What is happening to the Forum?

[Jack Peterson]

1 hour ago, davewe said:

All this said it is inevitable that someone come on the forum and want to talk about the latest news, latest terrorist attack, or what famous person from our youth just died. And sometimes if it interests me I will comment.

 Of course and I would be the first to do it BUt there are ways and ways we are a multinational Forumand people Forget this

[earthdome]

4 hours ago, davewe said:

I have unfollowed a ton of my FB friends since their posts are all about the politics and social issues occurring back there. Frankly, unless it involves money (specifically my money) I don't much care.

I did the same while I was in the Philippines. It really reduces your stress and lets you refocus if you put all that baggage from your home country behind you. For some, that is one of the reasons you moved half way around the world. As the song says, just let it go. Enjoy your retirement and your new life.

Now that we have moved back to the states I find I am more exposed to all the crap news again but I have a better perspective and can laugh at most of the political and societal machinations regardless if it comes from the left/right, liberal/conservative, etc. I just really don't care unless something directly affects me or my family.

[Snowy79]

Sometimes it's nice to see opposing views so you know if certain individuals need to be avoided. 

[stevewool]

Difficult i what to say about this thread, but i do understand what Jack and a few are saying.

There are a few people who love to complain about everything and then there are a few who love to talk about everything, i love to talk.

Being not there yet all i can add is asking questions about what to maybe expect once there, plus what is happening in my life while i am not there.

Its a fine line of keeping people interested in what you are getting over to boring them , i did learn the hard way about starting a thread on world news .

 

 

[Snowy79]

Sometimes hearing about what is going on back in our home countries makes the Philippines all that more appealing. 

[Old55]

The past while  has been a little aggravating. We’ve see higher number of people have come and gone because of their state of mind or they simply wanted to vent and troll. At least that’s my thought. 

Anyone who joins is honestly given a chance to participate. When Chris (we still miss him) first became a member he had a hard time fitting in but turned out to become a real friend to many of us.

The rough patch we see now will soon smooth out I have no doubt because of the core group. Those of you are the real forum and always will be.

[Jake]

13 hours ago, sonjack2847 said:

It seems to me that there are a lot of angry people who should calm down.

OK Kevin, it's that time of the month so I took my valium, vicodin, oxicondin and morphine to calm my PMS induced hyper-tension.  

I'm good to go now........reffestively Jak-Jak

[Reboot]

Board seems fine and friendly to me. 

[sonjack2847]

8 hours ago, Snowy79 said:

Sometimes hearing about what is going on back in our home countries makes the Philippines all that more appealing. 

Hearing about it and getting angry about it are 2 different things.When somebody writes on here and gets angry over something in their old country,which they can do nothing about,and gets angry with other members then it is time to pull them up.

I am of the same opinion as you in that when I hear how bad parts of the UK are becoming I am more than happy to be here.

 

[ClearSky]

I think the forum is fine. Good mix of old timers and some new ones to ask the questions. There are enough ppl that there is representation from several different idologies about everything. I have seen that the mods and even that JGF person seem to stay on top of problems and shutdown silly stuff, and even through out trouble causers. I like to see the answers and ideas of the old timers as well as the new, it makes it real.

I am not quite retired yet. But looking forward to it.

If you just want only old-timers or only that currently live in the Philippines or that have lived there for a certain amount of time that all have the same ideas it could be easily screened at the time of account creation with a few questions.

Being in and from the US I can attest to the fact that the political issues are completely over the top and in everyone face all the time. I can still remember times from being a kid where everyone sat with respect when the leader would speak.

Jack, you seem (from your writing) to be a good family man, with nothing not to like. I can see you dedicate a huge amount of time to this forum. I don't think everyone else in every other place is in the same good position, albeit you have likely earned it. I only read about 1 in 30 of the threads based on available time. This one really caught my attention.

I can respectfully disagree with anyone, or are we looking to have everyone agree ?

Best Regards,