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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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    The Thais Are Great

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    I have to say the Thais are great people. Extremely tolerant of the people that visit their country.

    For example where else in the world would let thousands of unemployed, retired, usually fat, balding men into their country, to casually have sex with and occasionally marry their daughters, sisters and sometimes mothers, while actually contributing nothing to thai society except to complain about how thais run thing in their own country.

    We treat thailand (expats), like were colonists from the 19th century and they dont take us on, they let us play out our sick sexual fantasies like were kings of the world, thinking our way is the best way and they just put up with it.

    No other country in the world, would its people still be so welcoming and so accepting of other cultures and ways of life, while putting up with all the BS that comes with it.

    The Thai People Are Truly Great.

    Yeah live here and see how .....

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    Ladies Tied To The Bar By Contract?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Talking to a friend last night and I cannot remember how the topic came about but he said the ladies who work in a bar are tied to that bar by a contract that they have to pay to be able to leave the bar. Apparently one bar charges them 7000 Baht to leave and another 5000 Baht.

    Is this correct and if so, is it enforced?

    Presuming they are bound by a contract I cannot see why they cannot simply walk away from the bar if they so wish and go home. Or are these contracts to stop them going off to work in a nearby bar, or even walking off with a new (b/f).?

    Total BS ......

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