Thread: What's on yer mind?

Originally Posted by aging one

This is shaping up to be a good day. First my daughters got their IGCSE scores back from Cambridge. They both got 7 A*'s and 2 A's. Then my wife tells me she sold my car and we are getting a new one this afternoon. A new one for me!! What a good morning.

That's great, AO but watch out. Just when life looks like EZ Street there is danger at your door - or something like that. According to the Grateful Dead anyhow...what did they know.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by aging one

This is shaping up to be a good day. First my daughters got their IGCSE scores back from Cambridge. They both got 7 A*'s and 2 A's. Then my wife tells me she sold my car and we are getting a new one this afternoon. A new one for me!! What a good morning.

That's great, AO but watch out. Just when life looks like EZ Street there is danger at your door - or something like that. According to the Grateful Dead anyhow...what did they know.

Tell me about it ... I've got my 15 year old step-daughter on a very short leash but still worry about things or people who could be a negative influence on her. Thankfully there are quite a few Filipino kids at Bremerton High School and they pretty much pulled her into their clique. One year down with a 3.55 GPA and this year she will be taking AP Biology and Engineering II. Kid couldn't even speak English just 9 years ago.

Keep up the good work AO!

Originally Posted by aging one

First my daughters got their IGCSE scores back from Cambridge. They both got 7 A*'s and 2 A's.

Excellent! Many congrats!!!

Originally Posted by aging one

A new one for me!!

You have all the luck A.O...do you get to pay for it as well?

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

Kid couldn't even speak English just 9 years ago.

Aren't the liberals in your area providing bi-lingual studies programs S.K.? Most of your daughter's teachers are Fillipino right? ESL, who needs it in America?

BTW Congrats on your daughter's success and future as an engineer.

Originally Posted by Headworx

If anyone needs to know anything about sedation dentistry in Pattaya, get back to me in a few weeks

Actually, yeah I do: what is the formula they use to put you to sleep?

Going back to Ilkeston to see Mr NR tonight after three days away. Then next weekend Dusseldorf with him. Yay!

Wot? When are you going on honeymoon?

^November, as planned with the original date of the wedding. We got married on Wednesday, back to work for both of us on Friday, and as my work is away ( & there are reasons I don't want to change that yet), that means 3 days apart every week.

I imagine good fun is had by all on the first of those 4 days each week.

(well, the first one more so anyway)

Originally Posted by Aberlour

I imagine good fun is had by all on the first of those 4 days each week.

No comment

Unlike most here, my shite does stink.

At least I'm not deluded to consider it doesn't.

I'd prefer that it is some what foul.
It's real.

I'm thinking about getting my Internet connected tomorrow and painting my wall red.

Oh yes,

Might knock one out before I head out in the morning, not sure though, see if I got the horn on.

^You should think about getting a life, not trying to fake you're manhood. We don't care Terry, you and Socal can be bum-chums and the world will still spin round and round.

good advice bung, i often think i should get a will squared away in case anything nasty occurs, The wife and kids are beneficiaries of my super when i conk out but ive made no provision for assetts in australia , she would get it all in the end but i fear it would be expensive and time consuming for her my relatives in oz would help her of course , is there a way to go about getting a will done without having to go back to oz ? perhaps give my bro power of attorney or something like that

Originally Posted by November Rain

^November, as planned with the original date of the wedding. We got married on Wednesday, back to work for both of us on Friday, and as my work is away ( & there are reasons I don't want to change that yet), that means 3 days apart every week.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder young lady.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

good advice bung, i often think i should get a will squared away in case anything nasty occurs, The wife and kids are beneficiaries of my super when i conk out but ive made no provision for assetts in australia , she would get it all in the end but i fear it would be expensive and time consuming for her my relatives in oz would help her of course , is there a way to go about getting a will done without having to go back to oz ? perhaps give my bro power of attorney or something like that

Mate, easier than that, get a mate to buy ($6.95) a do it yourself will pack from Australia Post Store and send it to you. Fill it in and job done.

Don't assume relatives will help, some people go crazy when relatives pass on and there's money or stuff to be had/divided.

Mr NR flies out to Dusseldorf today & I follow him on Sunday. Hotel looks nice & due to a mix up at work, tonight is the only shift I'm working for 2 weeks. Yay!

Enjoy.

Don't forget to login to TD everyday and update us all!

tat makes sense willy, I didn't know you could do that, I'm guessing once the forms filled in I could probablyget it notorizes at the aussie embassy here and it would be a legal document. in ozzie there's only my mum and bro who would go the distance to get shit sorted' bit morbid to think of but you never know, the fickle finger of fate and all that

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

tat makes sense willy, I didn't know you could do that,

Cheeky git, I always make sense!

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

bit morbid to think of but you never know, the fickle finger of fate and all that

If ya have a missue and/or kids here better do it, too many expats die as young as 40 or 50 leaving a mess behind!

^ yep 2 kids and a missus and i am pushing 50, so would be leaving a damn handsome corpse behind but lots of headaches for her indoors , she would be ok in Laos, but what worries me is she probably wouldnt know how to go about selling the assets in australia or closing bank accounts there etc, I wouldnt want to burden my old mum with all that shit so i think it sounds like i need to make it as simple as possible and all legal , i can probably get someone onsite to pick me up one of these will kits on there next R&R to oz i have no plans to go there for a while , so i can check it out , as an after thought i plan on living 1 month longer than expected as a result of my efforts during DRY July where i ate salads for a month and didnt drink

Cheers

^None of my business but a general question: Would your wife get any of you're retirement pension due from Oz? Asking as most Aussies seem to have difficulty collecting as long term ex-pats?

Is she Lao or Thai? Law different between the two countries as regards inheritance?