Escape Artist dead?

Ed_The_Gypsy · 07-07-2008, 12:59 AM

Has anyone else noticed that the Escape From America on-line magazine at the Escape Artist web site has not been updated since Oct '07?

Escape From America Magazine Index For Volume Nine Issue Number Ten October 2007

I have always found their articles entertaining (but I sure wouldn't make any life-changing decisions based on them).

Texas Proud · 07-07-2008, 10:23 AM

I used to read them for awhile.... but slowly left them....

I do not remember the last time I even looked...

I do remember reading an article about the 'owner' of the site... the US was trying to get him on fraud or some other crime... wished I could rememer this one, but it was a quick read and I just thought it was a bit funny considering the title of the site...

Lusitan · 07-07-2008, 12:56 PM

Funny - I don't think I have received anything from that website (I signed up for the mailing list a long time ago, more out of amusement than anything else) but I just got something for the first time in a long while on July 4.

harley · 07-07-2008, 01:20 PM

Me too on the July 4th issue. I had forgotten about it, especially since it had turned into more of a real estate sales and advertising newsletter than an expatriot information letter. The current issue looks a little better, though. It's out there under EscapeArtist Home Page: Living Overseas - International Real Estate, Overseas Jobs - Expatriate Resources - Overseas Retirement.

Harley

free4now · 07-07-2008, 03:29 PM

I used to read it when it was more of an expat info source, but when I started having to wade through fraudulent get rich quick schemes, I decided I'd had enough. I haven't looked at it in a while. They always struck me as untrustworthy.

free4now · 07-07-2008, 04:15 PM

This thread inspired me to take another look, and I found this strange short article warning people how easy it is to run out of money in the Phillipines:

Living In The Philippines Running Out of Money

I want to know the story behind that article!

ladelfina · 07-07-2008, 04:35 PM

I wonder how the "daytime maid" in the bare-bones budget lives on $40 a month.. maybe she only works a half-day?

Ed_The_Gypsy · 07-07-2008, 09:21 PM

Doggies! Look what I found:

Escape From America Magazine | Index

Thanks to the Tepic and Nayarit, Mexico, Journal

THE TEPIC AND NAYARIT, MEXICO JOURNAL: June addition of the 'Escape from America Magazine'...

I swear it wasn't there a couple of days ago.

Ed_The_Gypsy · 07-07-2008, 09:30 PM

Quote:

I do remember reading an article about the 'owner' of the site... the US was trying to get him on fraud or some other crime... wished I could rememer this one, but it was a quick read and I just thought it was a bit funny considering the title of the site...

Yep. Roger Gallo appears to be one shady character.

"Some of them are running from the dungeon,
Some from the IRS."
(A J. Buffet song written by another artist)

07-07-2008, 12:59 AM	#1
Ed_The_Gypsy Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,872	Escape Artist dead? Has anyone else noticed that the Escape From America on-line magazine at the Escape Artist web site has not been updated since Oct '07? Escape From America Magazine Index For Volume Nine Issue Number Ten October 2007 I have always found their articles entertaining (but I sure wouldn't make any life-changing decisions based on them). __________________ "Ain't got no money for no old-age pension; I'm so broke, I can't pay attention!"

07-07-2008, 01:20 PM	#4
harley Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: May 2008 Location: MD's Eastern Shore Posts: 762	Me too on the July 4th issue. I had forgotten about it, especially since it had turned into more of a real estate sales and advertising newsletter than an expatriot information letter. The current issue looks a little better, though. It's out there under EscapeArtist Home Page: Living Overseas - International Real Estate, Overseas Jobs - Expatriate Resources - Overseas Retirement. Harley __________________ "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." DW and I - FIREd at 50, two years ago, living off assets

07-07-2008, 09:21 PM	#8
Ed_The_Gypsy Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,872	Doggies! Look what I found: Escape From America Magazine \| Index Thanks to the Tepic and Nayarit, Mexico, Journal THE TEPIC AND NAYARIT, MEXICO JOURNAL: June addition of the 'Escape from America Magazine'... I swear it wasn't there a couple of days ago. __________________ "Ain't got no money for no old-age pension; I'm so broke, I can't pay attention!" Last edited by Ed_The_Gypsy; 07-07-2008 at 09:23 PM. Reason: tired blood

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07-07-2008, 10:23 AM	#2
Texas Proud Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,052	I used to read them for awhile.... but slowly left them.... I do not remember the last time I even looked... I do remember reading an article about the 'owner' of the site... the US was trying to get him on fraud or some other crime... wished I could rememer this one, but it was a quick read and I just thought it was a bit funny considering the title of the site...

07-07-2008, 12:56 PM	#3
Lusitan Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 353	Funny - I don't think I have received anything from that website (I signed up for the mailing list a long time ago, more out of amusement than anything else) but I just got something for the first time in a long while on July 4.

07-07-2008, 03:29 PM	#5
free4now Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,009	I used to read it when it was more of an expat info source, but when I started having to wade through fraudulent get rich quick schemes, I decided I'd had enough. I haven't looked at it in a while. They always struck me as untrustworthy.

07-07-2008, 04:15 PM	#6
free4now Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,009	This thread inspired me to take another look, and I found this strange short article warning people how easy it is to run out of money in the Phillipines: Living In The Philippines Running Out of Money I want to know the story behind that article!

07-07-2008, 04:35 PM	#7
ladelfina Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,652	I wonder how the "daytime maid" in the bare-bones budget lives on $40 a month.. maybe she only works a half-day?

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