Prolecs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:32 pm.
I am a retired old fart

Prolecs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:32 pm.
Health insurance is the other query – what options are about that don’t cost a bomb?

Not so many I am afraid.

Of course. If I did anything in the west like I do here, I likely go to prison for the rest of my life. That's what separate what's normal for the west and what's normal for the east. It like Oil and water. Both cultures dont mix. What could you possibly do here that isn't a problem but would get y...

Hotter than last year, which was hotter than the year before. It is deeply unpleasant. I am never doing Mar-Apr-May again (I think I said this last year). This time I'm serious. Anyway, I'm off to chilly London town in a few days, so I am out of the frying pan and into the fridge. Spend a week week...

Let's just hope there won't be many power outages this year.. We had a two hour power outage this morning. Today's temperature is 41 degrees (so far, max predicted of 42) feeling like 46. Pretty steamy. And that's at an altitude of well over 300M in the Northeast in the countryside. Mobile aircons ...

ali baba wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:19 pm It took me close to 2 hours to reach the airport tonight because some VIP needed the main road to be closed for 30 minutes before they landed.

Maybe the General and his family left?

I checked the government website. Rules are provided however, they are very vague. Can someone help me clarify the following. Customs formality on arrival Goods worth the equivalent to or greater than US$100 shall be subjected to pay customs duties and taxes. If the customs value of goods is in exc...

I have answered based on rent alone, but I don't really think of it in terms of just rent. My electricity bill can be almost as high as my rent, so when budgeting, I think of the two as one single expense. dam, either really cheap rent and 5 air cons, 5 fridges++ running 24/7 OR VERY high rent and ...

Online and books can be useful but only as a supplement to daily use of the language. I reckon about practical usage 70% and 30% study (online or by book) to pick up the language well. I’ve had friends who picked up a functional level of language without ever looking at a book, and have had others ...

A couple of things I worked out pretty quickly is that consonants seem to fall into two categories. Those that end with an ' awww ' sound and those that end with an ' owe / oh' sound. These Oh and awe sounds are only used when reading the alphabet, and they do indeed have a function to distinguish ...

A couple of things I worked out pretty quickly is that consonants seem to fall into two categories. Those that end with an ' awww ' sound and those that end with an ' owe / oh' sound. These Oh and awe sounds are only used when reading the alphabet, and they do indeed have a function to distinguish ...