how is your springfed stream doing in this drought......(assuming your droughty like we are a bit north) .........my springs are down to a small trickle and my creek is mostly below the gravel other than some very low spots
Bugging out to Other Countries
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I Closed My Offshore Bank Accounts - Here's Why
Nov 16, 2025 #offshorebanking #internationalbanking #livingabroadAs a relocation specialist, one of the most common questions I get is "How to open an offshore bank account?". But most people don't realize that they might not need one. In this video, I'm sharing why I closed eight of my international bank accounts and why, so you can decide if you need one to manage your money overseas. I also share the hidden risks nobody talks about, and what actually works instead.
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Some people just want their space and to be left alone. That does not necessarily make them bad neighbors.
It doesn't make them allies; or make them "part of the community." When a house burns down, they're not gonna be part of the group pitching in. And if the power's out for an extended time, and there's food to cook; and cold-storage capacity to ration...the people you see every day, even if only to nod to, may well be vital keys. The person who's sometimes there, who ignores everyone...is probably either going to be absent (if he has other resources) or a taker.
I'm not opposed to suburban living, but this is one of the less-appealing aspects: The social sterility. I've lived in small towns and major cities. Just knowing there's someone who I can count on, or maybe can count on, who's not hostile, who's not looking for a way to bust down my garage door when TSHTF...is a blessing.
In a crisis, your most important asset is going to be...people. If you have none, it's only a matter of time until you die in your sleep, or at least are robbed blind.
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Do Americans REGRET Moving Abroad
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Kind Multi-millionaire invited me to his villa in Hong Kong
Jan 2, 2026 Life as a foreigner in ChinaPeople know Hong Kong as a city of coffin-sized apartments. But I discovered a side of Hong Kong most people never see. Meet David, an Irish multimillionaire who has lived in Hong Kong for over 16 years. He invited me to his spacious villa with stunning sea views. Looks like a good life, right? But a few years ago, he hit rock bottom, had to start over, and managed to rebuild his life. We talked about Hong Kong’s future challenges, what “New Hong Kong” really means, and what foreigners still misunderstand about the city today. Enjoy!
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Kind Multi-millionaire invited me to his villa in Hong Kong
Jan 2, 2026 Life as a foreigner in China
People know Hong Kong as a city of coffin-sized apartments. But I discovered a side of Hong Kong most people never see. Meet David, an Irish multimillionaire who has lived in Hong Kong for over 16 years. He invited me to his spacious villa with stunning sea views. Looks like a good life, right? But a few years ago, he hit rock bottom, had to start over, and managed to rebuild his life. We talked about Hong Kong’s future challenges, what “New Hong Kong” really means, and what foreigners still misunderstand about the city today. Enjoy!
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Ever read the Bram Stoker classic, Dracula? The book. As written.
The narrator is invited to the Count's castle - his guest - and for the first week or so, he finds himself welcomed. Of course the Count has strange manners and is only willing to entertain after sundown. It takes the young guest a couple of weeks to realize he's not a guest, but a prisoner, and Dracula is literally "son of the Devil."
That's what I think of when I read/hear of someone's account of being a guest in a fabulous mansion in Hong Kong, Peking, Dubai, Trashkanistan...places where they chop your head off or shoot you close range, face in the dirt, for saying or thinking the wrong words or thoughts.
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Uh-huh.
Have we forgotten the German Migrant-Problem? How they have signs on public pools and beaches, asking the "guest migrants" to please not rape little girls?
Have we forgotten what's happening in England and especially Ireland, now, with these rape-gangs running whole swaths of major cities?
Have we forgotten the German Migrant-Problem? How they have signs on public pools and beaches, asking the "guest migrants" to please not rape little girls?
Have we forgotten what's happening in England and especially Ireland, now, with these rape-gangs running whole swaths of major cities?
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Scratch Mexico off the list. New income requirements for this year are 4300 a month. So if you want to move there you need 4300 but if they want to come here they get to sign up for free shit. Our politicians need to be run out of DC forever.
In this Age of Chaos, with Davos Man ruling the globe but only tenuously (and angrily)...the one place you don't want to be, is surrounded by people who are of tribal mindset...who are not your tribe.
The Mestizo Mexicans have a generational hate-on towards European Castilian Spanish-Mexicans, the Elite Ruling Class until forty years ago. They stay hidden behind locked gates, and for sound reasons.
Whites are not welcome there. I don't know how that racialist hatred translates in Brazil; but Argentinians have their own reasons, not-so-much racial, to hate gr!ngos.
Would you move to New Orleans to ride out the coming collapse? Even IF...a prosperous industry in river shipping or transfer to ocean vessels, loomed? With their tribal makeup, they're gonna go full-retard Mogadishu when TSHTF.
Same with the Philippines or Indochina. Even RUSSIA is now demanding literacy in Cyrillic and the Russian language to remain a permanent resident alien.
No, the best places to ride this out, are gonna be somewhere where you belong. With people who accept that you belong.
The Mestizo Mexicans have a generational hate-on towards European Castilian Spanish-Mexicans, the Elite Ruling Class until forty years ago. They stay hidden behind locked gates, and for sound reasons.
Whites are not welcome there. I don't know how that racialist hatred translates in Brazil; but Argentinians have their own reasons, not-so-much racial, to hate gr!ngos.
Would you move to New Orleans to ride out the coming collapse? Even IF...a prosperous industry in river shipping or transfer to ocean vessels, loomed? With their tribal makeup, they're gonna go full-retard Mogadishu when TSHTF.
Same with the Philippines or Indochina. Even RUSSIA is now demanding literacy in Cyrillic and the Russian language to remain a permanent resident alien.
No, the best places to ride this out, are gonna be somewhere where you belong. With people who accept that you belong.
How much is a ticket to Mars?
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I forget the exact number of Burma-Shave wrappers, but it was A LOT.
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American couple bought a house in Italy for $13,150 and spent around $18,000 renovating it—take a look inside
Cassandra Tresl and Alex Ninman moved in with Tresl's grandfather in the Czech Republic in 2020 and closed on a house in Abruzzo, Italy, in 2022.
Oh, I'm really fighting it...
The little devil in my ear, wants me to make a post about Elton John, riding a rocket.
But I'll be good...no, won't go there...
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You can find that in just about any country in the world except for perhaps all those in the ME.
Takes knowledge and high social skills to do that in a foreign land. More so if the people are...how shall we say...not so advanced.
Gr!ngo expats in Mexico, tend to stay in American Slums for a REASON. They don't feel welcome in the general public.
Some of that is their own doing - they don't, or can't learn the language (learning a new language at age 50 is HARD) and they stick to their previous ways of life. Those who really can change their outlook, and/or those who learned Mexican Spanish as a child, will have an easier time.
Just one example. I expect it's more problematic in Indochina - the Vietnamese, no matter how much they may admire Americans, are not going to (again) subjugate themselves. In Thailand, I've read accounts of retirees who went down, and were basically slowly bled by Thai honey-traps. When the money is gone, there's nothing but misery and official abuse for the now-broke Yanqi.
Not saying the whole world is farked up; just the opposite. A realistic viewpoint. We - meaning average normal Americans, not self-loathing Cluster-B wombat feminazis - we don't love it when Africans or Arabs come here and can't speak a word, but have no problem defecating in the center of airport concourses. We don't like the strange prayer rituals that interrupt work flows, on jobsites or in plants. It is not our way. For a newcomer to advertise this behavior, is telling us: They hold themselves up as better, and they come here and look down on us.
It's the way of the world; of human behavior, to not accept the alien into one's midst.
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I'm not sure what your travel experience is like CJ but mine has been nothing like you describe.
7 trips to Cuba. People there are amazing, especially once you get outside of Havana but Havana is pretty awesome as well. A few places in Havana that are less than desirable but I was never in those spots so don't know for sure. The population overall is fairly well educated, much better than the US. They can hold intelligent conversations in 2 languages at least and one of my girlfriends spoke 4 languages. They love Americans but cant stand our government and definitely understand there is a difference. In the US we seem to hate all Cubans because thats what the propaganda tells us to do.
As poor as they are there they laugh a lot easier than we do here and certainly make the best of life that they can.
What does Trump do. No oil for them and after an embargo lasting more than 60 years already he decides to really stick it to people that were not even alive when the Missile crisis went down.
Trump could end the whole thing by bringing aid and prosperity to the nation and he would be the most loved person there but nope, he wants to do things the hard way and make everyone suffer instead.
My last trip to Mexico was in Cancun. Not the touristy strip but the other side of the lagoon. Can see and hear the strip but from a distance over the water. Nice little Mexican subdivision for upper middle class Mexicans. Nice people. I was invited to one party and had a good time. One day I was out on a bus, apparently headed the wrong direction and this 12 yr old kid came over to me and asked (in English) where I was going. I told him and he said I am headed the wrong way and didn't want to go where this bus was taking me. LOL. Explained how to get on the other bus and get back to where I wanted to go. I guess my point is there are good people everywhere, even in that shithole Mexico that you describe.
Asia is a playground for a lot of men. The women there know this and try to take advantage of it whenever they can. You can be a stupid gringo and fall into their traps or you can go there for an enjoyable vacation on your own terms.(You being a general term, not meaning you CJ)
As I have mentioned before, people are the same all over the world. We all work to put a roof over our heads, clothes on our backs and food on the table. The food may differ and the language may be different but the basic fundamentals are the same. If you cant go and find a community to become a part of in most parts of the world then you might be the problem.
7 trips to Cuba. People there are amazing, especially once you get outside of Havana but Havana is pretty awesome as well. A few places in Havana that are less than desirable but I was never in those spots so don't know for sure. The population overall is fairly well educated, much better than the US. They can hold intelligent conversations in 2 languages at least and one of my girlfriends spoke 4 languages. They love Americans but cant stand our government and definitely understand there is a difference. In the US we seem to hate all Cubans because thats what the propaganda tells us to do.
As poor as they are there they laugh a lot easier than we do here and certainly make the best of life that they can.
What does Trump do. No oil for them and after an embargo lasting more than 60 years already he decides to really stick it to people that were not even alive when the Missile crisis went down.
Trump could end the whole thing by bringing aid and prosperity to the nation and he would be the most loved person there but nope, he wants to do things the hard way and make everyone suffer instead.
My last trip to Mexico was in Cancun. Not the touristy strip but the other side of the lagoon. Can see and hear the strip but from a distance over the water. Nice little Mexican subdivision for upper middle class Mexicans. Nice people. I was invited to one party and had a good time. One day I was out on a bus, apparently headed the wrong direction and this 12 yr old kid came over to me and asked (in English) where I was going. I told him and he said I am headed the wrong way and didn't want to go where this bus was taking me. LOL. Explained how to get on the other bus and get back to where I wanted to go. I guess my point is there are good people everywhere, even in that shithole Mexico that you describe.
Asia is a playground for a lot of men. The women there know this and try to take advantage of it whenever they can. You can be a stupid gringo and fall into their traps or you can go there for an enjoyable vacation on your own terms.(You being a general term, not meaning you CJ)
As I have mentioned before, people are the same all over the world. We all work to put a roof over our heads, clothes on our backs and food on the table. The food may differ and the language may be different but the basic fundamentals are the same. If you cant go and find a community to become a part of in most parts of the world then you might be the problem.
Well, we all have different experiences.
Been to Tijuana about seven times; to Acapulco once, with the Navy, believe it or not. A week's liberty there.
Been to pre-takeover Hong Kong; to Singapore; to Perth and Hobart. Plus, talked a lot to senior enlisted about how life was in the P.I. before Subic was closed. Also talked a lot with East Coast Navy types, about how life was in Rota, Spain, in various ports in 1980s Europe.
I was scoping out Mexico as a retirement home before the Plandemic hit...my luck, and I mean that. I could have been stuck behind there, and some Mexican states were not overly kind or gentle with their Jab Mandates.
I'd talked a lot online to people I believe were Americans (never met one face-to) in Mexico; they gave me some advice on how to work through Mexican customs with my motorcycle; and what to expect, and where not to go where my money would be burned up. Also, Unca Walt - who basically pulled some things together. My own conclusions: They love our money; they love that Americanos can pay for things, without thought; but when the money's gone, it's Us-Versus-Them time.
There's even some of that in the States. In 1981 I was in Texas - never having been there; this was before my Navy time. A lot of Detroit types were moving down there - they called the Northern migration the Black Tag Plague. For the black Michigan license plates of the time. Didn't matter where you really were from; if you talked funny like a Damyankee, you were a Black Tag.
And they circled the wagons. My first encounter, close up, with a Harris County cop, was when he was breaking my face with his mother-of-pearl and chrome revolver. While apologizing to a guy who started the disturbance, a good ol' boy who sucker-punched me, cold-cocking me. Mistaken identity on his part. But he was a Texas son, and I had the funny accent, and that was all the cop needed. Why bother to arrest me, and maybe see me released in a couple hours, when he could put me in hospital for a day? Which is what happened. And the cop didn't take me there, either. I had to get myself there.
That's Them-Versus-Us. I'd been close-to-jumped by Mexicans (looked like actual Mexicans, you used to be able to tell) in San Diego, walking back to the ship from the San Diego Trolley stop. What saved me was, he thought I was going for a sidearm. I was reaching for my key-chain, aiming to take a stand and dig his eyes out. He ran like hell, after stalking me for ten minutes.
We and They.
I'm glad you saw a different side to life in other nations. I have not. You will say it's personality, or ignorant behavior on my part...you may well be right.
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Trump must have read my post. Just read he sent Rubio to Cuba to make a deal. Hopefully he does and Cuba becomes a great friend to the US as they once were. The people there are hungry for an opportunity to work and make a better life for themselves. If a deal is struck it will be my next destination outside of the US. It's one o my favorite places on the planet. Of course it will all change once US corporations get in there but I like it out in the country anyway. The corporations will rebuild all the cities is my guess. It would also be my 1st choice for an expat destination. I'd love to have a small farm out in Pinar Del Rio. 2-3 hectors would be fine for me.
Before I went to PI I had chatted up some girls to meet when I got there. Potential wife material. One I had already ruled out so we were just friends online and never intended to meet her. Once I got there and got down to her island (CDO) and got situated I had my 1st night free. I hit her up for dinner just to finally meet and it was just supposed to be a friendly dinner. Afterwards I went back to my place and was paying to send her home but she insisted on coming in. The next day I kicked her out and she was pissed but I told her I tried to send her home, if she wanted to stay that was on her. I told her the girl I was really coming to meet was coming later on that day(She wasn't) and she had to go. Gave her money for a taxi and that was the end, so I thought. The next morning she shows up at 7 am knocking on my door to give me my taxi money back and tell me she had her own money. What she really was hoping was to cause problems with the new girl but she wasn't there yet. LOL. She had red flags all over her and there was a reason I ruled her out before I even got there but apparently she thought she could change my mind.
The following day when the other girl did arrive I told her I didn't like this place and wanted to go stay someplace on the beach. So I rented a little cabin on the beach and put that drama behind me. The new one wanted to go to dinner and invite a few family members. A few turned into 14. LOL. Place was on the water and I mean it was built on stilts and on the water. Very nice and the food was excellent. Ordered enough food for 20 people probably. A couple of people had drinks but most didn't. When the bill came I literally laughed. It was so cheap it wouldn't have even been the tip in the us. Was like 34 bucks. After that we spent the rest of our time together without family and had a nice time.
Bottom line is you do have to vet the people you hang out with. If you're going to meet women it's best to talk with them online for awhile and see how they are before you get there. if they start asking for shit and telling you they love you before you have even met, run. LOL. Just move on and find someone else. It's easy to avoid the scammers if you pre screen them.
Before I went to PI I had chatted up some girls to meet when I got there. Potential wife material. One I had already ruled out so we were just friends online and never intended to meet her. Once I got there and got down to her island (CDO) and got situated I had my 1st night free. I hit her up for dinner just to finally meet and it was just supposed to be a friendly dinner. Afterwards I went back to my place and was paying to send her home but she insisted on coming in. The next day I kicked her out and she was pissed but I told her I tried to send her home, if she wanted to stay that was on her. I told her the girl I was really coming to meet was coming later on that day(She wasn't) and she had to go. Gave her money for a taxi and that was the end, so I thought. The next morning she shows up at 7 am knocking on my door to give me my taxi money back and tell me she had her own money. What she really was hoping was to cause problems with the new girl but she wasn't there yet. LOL. She had red flags all over her and there was a reason I ruled her out before I even got there but apparently she thought she could change my mind.
The following day when the other girl did arrive I told her I didn't like this place and wanted to go stay someplace on the beach. So I rented a little cabin on the beach and put that drama behind me. The new one wanted to go to dinner and invite a few family members. A few turned into 14. LOL. Place was on the water and I mean it was built on stilts and on the water. Very nice and the food was excellent. Ordered enough food for 20 people probably. A couple of people had drinks but most didn't. When the bill came I literally laughed. It was so cheap it wouldn't have even been the tip in the us. Was like 34 bucks. After that we spent the rest of our time together without family and had a nice time.
Bottom line is you do have to vet the people you hang out with. If you're going to meet women it's best to talk with them online for awhile and see how they are before you get there. if they start asking for shit and telling you they love you before you have even met, run. LOL. Just move on and find someone else. It's easy to avoid the scammers if you pre screen them.