Retirees Find Peace And Prosperity Far Away

INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY ^ | 03/18/2011 07:02 PM ET | MARILYN ALVA

[utherdoul]

as long as I get a butler to manage the help I suppose thats tolerable.

[SAJ]

If she needs a copyeditor, I'm her man, Pete, particularly anything to do with money. My very first job at 15 was being a copyeditor for my father's firm, a book and church literature publisher.

And, as you in particular know, I write (rather) well. Show her my book for an excellent example of how NOT to copyedit a publication (my copyeditor was A) utterly uninformed about trading and markets and B) a slave to her bloody stylebook, which had evidently been lifted wholesale from Political Correctness for Dummies).

And, yes, unless otherwise directed, I place a terminating period AFTER a parenthetical phrase, not within.

;^)

[Rebelbase]

“they will now have to suffer with a cook, a maid and a driver.”

The horror!

[Erasmus]

Ah, Bob Heinz interviewing the ultra-attractive Krummhungers. They finally got around to showing a home movie of their 'alienation' during a visit with the natives.

≤}B^)

[Erasmus]

And, yes, unless otherwise directed, I place a terminating period AFTER a parenthetical phrase, not within.

I think that's according to Hoyle--er, I mean Strunk and White.

[Eye of Unk]

Sorry but I prefer a country thats a tad bit more of the “lighter” skin coloring. Too many places to be kidnapped in Central or South America, of course your dollar go further, because everything is crap there!

I’m 54, I will be flying down to Australia this next winter (summer there)and will be checking out some small ranch property.Probably around Victoria.

[therut]

I have a patient that was talking about one of these great hospitals that the US .gov payes Medicare to take care of US citizens. It just got busted for very poor care and fraud. He said it was bad,bad, bad. I do not remember which South Amer. hell hole it was in but he is having his colonoscopy redone cause he is NOT sure it actually was done as he was told. They were just knocking people out and telling them they did a colonoscopy.

[RobRoy]

>>That’s nice.

I wish them a peaceful and comfortable tax-free retirement.

But WTSHTF in their third world paradise, I hope they don’t expect the US taxpayer to send troops and the Navy to rescue them and ship all their booty back home for free.<<

That’s why our getaway is KY. Still in the US but some of the perks of those other places.

[Hot Tabasco]

*solve* the problems rather than running away from them.

Nobody's "running away" from the problems, we're running away to countries where the the weather is more temperate all year long and where the cost of living is more conducive to our now fixed and limited incomes...We worked our entire lives here and paid our taxes so why should anyone have any beef over where we choose to live out the rest of our lives?

Some of us did well and are living like kings, some of us didn't and are doing the best we can with what we have. There is no reason why any retiree should be criticized for moving to another country that is more suitable to their health, their lifestyle and most importantly, their incomes..........

[Clemenza]

Most Asian, Latin American, and eastern European countries have legalized prostitution, as does Canada, the state of Alaska, and most of Nevade. No reason to single out Ticolandia.

[Nervous Tick]

Nobody's "running away" from the problems

Is that so.

Then tell me, "dude": why did you make the following statements?

"it's more likely the SHTF will occur here [in the US] than overseas.........."

"And how's that little problem in Texas called illegal immigrants?"

You see, YOU'RE the one who brought up America's problems. I just addressed your point. But you don't have the intellectual honesty to admit it.

why should anyone have any beef over where we choose to live out the rest of our lives?

Hey, by all means enjoy your cheap life overseas. Enjoy living like a king and for sure lord it over the "natives" who aren't as well off as you. Why, you *earned* it, bigshot!

But don't expect respect from me. I don't have any for Americans who aren't really Americans at heart. Ones who took what America had to offer when the getting was good, and then "bug out" for a better deal in some cheap banana republic.

And if you get in trouble over there... don't call us, call your local sheriff or the Costa Rican national guard or whatever. We Americans will have our hands full dealing with America's problems and helping our brothers and sisters *here*.

[Nervous Tick]

>> That’s why our getaway is KY. Still in the US but some of the perks of those other places.

Precisely why we’re moving to rural Texas just as soon as we can swing it.

[RobRoy]

See those Mounds. Paul and Patti.

[GeronL]

That doesn’t make it right, skanks

[SAJ]

Indeed it is. However, some "modern" stylebooks insist otherwise...and publishers, as a rule, give wide if misappropriate discretion to "copyeditors" who bend over and fellate some bastardised sort of "English" language because the stylebook says X and they've not enough either education nor wit to say, or even be aware, that "X is ungrammatical".

Never mind the notion of "the Queen's English" vs. "American English": neither are taught any longer to any significant degree, and copyeditors are allowed to (attempt to) lord it over literate authors by simply waving about a stylebook written by some number of academic illiterates. As a rule, I tell -- and have told, many times -- rogue, self-important and grammatically illiterate and/or topically ignorant copyeditors to consider using pages from their bloody stylebooks as tampons, should they run short at any time.

Yes, I **do** feel rather strongly about this subject, and with good and directly personal experience with the subject. Sorry for the rant, and FReegards!

[primeval patriot]

Eastern Europe is looking better to me everyday.

Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria.

Visited Romania a few weeks ago, that’s off the list.

Although I understand why some would want to go South of the border to retire - I’ll pass.

[Erasmus]

-- rogue, self-important and grammatically illiterate and/or topically ignorant copyeditors to consider using pages from their bloody stylebooks as tampons, should they run short at any time.

And that's for the guys.

Seriesly, I think that in the mass media, all the editors have been laid off.

[ASOC]

true, that. but it does get rather tiring to see the (.) commentsw on the board time and time again.