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27-03-2019, 06:56 AM
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Best thing about being an expat?

What do you all think the best thing is about being an expat?

I lived in Southeast Asia for some of my working life and enjoyed the conditions. The servants kept the house clean and cared for my son, my wife never worked, the beer was cheap and the local people treated me like a king. If only life was always like that!
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27-03-2019, 07:44 AM
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Well I'd say well done to be fortunate enough to have had lived such a luxurious lifestyle.
Ain't gonna happen soon for this working class boy from 'Ull.
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27-03-2019, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Floydy ->
Well I'd say well done to be fortunate enough to have had lived such a luxurious lifestyle.
Ain't gonna happen soon for this working class boy from 'Ull.
Ah Floydy, I'm nothing out of the ordinary. That's the beauty of it. Life is so much cheaper, you can live a life you wouldn't normally be able to in the UK/Oz.
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27-03-2019, 09:38 AM
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I have a cousin in Sydney her name is Tessa Holt . If you happen to bump into her say hi from me.
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27-03-2019, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jackjackf ->
Ah Floydy, I'm nothing out of the ordinary. That's the beauty of it. Life is so much cheaper, you can live a life you wouldn't normally be able to in the UK/Oz.
Do you work? Otherwise you must have had some funds to begin with.
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27-03-2019, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Floydy ->
Well I'd say well done to be fortunate enough to have had lived such a luxurious lifestyle.
Ain't gonna happen soon for this working class boy from 'Ull.
Not entirely fortune Floydy, he spotted a chance, he chose to
take it,he upped sticks and did it.Not excactly luck.
I can recommend any younger age person take the chance if
they see it.l did it aged 40, two kids, one wife, sold my mortaged
house with a small profit, and just went , never looked back,
wasnt easy at first, but worked through it.
it is harder now,l know, but l would do it again,but l dont think
my other half would.

Best Regards, Donkeyman.
PS, I'm working class too.
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27-03-2019, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
Not entirely fortune Floydy, he spotted a chance, he chose to
take it,he upped sticks and did it.Not excactly luck.
I can recommend any younger age person take the chance if
they see it.l did it aged 40, two kids, one wife, sold my mortaged
house with a small profit, and just went , never looked back,
wasnt easy at first, but worked through it.
it is harder now,l know, but l would do it again,but l dont think
my other half would.

Best Regards, Donkeyman.
PS, I'm working class too.
Good explaination, donkeyman. By the way, what are you doing out of the Brexit threads?

I'm looking way into the future tbh, perhaps if I end up on my own in years to come, though I dread the thought of losing my wife.
But she does have a large family and couldn't bear to be away from the grandkids especially, so it won't happen for a long time.
I would seriously move abroad if I got the chance but who's to say what the world will be like then?
Time will tell
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28-03-2019, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Floydy ->
Good explaination, donkeyman. By the way, what are you doing out of the Brexit threads?

I'm looking way into the future tbh, perhaps if I end up on my own in years to come, though I dread the thought of losing my wife.
But she does have a large family and couldn't bear to be away from the grandkids especially, so it won't happen for a long time.
I would seriously move abroad if I got the chance but who's to say what the world will be like then?
Time will tell
Floydy, l will explode if l get to much of brexit, so l am trying to
ration myself, without much success so far,
On the rest of your post would like to say first,l meant no critism
of you, l understand we all have different cicumstances etc.l
was trying to convey my belief that life is short and l dont think
we should take to long with decisions, l was probably a bit rash
in mine, but it all turned out wellso far.
I would definitely encourage younger people to consider buggering
off given the chance, l dont think this old country of ours is going
anywhere fast judging by the quality of leadership being displayed
in the POS HOC at the moment.
In your own case Floydy, you've probably left it a bit too long,
Maybe consider somewhere quite near, like the canaries or
somewhere else that your good lady could live with, and that your
grandkids could visit easily, they would love that!
It all depends on what you both can accept.
Bit like brexit really
And dont forget, children grow up and start their own lives
You will be left behind by them
Sorry about this Floydy, l must sound like an agony aunt
I will sound off now

Very Best Regards Donkeyman.
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30-03-2019, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
Floydy, l will explode if l get to much of brexit, so l am trying to
ration myself, without much success so far,
On the rest of your post would like to say first,l meant no critism
of you, l understand we all have different cicumstances etc.l
was trying to convey my belief that life is short and l dont think
we should take to long with decisions, l was probably a bit rash
in mine, but it all turned out wellso far.
I would definitely encourage younger people to consider buggering
off given the chance, l dont think this old country of ours is going
anywhere fast judging by the quality of leadership being displayed
in the POS HOC at the moment.
In your own case Floydy, you've probably left it a bit too long,
Maybe consider somewhere quite near, like the canaries or
somewhere else that your good lady could live with, and that your
grandkids could visit easily, they would love that!
It all depends on what you both can accept.
Bit like brexit really
And dont forget, children grow up and start their own lives
You will be left behind by them
Sorry about this Floydy, l must sound like an agony aunt
I will sound off now

Very Best Regards Donkeyman.
Sorry about my delay in getting back to you, Donkeyman.
Yes bud, I think it's a little too late to be moving away now, although maybe if I end up being alone I might do in the future (although I couldn't ever bear to be without my wife).
All my friends are older than me, so if everything pans out like the law of averages dictate, I may be left by myself with no mates and no wife. But I do have my stepdaughters and the lovely grandkids, so it would be a wrench leaving them. It's a very tricky situation but I'd love to get away from this country at the moment, never mind when I'm old and lonely. It depends on funds too.
We'll see what happens in the future
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30-03-2019, 04:54 PM
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Hi

I have quite a few friends that went down living the ex pat life most that did made a lot of money as no tax to pay and had the servants and kids at private school

I myself never left England but through hard work.
Well people working for me had to work hard

I only had to put my house on the line and worry about not getting paid retired at 57 and went to live in the sun
 
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