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Not bad. Well done. Now we're all wondering what the raffle prize was (I'll leave it to your mate Umish to suggest something)!  At one time I was all set to become a banana farmer in Davao, but that (like so many of my "plans"*) ended up down the pan, as it were. However (and as you suggest), I have had a bit more success in the Monk department! * Remember "Man Plans, God Laughs"!
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Bought a paddy field in northern Thailand, imagine retirement with the floppy hat, shorts and dodging snakes.
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Go for it (but don't forget to send us some photos)! I seem to recall seeing a few monks out that way, as well.
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Neil,
Have you ever met "Shaggy" I think his real name is Alan Kent? We was at the KHMC in the mid to late Eighties. You just described his retirement plan.
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No never met Shaggy, But the question is "did he buy the paddy field"? I have the field, Thai wife and child, best country to retire to, beautiful people, weather, beaches and scenery.
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... not to mention, er ... snakes! 
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Met some nice snakes trekking through the jungle north of Chiang Mai, always best to keep a safe distance, including the human kind.
we was trekking not the snakes
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Bill, you know mine and Shaggy's retirement plans, what about your own?
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biomedbill (back in Nov 2009) mentioned:-
Alan "Shaggy" Kent - him and his room always smelt of Johnson's Baby Oil. Spent many a happy night drinking arak and playing Elite on his PC. Mad, happy days.....
Lozan Flats crew, Fautley's Fliers, Amstel and Arak.....
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PC? ... or BBC Micro? Welcome to the Club, Mate.
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