely old relatives and the suchlike. So as not to get overexcited I have been promised visits to a number of graveyards where a number of my blood relatives are resting. 

 

I believe the penny has finally dropped with "the one" in that I am now getting all the texts about how much I am missed and, reading between the lines, how she is back-pedalling with many of her friends who enquiry as to my current location, by telling them I am in the UK. I suppose she will be right tomorrow.

 

Naturally these messages are liberally sprinkled with tales of woe and impending poverty to which I have responded quite firmly by suggesting that she stops asking me to support her, the son (34 yrs and a feckless immoral, lying thief) and daughter ( 36, lazy, opportunistic but possesses interesting underwear - see earlier post) neither of whom are willing to pay for the car that they have stolen and taken out a loan against (son) recovered and kept (daughter) . I have no need of it neither does "the one" but instead of asking her blood to honour the debts they have with her ( for her read originating with me) it's best to demand from idiot farang. 

 

The message was as clear ear as I could make it; the 2 legged ATM is out of order 

 

Other than that I often read about how nice the Thai is how genuine but rarely do I read the word trustworthy. 

 

Reason this came to mind is because I know the owner of a small restaurant where I ate yesterday. I asked specifically for her not to tell "the one" that she had seen me as it would not be helpful at all.

 

Well <deleted> me, no more than ten minutes after I left the restaurant, I was in receipt of the anticipated " I know where you are" message.

 

Thainess at its absolute best.

 

Anyone hear from Ody yet as to if he got home ok? 

 

Will drop a linger one once i am less knackered.

 

cheers

And then there were none! Good luck and travel safe @The Dark Lord. Looking forward to hearing about the beautiful weather (we hope ) and tasty pints! No word from @Odysseus123 yet. Hopefully just getting himself sorted.

[marko kok prong]

To Dark Lord and odeyyseus ,wish you all the best guys ,keep on keepin on.

[marko kok prong]

On 7/20/2017 at 0:26 AM, The Dark Lord said:

Hi Andrew and co, 

 

yes just a swift update but if you will bear with me as I try and make sense of my last post. I think I got hijacked either by my blindness, this Chinese iPad, fat finger syndrome or the evils of the TVF auto correct spell check.. anyway no complaints about it so far!

 

in about five hours I start the journey. First to khorat to drop the car off then to Swampy to catch the Etihad flight to the UK. 

 

My my two sisters and their spouses have got together to make my transition into the UK easier and have planned all sorts of fun consisting predominantly of traipsing around the island visiting extremely old relatives and the suchlike. So as not to get overexcited I have been promised visits to a number of graveyards where a number of my blood relatives are resting. 

 

I believe the penny has finally dropped with "the one" in that I am now getting all the texts about how much I am missed and, reading between the lines, how she is back-pedalling with many of her friends who enquiry as to my current location, by telling them I am in the UK. I suppose she will be right tomorrow.

 

Naturally these messages are liberally sprinkled with tales of woe and impending poverty to which I have responded quite firmly by suggesting that she stops asking me to support her, the son (34 yrs and a feckless immoral, lying thief) and daughter ( 36, lazy, opportunistic but possesses interesting underwear - see earlier post) neither of whom are willing to pay for the car that they have stolen and taken out a loan against (son) recovered and kept (daughter) . I have no need of it neither does "the one" but instead of asking her blood to honour the debts they have with her ( for her read originating with me) it's best to demand from idiot farang. 

 

The message was as clear ear as I could make it; the 2 legged ATM is out of order 

 

Other than that I often read about how nice the Thai is how genuine but rarely do I read the word trustworthy. 

 

Reason this came to mind is because I know the owner of a small restaurant where I ate yesterday. I asked specifically for her not to tell "the one" that she had seen me as it would not be helpful at all.

 

Well <deleted> me, no more than ten minutes after I left the restaurant, I was in receipt of the anticipated " I know where you are" message.

 

Thainess at its absolute best.

 

Anyone hear from Ody yet as to if he got home ok? 

 

Will drop a linger one once i am less knackered.

 

cheers

Good luck mate,you have had the balls to do it,i wish you all the best ,please stay in touch and let us know how you getting on,i for one am feeling for you Bro,if you need some inspiration,i suggest Kipling's "IF" i know few of us could live up to it,and it maybe somewhat dated but it has helped me through some of the darker times,once again good luck.

[The Dark Lord]

1 hour ago, marko kok prong said:

Good luck mate,you have had the balls to do it,i wish you all the best ,please stay in touch and let us know how you getting on,i for one am feeling for you Bro,if you need some inspiration,i suggest Kipling's "IF" i know few of us could live up to it,and it maybe somewhat dated but it has helped me through some of the darker times,once again good luck.

Hi Georgio, Marco, Sandrabbit,  Rhodie, Ody, Bevvy, Owl , Andy, Trans & friends,

 

I am sitting here in my sisters conservatory watching the sun rise slowly over the hedge. It is quiet except for the gentle sound of the wood pigeons cooing in the trees and a few Morning birds singing their hearts out. If you strain your ears you can hear the faint roar if the M25 traffic. 

 

A fox insolently scampers at the foot of the garden

 

One of her spoiled and extremely hairy  cats, Ziggy has jumped up in the patio balcony to sit with me whilst I have my Morning nicotine fix whilst the grass twinkles with droplets from the overnight rain.

 

Behind me I hear my sister brewing up the coffee and I have not felt as free and as peace with the world as I do now.

 

Etihad flew me back here in one of their new super big air busses. First leg hurt my bum, the second rectified it. 

 

Immigration at swampy could not have been nicer on granting the reentry stamp ( for my extension of stay 90 day reporting pause) and the immigration queues whilst long, moved fast. 

 

In in the U.K., immigration was long but again, the new system was working very well and soon I was lounging in the baggage hall interminably for my bag. 

 

I have arrived back in the UK thanks in no small part to the huge support and concern of some of the most kind and caring people I have ever known but will likely never meet.

 

if there is a heaven, then I am sure that the kindness shown by each and every one of you will be a huge plus for St Peter when he looks at your "application to enter form" a long way in the future. 

 

There is more, a lot more but for now I do not want to dilute this moment. 

 

I am genuinely humbled , eternally thankful and seriously overawed by you guys. It helped me choose between the "hands behind the back" self termination option of Koh Tao and the unshackled peace and tranquility in which my mental and emotional recovery may now start. 

 

Thanks seems to be an ineffective word to express my feelings but right now I cannot find anything more appropriate. 

 

Cheers to you all 

 

TDL

 

 

Edited July 22, 2017 by The Dark Lord
Jupiter

[transam]

3 minutes ago, The Dark Lord said:

Hi Georgio, Rhodie, Ody, Bevvy, Owl Trans & friends,

 

I am sitting here in my sisters conservatory watching the sun rise slowly over the hedge. It is quiet except for the gentle sound of the wood pigeons cooing in the trees and a few Morning birds singing their hearts out. If you strain your ears you can hear the faint roar if the M25 traffic. 

 

A fox insolently scampers at the foot of the garden

 

One of her spoiled and extremely hairy  cats, Ziggy has jumped up in the patio balcony to sit with me whilst I have my Morning nicotine fix whilst the grass twinkles with droplets from the overnight rain.

 

Behind me I hear my sister brewing up the coffee and I have not felt as free and as peace with the world as I do now.

 

Etihad flew me back here in one of their new super big air busses. First leg hurt my bum, the second rectified it. 

 

Immigration at swampy could not have been nicer on granting the reentry stamp ( for my extension of stay 90 day reporting pause) and the immigration queues whilst long, moved fast. 

 

In in the U.K., immigration was long but again, the new system was working very well and soon I was lounging in the baggage hall interminably for my bag. 

 

I have arrived back in the UK thanks in no small part to the huge support and concern of some of the most kind and caring people I have ever known but will likely never meet.

 

if there is a heaven, then I am sure that the kindness shown by each and every one of you will be a huge plus for St Peter when he looks at your "application to enter form" a long way in the future. 

 

There is more, a lot more but for now I do not want to dilute this moment. 

 

I am genuinely humbled , eternally thankful and seriously overawed by you guys. It helped me choose between the "hands behind the back" self termination option of Koh Tao and the unshackled peace and tranquility in which my mental and emotional recovery may now start. 

 

Thanks seems to be an ineffective word to express my feelings but right now I cannot find anything more appropriate. 

 

Cheers to you all 

 

TDL

 

 

Your sister, made me smile....When I went back to deal with mums eventual departure back in 2009, l stayed at my sisters for a while (two years younger) ...She treated me as if she were my mum....Fond memory at a bad time...

[owl sees all]

25 minutes ago, The Dark Lord said:

Hi Georgio, Marco, Sandrabbit,  Rhodie, Ody, Bevvy, Owl , Andy, Trans & friends,

 

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Cheers to you all 

 

TDL

Really good to hear from you DL. And a bonus to know you are alive and kicking at your sisters. How's the coffee??

 

The Poison BinLaw has been a great topic ad and interesting read from start to where it is now. Very little in the way of sniping and bickering (rare for TvisaF). We have all split the beans on our own predicaments in an honest way and sometimes sad way. The stories have been interspersed with wit and humour.

 

A lot of farang have a good life here. That good life can be as far apart as boozing in Pattaya to helping the wife run her business in Isaan. But things are not always a bed of roses and our threads have shown a darker side; sometimes we need to know that we are not alone..

 

I look forward to this topic hitting 100 pages (with regular input from yourself and Ody).

Edited July 22, 2017 by owl sees all

[sandrabbit]

3 hours ago, The Dark Lord said:

Hi Georgio, Marco, Sandrabbit,  Rhodie, Ody, Bevvy, Owl , Andy, Trans & friends,

 

I am sitting here in my sisters conservatory watching the sun rise slowly over the hedge. It is quiet except for the gentle sound of the wood pigeons cooing in the trees and a few Morning birds singing their hearts out. If you strain your ears you can hear the faint roar if the M25 traffic. 

Glad to hear you got back ok and are beginning to wind down and relax although even though I know it's summer there it looks cold to me. Even though I'm in my 50's at the moment it feels like I'm in my 80's as for the last few weeks my joints & muscles have been aching as if I had dengue or the flu. It's well past the incubation times for those so I'm into the area of hepatitis or meningitis  now but I think it was medication given for a peptic ulcer (which was wrong if I do have an ulcer) and statins so I've stopped taking them. Whenever I go back to UK I want to be here after a couple of days especially as I'm from S Wales and it pisses down with rain all the time .......

 

Catch you for a beer here on the beach when you get back, maybe we can arrange with a few of the others to join and have a bitch about everything although the relationship with my wife is great (barring the usual Thainess) and my bil is mowing our lawn at the moment. We're just getting ready to go out and watch a band in a friends bar so life isn't too bad and we're even getting more guests in low season at our resort than expected so apart from my aches life is good. Have a good weekend everyone.