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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 26th 2009, 3:41 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Blimey Jules, you must be a 100 years old.:ohmy:

"My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something". Groucho Marx
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 25th 2009, 2:03 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Thanks Jerseygirl and cricket for the links.:)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 25th 2009, 2:02 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Thanks - I think looking into charities might be a good idea that I hadn't thought of. She is certainly experienced in the plight of many disadvantaged groups - and as I said has a very caring nature...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 25th 2009, 1:55 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Hmmm why did I say that?:confused: Maybe just thinking she wouldn't be a burden on the NHS dentists.
I will search as many threads as possible - I'm sure there's lots of ideas/suggestions out there...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 25th 2009, 1:49 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Yes, I think you are quite right - accommodation and proof of not being a burden to taxpayers is the main criteria. As I said at the very start of the thread I have 5,000 pounds insavings - maybe if...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 3:29 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Thanks for the compliment on my wife, she is nice and yes she's younger than me and never had any major health or dental problems.
I know it's now sounding a bit tricky, that's why I didn't want to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 9:13 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

And "Chiangmai luxury homes". Guess the ads are tied to people's IP address. Well, I won't be needing either of their services.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 9:10 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Has "UK Visa for Thai Ladies" ad appeared in my thread by chance or are they targeting me? I'm not paranoid....really....well I could be I guess.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 9:05 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

You know who wrote them Jules ;), but I do agree the one about Hungry Joe is a corker and I can certainly relate to the first.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 8:14 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

I have no problem working for any benefits I might receive - I will be sure to bring any medical records from here and my GP who very kindly kept me on his list is aware of most. I will be guided by...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 3:42 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

You are quite right with your observation.
Yes I am married to a Thai/Karen, who gained her BA (English Major) and then Teaching Degree from Chiangmai University. She too works for an NGO in an...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 2:41 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

And you'll be happier after The Ashes series in UK starting July.:thumbsup:
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 2:37 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

OK I know the type of housing you are referring to, but I thought they were reserved for people with special needs or disabilities. Is the only criteria that you are over 55 or disabled or both do...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 2:32 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Hejinder - it's history now - no damage done.
I guess my working in a guarded situation for so many years and being very careful what I say and to whom has left its mark (could I be paranoid?) and...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 12:24 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

I get your drift cricket and I didn't mean to make the post seem like cloak and dagger....but I'm learning....I think:huh: Certainly wouldn't want to be up the creek without a paddle.....unless of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 12:21 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Thanks for the explanation Pollyanna
It’s the noble heart that makes you strong
And in that part I’m with you all along

All's well that ends well.:)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 12:15 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

No problem Jules - I'm born again this morning.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 12:13 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

I promise guv ;)
I am beginning to see that most of the responses are good, well meaning and light hearted, so will start to blend in as much as I can. It's a bit unrealistic to ask people just to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2009, 12:01 am
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

I will look at the Rovers Return if I decide to talk about life in South East Asia.
I did have an OK life in the UK, but there were aspects that I found unrewarding at the time and the need for...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2009, 4:02 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Will stop replying for now - it's midnight Thai time.
Thanks to all who have responded. :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2009, 3:59 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Thanks Pollyanna. I do understand the nature of forums, but the Catch22 is if you open up with your life story straightaway alarm bells ring and it seems if you don't they ring as well. I'm not quite...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2009, 3:31 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Yes, I would very much like to be in Cambridgeshire, sort of Huntingdon way. What exactly is 'sheltered housing' in today's terms. I recall when I lived in UK the term covered many areas and many...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2009, 3:01 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

Sure will Jules. Just concerned that as a newcomer who no-one knows anything about, such a negative remark as 'something suspect about this thread' which is completely unwarranted, will automatically...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2009, 2:37 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

When Catch22 came out, people were saying, "Well, World War II wasn't like this." But when the USA got tangled up in Vietnam, it became a sort of text for the consciousness of that time. They say...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2009, 2:08 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,301
Posted By catch22

Re: An Old Guy Going Home - Advice Please

By Joseph Heller an excellent book - you have good taste. :)

It appears I'm getting into something resembling a Catch22 with some people regarding this thread :(
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