A day in the life in the North

[DrWilly]

Looks like Tilapia, or fresh water bream.

[Stumpy]

Looks like Tilapia, or fresh water bream.

Yeah Its the typical Tilapia. Big one nonetheless. I am so used to wild fish fighting hard and takes some time to land. Fish here are lazy. Few flops and done. Clearly this was a fish some one released in the lake but it was wild and did get big.

[thailazer]

I know crazy to have so many and many get tossed. Same in US BLD, they are expensive and are from Mexico. They are way better tasting here.

Friend of mine up in Mae Taeng had a Mango farm and they shipped 100 tons to the USA every year. He would show up at the house with a pickup bed full of beautiful culls which did not meet the shipping inspectors criteria. I swear they ended up in Costco dried Mangos as the ones from Thailand smell and taste just like his!

[Stumpy]

[taxexile]

camo pants.

specially shortened were they?

[cyrille]

Joe 90 could post you some medals if you like.

[Edmond]

Did you see any critters, Jay?


Was gently lolling in me egg chair while doing me morning wordle, opened me eyes to see I made a new buddy.



I get that I'm likable just give a lad some space eh.



He jumped down after around 3 or 4 minutes and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't relieved that he didn't go up me shorts.

[Edmond]

Leg shown in the hope of seducing Katie23 or Misskit.

[Stumpy]

[BLD]

Did you see any critters, Jay?


Was gently lolling in me egg chair while doing me morning wordle, opened me eyes to see I made a new buddy.



I get that I'm likable just give a lad some space eh.



He jumped down after around 3 or 4 minutes and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't relieved that he didn't go up me shorts.

Eggchairs are so 90s all the cool kids are lolling in berk loungers now

[malmomike77]

JPPR I think you need to move an knock a new gaff up. Firstly to remedy your errors on gaff one, second to give you something to do and everyone knows women love planning new nests and last but not least so the useless cvnts on here having a bicker can keeps this for bickering.

[malmomike77]

JPPR I think you need to move an knock a new gaff up. Firstly to remedy your errors on gaff one, second to give you something to do and everyone knows women love planning new nests and last but not least so the useless cvnts on here having a bicker can keeps this for bickering.

As I was saying

[BLD]

JPPR I think you need to move an knock a new gaff up. Firstly to remedy your errors on gaff one, second to give you something to do and everyone knows women love planning new nests and last but not least so the useless cvnts on here having a bicker can keeps this for bickering.

That will just make em jealous mike. Stumpys onto it. That's how he rolls..I take my hat of to the man

[Stumpy]

JPPR I think you need to move an knock a new gaff up. Firstly to remedy your errors on gaff one, second to give you something to do and everyone knows women love planning new nests and last but not least so the useless cvnts on here having a bicker can keeps this for bickering.

Cheers NPT, the good ol days are in the rearview mirror now for TD. While a good house build thread would be fun, my wife and I have ours exactly how we want it. We just enjoy it now.

As for the bickerson crew, its what TD has become with only a handful of regulars. Anytime you post any content, they fire up and off they go. I find it rather amusing.

Cheers to ya.

[BLD]

The berkpack love a bit of argy bargy and biffo stumpy. You've done a hell of a job on you're house and like you say you've got it the way you and the wife like it. Living the dream mate.

[Stumpy]

Cheers BLD. Its enjoyable when a plan set in motion years ago is now where you envisioned it. Life is outstanding. If ya are ever this way, please drop in, I always have a fridge with ice cold Beerlao.

[BLD]

Good one, I'll bring the rib eyes

[BLD]

I bought our house in vientiane but there was years of renovation went into it. We're actually thinking of selling it as it's becoming to hard to maintain it from here getting tired of dealing with whiney tenants as well. This one we have now is wearing my mother in law out. The guy next door( Aussie) mention to her he would be interested in buying it. I will discuss it with him in a couple of weeks time when I am there.

[Stumpy]

This is why I sold my house in the US. I just didn't want to be chasing it, hiring a property manager, the extra taxes and income, having to keep all receipts for write offs then all the calls and headaches when something breaks or wears out. I just decided that if I ever moved back to the US with my wife I wouldn't want to live in the place anyway. I'd just rent a place and with that option we could land anywhere and enjoy and if we didn't like it, pack up a few boxes and go.

Why I never bought a 2nd beach place here. We Just wanted a home base then go travel anywhere and not always going back to the same place. It sounds like you aren't moving back this way so selling it might be a good sound plan. Put a few bucks in the bank and relax.

[Edmond]

I thought the plan was to move back and retire there once the kids have gone through college/uni/apprenticeship and yer Aussie pension kicks in?

You certainly seemed happier when living there.

[BLD]

This is why I sold my house in the US. I just didn't want to be chasing it, hiring a property manager, the extra taxes and income, having to keep all receipts for write offs then all the calls and headaches when something breaks or wears out. I just decided that if I ever moved back to the US with my wife I wouldn't want to live in the place anyway. I'd just rent a place and with that option we could land anywhere and enjoy and if we didn't like it, pack up a few boxes and go.

Why I never bought a 2nd beach place here. We Just wanted a home base then go travel anywhere and not always going back to the same place. It sounds like you aren't moving back this way so selling it might be a good sound plan. Put a few bucks in the bank and relax.

Exactly and with the Aussie dollar being low to the $USD the money would be better invested here. When I retire I've now decided I'm not going to spend all my time in Laos it will be a mixture of Oz, Lao, Vietnam, Thailand etc. That's the current plan anyway

[BLD]

I thought the plan was to move back and retire there once the kids have gone through college/uni/apprenticeship and yer Aussie pension kicks in?

You certainly seemed happier when living there.

And I certainly was. There are positives and negatives to living in the west again. We are happy enough for the time being .

[malmomike77]

i bet the roads are easier to manoeuver a furniture skate on in Oz

[DrWilly]

Exactly and with the Aussie dollar being low to the $USD the money would be better invested here.

Low or about normal? I’m happy with .65

[Stumpy]

Low or about normal? I’m happy with .65

Yeah. For us US guys, its about 32.50 or so which is perfectly fine. I dont exchange US to THB as I worked here for years and my savings is what it is.

My SS is direct deposit to my US bank and I really don't pay attention to it. It moves to a CD and sits. I didn't do the "Wire to Philippines, deposit in Thailand" process as I want to exchange it when it could be more favorable plus it keeps me financially online in the states so if my wife and I decide to travel back or move back in the coming years, we are established.