Retired . . . and bored

COLIN. Well said Sir.

How bloody true Colin, it jacks me off big time. Too many people offended by the truth.

Wadey

Wadey wrote:

How bloody true Colin, it jacks me off big time. Too many people offended by the truth.

Wadey

Offended - too many are, but we have to be very careful as to who's truth - this is a non-political forum so I would request posters be mindful of that little detail - please.

Fred wrote:

Wadey wrote:

How bloody true Colin, it jacks me off big time. Too many people offended by the truth.

Wadey

Offended - too many are, but we have to be very careful as to who's truth - this is a non-political forum so I would request posters be mindful of that little detail - please.

Being offended these days seems to be a pastime for some.

Also,how easy some people can be upset over viewing something online. The amount of videos that now come with a warning is mind boggling. Saw one the other day that came with a warning, it was a kid sitting in a luggage rack on a car whilst in transit. We have become so sensitive it's now bordering on pathetic.

Diobas wrote:

OCEAN BEACH If you don't want a response why reply?

Since you are unable to quote a message in order to put your reply in context, I'll say one more time: Do Not COPY your posts and send them to me as private messages.

Of course, I've blocked your private messages now. However, you who advocate complaining about anything and everything shouldn't mind me complaining about your behind-the-scenes behavior.

Diobas wrote:

No point in complaining if the response you get isn't what you like, stop whining if people don't agree with you.

Which proves my point about you. You didn't come here to gain insight or to enter into a constructive dialog.

You've come to find people who "feel" as you do, and join with them in magnifying each other's anger.

Your reply to me is essentially what Mike is saying to you:

You haven't been getting the responses you want from your companion of 9 years, her family or her fellow citizens.

What is keeping you from moving on with your life to be amongst people you can tolerate?

Is your best choice an online b.i.t.c.h.ing session with 'like-minded' individuals?

Based on the words you (the OP) have posted in this thread, it's easy to perceive that you are a person who is accustomed to having control in his life.

It's also easy to hear in your words a desperate and despondent sense of futility as you are unable to control the very situation you've created for yourself.

I am sympathetic.

However, as long as you only offer problems without solutions, I'll likely reply.

Diobas wrote:

So if I kiss your feet all is ok . . . If I disagree it isn't.

Interesting that you haven't done either, so what's up with that?

Do you have another account here through which we have interacted...? 



Whatever, you've been given a ton of constructive suggestions by many posters, yet you barely give them lip service in reply.

Up till now you haven't replied to me directly one way or the other, except to send me an unwelcome copy of a general reply in a private message.

Are you that desperate to be heard?

Diobas wrote:

Get a life for heavens sake and stop being so self bloody righteous.

That's rich, coming from you who went so far as to essentially deny the existence of God in your attempt to justify your sense of disgust and futility.

As for my life, it's currently fluid from one moment to the next.

These days I spend the major part of it being a private English tutor and companion to the three children of my significant other.

That's a situation I created for myself to avoid many of the pitfalls of expat isolationism.

I specifically spend part of it replying to you because, during my healthcare career as an emergency room nurse, intensive care nurse, and department of corrections psychiatric nurse, I learned to spot expressions of despondency, suicidal ideation and substance abuse wrapped in a cloak of self-righteous anger.

I do my best (not always successfully) to speak back what I hear, and then to offer my own experience, strength and hope.

I found it especially promising that you said:

Diobas wrote:

I just want some peace, a reasonable way of life, some enjoyable time with my wife and to lay in peace to watch the dawn.

...but then quickly concluded with this troubling thought:

Diobas wrote:

Time to hit the single Malt methinks.

Anything to keep from considering yourself as part of the problem or from accepting your own responsibility for the solution.

Diobas wrote:

MICHAEL. Go live in Rio and see how lucky you were in Rome. There are always comparisons. The subject was focused here.

You don't get it.

You have made YOU the subject, based on your own words.

Mike - @michaellieptourists - and I have disagreements, but he is doing his best to get you to focus on one possible solution, just as @videriant did when he wrote:

videriant wrote:

There's a reason you chose Vietnam over England.  Don't just remember the good parts about England and the bad parts about Vietnam, it needs to be complete comparison.  Vietnam may have been the right decision at the time but maybe it's not now.  Or maybe  you have more information now than before.  No decision is set in stone.  If the suggestions others have given still doesn't do it for you than have an exit plan and exit.

Continuing with what you wrote:

Diobas wrote:

ANDY. You are one of the few honest people on here. We do not all agree, of course, each has our own perspectives and are often limited by circumstance. But the whole point of a forum is to discuss issues that affect us. All this self righteous crap is typical of the blindness that permeates throughout Vietnam.

For what it's worth, I agree that Andy seems to be quite honest, though he was also being honest when he wrote about how he is managing to flourish with his family here, in spite of all the negatives you've noted.

I like that about him.

But others here are not being 'dishonest' (as you infer) just because we don't jump on the #MeTooMad bandwagon.

Diobas wrote:

I am here because my wife is and, until I can sort out her visa to go elsewhere, this is where I will stay.

Earlier you wrote:

Diobas wrote:

I have an excellent Vietnamese 'wife', ( not married yet ) we have been together for 9 years now and no man could ask for a better companion.

Everyone here knows the answer to this conundrum:

Marry her.

But, you can't do that, can you?

Not because you lack character, I'm sure.

Perhaps because you are still grieving the passing of your 'real' wife?

You wrote:

Diobas wrote:

My previous wife of 35yrs died in my arms from a blood clot in her lung and despite all my experience and knowledge I could do nothing to save her.

Which might explain why, no matter how we attempt to encourage you with myriad positive suggestions, you remain inconsolable in your anger about that, along with your change of employment.

As another person replied to you:

Libhero wrote:

Hi Diobas,

Have you read about the five stages of grief? I hope you do so. Find a good book or Scholarly article that discusses the stages of grief and the issues considered as causes of grief. Remember one of those cases is the loss of a job. Even though you think you walked away voluntarily with some good income, you still lost a part of you that you have loved or served for several decades. And that loss can induce grief. Hints: two of those stages are denial/disbelief and then anger.

I personally hope you find a solution other than single malt scotch.

Diobas wrote:

But whilst here then surely it makes sense to voice opinion.

I agree with that.

Just be prepared to have people respond to what you write.

There are a lot of puzzle masters here.

Cheers!

colinoscapee wrote:

Fred wrote:

Wadey wrote:

How bloody true Colin, it jacks me off big time. Too many people offended by the truth.

Wadey

Offended - too many are, but we have to be very careful as to who's truth - this is a non-political forum so I would request posters be mindful of that little detail - please.

Being offended these days seems to be a pastime for some.

Also,how easy some people can be upset over viewing something online. The amount of videos that now come with warnings is mind boggling. Saw one the other day that came with a warning, it was a kid sitting in a luggage rack on a car whilst in transit. We have become so sensitive it's now bordering on pathetic.

I find it hard to disagree with you - I get really bugged by some of the stuff as well - a lot more so after spending time in Asia.
My first experience of a nanny state, or at least how silly it gets, was in Malaysia. There was a sate stand on the street - the hot grill open to anyone who fancied touching it.
No one was stupid enough to bother but the butts in my homeland would have been moaning about guards and taking people to court anyway.

Diobas wrote:

I stand by my view that no matter where you are in the world common decency and respect should not be discarded due to location.

A handshake in England between two men is a strong grip - here's it's a lightweight affair with less power than a dead fly could muster.

Common decency is what is normal to the country you're in, not always what's normal in England.

Fred wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

Fred wrote:

Offended - too many are, but we have to be very careful as to who's truth - this is a non-political forum so I would request posters be mindful of that little detail - please.

Being offended these days seems to be a pastime for some.

Also,how easy some people can be upset over viewing something online. The amount of videos that now come with warnings is mind boggling. Saw one the other day that came with a warning, it was a kid sitting in a luggage rack on a car whilst in transit. We have become so sensitive it's now bordering on pathetic.

I find it hard to disagree with you - I get really bugged by some of the stuff as well - a lot more so after spending time in Asia.
My first experience of a nanny state, or at least how silly it gets, was in Malaysia. There was a sate stand on the street - the hot grill open to anyone who fancied touching it.
No one was stupid enough to bother but the butts in my homeland would have been moaning about guards and taking people to court anyway.

Agree 100 % Fred.

I'm forever telling my wife how we have taken things too far in our home countries. We now have a population of over sensitive, nipple deprived, gender nuetral twats, who lose their minds over the use of the wrong pronoun.

colinoscapee wrote:

I'm forever telling my wife how we have taken things too far in our home countries. We now have a population of over sensitive, nipple deprived, gender nuetral twats, who lose their minds over the use of the wrong pronoun.

Not subtle - true, but not subtle.

Fred wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

I'm forever telling my wife how we have taken things too far in our home countries. We now have a population of over sensitive, nipple deprived, gender nuetral twats, who lose their minds over the use of the wrong pronoun.

Not subtle - true, but not subtle.

I'm as subtle as a sledgehammer!!!!

colinoscapee wrote:

I'm forever telling my wife how we have taken things too far in our home countries. We now have a population of over sensitive, nipple deprived, gender nuetral twats, who lose their minds over the use of the wrong pronoun.

Time that a hundredfold and you have the US.

We couldn't beat them, we refused to join them, so we left our home to become expats (again).

Vietnam has a lot of problems but it doesn't destroy our souls and takes our meager income to provide for its new image as a sanctuary state.  (There are 23 of them now, half of the US.  Try to live in any of them to see how far your income would last you, and how much peace of mind you would still have at the end of the day, every day, for the rest of your life.)

Ciambella wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

I'm forever telling my wife how we have taken things too far in our home countries. We now have a population of over sensitive, nipple deprived, gender nuetral twats, who lose their minds over the use of the wrong pronoun.

Time that a hundredfold and you have the US.

We couldn't beat them, we refused to join them, so we left our home to become expats (again).

Vietnam has a lot of problems but it doesn't destroy our souls and takes our meager income to provide for its new image as a sanctuary state.  (There are 23 of them now, half of the US.  Try to live in any of them to see how far your income would last you, and how much peace of mind you would still have at the end of the day, every day, for the rest of your life.)

I second your comment, with some trepidation about being called out for political speech. It's rather ironic in Vietnam there appears to be more freedom to speak than in the USA where free speech is constitutionally protected. A final straw for me to seek a new place to live from deep behind enemy lines in New York is when my UK-based Marxist son brought his politically correct ways (words are violent) into what had always been my "safe" home. His passive-aggressive snowflake silence combined with my two little cupcake grandkids marinating in indoctrination spoiled for all of us a three week holiday. It is one thing to feel the loss of your country, it is quite another have the foundation of your family rocked. Still trying to repair our relationship so the jury is still out. It is sad so much of what people digest from traditional media is inaccurate and at time downright false. Now back to enjoying the lovely city of Quy Nhon.

workplacestars wrote:

Ciambella wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

I'm forever telling my wife how we have taken things too far in our home countries. We now have a population of over sensitive, nipple deprived, gender nuetral twats, who lose their minds over the use of the wrong pronoun.

Time that a hundredfold and you have the US.

We couldn't beat them, we refused to join them, so we left our home to become expats (again).

Vietnam has a lot of problems but it doesn't destroy our souls and takes our meager income to provide for its new image as a sanctuary state.  (There are 23 of them now, half of the US.  Try to live in any of them to see how far your income would last you, and how much peace of mind you would still have at the end of the day, every day, for the rest of your life.)

I second your comment, with some trepidation about being called out for political speech. It's rather ironic in Vietnam there appears to be more freedom to speak than in the USA where free speech is constitutionally protected. A final straw for me to seek a new place to live from deep behind enemy lines in New York is when my UK-based Marxist son brought his politically correct ways (words are violent) into what had always been my "safe" home. His passive-aggressive snowflake silence combined with my two little cupcake grandkids marinating in indoctrination spoiled for all of us a three week holiday. It is one thing to feel the loss of your country, it is quite another have the foundation of your family rocked. Still trying to repair our relationship so the jury is still out. It is sad so much of what people digest from traditional media is inaccurate and at time downright false. Now back to enjoying the lovely city of Quy Nhon.

Freedom of speech in general may be a no-go area in the USA, but you can still criticise your politicians publicly. Try doing that in VN and you'll get ten-years in the big house.

I think I should stay away this discussion, sorry I couldn't. Thanks for all the fine English words, I should read them 3,4 times again and again to learn all new fine words.
I am a Vietnamese born who lived abroad for 35Y, get back to do NGO and flight back when no one need me or when I feel tire/surrender/useless/exhaust/anger. It is my exit plan.
I did a lot of calculation about all the issues some of you mentioned in the threads years before i get back here, lucky the odds was on me. My plan are:

1) I should have enough money
2) adapt to the society and accept/tolerate the scene, never be angry if thing is not civilization (yet). I am still a guess.
3) live a place I love/like (at a reasonable hotel near by the water), not at my family house
4) email to the city about what can be done better (yes did 3 time in HCM and 3 times in Nha Trang, yes about the garbage and street business on the pavements, the "walk bridge to the water" at "Tran Phu" and "Ng Hue"  etc). Even maybe they don't care but at least they have some thing to think about that day
5) be part of arduino, fablab club in VN...right now i am making my own GSM phone with arduino+gsm module+display
6) In Nha Trang I go to the Buddhist temple once a week, here I am too lazy due to the distance....or maybe the "big Saigon". I should do something about this, I miss a little.

We are expats (having moneys), we are lucky, we can get away on a cruise, to Mallorca (cheap there I heard) or back to our homeland ....if one day we don't like the scene. We shouldn't torture our-self, we need to be glad after all the years of works.     

yes I like smile to a "nice" stranger, but since there are 8-9mill peoples here and all the con histories around, I need to be careful....sorry. (and if I smile to a foreigner, maybe some might thinking i will try something......sorry for my such negative attitude....no,no next time I will smile to foreigner no matter what they think :-) ) 

...and I feel sad that there are some of you who are not feel good here at my first homeland...I apologize 

May all the the glad, happiness, strength, positiv, force...be with you.......

Why dont you become an english teacher here? we need you :-)


ps: those place might make you happy (not guarantee depend how much you can tolerate).
1) central park at TP HCM
2) royal city at Hanoi
3) empire city (coming)

it has its own hospital, school, malls, tons of restaurants, children-playground, supermarked, green area for exerciser/barbecue, swimming pool, cinema, by saigon/to lich river....away from those things which made you mad.

second best:  (my own opinion)
River saigon
sala
thao dien
saigon pearl
pho my hung
And maybe other areas I don't know


br van88

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    At Last !   ..an open mind..!!

    Thank You, Van, for at least reading the (infinite?) arguments
of the vocal minority who, like the OP Original Poster, are bored
by their own biased minds and cannot accept any perspectives
which differ from theirs; unable to achieve objectivity   

Like the silent majority, you are able to appreciate the necessity
of contrasting values; just like those of us who are fortunate
enough to be born 'different', so have no difficulty in accepting
those who need to feel their attitude is everything, and unable
to adapt to the true absolute: change

You already know your 'plan' is flexible and adaptive, accepting
that there are (too many?) suspicious characters we meet no
matter where we travel.   Attitude is everything..?

Yours is positive.  You are the change you want to see in the world
while the negative 'realists' see only the sad consequences they
harvest from the seeds they sow themselves

The odds are not with luck

It is our choices, not chances that decide our destiny

Yours are wise
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Where are you Bazza...?

This thread is your “baby”

Your about the closest thing to Dr Phil that we’ve got.

Yogi thinks Bazza is keeping his powder dry ,,,getting ready to launch an onslaught of cryptic mental therapy.   

Failing Bazza’s intervention......maybe a group Hugg will suffice.

PAW NOTE 🐾🐾 STOP PRESS.

Whilst Yogi was sending out subliminal messages ......Bazza has miraculously appeared simultaneously hitting the submit buttons.     

Yogis really worried now......

I cringe before your psychic signals, O bearly one

I trust you will find time for your (welcome) critique..?     

Aligned minds..?   ..I agree, that is scary...     

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It’s happened at least twice Bazza...😆..simultaneously posting.

Grrrrr.

Good morning Dobias , hope you slept well.

Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.  🤓

What your feeling is common for a bloke in your situation.  You may be aware of the predicament facing a lot of retired people. ESPECIALLY, those that were in high stress positions, In your case a CEO of 6 specialist operations. 

Those roles become  addictive & obsessive ..people in them feel that unless they are “at the wheel” the whole operation will crash.  They know a lot of people are dependent on their decisions and actions.

It’s actually the Adrenalin that the job creates that does the damage.  That being, when it all stops...your mind & body that we’re travelling at 100mph are now idle.    Seriously , not many handle it.   In too many cases,,these guys go “toes up” within only a few years of retirement. 

The mind is a powerful thing.   You can’t see it, touch it or smell it,,,but it will bring you down and finish you if you can’t manage it.    They say the only difference between a Rut & a Groove , is Attitude.

I used to advise retirees on retirement planning.    So many of them will tell you they’ve worked their asses off for 45 years and now they finally have the financial independence ....it’s not much good to them at this end of the game.   The money & time would have been handy 40 years ago when they needed it to start families, build houses etc.

Your doing Ok,, your driving Lamborghini’s & Porches , drinking single malt whisky , it can’t be too bad.  A bottle of single malt will set a lot of the locals back a months wages.😳

Yogi reckons you need a CHANGE of abode.   Personally , I wouldn’t tie a dog up in that shithole of a place (Saigon).   Did you know it’s rated 126th out of 140 cities in the world for quality of life , standard of living etc.   

There are lots of really nice places in Vietnam & Asia to live. I’m only 40 mins fly from shitsville and at the moment I’m looking from my balcony at the beach, the mountains, the islands , and can be in the scenic coastal country side in 5 minutes on a bicycle....for total peace & quiet.     After a swim this morning,,I can sit back in wet boardies and have a coffee with my toes in the sand.   

You need a change of scenery. 

Does your lady friend HAVE to live In shitsville.   I’m sure she’d get used to living in a nice Villa on vInpearl island here..... boating, tennis, golf ,swimming  etc.    And guess what......it’s a bogan free zone.   The hawkers, the spitters , the pissers ,the nose pickers , the litterbugs etc ,,are not there. 

If your lady wants to see the family.....it’s a 40 minute flight home. 

And while she’s away.......you be a good boy won’t you. 🤓🤓,,because even though they’ve kept the aforementioned “undesirables “ out , the worlds oldest profession has still managed to find a way across the draw bridge.

So there you have it mate....
Get out of the Rut & into the Groove.

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I'm forced to admit, no one says it better than Yogi...     
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Bazza139 wrote:

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    At Last !   ..an open mind..!!

    Thank You, Van, for at least reading the (infinite?) arguments
of the vocal minority who, like the OP Original Poster, are bored
by their own biased minds and cannot accept any perspectives
which differ from theirs; unable to achieve objectivity   

Like the silent majority, you are able to appreciate the necessity
of contrasting values; just like those of us who are fortunate
enough to be born 'different', so have no difficulty in accepting
those who need to feel their attitude is everything, and unable
to adapt to the true absolute: change

You already know your 'plan' is flexible and adaptive, accepting
that there are (too many?) suspicious characters we meet no
matter where we travel.   Attitude is everything..?

Yours is positive.  You are the change you want to see in the world
while the negative 'realists' see only the sad consequences they
harvest from the seeds they sow themselves

The odds are not with luck

It is our choices, not chances that decide our destiny

Yours are wise
.

Once more an embarrassing post and once more you get from some support.

I don't want to comment on all your blather.

Only 2 things:
You think that you are chosen people to speak for the silent majority.
Only that says already how little intelegent your talk is.  When people are silent, you don't know how they think.

"...are bored
by their own biased minds and cannot accept any perspectives
which differ from theirs; unable to achieve objectivity..."
Stop putting people down who simply criticize the backward behavior of a lot of locals (and also certain foreigners) in HCMC (since the first few posts this is only about HCMC).
Also these people can have a fulfilled life and love many things in Vietnam, even if they don't just accept everything as it is.
I was happy about naturalized residents in my home country when they politically supported an improvement of the country.

But I think you probably won't understand these thoughts when I think of your meaningless and confusing comments in all the threads here.

The single positive thing about your posts here is to see who is constantly giving you "Likes".  This tells me more about their character than their posts.

Finally, I can tell you that I will continue to make critical comments (not only about Vietnam) if it gets too stupid for me here, in other forums and in the future on my own website.

And I can assure you that I will continue to live happily here in Vietnam (probably longer than you).

Yogi007 wrote:

Good morning Dobias , hope you slept well.

Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.  🤓

What your feeling is common for a bloke in your situation.  You may be aware of the predicament facing a lot of retired people. ESPECIALLY, those that were in high stress positions, In your case a CEO of 6 specialist operations. 

Those roles become  addictive & obsessive ..people in them feel that unless they are “at the wheel” the whole operation will crash.  They know a lot of people are dependent on their decisions and actions.

It’s actually the Adrenalin that the job creates that does the damage.  That being, when it all stops...your mind & body that we’re travelling at 100mph are now idle.    Seriously , not many handle it.   In too many cases,,these guys go “toes up” within only a few years of retirement. 

The mind is a powerful thing.   You can’t see it, touch it or smell it,,,but it will bring you down and finish you if you can’t manage it.    They say the only difference between a Rut & a Groove , is Attitude.

I used to advise retirees on retirement planning.    So many of them will tell you they’ve worked their asses off for 45 years and now they finally have the financial independence ....it’s not much good to them at this end of the game.   The money & time would have been handy 40 years ago when they needed it to start families, build houses etc.

Your doing Ok,, your driving Lamborghini’s & Porches , drinking single malt whisky , it can’t be too bad.  A bottle of single malt will set a lot of the locals back a months wages.😳

Yogi reckons you need a CHANGE of abode.   Personally , I wouldn’t tie a dog up in that shithole of a place (Saigon).   Did you know it’s rated 126th out of 140 cities in the world for quality of life , standard of living etc.   

There are lots of really nice places in Vietnam & Asia to live. I’m only 40 mins fly from shitsville and at the moment I’m looking from my balcony at the beach, the mountains, the islands , and can be in the scenic coastal country side in 5 minutes on a bicycle....for total peace & quiet.     After a swim this morning,,I can sit back in wet boardies and have a coffee with my toes in the sand.   

You need a change of scenery. 

Does your lady friend HAVE to live In shitsville.   I’m sure she’d get used to living in a nice Villa on vInpearl island here..... boating, tennis, golf ,swimming  etc.    And guess what......it’s a bogan free zone.   The hawkers, the spitters , the pissers ,the nose pickers , the litterbugs etc ,,are not there. 

If your lady wants to see the family.....it’s a 40 minute flight home. 

And while she’s away.......you be a good boy won’t you. 🤓🤓,,because even though they’ve kept the aforementioned “undesirables “ out , the worlds oldest profession has still managed to find a way across the draw bridge.

So there you have it mate....
Get out of the Rut & into the Groove.

Blessed are the self-proclaimed omniscient.

It might be a good time to review your life, and decide what you want to leave the world. Prepare for the next life - it's going to last forever. We only have today, there is no guarantee of tomorrow.

Live like today could be your last day.

ANDY. Thank heavens for some sanity at last. Thank you !
WILDWEST. It isn't the next life that concerns me, its this one.

OCEANBEACH. You make far too many TOTALLY inaccurate presumptions.

I was really bored last night and was hoping the experts could help me.  You know, after being in the C-suite for decades, participating in the FXX program and the Gulfstream just does not cut it anymore.  Some would think knowing and hanging out with US Supreme Court justices, AG's, WH Counsels etc. at back yard barbecues inside the beltway would be exciting and fun.  No it becomes boring when all think and talk alike.  However, hanging out with Emerson Fittipaldi in Sao Paulo was fun, but the guy is so busy with his trophy wife and young children, it comes and goes in a flash.  BTW - Emerson is one of the nicest champions I ever met.  Spent some time in Singapore, same same.  Loved it at first, but it became boring as well.   What is a man to do that has done and seen it all?  Traveled all over the world, dated women from every continent, seen and done things 99% will never experience unless they see it on tv.  My only thought was either hooking up with Musk or Branson and take a trip to outer space, but what about day to day living.  I am thinking Monaco as I have a lot in common with the folk living there.  But, I don't know if I can give up the Pho!

Yeah, times are tough at the top

     Thank goodness we have such experts in diversive therapy here...

                                 .............   

Diobas wrote:

OCEANBEACH. You make far too many TOTALLY inaccurate presumptions.

Diobas wrote:

I will :-))  When I sober up if that daunting day ever arrives .

No assumptions.

I just read what you wrote.

Diobas wrote:

WILDWEST. It isn't the next life that concerns me, its this one.

Yes, but they are connected. What you do in this one affects the outcome of the next.

Maybe, you don't care about that life now. But afterwards, all the Porsches, Lamborghinis, riches and pleasure in this life will come to an end. What then?

Maybe your boredom is an expression of your soul being empty. But you can't fill it with anything in this world. I believe in each of us lies a God-shaped hole, waiting to be filled.

Just my two cents.

Hi,

Perhaps I could request avoiding personal attacks/arguments - please

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Fred wrote:

Hi,

Perhaps I could request avoiding personal attacks/arguments - please

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  ..with this depth of emotion..?

    Fred!   Where is your sense of nonsensical fun..?       

Bazza139 wrote:

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Fred wrote:

Hi,

Perhaps I could request avoiding personal attacks/arguments - please

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  ..with this depth of emotion..?

    Fred!   Where is your sense of nonsensical fun..?       

Sorry Fred,

I knew this would happen.

Yogi promises never to tell the story of Yogi’s Bell 🔔 ever again.

But only on the condition that Bazza stops getting under people’s skin & toying with their minds like a Cat with a wounded mouse.😆😆😆😆

Yogi007 wrote:

Bazza139 wrote:

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Fred wrote:

Hi,

Perhaps I could request avoiding personal attacks/arguments - please

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  ..with this depth of emotion..?

    Fred!   Where is your sense of nonsensical fun..?       

Sorry Fred,

I knew this would happen.

Yogi promises never to tell the story of Yogi’s Bell 🔔 ever again.

But only on the condition that Bazza stops getting under people’s skin & toying with their minds like a Cat with a wounded mouse.😆😆😆😆

NEVER leave the forum - No idea where I'll get my chuckles from if you do

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Every cat is a Tiger in its own path...

   ..but beware of bears...     
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If self-proclaimed life experts and wannabe philosophers want to give life wisdom to people they don't know (possibly more experienced and educated than themselves) like school children, it can only be called laughable.

I believe we can all learn wisdom from each other, older or younger, wiser or more foolish. A wise person learns from all experiences.

wildwildwest wrote:

I believe we can all learn wisdom from each other, older or younger, wiser or more foolish. A wise person learns from all experiences.

You got that reight.
A wise person learns from all experiences.
And they don't learn from stupid blather from smart-arse they think without their wisdom (which they have it mostly from hearsay) all men will fail and the world collapses.

Bazza139 wrote:

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I'm forced to admit, no one says it better than Yogi...     
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The whole time Yoda always thought Yogi was the Bear.  It turns out he is The Mystic Yogi !!!