A grumpy old bathplug raves

[Meanz Beanz]

South America has a good future.

[safewalrus]

Pitcain? or Tristan da Cunah maybe? I guess anywhere off the beaten (the further off the better) is doing OK - just make sure you got everything afore ye go (including things to make sure your private island stays private if you see what I mean - most of you will I'm sure)

[the1much]

SEE WHAT TA HELL I GOTTA LIVE WITH in this damned forsaken "land of non-skid",,,no wonder these idiots lost the cival war,,,,,,that and their brain Fart of building a wooden submarine,,hehe
FORT WORTH, Texas - Charles Ray Fuller must have been planning one big record company.


The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business, authorities said. Tellers at the Fort Worth bank were immediately suspicious — perhaps the 10 zeros on a personal check tipped them off, according to investigators.

Fuller, of suburban Crowley, was arrested on a forgery charge, police said. He was released after posting $3,750 bail.

Fuller said his girlfriend's mother gave him the check to start a record business, but bank employees who contacted the account's owner said the woman told them she did not give him permission to take or cash the check, according to police.

In addition to forgery, Fuller was charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and possessing marijuana, Fort Worth police Lt. Paul Henderson said.

Officers reported finding less than 2 ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets, police said.

Fuller couldn't be located for comment by The Associated Press on Friday because there were no phone listings for him in the Fort Worth area.

<<<dumbarses like this give REAL pot smokers a bad name!!

[masalai]

Mannie, I feel they may hate English - remember the Fauklands fun during Thatcher's rule...

[Meanz Beanz]

Originally Posted by safewalrus

Pitcain? or Tristan da Cunah maybe? I guess anywhere off the beaten (the further off the better) is doing OK - just make sure you got everything afore ye go (including things to make sure your private island stays private if you see what I mean - most of you will I'm sure)

Transportation will get expensive, not to mention the rising cost of food. A degree of self sufficiency in the food department will be essential for any nation state but more so for out of the way Islands. I have no idea what life is like on Pitcain, could be paradise albeit a little cut off, I think they have the internet now????

[the1much]

wanna know why them shieks are so rich?,,,they gots CAMELS!!,,,and them cheap on the oil,,hehe ,,,opps,,,wrong thread hehe

[dragonjbynight]

Originally Posted by the1much

,,,,,,,maybe live on a mountain,,,like Grizzley Adams hehe

Theres some nice places quite suitable up in the forks Jim, lakes forests and the occasional logging truck, but very very few people....hehe oh, don't forget the moose, probably be better than the cow...lol

[the1much]

ive only been in "cow country" a few years,,,from Maine originally,,,i used ta have a pet moose,,,,,,well,,not really,,,but have had a few on my front porch,,looking in my windows,,,and like trees and water,,,,but DAMNED since my accident i HATE the cold,,,,,so i cant go up north till my kids grow up,,AGAIN,,,and i can take the winter off and stay inside next to the wood stove all winter,,hehe

[masalai]

I imagine these images show sufficient potential to survive. In the first one, the boat driver saw I was about to take a picture so he slowed down just as I clicked - hence with the bow drop, the sea appears to be going up - all due to coming off the plane enexpectedly he he...
The first one even has plants/trees & stuff growing on old coral reef that has risen up out of the water, Tatau Island, near the site of the first working gold mine in PNG...
The second one is old coconut estate, Ruiniu Plantation, Near Tambuka village, NW Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands...
The third one is of "NusaDua" a holiday resort opposite the harbour front of Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea...

[Meanz Beanz]

U lived on a tropical island M?

[masalai]

Several, around Bainings, Rabaul, Warrangoi, Duke of York Islands, Tatau & several other places on New Ireland, Bougainville, and Aviamp Tea Estate - near Mt Hagen in PNG - - Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, - - Vanoua Lava, Motlav, Gaua, Santo, Malekoula, & Port Vila in Vanuatu...

Do you want other tropical places too?? Pulau Penang (Malaysia), Singapore, Bali,
Bangalore, Cape Cormoran & Nagercoil, India... Plus many places in and around Aussy...

[Meanz Beanz]

Would U go back to one to live?

[masalai]

Yes, probably northern Vanuatu or Santa Cruz in SE of Solomon Islands... Know anyone who would like to invest over that way?

[Meanz Beanz]

In what?

[masalai]

Coconut (copra) and cattle farm? could develop into a "hideaway" resort for the jaded minds needing to get away from phones & broadband internet (only HF radio emails unless you are keen to spend US$1000/mo for a satellite service which FLIES) - I was a plantation manager & could set up stuff there for a small fee?