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5 hours ago, Al BB said:

Quaker Oats, Lactose Free Milk, Honey. Before I got married I liked a Roll in Bed, with a little Honey!

Sounds sticky......

Homemade soup with potato, pork, corn, carrots, peas.....Eggs & bacon & toasted home baked garlic/oregano bread....Bok choi dish on the side 

Nonfat milk.....

6 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

I think you didn't read my post. Try again.

You alluded to, yes - you did not directly cite, as relating to the topic....

56 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

By this logic, 90% of Thailand deserves no respect for being low class.

 

I don't think this is true, by the way, but it's worth pointing out your logic here.

Where do you see myriads of shirtless people.....I don't see them in the rice fields or orchards, or as other workers.....

There is one guy a couple of streets away that waters his front yard garden shirtless....He has a few dozen orchids & flowers hung at about 9 feet that he stands underneath using his water wand.....

I'm about the only paleface in my area & I just don't see people out and about shirtless, or sitting outside....

I use to live centrally between 3 villages away from any type of organized shopping areas (in the sticks) = not 90-80-70-60-50-40-30-20 or 10%.....Very infrequent & usually very close their house.....

Even the nightly gathering of alcoholics didn't.....

1 hour ago, NHBOB said:

A little off topic....but how do you get food delivery if you live in a mooban?  Do you meet the driver at the main gate?

The drivers/riders leave their license at the gate, securing who enters.....They make their drop off, get their ID & go....

Same with tradesmen, water trucks, etc....

No they won't 

23 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Rung Arroon what?

Is the name of the Mubaan....There are other Mubaans close by, but I don't remember the names....Hang Dong market would be the largest local landmark....

I do have the phone number for the lady that manages many of the properties there & the surrounding areas if anyone is interested they can message me....She speaks English....

59 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Is there a specific reason for wanting to live in a "Gated Community"?

Any time I have visited friends inside one I do not find them (the gated Communities) very welcoming and mostly out of town with no immediate access to basic things like 7/11's Big C etc!

Rung Arroon is less a kilometer away from 4 7/11's....2-3 k away from Kad Farang with Rim Ping, KFC, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Wine Connection, DQ, Aunties Pretzels, & many other western, (Vietnamese, Korean), and Thai choices, as well as the Premium Outlet Mall.... Dukes too....Hang Dong Market is about 1k away & HD Big C-2 is about 3 miles away = all good resources..... It's a user friendly area....

Besides Rung Arroon, there's 3 or 4 other Mubaans clustered close by....

36 minutes ago, cnx1204 said:

Land & Houses

 

Google Perfect Homes, Chiang Mai....

You can plug in what you are looking for & listed homes meeting your criteria will show up....

You should be able to find what you want for 14-19k.....We had a 4 bdrm 2.5 bath for 13k....

The real trick is to contact the local Thai Mubaan gals that handle the houses in their Mubaan.....

Stay away from local farang realtors.... They'll have you paying double or more....

Perfect Homes does have some farang staff but their website is a helpful resource to check different areas, etc.

Try Rung Arroon & Lanna Pinery in the Mae Hia - Hang Dong areas....

Honey - makes me think of my daughter Dani (rip)

Old Shep by Elvis - always made my Mom cry.... 

Almost by Elvis - a truely unselfish love I let slip/sent away....

36 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

The Philippines are known to be very hardworking, honest and kind people...and also docile should it be said with no negative intent.

 

It's not a coincidence that a majority of crews in cargo or passenger cruise vessels, are mostly Philippinos.

 

They are also very much present in hotels at all levels.

 

Unfortunately some have a tendency to  mix up the quest for a reliable and nice partner, with having a full time maid on call.

They take those cruise ship jobs & hotel, travel industry as a way out and send money back to the family .....

There's a cottage industry in the PI where the family has to pony up the money for their relative to take a one or two year course with the veiled promise that if they good enough they will be placed when/if work is available..... It's kind of a lottery shot for them - but for many families it's the only hope of promise they have.....

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Expanded Medicaid blocked by right wing governments in so called red states. So basically for ideological reasons they're killing their own state citizens. 

 

Private insurance if you're older and/or preexisting conditions is massively expensive.

 

Over a certain income level, the Obamacare subsidizes the insurance quite well in the lower ends of the scale.

 

Employers are not obligated to provide insurance. They often play games to avoid that.

 

Americans will often not call an ambulance (and thus die) because they want to avoid the massive bill just for the ride.

Yes, medical bankruptcies are a real thing....

1 hour ago, JensenZ said:

I'm quite familiar with the Pasay area too and have walked around there myself. I specifically mentioned Tondo as a place not to walk. I didn't mean to say you'd get mugged everywhere you walked, any time you walked, but if you did, you might not be writing about it here. It could happen on your next walk.

 

Most people are like you when they go there - happy go lucky - everyone is friendly blah blah, not realizing the dangers lurking around them. I've lived in Valenzuela (Metro Manila) - that's a very rough area. Also I lived in Cavite for nearly a year. A foreign businessman with plenty of money was kidnapped there, nearly didn't make it out alive. I know the story well as my gf at the time used to work for him. My gf from there was kidnapped when I was in Australia. They demanded cash. It was probably a staged kidnapping by my gf and her familiy. She even had injuries to show me.

 

I prefer to be around Thai people. I don't like people in public being too friendly and familiar - it's normally just a ploy to get something from you. You want to hear something strange. My wife is Filipino and she doesn't like Filipinos very much (lived in Thailand now for 18 years) - had too much trouble with them. My lawyer in Pattaya is married to a Filipino for over 30 years. She speaks and reads fluent Thai. When she's out and about and comes across Filipinos (quite a few here in Pattaya) she pretends she is Thai. I asked her, who gossips more? Thais or Filipinos? The answer - Filipinos.

 

When you've been married to Filipinos, and you've lived in the provinces, experiencing the real deal, you learn a lot you'd never know about as a casual visitor. Trust me on this -  they are not as nice as you think they are. 

If someone doesn't know of the levels and interworking of hierarchy there....The roles and position that the NPA fills - just for starters, they don't know enough to be there....JZ is right on.... It's a desperate country filled with desperate people.....The people are not as happy go lucky as many here seem to think.....

I've have had long term experience there & nothing could make me want to go back....

Somewhere, long ago on TVisa I broke every facet of it down on a thread like this... It's just not worth the effort to rinse & repeat every time this subject pops up.....

2 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Stayed with a family years ago so experienced none of above only read about it and they took care of me anyway didn't like me going anywhere alone.

Yes, if they care about you they make sure to guard you.....No matter where you go....

Also notice females do not go out solo - especially after dark....The ones that have cars hire drivers for safety.....

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

Running Raro Cast Iron pans here.

I bought both pans & the covered pot.....

Talked them up to the wife = used about 3 times.....

They're somewhere around here ...

Been there, done that while watching the rear deck almost swamp blowing open the under bench life jacket stowage & sweeping life jackets out into the sea.....

Having have owned a decent sized boat I THINK I would have read & ridden the swells differently....But not being on the upper deck, I didn't view what the pilot was seeing.....Plus the effects of of a shallow bottomed sea....

2 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Wat dis mean ?

Big engine & total vehicle weight at 2200 pounds of which 754 pounds were the hemi engine.....

Very quick & very fast.....

56 Chevy -

61 TR3 I barrelled , jetted, & cammed -

53 Studebaker pick up I put a Chrysler hemi in (a fast beast at 2218#) -

64 Malibu SS convertible 300/327 4spd.....

On the mc side a Honda 160 before they stepped up to larger bikes & Ducati 250 hill/flat track bike at the same time.....The brakes & shifters were  opposite on each bike, making for some interesting mini-moments.....

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I'm thinking...

Even LATEX couldn't improve these girls.

They're just perfect...

The way they are.

 

Never try to fix what ain't broken,

Is the moral, here.

 

Too conservatively dressed.....

OP Congratulations if you have gone 3 weeks without alcohol...

That's a great jump start on a positive life change decision......

Keep up the good progress.....

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You know, I have been thinking...

What this forum really is missing is a thorough discussion of the many uses of LATEX.

Will you do it?

Or, shall I?

 

 

I'm guessing it's only limited as far as you can stretch your imagination....