How to help unhappy acquaintances back home?

[The Gentleman Scamp]

There's a man back home about 33 years old who's a friend of a friend. He's one of these people who's wasted his intelligence, got the wrong girl up the duff when he was a lot younger and really needs a fresh start. He's shown a little interest in Thailand but having never been to Asia he doesn't know what he's missing.

I am not suggesting for one minute he come out here and teach English - I am a realist and I think Thailand would be fine for a holiday but just to get him some kind of laboring or landscape gardening job overseas would be good, even Australia or something.

I am aware that there are laboring jobs available for westerners but where which countries offer the best opportunities and where's the best place to look?

I found this on Google How to Find Work Overseas but if anybody has any more specific information I'd be interested to hear it. He's only this year discovered the internet but if I can point him in the right direction then I've done my bit - not that I owe him anything.

[benbaaa]

If we tell you, will you ignore our advice?

[ChiangMai noon]

even Australia or something.

have to be under 30 to get a working visa for Aus don't you?

[The Gentleman Scamp]

If we tell you, will you ignore our advice?

I'll just pass it on.

have to be under 30 to get a working visa for Aus don't you?

That rings a bell yeah.

[kingwilly]

He's only this year discovered the internet

He's one of these people who's wasted his intelligence, got the wrong girl up the duff when he was a lot younger and really needs a fresh start. He's shown a little interest in Thailand but having never been to Asia he doesn't know what he's missing.

feckn hell,

do him a favour and DONT suggest he move overseas.

(Asia already has one Scampy)

[dirtydog]

have to be under 30 to get a working visa for Aus don't you?

Aint no way william will ever see 30 again

[ChiangMai noon]

^
visa loophole probably doesn't apply to garden landscapers.

Scampy, you have enough problems of your own, work on them before you start destroying your friend of a friend.

[kingwilly]

but having never been to Asia he doesn't know what he's missing.

yeah,

hook him up with a flipper hooker in honky!

make shure he signs up with TD!

[Redneck]

Best to stay in the UK, educate his kid for free, get supported by the Welfare State safety net. Watch the Jeremy Kyle show, be a couch potato. Lots of people don't amount to much. Under-achievement and failure to meet potential is the fate of nearly all of us.

Being a labourer anywhere is a poor alternative. In the UK, blue collar guys can afford nice holidays and have second homes in Spain.

Expatriation is never the safe bet for the unskilled and lazy. I'm not saying that characterises you Scampy, because you do have skills, but then again you do boast about how you have 'survived' for six years in Thailand - but, ...unemployed, and as an accomplishment thats marginal.

Best your friend stays put.

[ChiangMai noon]

unemployed, and as an accomplishment thats marginal.

....

[pai nai ma]

i am home....

[forreachingme]

there is a new website in operation soon:

www.jobs4farangs.com




But this is for thailand only, not best salaries over here...

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Redneck's probably right.

Life is better than ever for old Scampy, I guess I should focus on keeping it that way.

[kingwilly]

but then again you do boast about how you have 'survived' for six years in Thailand - but, ...unemployed,

all about an inheritance ....

[kingwilly]

How to help unhappy... 25-09-2008 11:40 AM The Gentleman Scamp WANKER TWAT TOSSER KNOBHEAD HAIRY LEGS FAT LADY THIGHS INDO NOBODY KNOBHEAD

hmmmm, truth hurts dont it scamp?

[Spin]

How to help unhappy acquaintances back home?

Maybe this is a trend thats starting as a result of the looming recession in the uk, but i have had two or three mates e-mail me asking for the lie of the land here. 2 mortgage brokers, previously monied and now zero income. One IT engineer, job outsourced to India and mortgage in arrears. All say they've had enough!

[peterpan]

He's only this year discovered the internet

He's a bright fvcker then isn't he?
Best left on his couch watching big brother I think.

[Butterfly]

Take him to Obsession, he will never come back and will find happiness forever

always fun to take a newbie in those bars, they always barfine the first girl they see, even when they are a bloke

[The Gentleman Scamp]

I'd give him a job on my boat but I already have two Thai staff, one driver and one at the marina. Don't need anyone else, can't really afford anyone else.

[Jarvis]

^Gone up in the world then Scamp?

[good2bhappy]

Expatriation is never the safe bet for the unskilled and lazy

Helps if your loaded though!

[Fabian]

I'd give him a job on my boat but I already have two Thai staff, one driver and one at the marina. Don't need anyone else, can't really afford anyone else.

People cannot live on jobs you make up in your fantasy anyway. But then this friend may be imaginary as well so he could very well take a job on your imaginary boat.

[good2bhappy]

I've got a boat, it's one of those you play with in the bath. Master Bates is the captain!

[astasinim]

Is this your boat Scamp?



Your car and driver

[Marmite the Dog]

they always barfine the first girl they see, even when they are a bloke

You still do it after how many years?