Burr wrote:
"Burr" wrote in message
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Down to five days till I'll be free.

Last week I fired myself so I am job less, next week I sell the house so
I'll be homeless.

I'll stay in the motor home until the check clears then I'll buy a ticket
to the Philippines.

I have shipped 31 boxes of "stuff" and should ship maybe 10 more next
week.

Looks like I am out of here.


Burr



I'll be north on Manila for the first year then we should have a house built
on Palawan.

Yes, I am retired, sold my business, homes and cars. Keep the motor home
just to have something to stay in when we come back for a week or so.

I'll still be on line, having DSL put in next week.

I am looking forward to doing a lot of DXing, fishing and diving.

I was stationed at (now closed) Clark Air Base in 1973-74, loved my time
there, would love to go back. Even under Marcos-era martial law it was
a pretty good place to be, but even then there were problems between
Muslims and Christians; I stayed mainly on Luzon so I didn't see any
conflicts personally and felt safe as long as I obeyed the overnight curfew.

Things are different there now, both for good and for bad. From what
I've read, Americans are still welcome and safe on most of Luzon, less
so on the southern islands. A dollar probably doesn't go as far there
as it used to, but it's still a better bargain than some other places in
the Far East. Technolgy manufacturing and programming have discovered
the country, and I would imagine that means more prosperity ... at least
in the urban areas. I'm not sure I'd want to live there full-time, but
I think I could really enjoy spending a few weeks or months visiting
that country again.

--
Walter Luffman Medina, TN USA
Amateur curmudgeon, equal opportunity annoyer