On Wed, 11 May 2011 18:36:51 +1000, Krypsis    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 11/05/2011 9:35 AM, goodsoldierschweik@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 10 May 2011 22:08:48 +1000, Krypsis   
   >> wrote:   
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   >>> On 10/05/2011 9:17 PM, goodsoldierschweik@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 10 May 2011 17:07:45 +1000, Krypsis   
   >>>> wrote:   
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   >>>> I certainly hope that your toils weren't too irksome, but God it must   
   >>>> be soul destroying to be old and unable to support oneself and to have   
   >>>> to be caging pints from one's erstwhile mates.   
   >>>   
   >>> Caging?  I think you mean "cadging". Big difference.   
   >>>   
   >>> Pray tell why I would need to be cadging anything from my mates?   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm not the one who needs to live in retirement in a low cost country to   
   >>> eke out my retirement pension. I leave that for you to do!   
   >>>   
   >>> Krypsis   
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   >>   
   >> Ah Krispy, but you are the one brags about your mates finding him the   
   >> sinecure so that he could support his extended Vietnamese family (who   
   >   
   >My "mates" didn't find me my consultancy work. It was at a request from   
   >the Minister for Immigration that I took on the role.   
   >   
   >My wife and I have no need to provide support to any of her overseas   
   >family. They are, for the most part, quite well off and live in Phu My   
   >Hung, District 7, HCMC.   
   >   
   >> seem to have discovered nirvana with a Westerner to support them).   
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   >You quite obviously haven't been to Phu My Hung. I think that if you had   
   >you might not make comments like that. I doubt I would be able to afford   
   >a home in that suburb.   
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   >You are the one who brags about the two days a week.   
   >   
   >Hardly bragging. It's something I do to keep my brain active. Obviously   
   >retirement has caused yours to turn into something more resembling jelly   
   >if your remarks here are anything to go by.   
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   >> And you have to ask about cadging from your mates?   
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   >I was commenting on your lack of journalistic skills, to whit, basic   
   >spelling.   
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   >> But to set the record straight, I have no retirement. I simply live on   
   >> the income from my investments.   
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   >And what poor investments they must be! Can you afford your internet   
   >connection? It must really be straining your budget.   
   >   
   >Krypsis   
      
   I'd say that they are pretty good investments, and probably better   
   then yours. At least I don't need to sponge off my mates and go   
   weeping to my previous place of employment for a sinecure to support   
   my "extended family".   
      
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