OT: dreaming of homelessness

[scaredyclassic]

i am careening into 50 shortly. but my back is strong, like bull. 6 months of squats and deadlifts have made it tougher than at any time in my life. When I take a breath and brace my core, i feel like I can lift almost anything. I do not believe I will suffer a back injury. the weak link is this one tendon in my left leg. it hurts from time to time. everything else is like steel cable.

I have another year till i hit 50, and the goal is to continue to become stronger every month until then. AFter that, I hit the sauce.

[NotCranky]

Painted rocks in a garden sounds good.
The older I get, the more I know I didn’t miss anything by being an underachiever.

[scaredyclassic]

Americans live in mortal fear of back injury. Reason: we are so freaking WEAK.

In the old days, men were not waylaid by tweaked backs. Because men were strong. We have become unbelievably soft. So soft our spines literally crumble and we far damaging our backs by using them.

We must work our backs! Also have sons and daughters with strong backs.

[briansd1]

I know a guy who was a surfer in Orange County.
He was an unhappy software engineer and went on vacation in Vietnam and stayed.

At the time, Vietnam was opening up to world, and building beach resorts. They didn’t know anything about surfing, etc. . Pure luck, he got a concession to provide water sports for guests at a luxury resort.

Things just fell into place from there. He’s now a businessman running a successful operation from the beach. He charges the same price or higher as in America.

Married a beautiful vietnamese woman whose family owns lands so now they are into farming and real estate. They have two kids who live with them in Saigon.

[scaredyclassic]

I bet his back doesn’t hurt. America makes backs hurt.

In the old days people got ulcers not back pain.

It’s a new and weird epidemic, the back injury.

[briansd1]

[quote=walterwhite]Friend is considering just escaping to Cambodia, buying a bar on the beach. He vacations there. Cambodias extra cheap to live in. He might just do it. I’ve always dreamed about being a wandering bum, just crashing here and there. Wouldn’t need all that much $ to be a well fed hobo in se Asia. Sometimes the middleclass responsible life is a drag[/quote]

I think that he should just do it.

I’ve been wanting to do it but I’m too much of a wimp. I love the physical comforts of modern life. In developing countries, if you want the material trappings of American life (large roomy house, car, central-air, dishwasher, washer/dryer) it will cost you more than in America.

Living in Cambodia is like living in NYC in some ways, but different. You need money to isolate yourself from the discomfort and hardship of daily life.

I’m been to Cambodia several times. I’m not a big drinker but the bar scene is fun and it’s an everyday thing. The Foreign Correspondent’s Club reminds me of the romance of The Quiet American.
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/Cambodia/Phnom_Penh-1194372/Restaurants-Phnom_Penh-FCC_Foreign_Correspondent_Club-BR-1.html

There’s a bar called Heart of Darkness in Phnom Penh (another one in Saigon is called Apocalypse Now. Think Francis Ford Coppola.). Bar hoping, you meet government officials and sons and daughters of ministers who come with guards and guns.

It’s kinda like the Wild West with a sense of adventure. In Cambodia, if you earn US dollars, you can have a maid, a cook, and a regular taxi driver (or chauffeur if you have your own car).

A successful American bar in Cambodia could make more money than one in San Diego. Maybe it’s a risk worth taking, if only for the fun and adventure.

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