Life Changes...Part Deux

[Daveman]

I wasnt offended by Toms reply. Freebirds personal guide story was a classic too. The guide never really knew what he was doing when he was sober much less drunk. If I recall right the guide just kind of abandoned Freebird one day at a bus stop. Just kind of left him there to fend for himself. He got out ok but it was a funny story.

Now that's screwed up... hilarious... but still screwed up.  I do suddenly feel the wish that story was still available. 

[Gator]

  Me. Leaving for Iraq in about a week for a year. Closer to Ukraine. I like the adventure of working in strange places. I also like the fact that the first 91,400 is tax free with no living expenses. Everything I have is going in storage.

I did essentially the same decades ago.  Got divorced (no kids), accepted a position with the UN in Iran and Egypt, sold or gave away everything, and reduced my life to two suitcases (Pan Am lost one in Cairo).  Worked off and on for two years, lived like a student (do you remember how much fun university days were with little money?), had plenty of female companionship even in Muslim country,  traveled as a vagabond (Afghanisatn, Ethipoia), and saved almost every penny.  The world is round and I eventually returned to my starting point, used my nestegg to start a business, built a home, and married and had kids.  My new life exceeded my wildest dreams. 

Hope your journey is just as fulfilling.

[Gator]

Sadly, so many stories have unhappy endings.

The same as newspapers.  The happy stories quickly diminish to rather mundane accounts.   We immerse ourselves into the discussion only when a) someone defends something approaching the incredulous or b) our opinions differ about the path to take.

It's a damn good thing that we have the ability to delude ourselves about our chances.

Otherwise we might never leave the house.

[TomT]

btw I don't think TomT meant any offense on his first response. In many ways, sarcastic as it was, it runs valid in this endeavor in more ways than we'd care to admit.

Sarcastic?

Let's crunch the numbers and see how things look.

We know that only approximately four thousand family-based U.S. visas are issued per year for the FSU. (This has been discussed ad naseaum.) I know that a single IMB (HRB/RLM) averages twenty thousand new American male clients in a given year. The only missing information is an estimate of that IMB's market share. 1% would be an unreasonably low number for such a major player and 10% would be be unreasonably high, given the number of competitors. Just for the sake of discussion, then, let's arbitrarily pick 4% and see how things look. Hmm... half a million American men to only four thousand visas.

Since the data that we are using isn't giving us the results that we want to hear, let's change an assumption and peg HRB's market share at 8%. (It's unreasonably high, but bear with me.) Now we have a quarter million men to four thousand family-based visas. This would still be a depressingly small success rate, even if there wasn't a GCG, a bigger-and-better deal seeker, an unadaptable or a fatally damaged girl in the lot.

To illustrate the enormity of the problem, let's peg HRB's market share at a ludicrous 100%. Then, we would have twenty thousand men to four thousand visas. Call me crazy, but even this wildly contrived success rate looks pretty grim.

[I/O]

Then, we would have twenty thousand men to four thousand visas.

20% success rate (never mind the ones who go back / are sent back). When our hero trucks his "teeny" and her mother in that'll be 200% success. 10 times the average, that's "alpha"....!!!

[GQBlues]

Facetrock-

LOL...Freebird's cool about him though. I think he kept him on despite the fact because he's got a good heart and the dude warmed up to him. Why? I don't know...IIRC, he said the guy always wore the same suit everyday and never cleaned it. Smoking like a chimmney and perpetually dead drunk. But he was serious about starting out a business as a tour guide for wife-seekers. LOL.

After the trip where he abandoned Freebird ( I think he passed out from being drunk and never showed up), he came back next time and gave him an old laptop to use for his business. Hard to start a business without a computer to handle your 'clients'...LOL - shortly after that, the dude sold it for some more booze unfortunately.

Daveman -

That was funny, man. When Freebird writes those stories, it sounds a lot like "Bill & Sergei's Wild Adventure!" you would've enjoyed his reports.


TomT-

Yey...maybe harmless sarcasm is how *I* took it (?). As you well know, IMBs aren't simply exclusive to FSU. I believe the Philippines alone doubles the number of the annual immigration K-visa arrivals from FSU, no? How much total traffic those SPs generate - dunno.

Moreover, I will be bold as to cite an estimate that roughly 95% of the business generated by these IMBs, including those in HRB - are a combination of keyboard romeo's, video freaks, sex tourists, GFE seekers, 'V'-lifers, El Gringo Locos, inc special clients like sex abusers, DV specialists, etc which ran free in the years before. Point is, if there ever was a way to filter and isolate these numbers accordingly ( serious vs all the rest ), methinks the number will be a bit more sane, IMO.

Where they 'competitors'? I don't know, nor care, the answer to that Q.

But, OTOH, when all is said and done, TomT, our own personal rate of success (failure) is really all that matters anyway, is it not?

[Jack]

Moderator(s) is it possible someone can relocate GQ's fond memories of Freebird to another thread. It really has nothing to do with BillyB's thread.  Thanks.

[GQBlues]

Moderator(s) is it possible someone can relocate GQ's fond memories of Freebird to another thread. It really has nothing to do with BillyB's thread.  Thanks.

LOL, is it taking traffic away from your trashy fleshy trade thread, Jack?

But you're right...it stops now. It was more or less an intermission anyway since we all await BillyB's next installment/s.

[Lazarus]

It was more or less an intermission anyway since we all await BillyB's next installment/s.

No offense, but at this point I am more interested in what Harb has to say about "A" and Mom. :evil:

Lazarus

[GQBlues]

No offense, but at this point I am more interested in what Harb has to say about "A" and Mom. :evil:

Lazarus

True. Good point.

But IMO, The addition of 'A' and Mom themselves may also be a good mix into the saga. That is, if Harb can somehow get them here...no?

[Lazarus]

But IMO, The addition of 'A' and Mom themselves may also be a good mix into the saga. That is, if Harb can somehow get them here...no?

Since Muammar has her laptop , maybe we should set up a fund for "A", purchase a cheap netbook and install this RWD thread on the start up screen. 

Lazarus

[GQBlues]

Setup a FUND?!? I hope you're kidding me....I was under the impression they were on a $2,000.00 monthly life line?

Heck, forget the puter, for that monthly stipend I can setup a nice media center in no time at all...

[TomT]

But, OTOH, when all is said and done, TomT, our own personal rate of success (failure) is really all that matters anyway, is it not?

I s'pose.

Anyway, I second Lazarus's motion in reply #974.

[BC]

I also think a good bit of the last page is OT, so maybe giving Billy a little breathing room to catch up is appropriate, after all men do have to work.

I expect his response will be verbose, as usual.

Look forward to it.

Maybe one of the new ipads instead of a netbook?  Face Time is much better than Skype.  Even works with RWD chat.

[Jack]

LOL, is it taking traffic away from your trashy fleshy trade thread, Jack?

GQ, if I was ever desperate enough for trashy traffic I could always discuss your trashy experience.   

[Kuna]

40 pages so far... anyone like to lay bets on how long this epic will end up before reality hits???

60 pages?

80?

400?



btw...  reality may be that Billy married his girl and keeps her well past the boundaries of sexual satisfaction until the day he dies (while Mamma immigrates to set up a medical empire in the States and plots to take over global healthcare administration)...  or of course he could end up looking like a bigger fool...  



Come on Billy,  we want to hear how you'll handle the claims that someone knows A and Mamma better than you do!

[GQBlues]

GQ, if I was ever desperate enough for trashy traffic I could always discuss your trashy experience.   

Silly, silly you are Jacko. Shame on you, it's BillyB's thread, remember? LOL.

[erudite]

I'm waiting for the movie to come out.

[Lazarus]

... so maybe giving Billy a little breathing room to catch up is appropriate, after all men do have to work.

Yes and with all those hungry mouths he has to feed in his life, our manly man will be working some very long hours.  :evil:

Lazarus

[BillyB]

A truly confident man doesn't have tell people he is, not even once. It will come through in their posts and, in person, in their manner.

I don't know how to help you if you don't know how to help yourselves. You and a few others think my posts in this thread are my normal way of doing business on a forum. I have told you before but you fail to understand. Here is another hint. I have over 3000 posts here. Some of the regular posters are surprised to see what I'm writing and thought they knew who I am. What does that tell you? That I write like this everyday? :noidea:

Give it a rest champ. No hate from me, no negativity, just another poster trying to give you a clue.

Here is a clue. Anybody can give this thread a rest without my help. If anyone has an addiction, they should seek professional help now.

Billy,

 It's a pity that, despite your relative youth, you have precious few moments of clarity. One such moment should have been the thunderclap of Harb's post; yet, you completely ignored that you have just been struck by lightning and burned to a cinder.

In no uncertain terms, it's finally over. Done. Finished. I've been stuck by lighting and burned. I should have known and listened to you guys months ago but I admit I was wrong. You guys knew A more than I. A tear runs down my cheek as I type this. Without hesitation, this past weekend I've called ladies I've dated in the past and contacted and met new ladies. Soon I will begin writing life changes part 3. Life is fun. Life is good. Are you happy now? Is that what you want to hear guys?

I've got 16 months of solid communication with A and you think I'm going to doubt who A is as a person just because a poster here disagrees A is sincere? Heck, people have already accused A of all kinds of things just because she'd accept a relationship with a large age gap. It didn't bother me and you guys expect me to be bothered with Harb's post? I guess all that talk of mine that A is a high quality woman based on the words I've heard and actions I viewed means nothing now? Based off many of your reactions, I can imagine you guys hiring a private detective to investigate your wife or girlfriend right after a stranger tells you your girl is not so nice. I've said so many wonderful things about A and her mom so I'm not afraid of getting caught as much as you guys are. My previous life with dating lots of women is my previous life and if A is threatened and insecure, then it will be a turn off for me. She has nothing to worry about.

If Harb isn't one of you, then maybe Harb really had a bad experience in the past with a young lady and her mom and thus he KNOWS those types of families and it's all bad to him so he's warning me. Although it's against forum rules to list names of people here but I think it's okay for Harb to list the FIRST letter in A and mom's names. If he gets it right then we'll have some fun. Regardless if he knows their names or not, I'd like to hear his story on why these ladies are so bad. I've received so many expert opinions so far, what is another?

[Jazzyclassy]

Sorry Billy, I have no time to read everything here, but why are you making excuses to people.It is your own life and you do want you want to do with it

[chivo]

I don't know how to help you if you don't know how to help yourselves. You and a few others think my posts in this thread are my normal way of doing business on a forum. I have told you before but you fail to understand. Here is another hint. I have over 3000 posts here. Some of the regular posters are surprised to see what I'm writing and thought they knew who I am. What does that tell you? That I write like this everyday? :noidea:

No, silly Billy I simply want you (and obviously the RW on this forum do too) to stop repeating yourself over and over again with this type of garbage. It's tired. Tell us some new information and stop talking about yourself other than how it concerns your relationship with A.

And how can you help me? By showing me how to talk to my g/f using skype? No need she lives here with me. Will you show me how to fondle myself in front of a computer because I'm all alone without my woman? No thanks I can make love to my woman when I want not look at her through a computer screen or photograph.

Will you show me how to get a RW? Well I have one, and she gorgeous. Sorry silly Billy, you can't help me.

Here is a clue. Anybody can give this thread a rest without my help. If anyone has an addiction, they should seek professional help now.

Here's another clue for you. People like watching train wrecks or is this news to you.

I've read this thread with only lukewarm interest and in pieces, not completely. I do hope that one day I'll log on and see that you've talked only about your relationship and not any rebuttals to how you're a better man and we all should listen.

If these rediculous responses are only to continue to play some childish game or goad people (which is my feeling BTW) purposely trying to get more ticks on this thread so you can brag how interesting it is then it's a sad commentary on you, not us.

Heres another fact that you obviously can't recognize; the last 5 pages or so, who knows maybe more, have been posts by people telling you to STFU.

Sorry Billy, I have no time to read everything here, but why are you making excuses to people.It is your own life and you do want you want to do with it

And yet another clue from the RW on this board. Who is it again that is not getting it?  

Billy, I'll make a confession to you. You are the only member of this board I have ever put on ignore. No, not recently, about 3-4 years ago. Why? Because you're a knucklehead. You consistently fail to see any point other than your own, or you fail to recognize key elements in a debate.

Afterward, I thought why put anyone on ignore? It's silly because I can easily ignore someone should I choose to.

Recognize bud!!

If it's only for the RW on this board.

[chivo]

Even though I risk getting a reply that will be in typical "BillyB' fashion

[Lazarus]

Although it's against forum rules to list names of people here but I think it's okay for Harb to list the FIRST letter in A and mom's names.

To Hell with the name games Harb.
We want the dirty laundry!
Do you know either "A" or Mom (how do I tactfully put this? ) in a "biblical way"?

If he gets it right then we'll have some fun.

Oh, I think the fun is just beginning. :evil:

Lazarus

Harb ("Harbinger" of bad news maybe?) :noidea:

[mies]

all that talk of mine that A is a high quality woman

a high quality woman


Billy, the only disrespect to A expressed in this thread comes from you.