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    Who Lives In Thailand?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    just reading a couple of posts that are on here tonite,

    theres sllways the one that pulls thai girls down, thats there,

    my question to all the experts who post on here, how many do live in thailand,??

    or how many sit at home saving for the next holiday with a toilet role at there side so they can wipe there mouth because of all the <deleted> that comes out of it,

    i still work for a living, all over the world, but i live in thailand, on my cv, on the tax mans books in the uk, i live in thailand,

    thailand isnt just pattaya/bangkok ect, and im not pulling them places down ive got a few mates who live in both,

    but please to all you experts who have been here a couple of times, cant afford to live here, so sit at home having a go at the older person who can live here(im 52) or younger person who can live here for that matter,

    get a life,, get of your high horse and let people who want to live here, weather it be with a bar girl of a fukcing ladyboy for that matter get on with there lifes without you judging what they do who they do it with,

    have a good day boys,

    and to top it all the yanks are kicking our <deleted> at the bloody golf,,lol

    jake

    Yep ....bloody yanks....wots goin on with the golf ??...I live here and love it ....

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    Choice Of Woman?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I don't think that you speaking to the girl, in Thai, behind the man's back, was particularly decent of you (if indeed that was the case).

    I too don't see the point of your post other than perhaps an ego shot?

    Let me clarify. I was not speaking about the man negatively. As I have said he was very nice and I was trying my best to avoid it.

    My issue is with the fact that he was a decent guy who was being taken advantage of by this girl.

    So of course because of your kind concern you told him correct as it must of really affected you to post it ...right!!!!!

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    I'm Bored So.......

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I'm at work and it's late on a Saturday afternoon, I'm in Glasgow, Scotland, and it's a nice bright day outside. I've been quite busy today however I'm a prisoner to my business, I can't leave my shop until 5.00pm.

    It's times like this that my mind wanders to that delightful day not too far in the future when I won't be a prisoner to my business any more. Envy is a powerful word, and I don't envy anyone in life, however I do admire. Here's a little list of people I admire.............

    I admire people who have the bottle to have a go, who take a chance in life knowing it may go wrong, but that's okay, tomorrow is another day and they can start all over again.

    I admire those people who have turned up religiously at their job year in year out, putting in the long hours in the hope / knowledge that at the end of it they will have the opportunity to live their own lives, in their own way. This song expresses that mentality fabulously well......listen to the lyrics, it may be describing you......

    There's a man I meet

    Walks up our street

    He's a worker for the council

    Has been twenty years

    And he takes no lip off nobody

    And litter off the gutter

    Puts it in a bag

    And never thinks to mutter

    And he packs his lunch in a Sunblest bag

    The children call him Bogie

    He never lets on

    But I know 'cause he once told me

    He let me know a secret

    About the money in his kitty

    He's gonna buy a dinghy

    Gonna call her Dignity

    And I'll sail her up the west coast

    Through villages and towns

    I'll be on my holidays

    They'll be doing their rounds

    They'll ask me how I got her I'll say

    I saved my money

    They'll say isn't she pretty

    That ship called Dignity

    And I'm telling this story

    In a faraway scene

    Sipping down Raki

    And reading Maynard Keynes

    And I'm thinking about home

    And all that means

    And a place in the winter

    For Dignity

    And I'll sail her up the west coast

    Through villages and towns

    I'll be on my holidays

    They'll be doing their rounds

    They'll ask me how I got her I'll say

    I saved my money

    They'll say isn't she pretty

    That ship called Dignity

    Set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up

    Yeah set it up again set it up again set it up again set it up again

    Set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up

    Yeah set it up again set it up again set it up again set it up again

    And I'm thinking about home

    And I'm thinking about faith

    And I'm thinking about work

    And I'm thinking

    How good it would be

    To be here some day

    On a ship called Dignity

    A ship called Dignity

    That ship

    That song describes the human condition in so many ways........

    I admire people who have the ability to get on with their lives without complaint, people who can see the bigger picture, people who are content in themselves, and people who have the wit and intelligence to know when to talk, when to walk, and when to listen.

    So for all you guys, ( and ladies ) out there in Thailand that worked your shift and now it's your turn to live your own life wai.gif

    To all of you that have had the bottle to have a go. wai.gif

    To all of you that have packed up your bags and moved to a new country to start a new life wai.gif

    To all of you that live your life avoiding the chance to complain and bicker ( that's the majority of the TV membership disqualified tongue.png ) wai.gif

    But most of all, whatever happens, I hope you / we all get a chance to sail on our ship called Dignity. wai.gif

    As always......

    Just sayin'

    Nice.....yep I did it against all the advice and have never ever regretted it...:D

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    All I See Is Complaints

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Yet another expat bleating about other expats expressing an opinion about Thailand he doesn't like to hear.

    Rather than telling complete strangers that the should pack their bags and go home if they express opinions the OP doesn't like to hear, I suggest he takes some time to examine exactly what is going on in his own head that he is so offended by the opinions of people he does not know?

    I'm not sure why the OP came to Thailand, I'm not sure why any expat comes to Thailand, but I am absolutely sure non of us came here to be told what we can think and say by other expats.

    Agreed ......

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    Farang Giving Up All To Come And Live In Pattaya

    in Pattaya

    Posted

    I wont invest in a girlie bar, but defo up to meet a "normal decent lass" one who works in a 7/11 or a bank....that would be nice. being in Munich for many years living like stag is not normal.

    Why oh why do people think some girls in banks 7/11 etc r any different to bar girls .

    Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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    Msi Service Centre In Phuket

    in Phuket

    Posted

    Try the English Computer guy if you call him first he would be able to get it before you get there and fit it ASAP.

    Pretty good guy I use him all the time in Phuket as last time I left me laptop with a Thai place they stole the insides and replaced with secondhand <deleted>.

    Dave .......0846257744...

    Cheers

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    British Invasion?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    old KRS1 seems to have bee in his bonnet today, first this then the go at blaming expats for getting shot by their greedy wives...

    do tell OP, what's your f' problem?

    btw, the brits have always been here - its just the americans are all tied up on the USA election topics, the ozzies are still talking about cricket matches from the 90's to themselves, the kiwis are looking for beetroot to put on their burgers, the canucks are trying to figure out how to play ice hockey in shorts and sandals, the french have surrendered their board rights, the norwegiens are busy with motorbike issues in pattaya, the russians are trying to bring back white pants into main line fashion - again.

    Funny made me smile anyhow....thanks

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    British Expat Killers Paid By Thai Wife

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    dont make it easy for them,dont go and live in their village dont make a will in her name, have car and any assets possible in your name, dont have life inssurance for them to claim, not saying anything will happen but it keeps temptation out of their minds.

    If you are married to a Thai woman and you love each other, then why wouldn't you make a will with them as a beneficiary. It would be stupid and paranoid not to. If you have so little trust in your wife that you have to act in such a paranoid way then you shouldn't have got married in the first place. In fact it is better that you stay in your own country if you're so paranoid about Thailand. Instance like this are rare. They also happen in UK and USA.

    How long have you been here. ?

    +1 my friend my thoughts exactly...

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    Are Falang Bars/restaurants Actually Worth The Hassle?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Now, you should step back and take a good look at yourself. You are 30 years old (with thinning hair) and single. In England, you worked selling automotive accessories (hence the name “pimping”). Back home you are a nobody. You were barely making ends meet. The ladies reject you. In other words, you were a loser.

    So you go on holiday to Thailand, to escape dreary old England. You go to a bar. The bargirls tell you that you are hansum man. Any girl (in the gogo bar) is yours with your come hither stare (and a 1000baht note). You then think to yourself, “this is bloody paradise…I got all the birds I want…I don’t have to deal with immigrants takin over my country, I don’t have some western hag telling me what to do, and I’m going to go out and drink and shag every bird I come across.”

    You don’t want to go back to your low paid miserable job in England. You want to stay in Thailand. This is a fresh start. In England, you are a low paid car parts salesman, in Thailand you are reinvented as a well presented English gentleman of leisure.

    Now the meager savings that you brought with you from selling plastic ornaments on those Toyota camry’s is starting to dwindle. But damnit, you do not want to return to England. You want to stay in Thailand and shag, and get your testicle massaged. (Understandable that you should want to take care of it since you only have one left.) But what to do? You have no skills. If you don’t get any money, you have to go home and you don’t want to do that.

    Wait, you’ll start a restaurant or bar. No onehas ever thought of that before. The Thais are stupid. They would have never thought about starting a restaurant and running it like you, a Westerner, would.

    So you post about opening a restaurant in Thailand. You get a bunch of posts in response. The general consensus is that it is not a good idea. If you use the “search” button you will see the posts from others on what kind of problems they’ve had. But you don’t want to listen. You’re different.

    I come on here and tell why it’s a good idea. Then you come back that I am just spouting off on how Thai I am.

    Well there is a big difference between you and me. I have a lot more experience with Thailand than you do. You see your plane landed on April 1, 2012 (the post you put up when you touched ground in Thailand.

    you’ve been here about 5 months. I have been on this board a long time. My relationship with Thailand is even longer. I have seen you before my friend. I have seen you come, with big plans and a big mouth. And, if you are lucky, you get to leave on a plane with your tail between your legs with no money to start over again in the country you tried to escape from. Those not so lucky get shipped in a box back home or to the local Wat.

    Let me clue you in. There are plenty of successful expats in Thailand and on this forum who’ve managed to survive and thrive. There is one general trait that I see amongst them. They’re not the ones running off to a bar drinking and womanizing. The successful ones are the ones who are actually the responsible family men. They’re the ones with wives, and Thai family who help them. In Thailand, business is a family affair. Thaksin Shinawatra. It is the family that runs the business. Red Bull Ferrari guy. From the big successful super families, to your local noodle shop where the little children serve the noodles. It is the family that pitches in and runs the business.

    You are a single man trying to open up a restaurant. You have no experience in the restaurant business. Your restaurant management experience is being an employee selling car parts back in England. You’ve been here for 5 months.

    So you are the one that is going to try and “manage” Thai employees? Who’s going to talk to the contractors when work needs to be done to the building? Who’s going to the local bosses about getting a liquor permit? Who’s going to be talking to the companies delivering food? You? By yourself? The reason business is run as a family is that members of the family “know someone” who can get things done. Without knowing someone you are dead in the water.

    And since you brought up your complaints that I am the PC police….Let me clue you in. It’s not about being “politically correct”, it’s learning to keep your dam_n mouth shut when you are hopelessly outnumbered when you are playing in someone else’s turf.

    Thai people don’t like people who shoot their mouths off without thinking. For you clowns fresh off the plane that’s apparently all you want to do. The Thai way is to keep calm, keep your mouth shut, and keep a low profile. The expats that survive learn to do that. If the Thais don’t like it when other Thais shoot their mouths off and make waves, they sure as hell don’t like it when some dumbass foreigner does it.

    I’m feeling generous and magnanimous today. I’m going to give you a lesson on Thai culture and how to do business in Thailand. Learn about the Thai people by learning how they fight. Have you ever seen a real fight in Thailand? The only time Thais fight one on one, mano el mano is in the Muay Thai ring. If it’s a “real fight” it’s always done in groups. Running your own business is a fight. It’s not just your competitors, my own dam_n customers and employees that also wanted a piece of me. You need to have people with loyalty to you backing you up.

    The English gentlemen in the bar is you. The bar itself is Thailand. Consider that when you shoot your mouth off and lose your cool in Thailand, Thailand will teach you humility. So keep on spouting off.

    Pay attention to what’s happening. The Falang is getting angry and losing situational awareness. Pay attention to the Thai sitting next to him. He’s trying to remain calm and talk. If you pay attention, while they’re talking, there are other Thais already moving into position to strike. The Falang is too busy getting angry and shooting off his mouth to notice this.

    You see the Falang is bigger, younger, and stronger than the Thai he is speaking too. If it was one on one, the Falang probably might win. But what the Falang doesn’t understand that it is not a one on one fight, he’s gonna have to fight them all. While the Thai manager is calmly talking to the Falang, it’s really just as a distraction. The decision has already been made that the Falang is going down. The falang simply didn’t know it yet. The Thais were waiting for the Falang to be at his weakest and most vulnerable.

    Where does the knock out blow come from? It wasn’t from the guy he was talking too. It comes from where he least it expects it (from behind). Notice what happens after the Falang is knocked out? Another Thai rushes forward and starts kicking the Falang when he is down. Understand the Thai way. The Thai will try and remain calm. If you should push a Thai to the breaking point where they are no longer willing to put up with your shit, they are not out to “look tough”; they’re out to really to kill you.

    Now as it relates to business in Thailand, it’s not just Thai v. Falang. The Thais will try and rip off each other. Hence that is why a business operates as a family unit. It’s out of necessity. You can’t run a business and while simultaneously fighting off other people who are trying to take a piss in your rice bowl. If you are single, and don’t have a Thai wife or Thai family that will assist you in your business endeavors, you will have some serious problems doing it on your own.

    But you know, don’t just listen to me. Actually ignore my advice. Go take your meager life savings and open up a restaurant and/or bar. I actually dare you to. Let’s see what happens.

    Have a wonderful day.

    thats a great post.

    Fair play about covers it ,,,,,,

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    Retiring In Thailand.

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Sorry not seen the JC videos and do not think that they would be a lot of use because time changes things and your outlook on life here would be totally different to those views.

    I am sure that you are aware that it is almost impossible to come here even with a Thai wife and live like the locals do as you have got used to the western style and standard of living.

    I live in a rural village and could not contemplate living on less than 50- 60K a month. Yes I have internet and True Visions, run a large car, have a 2,000 Baht electric bill every month and unfortunately still smoke but neither my wife or I drink alcohol. I do have a 15 year old daughter that costs me over 2,500 for school each month plus other costs which that is associated with school such as uniforms.

    I have been coming to Thailand for over 6 years but only lived here permanently for just over 2 years but the increase in the cost of living is rising rapidly and that is not taking into account the exchange rate from GBP to baht.

    There is no doubt you could live here on a very small budget, asthe locals do, but as I said in my opening this would be really difficult for you and your family to do and you would not be happy.

    There again if you have a Thai wife you will no doubt have made many trips to Thailand so should have a good idea about what to expect.

    Thailand for me is a great place for retirement. Yes there are frustrating times but once your mindset is in order then like me you will love it.

    Good post...

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    Resolved: Texting While Go-Go Dancing Should Be . . .

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    There would certainly be grounds for prosecution for dancing without due care and attention but given that nobody was injured I doubt that it could be classed as careless or dangerous dancing!

    Agreed. Negligent but hardly criminal.

    If, however, a collision was to occur between said go-go performance artist, and a second go-go performance artist (also wilfully texting with complete disregard of others present) ....

    ...then this might grab my attention.

    *has brief fantasy of seeing a multiple go-go pile up, with scantily clad texting honeys falling everywhere about the stage* oh, the humanity!

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    Oh the thought the thought ....

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    Gave Up Smoking - But Really Miss It.

    in Stop Smoking Forum

    Posted

    I gave up 5 years ago. My sinus was giving me hell, and I was getting bronchial problems that were really unpleasant. This didn't abate after giving up as it was mainly due to the pollution ( but luckily is now resolved thanks to nasal rinsing).

    Nevertheless, my general health has improved. I put on much needed muscle and feel fitter and stronger. Unfortunately to compensate, I began to drink more, with inevitable consequences, but again thankfully, I have quit the booze too.

    Thinking about it, it is smoking that I really miss, in fact I'd go as far as to say life is so much less worth living without it. I guess that is easy to say when you feel well.

    So I was wondering if anyone has ever managed moderation, say 3-4 cigs a day.

    I'll also canvas opinion on the electronic cigarette forum, but also wondered if anyone had quit and then gone on to e cigs without going back to real ones.

    Don't do it man .....ur doin great it gets easier BELEIVE me

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