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Pototan

(1,128 posts)
Sun Jan 7, 2024, 05:51 AM Jan 2024

Greetings from the Philippines

I looked at some of the posts here, but many replies and posts are months or years ago, so I was reluctant to post. But anyway, here goes.

I moved to the Philippines with my Filipina wife two years ago. I'm 71 and she's 68. We're both retired. Her family owns a prime piece of land (25 acres) in a rural suburb of Iloilo City. It's beautiful. We spent about 8 years and $250 K USD building a house on the land with her other siblings. It's great here.

I spend about 50 weeks in Iloilo and 2 weeks back in Boston. I have a guest room in my Neice's house, which I used to own, but sold to her and her husband 2 years ago.

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Greetings from the Philippines (Original Post) Pototan Jan 2024 OP
Greetings Pototan from half way around the world Deuxcents Jan 2024 #1
Presidential election years are always leap years Pototan Jan 28 #2
I did not know that about leap years..never connected the two! Thanks 🙏 Deuxcents Jan 28 #3
Every 4 years. Pototan Jan 31 #4

Deuxcents

(16,221 posts)
1. Greetings Pototan from half way around the world
Sun Jan 7, 2024, 12:16 PM
Jan 2024

Good to hear you and your family doing well. Happy new year..a leap year, at that

Pototan

(1,128 posts)
2. Presidential election years are always leap years
Sun Jan 28, 2024, 02:03 AM
Jan 28

The biggest difference between the Philippines and the United States is there is a better chance that the Philippine dictators are in the past.

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