Banzai99

My god, if I was thinking of moving to Thailand, and visited the TV forums first, I'd stay as far away as possible.

You got that right.

Negativity tends to get a little amplified on TVF. It's a sounding board for peoples frustrations at certain aspects of living in Thailand.

Beyond the keyboard I don't think most people are that negative.

True enough I suppose, I guess if it was as bad as it's made out to be on Thai Visa, the posters wouldn't live here.

My god, if I was thinking of moving to Thailand, and visited the TV forums first, I'd stay as far away as possible.

You got that right.

The global statistics for deaths by drowning are quite horrendous, so Thailand is not alone in losing thousands of young souls to drowning.

Don't let this get in the way of declaring Thai people as unfit parents, after all, this is ThaiVisa, the hub of Thai bashing.

In Western countries people have accidents of all types and they are just that, accidents, the same things happen in Thailand, but on ThaiVisa they are attributed to Thai stupidity, Thai uncaring, Mai pen rai attitude, etc etc.

Yet another topic where we will get pages and pages of insults directed towards Thai Women and anything associated with Thailand.

If I owned this site I'd be starting threads like this everyday from a multitude of accounts, tremendous click bait.

Because it gives bored old Farangs a chance to take a poke at Thai people on anonymous internet forums.

There's only one safe way to use the roads in Thailand ... that's in a tank. This is not the first time a cycling tourist has been killed and because the Thais don't care it won't be the last.

Looks like Americans don't care either. http://road.cc/content/news/134142-more-cyclists-being-killed-us-roads-%E2%80%93-changes-correlate-increase-cycle-commuters

And the Brits. http://www.rospa.com/road-safety/advice/pedal-cyclists/facts-figures/

And the Dutch. http://www.iamexpat.nl/read-and-discuss/expat-page/news/cyclist-deaths-not-falling-netherlands

Why can't these dammed Thais be more like us ?

"the French tourist, identified by police as Mr Chadd Attardi"

Is Chadd Attardi a common French name ???

Are you still living in the 50s ?

If you hadn't noticed yet, many citizens of many countries have names that were once not common to said country.

Wake up...

This is ThaiVisa Carlos, most are living in the 30's and 40's, and most of the younger members were born old.

Me, since 1990, wouldn't wanna live anywhere else.

I can't even get what I have in the US in Thailand because Thailand is a rotten, smelly rathole. It's great for a vacation and then I need to get back to a first world environment.

As for health care, a lot of guys in LOS are retired and eligible for Medicare in the States. It's not expensive.

People who dive into a $1,500 a month lifestyle in Thailand are living as one would live in a slum in the US. I have never seen a middle class apartment, condo or house in Thailand that has the amenities that my US house has. Not even close with central aircon, full Western kitchen, Western bathrooms, garage with opener, and on we go. It's paid for so all I have is reasonable taxes, insurance and utilities. That's at most $500 per month all in and I couldn't rent that in Thailand for that much money.

A lot of guys go to Thailand to retire because they can't afford their home country. Then they live like a pauper in a cheap apartment and eat noodles and tell me it's cheaper.

No thanks.

interesting financial maths "it's paid for... in Thailand i couldn't rent for that much money" thus comparing potatoes with strawberries.

al what i read is pure bias and contradictions. why would anyone have a "great vacation in a rotten and smelly rathole"?

give me a break NS!

I'm not allowed to own a home and land in Thailand and I wouldn't buy or live in a condo so it has to be potatoes and strawberries. I'm describing what my life is like and what it costs in the US vs Thailand, considering what is possible.

Thailand is a smelly rathole. If you can't see that, up to you.

Cheers.

Your life is so great you spend most of it in front of a PC, telling everyone what a great life you have, just another old man who couldn't handle Thailand, don't be shy about it, you screwed up, you weren't the first, you certainly wont be the last.

There are Swiss and German people in my Condo who are in their 80's and they have a ball, then again, they have the money to have a good life whether they're in Thailand or Europe, they certainly don't spend nearly every waking hour on an anonymous forum wasting the precious time they have left.

ThaiVisa old man fight, pathetic.

You Guys that actually live in Thailand and whine constantly about every aspect of the place, do you ever think you should have done better research before moving to a developing nation ?

If Thai Bashing was NOT allowed in the Forum rules.....

oh, hang on . it's a rule , it isn't allowed, so why is it so prevalent on this forum when the rules clearly state that it's an against the rules ?

I have to snicker at Farangs talking about Thai this and Thai that....

They all choose to live here, they all have a choice to leave, but they don't leave, they choose to live in Thailand and whinge and whine....living the dream ? ( Crazy or what ? )

And of course you have the others, the ones that don't live in Thailand but are experts on all things Thai...yes, you know who you are... You're worse of all. You know nothing, but proclaim to be experts from thousands of miles away, pathetic.

Thai sons do not support their parents generally speaking. The women do.

Absolute rubbish, people like you have zero experience.

Another Farang who ran out of money, nothing new, move on.

A 3-week visit to India cured me of ever complaning about traffic and drivers in Thailand.

Yes good but you are in thailand not India you have to understand thai drives are the worst in the world go have a look at the driveing test and come back here and tell us what you think then, it is a f??king joke .

Many old Farangs get motorcycle licences taking a Thai driving test, then become a danger to themselves and every other road user, is that what you're saying ?

Clearly yet another troll topic denigrating Thai Women.

Pathetic.

If it was a denigrating Farang women topic, it would have been closed immediately.

Mine was a trip to The Devils Den.

Who is ToddWeston ???

Never heard of em...

Same here.

Same as NancyL, who is it/he/she I have no idea and I cant recall seeing the name anywhere, ( Or it/he/she is a constant Thai Basher and has me on block, 555 ) but it/he/she got my vote.

I can see your quality posting is continued in your careful consideration for poster of the year.

Thank you kind Sir.

Who is ToddWeston ???

Never heard of em...

Same here.

Same as NancyL, who is it/he/she I have no idea and I cant recall seeing the name anywhere, ( Or it/he/she is a constant Thai Basher and has me on block, 555 ) but it/he/she got my vote.

Why would anybody want to buy an Apple anything ?

Because they have the choice and the money to buy Apple ?

About as much sense in this as there is with restricted buying times, 11-2 etc.

Doesn't work, won't work. People simply buy more during the restricted hours. Mom & Pop stores will continue to sell under the counter etc.

Enforce the drink driving laws and maybe some progress will be made.

Banning sales of alcohol is nonsensical.

+1

Agree it would help a lot, the Farangs I know that drink and drive in Thailand without a second thought are much more careful in their home countries, draconian measures are needed in Thailand to rid people of the mai pen rai attitude that affects not only Thai people, but many Farang also.

Draconian being you are deported if caught drinking and driving, after all, drunk drivers are a clear and present danger to all, if the consequences were so harsh, I think every Farang who is now happy to drink whilst pissed up would stop immediately.

A 20,000 Baht fine just doesn't cut it. its hard on many Thais but pocket change to many Farang. 30 days jail followed by deportation with a blacklisting period of between 1 and 5 years would instantly cut the amount of pissed up Farang driving in Pattaya by 99%

If people thought that they would get caught, be prosecuted and lose their licence for a peirod, (that is, if they did not hurt anyone else) then people would not go out and drink and drive, simple.

People in Developed Countries get prosecuted and lose their licence for a period of time, don't stop drinking and driving though, nobody ever thinks they'll get caught.