Recent content by harryopal

The artificial intelligence web site BARD has just updated itself and now I find it rather useless for translation purposes. Previously, while one often got a message indicating that it could not offer a translation for various Indonesian words, when a word was translated it did offer several...

So why move from Spain which I thought was a favoured relocation for retiring Brits and other Europeans being relatively easier to manage on a budget but offering a culture that seems compatible for other Europeans? You can, of course, respond with, "mind your own business." But curious.

What kind of time frame do you have in mind for the shift?

Not sure what kind of visa you assume you will be able to set up. If you are considering using an agent then probably best to look for a referral from this web site. It seems if you use an agent then you are kind of permanently attached and evidently there are some agents exploit this with not...

Try turning the keyboard upside down and smacking it. Maybe remnants of meals. Or a blast with compressed air might dislodge stuff if that were the cause. On the other hand if this doesn't happen with other web sites maybe consult a witch doctor. There is always something with computers and when...

Whatever the answers, good, bad or indifferent, best to come and allow yourself an uncommitted period of maybe 6 weeks to look around, get a feel for the place and see if the responses to many questions match the reality. A useful process before laying out a further variety of questions is to...

While you were in Kazakstan did you get to meet Borat? Cultural attache.

I bought a house in Port Melbourne in 1982 for $38,000. (Sold it many years ago ) The $ value converted into $ today would be $95,000 but that house today would cost just under $2 million to buy. Greed prevails, encouraged by conservative governments and not curtailed by passive Labor...

I am no advocate for living in Sanur but from other posts it would seem there are retired expats who have chosen to live in large villa complexes which offer good facilities and handy for various services. Not exactly a surfing area but you might look at some of the accommodation options on line.

There may be some who will read your story, shrug and say, "due diligence." But these kind of horror stories are not confined to Indonesia. After reading your post I found this story on the ABC web site...

It is a failing of most of us that we tend to naturally trust people. A slim possibility might be to know where the owner lives in New Zealand and then contact as many news organizations, press, tv radio as you can with your story. Ideally some kind of investigative program. A spotlight of...

:D Personally, I would rather watch grass grow. I suspect the low scoring in the game often builds up tension to an unbearable point that tips people with borderline mental health issues over the edge. The relative sense of security in a soccer crowd is reflected by how few females go to games.

In many countries where people at the bottom live in bone crushing misery, soccer is one of the few things that give them pleasure and relief. When the local team loses against visitors the spectators often pour from the stadium in a rage, throw rocks at passing cars or hit out at anything to...

And, as they say in politics, "If you want a friend - get a dog."

Geez, just because a bloke wears thongs, shorts, maybe a shirt, drinks a bit, swears, vomits, generally behaves like a bit of drongo, it seems you are a bit prejudiced