Rabid, there are several reasons. 1. My $'s go a lot further here which allowed me to retire earlier. 2. I love the Country and most especially the people. 3. In America, my old ass is ignored by young and pretty women, in the Philippines, I am interesting to them, and there are some very pretty, not fat, caring, compassionate women who are actively looking for "rich" foreigners.
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"You're not a g*dda*n looney Martini, you're a fisherman"

R.P. McMurphy - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest