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  1. jimeve

    jimeve DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer Veteran Army

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    My wife and my health are important to me/us. We can't afford medical insurance so we look after our self's best we can with strict low carb diets.
    If I get a life threatening cancer which runs in my family. I'm screwed. See you on the flip side.
     
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    jimeve, Nov 25, 2023
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  2. john boy

    john boy DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster

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    This is a question I have asked of Filipino's living in UK.
    At the age of 58 and my youngest daughter had decided to leave home, I found myself in an empty house full of old memories.
    As a widower of over ten years and never having found a lady I would choose to live with in UK, I met my Filipina wife via a Christian Friends Friendship site.
    When I told my three Children of my intention to move to Philippines, they were shocked, as it turned out my health suffered due to the climate and I decided that apart from visiting, the Philippines was not the best option.
    Eventually my wife was able to join me in UK and is happy here, however many younger Filipino's who living in the UK who have children born here, they face that same dilemma, of leaving their children/ grandchildren behind to retire to Philippines, they now realise that is a hard decision to have to make.
    Having said that, I have never relied on my children in anyway, I have let them lead their own lives, so I feel they should let me do the same.
    Living on the other side of the world would I of missed them? yes, do I see them as often as I would like? no! but that's their choice.
     
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    john boy, Oct 18, 2023
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  3. Dutchie

    Dutchie DI Senior Member Showcase Reviewer Veteran Army

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    Our daughter is only emotionally mine, she just started college. I've been in her life since she was 10, and she has shown a remarkable talent for adjusting to the hugely different circumstances before me and since me.
    Maybe I got lucky, but I can't say raising a teenager here was much different from doing so in Europe earlier in the 90's.
    The biggest issue I had in the past 7 1/2 years was to come to terms with the way schools here (don't) work.
    Behaviour wise, yeah sure, social media is a big thing for the kids, but not more so here than elsewhere I think.
    Luckily the girl's pretty smart, so not much correction needed at all.
     
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    Dutchie, Oct 6, 2023
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  4. God Bless Texas

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    Just keep sowing good seeds, no need to look back. Some will land on good ground and multiply (people will pay kindness forward). The others, well, they will become food for the birds and critters

    From a smile, encouraging word, or just listening, many times an act of kindness doesnt cost money. Those are the actions remembered. We can all be an example of living kindly and humbly, regardless of socioeconomic status.
     
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    God Bless Texas, Aug 4, 2023
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  5. Rye83

    Rye83 with pastrami Admin Secured Account Highly Rated Poster SC Connoisseur Veteran Army

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    I saw a funny video on TikTok where a Filipino cyclist in Manila was screaming "BIKE LANE!" repeatedly at motorcycle and car drivers that were using and blocking the bike lane. Nobody paid him any attention, which led to him becoming even more irate.

    I would put my money on bike lanes immediately turning into an additional lane for vehicles and parking in most cities in the Philippines. No traffic enforcement, people will do what they please. You can paint all the lines you want, it isn't going to change a thing.
     
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    Rye83, Nov 18, 2021
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  6. Always a Poppy

    Always a Poppy DI Senior Member Restricted Account

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    Rye, I understand that you are pushing this back to being an offline conversation between the Moderator and Member, but it does raise a valid point and one that I have also been at the sharp end of. Unlike NMRN I chose to remain quiet for the sake of peace, even though I felt similarly confused and slighted.

    As individual members we sometimes get a bit heated with each other and things are written that, maybe with a bit of hindsight and thought, should be said differently. I'm as guilty of that as anyone else. When there is a Moderator involved in the midst of that discussion it can become personal to him/her. It's at that point that we are seeing members being taken to task, with whatever measures the Moderator feels like unleashing at the time. You have said above that what another Moderator does may not be what you do - how do we know which course of moderation is the right one and how we can avoid it if there is no consistency? How can we know when we are discussing with the Moderator and when with the Member? If this course of action continues then it leaves open for Moderators to say whatever they like about members, with no recourse. That cannot be correct.

    You mention this road has been travelled many times. That suggests that it's a recurring issue and one that does need thinking about.

    Not trying to ruffle any feathers here. We all know and appreciate the job that's done in keeping the Forum going and being a place that many of us look forward to visiting, but this does seem to be something that's taking the shine off it a bit for some.
     
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    Always a Poppy, Sep 30, 2020
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  7. RR_biker

    RR_biker DI Senior Member Veteran Marines

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    In Zamboanga city, aka, Ciudad Latina de Asia, some people still do speak Spanish.
     
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    RR_biker, Sep 29, 2020
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  8. DavyL200

    DavyL200 DI Forum Luminary ★ Global Mod ★ ★ Moderator ★ Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer

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    Just take a look how many can do simple maths in their head and that answers all the questions.
     
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    DavyL200, Dec 7, 2019
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  9. Happy Camper

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    Not so sure of the economics. We have spare gas tanks in case we run out. Can change and keep cooking and roasting or baking easily. What happens when you get the unexpected/unscheduled brown out and you are roasting and baking in an electric oven? I'll take practical over economics here at this time, unless you have a generator of course. Then there is the added cost of operating a generator to throw into the economics side.
     
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    Happy Camper, Jan 28, 2019
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  10. k.t.ballin11

    k.t.ballin11 DI New Member Veteran Navy

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    Very well done you! I appreciate your update and glad to read the positive improvements.
     
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    k.t.ballin11, Sep 8, 2018
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