Thread: Dumb Americans.......

Originally Posted by happynz

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Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Hezbollah, Pakistani, Valenzuela,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, come on fill all the blanks, dont limit it

Built the place ten years ago. A not so long story. I figured If I'm going to visit her mom every now and then I'd need a place to stay. Not a bad spot on the river. In fact the sunsets are awesome. We did finish a section upstairs aside from the dance hall.

The place I'm giving my kid.

The house in Laos

Not too bad.

Its a cool place Fish. I remember your thread pics. You did a nice job.

For me I switched home bases. Love living here in Thailand and enjoy the once a year visit back to the states for the reality check and the reminder why I left. Sadly still gotta play the US games with taxes and 'Checking in" with a few forms. No matter where you go, the US govt wants a slice of your pie and they LOVE to threaten you with penalties and jail time. Land of the free they say. Still don't see it....

I'm not complaining. It's a big pie. I have been rethinking it though. Like they say about tits, any more than a mouth full is wasted. I get about 38k in divs a year that I have been reinvesting. In a few years I may not get killed with taxes if I elect to take a quarterly check. That might get me by over there. I'm not so certain though, seems I spend a ton over there. Maybe if I settled in and not be in vacation mode it could work. It be like school again... hands off the principal and you may get by.

The fall last week.....no not the market silly. The one where I thought I was dead made me rethink a lot of things. Like WTF am I doing here. I know I could be somewhere else in an instant. Kinda makes you think just a little. Well a normal person anyway. I'd hope.

Here's the crib.

I might be able to scrape by.

At some point Fish, you just make the call and run with it. You know what they say about "Procrastination". The Coulda, Woulda Shoulda syndrome. I watched many a colleague go from very little to millionaires and back to very little(All on paper of course) as they never thought it would change or go down. Silly fools. A few laughed at me when I started selling out at the peak but they are the ones now that still email saying what a Lucky Fkr I am...LOL. Most of those guys are still working their asses off trying to recover and get off the hamster wheel. Lots more to life then having lots of money. I mean, what are you saving it for? Pay some doctors to keep you alive later? I say spend it like ya stole it.

Almost miss the place. Hey snubbs if you can get a ticket over These guys will take you fishing and there is a couple of bunks downstairs. They just need to know you're with..........the fish.

I hear you loud and clear. I'm just not old enough to pull the divs without a heavy penalty. You know they got you like that. I'm thinking by the time I am over that threshold I'll have 40/50 k in divs alone and that will do. At least I would hope so. Sure if I had huge nuts I'd just sail off into the sunset. Always been a bit conservative and I know that is why I am where I am now. I'm up over 250ytd, have multiple streams of income. A few properties and a Brett Farve 1996 autographed MVP ball. What else you need. Ok, six hundred bucks you can have the ball. Probly worth sixfifty.

I'm sorry it's a '95. I got some bear shit out back if you're interested.

I bailed out right at 50 and retired. Said enough of this already. Now I have returned a few times to the work force but always on my terms, never because I was bored or worried. They just made it easy to return.

Uncle Sam is always gonna get a big chunk of your change Fish. Try as you may and the more you have the more they take...all a percentage calculation. I did the math and you can live quite well here in Thailand on 60k baht a month based on no liabilities. I modeled it around some day being a pensioner. Of course there are always unknowns but shit, you fall into that thinking mode and your are back to the "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" and you do nothing and die where you are.

I hope you knitters get my humor. I meant knutters. Damn it I need another pain killer.

I ain't gonna die, well no time soon I hope. I've some big things boiling on the back burner. I really can't talk about it much but worth bringing to fruition. Someday I'll write a book while I'm fishin down by the Riverside.

What's a Farve ball worth? I'll throw in a '57 Mercury 25.

What's a Farve ball worth? I'll throw in a '57 Mercury 25.A prts motor and the 5.5 Arrow.

And a still.

Got a Franklin wood burning stove...make an offer.

Shoot Jappers, no not what I meant. Let's call snubbs to straiten it out. It's only 4am there, surly he has the answers. His thread btw. You want to talk about dumb Americans.
Just kidding snubbs but some times I think you wish you weren't one of us. You know, like then you'd have a reason to cry.

The dance hall. Ain't great but in a pinch it do.

In $5,355,960.40
Exchange Out -$5,355,960.40
Fees $45.93
Change In Market Value $284,402.33

Who's a shittin, and who's a grinnin.

Good night folks.



fishes.

Originally Posted by fishlocker

Good night folks.

Good night fishes.