• HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works
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      I was in a pretty remote village in the north of north Luzon Philippines several years ago and I heard a stereo play country road. I was confused if I was actually hearing it but yep there it was and someone was singing to it

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        Nice! My gf is from Manilla, total city girl. It’s a continuing joy learning what she does and doesn’t know about our pop culture.

        Hopefully we’ll get her back home in the next year or two and I can put myself in her place.

        How you like it? I have vague plans of us retiring there.

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          Ah man u got it made. Have to have a citizen buy property and u have ur wife for that. I spent a cumulative 4 months all over the Philippines scuba diving, trekking, and general sight seeing when I worked in China, Hong Kong and Thailand and lived in Vietnam. Absolutely incredibly beautiful nature. The cities tho aren’t nice, very poor country, terribly slow internet due to the 7100 islands. But best and happiest people on the planet IMO. I hope to retire there or somewhere outside the US that’s cheaper as well but that’s far off.

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            Yeah, we’re both 52, and I have jack saved for retirement, but I’ll own this house very soon, so I got that to rent out for funds.

            Can’t get over how many old white guys are married to far younger women, it’s kinda hilarious. Her ex, a real POS, was 72 and that same guy just married her niece! I sincerely hope she’s gold digging on that man.

            At every gathering it’s a bunch a white dudes, even older than me, and their women, slightly younger that mine. LOL, my girl was legitimately upset to find she’s 6-months older than me! I talk shit in front of her friends about my “old woman”.

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      I didn’t know the NFL played games outside the USA. Odd that two American teams are playing in Germany. I wonder what the audience demographics are. Do Americans travel to Germany to watch the games or are there mostly Germans there?