GW, Back around 2003/04 when I made some fun trips to the beautiful lands of Saudi, Qatar, Turkey & Afghanistan is when I found the LIP...1, 2.....3 or whatever is was titled by Don Harrington...REALLY.... back then. I joined & enjoyed but I eventually dropped off for those reasons for quite a few years. Shizer!..... it took me ten years to recover from that great excitement. I finally refound the current LIP around 2013 which was not the same site anymore. That's when I rejoined but still vacationing on those fun trips.....you know MEDS as my new friend Highwayman stated.
Take a walk in my boots New Member HighwayMan and I'll still piss in your Red Horse.
Go ahead and and moderate me....lol

Now that everyone is thoroughly caught up, or thoroughly confused as the case may be, I'll pop back in just to say I had a bit of confusion going as well. My mind is not as sharp as it once was and got confused and mis-remembered a thing or two. Michael (goldofmorning) and I have been friends for many years. He called and we had a good conversation. Michael, I hope all is forgiven for any misconception on my part. I apologize.
To further clarify, LinP3 is the nickname for the now defunct Yahoo group Living in the Philippines 3. LIP references the main, primary, original Living in the Philippines website created by Don Herrington which is the home base for this Forum. They do not operate as separate entities. If the website goes down, the forum goes down.
Now, I think it's time for me to have my early afternoon nip of sweet honeydew vine water and chill 
Edit by Steve: Closed up the excess space.