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midlifecrisis

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  1. oh boy, I hope it is on pay per view and charged by the hour!
  2. Tell the lady you will pay all the bills for you both and all the earnings from her job can go to her family. Lots of ladies out there! I agree, you are being played. You set the rules!
  3. yes, what clan are those kilts?
  4. Boston traded Joe Thornton to the Sharks 5 years ago and this is the first time since the trade that the Sharks seem like legit contenders and not pretenders. Marco Sturm, one of those traded to Boston for Thornton, is out for the remainder of this year into next with a knee injury. Brad Stuart, also in that trade, is a top defenseman with Detroit. The Sharks are up 2 games to nil against the Red Wings and have won 5 straight after looking like they would choke in round one (again) against the Avs. A lot of fun watching Versus in the USA these days. What are you folks watching
  5. Agreed, which makes it unlikely he is who he claims to be. The man he claims to be has no problem living amongst all that! If he truly is GM and indeed lives amongst all that "sin" and avoids the temptations, I do not have a problem reading his point of view - as long as he is not simply proselytizing. He will gain few if any converts here.
  6. Dave, lighten up. I am a US citizen residing in the United States. Again, to all interested, you best source of expat info is Thaivisa.com. The amount of knowledge and experience there dwarfs this forum in comparison for expat issues. No offense to those here.
  7. It seems only fair that if you id yourself as a public figure that you must verify it!
  8. My understanding is it is not an IRS form but a Treasury Department form but my account is far below the need to file it: "Reporting and Filing Information A person who holds a foreign financial account may have a reporting obligation even though the account produces no taxable income. Checking the appropriate block on FBAR-related federal income tax return questions (found on Form 1040 of Schedule B, the "Other Information" section of Form 1041, Schedule B of Form 1065, and Schedule N of Form 1120) and filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, satisfies
  9. also if you examine the English usage it seems not to be a native English speaker. oops - missed the flag - my bad
  10. Over $10K or more must be reported to the Department of the Treasury yearly If you use Turbo Tax or H&R Block tax software it will ask you about this.
  11. Amazing how many guns are on the streets in AC and Manila (all of the PI I have seen). I like pinay and I can understand why it is a refuge from Songkran.
  12. and is was a first and so far only post!
  13. Clever! They could never show that on American TV.
  14. Town? he picked the wrong world! A lot of bad comes from alcohol. A lot of bad comes from all out of control personal vices including smoking, overeating, gambling and mongering. There are the so called Seven Deadly Sins as you may recall: pride, greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony and sloth. Alcoholism falls under gluttony btw. Dante' thought it all had to do with love, curiously: "Perverted Love: Pride, Envy, Wrath/Anger Insufficient Love: Sloth Excessive Love of Earthly Goods: Avarice/Greed, Gluttony, Lust" From http://whitestonejournal.com/index.php/seven-deadly-sins W
  15. As I said sport is not the only place. If you are a musician and need to try out for a band - that is competition. Many examples. Sport is huge for men and many women as their testing ground. But it is not the only example. I do think there is a different mentality developed in sports that does not develope in other activities.
  16. My one stay there there were families with kids there. One girl np but leaving id at desk is mandatory.
  17. Sport appreciation has to do with who we idolized as children and what we played growing up. Growing boys into men still revolves around combat. Combat in the civilized modern world is epitomized by sports. The sport can be ping pong or it can be American football, etc. It is how we learn to compete in the modern world. We take what we learn and our contacts and move into business and other real life situations where we all compete. Life is competition. Where do we learn our skills? Sport is not the only place but it is a large part of many men's maturation.
  18. I am surprised SFO is number 20. I fly out of there. It is nothing special. I think Narita is good, Taipei is ok but small and Bangkok is very nice. Frankfurt is just ok. Amsterdam (Shipol) was pretty good.
  19. My one trip through from SFO through HR to Frankfurt was years ago but, we deplaned, had to go through customs, carry all of our bags to a tram, tram to a distant terminal, check our luggage in again.......... That turned me off to the airport. Has that improved?
  20. It is nice to have other expats around just to help you learn the ropes and to ask questions. Socially it is also nice to converse with people from the same background now and again.
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