Lemsta69

sounds like you've never actually lived amongst his kind of people. I have, for 40 years, and I can assure you that their allegiance lies with their ancestral home and not where they have lived their whole lives. I came to Thailand to escape the sleeper cells that are starting to overrun the south west of Sydney. the deciding factor was when the counter-terrorism unit arrested a self-proclaimed sheikh who lived around the corner and who was plotting to behead tourists in the street.

I think you should change the title to "involuntary wealth redistribution". or "Robin Hood's spirit lives in the Colonies" ????

about time the oppressed stood up to the 0.1% who have stolen their dreams.

calm down son, you'll blow a head gasket! ????

no miscomprehension on my part. there's a difference between poor quality and the good stuff. not up to the individual.

r/whoosh

nope. the seven P's would have prevented it. Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents P1ss Poor Performance. it was six grand well spent. more than a few rounds of lady drinks for three or four girls including the naked candle wax showgirl. I'd do it every night but with the markets the way they are now ????????????????

of course it's a "dictatorial command". but realistically what are you going to do about it, stamp your your foot and tell them that you're calling your mummy?

I got caught out one night whilst on the drink in an upstairs bar on Patpong 2. six grand bar bill and all I had was my Visa debit card and a couple grand leftover from the previous club. they don't accept cards for whatever reason (no issue from me, up to them). I thought the cashier boss going to call in the security boys when I told her I was short. ok no problem you pay by QR. I was three sheets to the wind by then but I managed to pay the bill using the Bangkok Bank app. easy peasy. paying by QR code, what the problem is? ????

sounds like you've never had a decent bottle of wine in your life. I'm a beer-swilling peasant but even i can taste the difference between a glass of Mont Clair and something slightly better.

go on then, what's a CRU? wait I just googled it. it's just a short walk from my condo...so near and yet so far ????

so why are you so anti-technology? even my dear old mammy who's 78 and suffers from all sorts of ailments including early onset dementia can use a smartphone. in fact she's quite happy with the hand-me-down S20+ that I gave her last year. she can even make WhatsApp calls. imagine that LOL. why just the other week she was able to talk to me on WhatsApp AND bring up the hidden text message with the OTP I needed to set up an automated payment for her.

I don't think the OP is serious. otherwise he would have already investigated what types of credit cards are available here by looking at previous posts. then maybe posting his findings and then asking if anything has materially changed in the interim.

I'm an "older than smart phone zombie" too. I grew up in the analogue age but since I wasn't born old I adapted once the digital age was upon us. that was back in the '80s when I first had a chance to play with an Apple IIe at school. adapt or be a boring old curmudgeon until the end of your days ????

cheap feces is the order of the day on this website. run by poor people for poor people ????

oh noes! ????????????

what's your guesstimate then? last time I was down there was a few months ago but I was chiefly concerned with getting plastered so I forgot to do a headcount ???? ps. there were a lot of Thais. if I had to guess I'd say it was 60-70% locals, not the other way around. getting a meter taxi out of there at 4AM was quite the task.

thanks but I know all of that and it was covered earlier in the thread.

two or three old farang dudes ain't gonna hold back the tide. but if you want to fight a losing battle then have at it.

responding to the Luddite who thinks using a QR code to pay is the work of the Devil rather than a simple few clicks in an app. I speak sense brother, if you think my comments are stupid then there's something wrong with you mate.

I don't think they really care mate. you're just cutting your nose off to spite your face.

that doesn't answer the OP's question though does it?

why? just use your bank app's QR code function and move on with your life. it's no that hard pal ????

only for the hoi polloi

there's a few dudes in here that have done solar. they won't shut up about it in one of the other forums, Electric I think. not that I'm jealous or anything (I rent a condo in Bangkok and solar is a pipe dream) ????