The_Munchmaster Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 25th Anniversary of what? Well 25 years ago today (21st July 1988) I flew into Bangkok for the very first time. And with the exception of 2011 I have been back every year since, usually multiple times and pretty much full time from 92 to 99. I wonder how different my life would be today if I'd never made that first trip 25 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 I wonder how different my life would be today if I'd never made that first trip 25 years ago? Immeasurably I'm sure. Just look at some of your mates. Oh, happy anniversary BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Probably be married and divorced a couple of times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Congrats on the milestone Munchie I am 4 Months behind you having first visited in November 1988 and it's been my home base in February 1991 No doubt your life probably would not have been very different if you had not have visited 25 years ago since due to your expat lifestyle it was probably bound to happen one time or another. You were fortunate enough to find it back then in your mid twenties when it was a Pre-Internet age adventure and are still able to keep on making frequent visits, long may it last. One thing that pisses me off whenever I go back to UK is seeing the same old sad faces sat in the same old bar drinking the same old beer complaining and they call me lucky. These are the same old sad buggers who wouldn't take a job because it entailed catching 2 buses and a 45 minute journey, they have never lived. Flash, I was divorced once before I relocated to SE Asia in 1988, the second one followed when I decided I preffered it in this area of the world and never went back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 The Army sent me to SE Asia when I was in my early 20s. Even with a war, I was hooked. Left SVN in March 1970. Arrived in LOS in March 1973. I bet my life would have been a helluva lot different if the Army had sent me to Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Somehow Flash I could not imagine you in Leiderhosen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Believe it or not, I own a pair. My mother gave them to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Believe it or not, I own a pair. My mother gave them to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kamui Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 The Army sent me to SE Asia when I was in my early 20s. Even with a war, I was hooked. Left SVN in March 1970. Arrived in LOS in March 1973. I bet my life would have been a helluva lot different if the Army had sent me to Germany. It depends, I guess many your comrads would have loved to go to Germany instead of Vietnam, even thought it might have been a very boring assignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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