My friend, Dave, wrote an article in the past couple of days about Waiting to Retire in the Philippines. Dave mentioned, and some of the comments got into talking about the fear that so many have of moving to the Philippines when the timing is not perfect. The biggest fear that I hear from a […]
What’s To Like About LIP?
I think it’s the readers; you know the guy’s and gals that write in and comment on what I’ve written about. If it’s just to tell me I’ve made them smile, or to take issue with something I wrote, or even (bless them) to correct me on a fact that I gotten wrong. (They’re normally […]
Have we arrived?
For people of my age, or older, can you remember the days when we were kids. Computers existed, but were not the household item that they are today. Back in our day, only a very big office would have a computer, like major corporations and such. As we became older, “home computers” became more common, […]
What a jerk
It’s 7:45 in the morning. I was sitting in our dining room area. One of my workers came to work for the day. She greeted me “good morning ma’am”. Upon seeing her face I could tell something was wrong. She went directly to all the garbage cans. My nephew told her to get all the […]
A Little More Tax Talk
Last week, I started answering income tax-related questions that frequently pop up this time of year. While it’s the “stuff” that FAQs are made of, there are enough twists and changes from year to year to preclude anything but the most general and open-ended FAQ file. This week, I’ll speak to something near and dear […]
Knotty Filipinos
Knotty? Bob, don’t you mean naughty? No, indeed I mean knotty. Filipinos are knotty, and it bothers me! 🙂 What am I talking about? Filipinos like to tie knots in everything. You go to the grocery store and buy some groceries, when you get home every single bag is tied into a knot on the […]