What's happening in your life?

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Cowshed Cowboy wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:26 am Just saw on my YouTube feed from Shaun that Wildman has died. That's sad.
I ended my relationship with Shaun's channel after the whole Caligate episode.

My news is: I am down to 78kg (from 110).
That's a loss of 32kg!

I am only a couple of kg away from the 'healthy weight range for my height,' which I don't believe I've been since I was a kid.
Gluten intolerance with a dash of IBS was the life changing wake up call I needed :)
I feel SO much better, I am turning 52 in a couple of weeks and have more energy now than I've ever had. :)
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Finished these guys before missus arrived for Christmas.

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Since then, it’s been really slow going. Lots of other higher priorities.

Not sure how she’ll react when Gundam Unleashed arrives in a few months, and the clear parts arrive a few months after that.

Might need to feed her this.

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And put her in a donut coma for a while.
(Just kidding.)
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rozzieoz wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:15 am
Cowshed Cowboy wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:26 am Just saw on my YouTube feed from Shaun that Wildman has died. That's sad.
I ended my relationship with Shaun's channel after the whole Caligate episode.

My news is: I am down to 78kg (from 110).
That's a loss of 32kg!

I am only a couple of kg away from the 'healthy weight range for my height,' which I don't believe I've been since I was a kid.
Gluten intolerance with a dash of IBS was the life changing wake up call I needed :)
I feel SO much better, I am turning 52 in a couple of weeks and have more energy now than I've ever had. :)
Briliant achievement no wonder you feel energetic, effectively carrying around a full max suitcase around with you everywhere in the climate of Cambodia has been lifted :thumb:

Did you follow a specific diet regime or was it a more general approach to healthier eating and cutting out certain stuff. I've put on weight for the first time in life during this last year, only a couple of kilos but I can feel it and I don't like it. I'm making a conscious effort during February to go on a more vegetable orientated diet to see if I can lose it. I'm 6ft and 79 kg, but that's still the heaviest I've ever been in my life and I do not want to ever hit 80kg.
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Approaching a year (end of March, I think) since being forced to return from the start of a trip through Eastern Indonesia, I've just about exhausted all interest in hobbies. I've taken more photos in a year than I have taken in a lifetime, learnt more songs on the guitar than in any period I can remember, become completely fed up writing the never ending screenplay, the book is going nowhere.......A few weekends ago I started venturing out to watch local bands, but as a man can't help himself and has dinner as well as too many whiskeys before, during and after the gigs, I can't justify the cost of $200 + each time.

This last year in Australia has been the most expensive I can remember in more than a decade, and while I understand my whinging is the epitome of whining first world problems, if the continued rate of spending were to extend over the next few years, it wouldn't be too many years after that I'd be back working which wasn't the plan. I understand this virus has had a much more traumatic effect on others, but Jesus Christ I hope things open up in the next twelve months so as to return to a simpler and cheaper life in India, Indonesia, Nepal or wherever - although I feel twelve months is being optimistic.

End of the "poor me" whining.
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Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:07 pm Approaching a year (end of March, I think) since being forced to return from the start of a trip through Eastern Indonesia, I've just about exhausted all interest in hobbies. I've taken more photos in a year than I have taken in a lifetime, learnt more songs on the guitar than in any period I can remember, become completely fed up writing the never ending screenplay, the book is going nowhere.......A few weekends ago I started venturing out to watch local bands, but as a man can't help himself and has dinner as well as too many whiskeys before, during and after the gigs, I can't justify the cost of $200 + each time.

This last year in Australia has been the most expensive I can remember in more than a decade, and while I understand my whinging is the epitome of whining first world problems, if the continued rate of spending were to extend over the next few years, it wouldn't be too many years after that I'd be back working which wasn't the plan. I understand this virus has had a much more traumatic effect on others, but Jesus Christ I hope things open up in the next twelve months so as to return to a simpler and cheaper life in India, Indonesia, Nepal or wherever - although I feel twelve months is being optimistic.

End of the "poor me" whining.
Totally understand you soon get bored when not traveling and seeing your savings being eaten away with nothing of value in Australia, $200 a night out and still come home alone it sucks
Good on Ros , I've got 10 kilos I can't seem to get rid off, as I'm sitting watching the boats on the river having a few beers, after happy happy china new year I'm off to Kep for couple of weeks then the islands for who knows how long, next stop koh kong, from there not sure.
Been in PP nearly 5 months difintly long enough
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I’ve extended my stay by another two weeks. No matter how hard I try, I can’t make a good case for any longer with the company. But based on the experiences of this trip, and the hard lessons of 2020, I’m bracing for a long absence again. The UK is (last report I read) implementing some mandatory quarantine on re-entry, and making it illegal to travel for frivolous reasons like leisure. But return to the UK I must, on this trip. I might be able to whittle it down to only once per year if we (work) can manage all the other factors.
Any return to Cambodia after this, while the madness persists, will have to be for a worthwhile duration. 2weeks quarantine inbound, plus the potential for quarantine on arrival in Europe, means that any return home is going to cost around $10000. So only worth the penalty if the time at home is significant.
Estimating Cost/benefit analysis of going home under COVID-19! Getting home previously was based on a 3weeks on, 3 weeks off working pattern.

So the elder two kids have been foisted on their grandparents, for a bit more quality time with SWMBO and Freightdog junior. The other two have been taught to swim fairly well in the last 5 weeks, so that’s a plus. (Junior has been demonstrating some aptitude towards being able to manage water, too). Organising schooling for them has been a monumental failure.
I haven’t once managed to get down to Kep.
I’m resisting the temptation to just sit back and relax too much, knowing that 2020 upended so much that has yet to be righted.
I’ve done little in the way of aviation related shite since mid December, except what’s cropped up on CEO. The bliss.

I need to find a decent, strong kitchen table. The sort of thing that will double as dining, and preparation.
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Freightdog wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:59 pm I’ve extended my stay by another two weeks. No matter how hard I try, I can’t make a good case for any longer with the company. But based on the experiences of this trip, and the hard lessons of 2020, I’m bracing for a long absence again. The UK is (last report I read) implementing some mandatory quarantine on re-entry, and making it illegal to travel for frivolous reasons like leisure. But return to the UK I must, on this trip. I might be able to whittle it down to only once per year if we (work) can manage all the other factors.
Any return to Cambodia after this, while the madness persists, will have to be for a worthwhile duration. 2weeks quarantine inbound, plus the potential for quarantine on arrival in Europe, means that any return home is going to cost around $10000. So only worth the penalty if the time at home is significant.
Estimating Cost/benefit analysis of going home under COVID-19! Getting home previously was based on a 3weeks on, 3 weeks off working pattern.

So the elder two kids have been foisted on their grandparents, for a bit more quality time with SWMBO and Freightdog junior. The other two have been taught to swim fairly well in the last 5 weeks, so that’s a plus. (Junior has been demonstrating some aptitude towards being able to manage water, too). Organising schooling for them has been a monumental failure.
I haven’t once managed to get down to Kep.
I’m resisting the temptation to just sit back and relax too much, knowing that 2020 upended so much that has yet to be righted.
I’ve done little in the way of aviation related shite since mid December, except what’s cropped up on CEO. The bliss.

I need to find a decent, strong kitchen table. The sort of thing that will double as dining, and preparation.




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I'm happily living in Luang Prabang, teaching science online to young students in many countries. That job goes great, and gives me time to enjoy my amateur radio hobby. I'm the only 'ham' in Laos, (similar to when I was in Myanmar). I rent an old Lao wooden house 200m from the Mekong. It has a nice garden where I install my radio antennas. No Covid in Laos to speak of, but the border closure means most tourist businesses have shut up shop. I'm beginning to look like a tramp in my old clothes, because I can't make my annual shopping trip to Bangkok now....
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simon43 wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:23 am I'm happily living in Luang Prabang, teaching science online to young students in many countries. That job goes great, and gives me time to enjoy my amateur radio hobby. I'm the only 'ham' in Laos, (similar to when I was in Myanmar). I rent an old Lao wooden house 200m from the Mekong. It has a nice garden where I install my radio antennas. No Covid in Laos to speak of, but the border closure means most tourist businesses have shut up shop. I'm beginning to look like a tramp in my old clothes, because I can't make my annual shopping trip to Bangkok now....
it must be lovely there now with the monks doing their early morning walkabout with no fucking chinese taking selfies
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At 6 feet four and a bit in height with scoliosis, spinal stenosis and degenerative spinal disease, I've in recent years started to experience back pain which has been exacerbated by the amount of walking I do. Walking for photography, simply exploring, exercise as well as mental health is an important component to my enjoyment in life - I need to do it. About twelve months ago after exhausting all other options, I was forced to keep a supply of Tramadol at the ready so as to combat the discomfort after an hour or two of moving around - the Tramadol dosage increasing a little every few months as I developed a tolerance to the drug.

I decided about a week ago I wanted to stop taking the pain killer as it had become a daily requirement, and as a recovering addict (clean sixteen years, or so I thought) I wanted off it as there was the feeling I was just using again - even though the drug was being used legitimately. Well, I've suffered some uncomfortable withdrawals over the years, but coming off Tramadol a few days ago was right up there with the best/worst. For a couple of days it was just a shitty ride curled up with sweat soaked sheets, a massive headache from fucking hell, vomiting, aches, chills....you get it.

I'm sure most of you don't require the heads up, but for those who may, Tramadol is a very pernicious pain killer that will surreptitiously drag you in without the realization you're addicted to the shit. I understand there was possibly a little denial being engaged in on my part, but, well...my advice is to give it a wide birth if you can - it really has to be a last resort. And if it is genuinely needed for quality of life, you better not run out for more than around 12-24 hours.
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