Recent content by BunsGettingFirm

Funny, but I discussed this topic with the 50-year-old FIOs installer just two weeks ago. He was trying to advise his college-aged daughter on a career choice, and after he described her being back and forth trying to decide between pursuing her love of teaching and some other more lucrative...

I am assuming you have sufficiently planned monthly cash flow and capital preservation and appreciation to retire in an OK but not spectacular style in the U.S. but you are only using the lower cost to upgrade your lifestyle, then let's take each of the reason you listed to see if returning to...

Oh, that's going to be a problem because I plan to live for another 200 years. That's why I plan to live on 1/2 of my income even in retirement. Otherwise, I would have left already.

I find these artificial definitions to be a bit meaningless at best and quite detrimental at the worst. It's the like the do you consider yourself rich threads and the how low is your withdrawal rate threads. It's one thing if you use it as a sanity check but quite another if you think its some...

Ozzie, sorry for sidetracking your discussion, but every one of these overseas thread seems to get side tracked this way. It's not surprising considering most of the people who can ditch everything and relocate are probably middle aged+ single men, so topic of the Asian women invariably gets...

I can see that this thread is going to degenerate into another soon-to-be-closed thread if we continue down this path of discussion. Let's just put it this way, when the other side has most of the power, engaging in battle is not fun, and that is how I see the dating and gender situation in the...

I see and I agree with your point, but I think I may have been a bit vague with my references. The ability to fish refers to the ability to attract other women. By moving to a lower-cost area, one automatically moves up the economic ladder to the equivalent of a successful boat captain with...

Well, how about in order of importance 1) the economic opportunity of being able to fully retire in one's 40s instead of in one's 50s, 2) more social opportunity with friends, 3) more social opportunities, wink, wink. :) I find my current semi ER/business building experience to be one of...

I spent most of yesterday reading Best Places to Live in Southeast Asia on Social Security or pension. Living in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. Best places to retire. and watch retirecheapjc's YouTube channel. He seems to me a fairly well adjusted expat. I was very happy especially after...

Exactly. 15 minutes on my iPhone app while I am on the can every morning, and I got all I need.

Thread jack alert: So what does a tornado and a marriage in common? In the beginning, there is a lot of blowing and sucking, but at the end someone loses a house.

Thanks. I recently sprained my back carrying a bunch of construction debris to the dumpster. I worsen my back problem by spending too much time reclining in my sofa. I saw your ice advice, and it helped immediately! For one if I am icing my back, I have to lie flat on my back, so that also...

I finally waded through the first 4 pages of the Hua Hin Forum discussion that you posted. Wow, the high end is 200k baht/month or $6,666 USD/month. Any time budget discussions come up on these boards, you invariably get a few braggarts talking about how much money they manage to blow. I don't...

I hope she likes the county jail's amenities, or is the fact that a woman puts you in a hospital not a crime worth punishing?

Yeah, I agree. Keep it on topic. I had to pay for the immaturity of some posters when I asked for verification of apartment costs and the other posters started measuring wedding dresses for their new mail-order brides. I usually lead the pack in immature comments but have never caused a thread...