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Forum: The Barbie
Mar 5th 2020, 8:42 am
Replies: 24
Views: 4,519
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: S..T Towns in Australia.

Am inclined to agree, given recent problems with our landlord and the rapacity of the local businesses when a buleh dares enter their premises. But there is Bali and there is Sanur. Two entirely...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 5th 2020, 1:30 am
Replies: 24
Views: 4,519
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: S..T Towns in Australia.

Albury-Wodonga gets my vote. The latter is by far the worst, a pet food manufacturer out in the suburbs turns the town into a stinkpit when the wind blows to the west. Property values and rentals are...
Forum: Indonesia
Mar 4th 2020, 3:18 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,978
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Bali tourism and coronavirus

It has. Now officially known as SARS-COV-2 according to today's Guardian Online.

Name change, same... crisis.
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 3rd 2020, 10:43 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,170
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Larickins, Ockers and Bogans

'Larrikin' was very much in use when I migrated to Oz in the '70s and remained popular into the '80s, but then seemed to vanish from the Ozzie lexicon. I always took it to mean "lovable bad boy" and...
Forum: Indonesia
Mar 1st 2020, 2:35 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,978
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Bali tourism and coronavirus

An update, sort of. Coronavirus is now CVIR-19 - or maybe it has changed names yet again while I was writing this...

I did my usual visa run out of Malaysia and Singapore last week. KLIA1 and...
Forum: Indonesia
Feb 16th 2020, 8:06 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,978
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Bali tourism and coronavirus

If you had said Bali, I would have advised due caution - but Singapore (or for that matter Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia), I personally would not worry. At any rate I will soon be finding out as I will be...
Forum: Indonesia
Feb 15th 2020, 6:56 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,978
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Bali tourism and coronavirus

Now even Western tourists are avoiding Bali - we were in Kuta yesterday for some shopping and a light lunch at Made's Warung, an old established venue which we occasionally visit.

Very few...
Forum: Philippines
Feb 15th 2020, 6:37 am
Replies: 5,897
Views: 971,127
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Me and My Family

Re Red Ape (#4411). Excellent logic here - but Western logic. Which does not apply in Asia.

I have seen several cases here in Indonesia, where courts ruled in favor of the Indonesian ('victim')...
Forum: Indonesia
Feb 12th 2020, 2:24 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,842
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Why is this forum so quiet??

Agree. Either the fun isn't the same, or we aren't the same. Or likely, a combination of the two. I know I'm not what I was, that is if I ever was. I thought I was. But!

All the expats now seem...
Forum: Indonesia
Feb 4th 2020, 11:12 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,978
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Bali tourism and coronavirus

Thanks, WiredTight. I agree, more or less.

I've been around Bali long enough to recall the various invasions and their effects on the image of Bali. As most of us " of a certain age" will...
Forum: Philippines
Feb 4th 2020, 10:45 am
Replies: 5,897
Views: 971,127
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Me and My Family

And PII has come up with another emotion-inducing twist to his seemingly endless saga. My old suspicions are returning. But then we owe PII a great vote of thanks for having made this thread THE most...
Forum: Indonesia
Feb 3rd 2020, 11:15 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,978
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Bali tourism and coronavirus

Bali tourism is feeling the pinch as the coronavirus threat takes hold in Indonesia. From the Jakarta Post -
...
Forum: Philippines
Feb 3rd 2020, 10:38 am
Replies: 5,897
Views: 971,127
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Me and My Family

Hello again. Three posts to comment on, this time...

ThaiRetired2016 (#4147). Yes. AUS is part of ASEAN. In all my discussions with 'other nationalities' I've somehow overlooked asking about how...
Forum: Philippines
Feb 2nd 2020, 7:17 am
Replies: 5,897
Views: 971,127
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Me and My Family

I am responding to two posts, so I'll try (a loaded keyword for me) to be brief (defined by my partner as "usually no less but often more than ten paragraphs"). I've not copied the original posts in...
Forum: Indonesia
Jan 31st 2020, 11:32 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,842
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Why is this forum so quiet??

Have expats given up on living in Indonesia?? Even in Bali where I am now?

Are there fewer of us here than there were, say, two or three years ago, when I visited Kuta and Sanur for the first...
Forum: Philippines
Jan 31st 2020, 11:19 pm
Replies: 5,897
Views: 971,127
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Me and My Family

Your life strikes me as being a three-act drama play on a colorful tropical stage. You are now in Act Two. The next act will be the clincher...

Far be it for me to offer you any advice at this...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2020, 2:17 am
Replies: 47
Views: 12,358
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Major life advice needed from wise people

Unsure about "wise", but surely "experienced"... that's me.

This is a bit down a side track, but have you considered Australia??

Much cheaper than Canada, bureaucracy isn't as complex, taxes...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2020, 2:04 am
Replies: 4
Views: 740
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Shipping/courier options for a few boxes

It will be best for you to query shippers at your end, as conditions and certainly rates will vary in Canada.

Suggest you check local web sites and make a few phone calls. Remember to ask if...
Forum: Canada
Jan 23rd 2020, 8:50 am
Replies: 164
Views: 38,333
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: So when does it "get better"

From one who stumbled onto this thread by accident...

Interesting how it all started as being about adjusting/not adjusting, went into food, then politics and inevitably Brex(s)hit, and now back...
Forum: Indonesia
Jan 21st 2020, 10:37 am
Replies: 0
Views: 1,503
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Oddities in Indonesia

By 'Oddiies' I mean mostly amusing moments. Some may border on scamming, but usually they are so obvious, that nobody but a yokel from the kampung would fall for them...

I was in Surabaya for two...
Forum: Australia
Jan 15th 2020, 3:22 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,258
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Where to live in NSW outside of Sydney.

No much work out of the big cities for architects in Australia nowadays. This from one who is, or was - I retired in 2012 after I sold my practice. We struggled at times for work over 20 years but...
Forum: Indonesia
Jan 9th 2020, 10:09 am
Replies: 1
Views: 1,095
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Rescue cats to good homes in Surabaya

Photos and detailed descriptions of all felines available from the foster parent, please PM me. Will deliver locally out of Surabaya, Sidoarjo, surrounding areas.
Forum: Indonesia
Jan 8th 2020, 11:27 am
Replies: 25
Views: 11,430
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Where to settle down on Bali

We have lived in Bandung, Surabaya and now Bali. So yes, some experience of Indonesia. good and bad. Mostly good, I must say. Indonesians have their own problems and the culture can be a hindrance,...
Forum: Indonesia
Jan 5th 2020, 10:06 am
Replies: 25
Views: 11,430
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: Where to settle down on Bali

An old thread - from 2017. I'm always curious to learn how these things have turned out - did the OP eventually make it to Bali?

Not forgetting the old saying about curiosity and cats... I'm keen...
Forum: Indonesia
Jan 5th 2020, 2:04 am
Replies: 11
Views: 3,830
Posted By scrubbedexpat019

Re: 2nd Retirement in Indonesia thread.

My thanks to you for helping to keep this thread alive and moving. It has potential - we can share much useful information or just post about our daily doings. As others have written, finding things...
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