just moved from the states to northern THAILAND where i built a new home overlooking the river here i want to thank my sis in law daengifiknow for the breathtaking landscape work she did on the backyard area THANKS or ( KOP KON KUP) anyway i really cant get into this retirement thing yet but I'm sure it wont take me long the weather here is fantastic yeah we get MONSOON rains but overall its great bike weather and NO FRIGGING SNOW I'm the real brother of rustynail 1955 and the real brother in law of daengifiknow1957 like i said before ..i love woodworking and found out that the local wood carvers here who carve with TEAK WOOD have asked me to make some furniture for them to carve and sell her @ the outdoors markets .. I'M married to a THAI national also who was born here in the area hit me up or my brother or his wife for any info if you like to know about THAILAND ...IT"S CHEEPER HERE THEN GOING TO MEXICO and THAI GOLD is worth a BUNDLE AS MOST OF IT IS 22K or better ....along with the gem stones and other trinkets from ASIA ...