Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => Introduction => Topic started by: Voodoo on August 09, 2013, 04:39:45 AM
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Hi Everyone.. My name is Ed (Call sign Voodoo) and around the 1st week of November I will be bringing my wife back to her home village where we will, permanently, retire. We have already built a house in her home village of Krok Rak, which is about 7km north of Non Suwon on route 2016. It's small enough where it's no even listed on Google Earth. I guess I'm one of those lucky guys who found the right woman all those years ago. On June 25th of this year Pon and I celebrated our 40 wedding anniversary. She is my War Bride. We met in NKP on the Mekong River back in 1973 and have been together ever since. I feel very comfortable coming back to Thailand since her family has always treated me like family. But the biggest reason I'm bringing her back here is that we have seen, 1st hand, what happens to wives, back here, after they lose their husbands. If anything happens to me then she would be here all alone. Our kids are all in the service and I only have one brother left here. In Thailand she has a huge, supportive, family. We will have a good time and a good retirement in Thailand. Looking forward to meeting you guys once we get there.. Have a few pit stops to make along the way. We'll be leaving Tampa around the end of September and driving to Houston to spend a little time with my brother and his family. Then it will be off to Colorado Springs and Shriever AFB to visit our daughter and her family. The last stop will be Joint Base Hickam/Pearl in Hawaii to visit our son and his family. From there it'll be the final leg to Bangkok and then up country. Thanks for allowing us into your forum.
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Hi Ed welcome aboard welcome1
Nice First post and I hope you have a happy retirement here in the North East thumbup
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Hi Ed,Welcome to Buriram........There are several Americans living around Nong Ki
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Lovely family Ed, see you at Nookie's sunday bash one of these ...
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Lovely family Ed, see you at Nookie's sunday bash one of these ...
Hi Ed,
Don't forget your coming here to enjoy yourself.
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VooDoo, welcome. You have a fantastic story, and I hope a fantastic retirement!! congrats
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Welcome Ed, welcome1
Not sure what you'll see a Shriever as it's built like a prison in the middle of nowhere, more likely it will be Peterson.
Glad to have another ex military here. After you get he come see my Navy buddy Sparks and me.
Keith
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Meeting Urleft is something you'll never forget!
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Lovely family Ed, see you at Nookie's sunday bash one of these ...
Hi Ed,
Don't forget your coming here to enjoy yourself.
As Candy has never been here on a Sunday afternoon ,why spout about it??
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Welcome Ed, welcome1
Not sure what you'll see a Shriever as it's built like a prison in the middle of nowhere, more likely it will be Peterson.
Glad to have another ex military here. After you get he come see my Navy buddy Sparks and me.
Keith
Thanks Keith.. Don't know when you were last at Shriever but it appears that things have changed there.. According to my daughter most of it's new.. They were assigned a new 4 bedroom home in base housing and although it is a small place they really like it there. But they're used to small bases. They just spent the last 3 years at Hanscom Field in Bedford Mass, just outside of Boston. They've already visited Peterson and the Air Force Academy. Both are too crowded for them. Looking forward to meeting you and Sparks once we get back to the LOS.
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Meeting Urleft is something you'll never forget!
I'll just bet it will be something. Us old GIs are a bit of a different breed, especially those of us from the Vietnam era. Looking forward to meeting you once we get back to the LOS. Take Care and Be Well.
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VooDoo, welcome. You have a fantastic story, and I hope a fantastic retirement!! congrats
Thanks for the good words Deputy Dave.. We will have a great retirement in the LOS.. It is home to us.
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Lovely family Ed, see you at Nookie's sunday bash one of these ...
Hi Ed,
Don't forget your coming here to enjoy yourself.
Oh we will thoroughly enjoy ourselves now that we are retired. For us we are coming home and looking forward to spending a lot of good years with each other and family there in the LOS
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Lovely family Ed, see you at Nookie's sunday bash one of these ...
Looking forward to meeting you Dundee.. We'll see you at Nookie's
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Hi Ed welcome aboard welcome1
Nice First post and I hope you have a happy retirement here in the North East thumbup
We will Somnat. Thanks for the good words
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Welcome Ed, welcome1
Not sure what you'll see a Shriever as it's built like a prison in the middle of nowhere, more likely it will be Peterson.
Glad to have another ex military here. After you get he come see my Navy buddy Sparks and me.
Keith
Thanks Keith.. Don't know when you were last at Shriever but it appears that things have changed there.. According to my daughter most of it's new.. They were assigned a new 4 bedroom home in base housing and although it is a small place they really like it there. But they're used to small bases. They just spent the last 3 years at Hanscom Field in Bedford Mass, just outside of Boston. They've already visited Peterson and the Air Force Academy. Both are too crowded for them. Looking forward to meeting you and Sparks once we get back to the LOS.
Yup been about 13 years since I was at Shriever (it was still referred to as Falcon). So hopefully some of the city has grown out to it. Directions to Shriever used to be drive east for 20 miles until you hit the light, turn right an look for the fortress like compound. That's a big change from Hanscome, was there during the Big Dig time, but I did learn to appreciate Sam Adams Summer Ale there. Also spent time at MacDill. I wore a Harley shirt recently, "Me and my Hog went up Pike's Peak".
Best of luck to you, looking forward to meeting.
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Welcome Ed, welcome1
Not sure what you'll see a Shriever as it's built like a prison in the middle of nowhere, more likely it will be Peterson.
Glad to have another ex military here. After you get he come see my Navy buddy Sparks and me.
Keith
Thanks Keith.. Don't know when you were last at Shriever but it appears that things have changed there.. According to my daughter most of it's new.. They were assigned a new 4 bedroom home in base housing and although it is a small place they really like it there. But they're used to small bases. They just spent the last 3 years at Hanscom Field in Bedford Mass, just outside of Boston. They've already visited Peterson and the Air Force Academy. Both are too crowded for them. Looking forward to meeting you and Sparks once we get back to the LOS.
Yup been about 13 years since I was at Shriever (it was still referred to as Falcon). So hopefully some of the city has grown out to it. Directions to Shriever used to be drive east for 20 miles until you hit the light, turn right an look for the fortress like compound. That's a big change from Hanscome, was there during the Big Dig time, but I did learn to appreciate Sam Adams Summer Ale there. Also spent time at MacDill. I wore a Harley shirt recently, "Me and my Hog went up Pike's Peak".
Best of luck to you, looking forward to meeting.
I kinda chuckled at Nookie's comment that once I meet you it will be something I'll never forget.. Sounds like we're gonna get along just fine.. Pon and I are a different breed entirely.. To quote Jack Nicholson from the Batman movie "Wait'll they get a load of me" This could be really interesting but advise taken on the Obama thing.. I'll put a zipper in it for now..
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I kinda chuckled at Nookie's comment that once I meet you it will be something I'll never forget.. Sounds like we're gonna get along just fine.. Pon and I are a different breed entirely.. To quote Jack Nicholson from the Batman movie "Wait'll they get a load of me" This could be really interesting but advise taken on the Obama thing.. I'll put a zipper in it for now..
Up to you, I don't. Take a look at the gun control thread, I am way way out in right field in that one.
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Honestly nookie speaks fondly of you Keith, I think the thread you talk about should be gun out of control tonguebar2
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Maybe one of these Sunday afternoonsKeith will pluck up courage ,jump in his armour plated Humbee with his AK47 & get his fat ass over here,,,,he wouldn't have felt isolated yesterday as there were 3 other Seppo's here
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Paul, the actual issue with coming there is I am sometimes a weak willed individual. When I get a fine cider, kind of difficult to stop at one. Maybe if I could find a designated driver so I can be the designated drunk.
Driving back to Buriram after having a few from your place scares me. However, I do have your place on my GPS.
And as I have said before, the AK is not my weapon of choice. I would carry an M-203 for jungle fighting (qualifed expert on on 8 September 2001), for urban fighting I would carry a Colt 1911 .45 cal, and a 7.62 sniper rifle (One Shot, One Kill). For every day protection when I had my concealed weapons permit I carried a Glock 23.
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Act your age. oldmanwithstick
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BRILLIANT..............Keith in his younger days redman thumbup crazydance icon_heart
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I kinda chuckled at Nookie's comment that once I meet you it will be something I'll never forget.. Sounds like we're gonna get along just fine.. Pon and I are a different breed entirely.. To quote Jack Nicholson from the Batman movie "Wait'll they get a load of me" This could be really interesting but advise taken on the Obama thing.. I'll put a zipper in it for now..
Up to you, I don't. Take a look at the gun control thread, I am way way out in right field in that one.
Urleft is right, be yourself, speak your mind but remember others will have an opposing view that's the joy of debate. At Nookies on a Sunday there are all kinds, and a good afternoon is had by all, everybody giving and receiving a bit of sh!t ESP Paul... We all leave as friends.
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Will keep that in mind.. Thanks for the advise..