You have missed something, Caring. A forum for ESL teachers abroad should have more in it then teaching, it should talk about what those teachers get up to, so one can compare their lives to our own, Posters on the forum who only mention teaching won't interest us for very long. Posters like SB and indeed, Turnoi and there was CL and foxy poster from hothot, all told us a little about what they were up to. This is what I am up to now:-

I need to disengage my exhaust pipe as it's in the way of the sump-pan which is bleeding oil and needs replacing. Trouble is the nuts&bolts are corroded. I have bought this mini-blowtorch to apply heat-treatment, hoping that they will release- Well, if somebody applied heat-treatment to your nuts even a stoic like SB would release whatever he may be holding at the time- trust me.

Now don't forget, you should be informing other teachers what they can expect from a life as an FT or a retired FT, whether it be a wife, prostitute, a restaurant in hothot or whatever.