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    2010: the year for travel

    I'll be in Sequoia National Park next week. Then, for a bit of a change of pace, I'm returning to Burma and Thailand for 2 1/2 months on Nov 30. Some of you may recall that I just spent two months in the region this past summer. Sorry, but I'm not much for photos (can you say "disposable...
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    James Grant on 'Wealthtrack'

    I'm really looking forward to James Grant's appearance on Consuelo Mack's 'Wealthtrack' on Friday Oct 30. (I don't have cable, so I will be watching on her website, available the following Monday.) Mr. Grant is not always correct in his prognostications. Nor am I. But he is a wonderful market...
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    Best Travel Store website

    Megacorp, Yes, a good idea to actually confirm the reservation with the airline. I just got off the phone with All Nippon. My flights have indeed been booked and paid for by Best Travel Store. A completely satisfactory experience. I presume you are also traveling Monday thru Thursday for the...
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    Best Travel Store website

    I've used Best Travel store to book my travel to Burma and Thailand several months from now. (Their website has a link to the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau report on their business, which established their bona fides in my eyes.) I booked one heckuva good deal with them. I will fly to...
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    Phoenix AZ / desert home questions

    I lived in Phoenix for eight years, then two years in San Francisco, and now I've been in Tucson for nineteen years. It's kind of a cowtown, pretty shabby next to relatively glitzy Phoenix, and that's just the way I like it. Four degrees cooler on average, which is actually fairly significant...
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    retire abroad

    Anyone object to this? Off-topic, but sort of on-topic, depending on which topic one assigns to this thread...a recent experience of mine may fly in the face of some of the generalizations being made here not only of Western men, but also of Asian women. I just spent two months in the...
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    Where have all the Perpetual Travellers gone?

    I'm not perpetual, but I travel a bit.I just spent two months at the Thai-Burma border, based in Mae Sot , Thailand, with four short trips into Burma. It was by far the best overseas trip I've taken. Some pleasure, but the focus was on service work. I taught English every day at a high school...
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    David Swensen on Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack

    He made a ton of money on the way up, and lost a bunch on the way down. I can relate, that's my story too. You pays your money, you takes your chances. I'm a big fan of both Consuelo Mack and David Swensen. He's a brilliant investor, much smarter than I am. He's quite aware of his shortcomings...
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    Vietnam

    Point well taken. Tom
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    Vietnam

    Vietnam is a lovely place, with lovely people. As an American, I was treated extremely graciously. The war was a long time ago. I must say that I traveled only in the north. Hanoi, Halong Bay, eight days in the Sapa area, and then crossing the border into China for a local bus to Kunming. My...
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    Travel and service work in Burma and Thailand

    Akaisha, I've been out of town for awhile, so I didn't see your post. Thanks for the links, but I had previously seen them all when poking around your website! This Sunday I'm off for my two months in Southeast Asia. I don't guess you and Billy are in Chiang Mai now, are you? I'm probably not...
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    Foreign films

    Coach, kudos for your mention of Seven Samurai. A classic American western, in Japanese. As you probably know, Kurosawa was a great admirer of the American director John Ford. High and Low, Hidden Fortress, The Bad Sleep Well...help, someone stop me! I love good films.
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    Foreign films

    I'm seeing some good taste in film here. I'm a bit of a cinephile myself. Sorry, can't be bothered with links, but here's a few off the top of my head. Blind Shaft, The World, Seventeen Years, Mabarosi, Nobody Knows, Bolivia, La Cienega, La Promesse, Red Lights, Springtime in a Small Town...
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    Travel and service work in Burma and Thailand

    Everyone's words are too kind. I've always been embarrassed by praise; perhaps at age fifty, it's time to get over it. FUEGO, your wife must be Cambodian, is that right? I'm wondering if she ever travels "home", and if you accompany her? And if you don't mind my asking, is it a mixed-race...
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    Cheers or Jeers - Financial/Retirement Magazines

    I'd add only that Barron's often has fabulous interviews with less-than-household names like Ray Dalio, Stephanie Pomboy, Rudolph Riad-Younes, et al. I've learned a lot from these folks and others. (Didn't stop me from having my a** handed to me in the collapse of 2008, though!) Tom ps Big...
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    Travel and service work in Burma and Thailand

    nphx, thanks for your kind words. tiuxiu, thanks for the link. Sang Tong Huts looks enticing, saw another great recommendation for them in the guidebook of choice for Thailand. I've got a really good feeling about Mae Hong Son. Tom
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    Having a little trouble getting adjusted......

    I sure relate to the comments by all of the retired business owners. I retired in March 2007, at the age of 48, from sixteen successful years of small business ownership. For me, the biggest challenge is feeling relevant, after so many years wearing esteemable titles such as "employer" and...
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    Travel and service work in Burma and Thailand

    I'm wondering if anyone has any experiences or feedback relating to a trip I'll be taking in May. I'll be in Burma (Myanmar) and northwestern Thailand for over two months. My travels are for pleasure, and also for volunteer work. I've made some trips to the region in the past. Sometimes I've...
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    ECRI says recession bottoming out

    Sorry, should have kept my thoughts to myself, as is often the case in life. I'm a man who knows when to stand down. Still a very beautiful morning here in Tucson.
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    ECRI says recession bottoming out

    Please speak English Five of the previous nine posts have yielded the following: ECRI, RSU, WLI, NFP and CDS. Is this supposed to mean something to me? Perhaps I'm just very stupid. I had to link to the CNBC site (first time I've viewed their dubious content in years) and endure an awful...
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    PBS Frontline: Sick Around America

    Oldbabe, Thanks for pointing this out. "Frontline" is a wonderful documentary series, I'm tremendously interested in most of their pieces, and I'll be sure to watch this as well. Tom
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    free flight to China for those turning 50 this year?

    China Airlines is a pretty decent Taiwanese carrier. It's easily confused with the Chinese carrier, Air China. I'll probably be using the the former when I return to Southeast Asia in May. Good prices, planes and service. Thanks for the fare tip, wish I could consider it , I missed it by one...
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    over-zealous mall security

    This is a really interesting thread. At first, I thought it was a joke. A man makes a demeaning comment about another man within earshot, and then comes to this board and recounts the incident without shame, seemingly asking us for validation of his inappropriate and condescending behavior. Then...
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    Where to invest should the US go bankrupt??

    Oops, thanks for that. Ladelfina had some fun with us back in November 2008. When all we had to worry about was a roughly 30% drop in equity values. The glory days.
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    Where to invest should the US go bankrupt??

    Ladelfina is having a bit of fun with the board... Nice to hear from you again, Ladelfina. It seems that you no longer have a desire to put a lot of energy into in-depth economic discussions on this board. From the quality of your past posts, I'd guess it's because you decided you had better...
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