NoshowJones

^^ I could leave as well, but I can't say it would be pleasant to move with career and life/friends etc. Also, as much as I dislike about Thailand, in my old age, I'm not sure I could find a place I dislike less! So, I would probably just hunker down and pray for the best.

Make sure you stock up on carrots prior to hunkering down...

A few large breasted Filipino ladies might also come in handy...

Not sure I could manage more than one at a time. The Filipinas on the other hand. A nice French Viet would work as well as would a nice Dutch Indo with pink nipples.

They have pink nipples???

Ok what scares me the most is riding a motorbike

Riding a motorbike does not scare me, it is Thais riding a motorbike that scares me.

On a serious note, the thing that scares me the most is a topic that we are never permitted to discuss. What I hope is that the country stays strong and stable.

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Cheers

Yes, I think we would all like Thailand to be strong and stable, but not a strong Baht, over 50 to the GBP would do.

I keep well away from Bangkok and feel very safe.Not realy scared of anything,if i die i die,if i kill someone i kill someone.

10 Years in Pattaya is far safer than cities in the uk,and i feel extremly safe,and only a phone call away from good help.

I keep telling everyone this and get slated for it, you get a star.

Thai men + alcohol + argument = never going to end well.

Not just Thai men. Any men, alcohol, argument, weapon. Only going to be one ending. Any man, any country.

Lots of endings, not just one. You must be confused because you don't realise that the happy endings aren't reported.

You mean there are happy endings in those circumstances? There is almost no need to carry weapons anyway in Thailand, You will be 99.9% safe here provided you do not get drunk, and mind your own business at all times. Unlike in the UK.

Couldn't you just park a scooter in the middle of the spot so that there wouldn't be enough space for a bus?

How easy is it to move a scooter?

I think it would be great if 300 or 400 Thai Visa members go into his tour bus company, and tell him they would Never Ever use his company, since he parks his vehicles in front of your restaurant.

Count me in.

I have found Tesco Lotus staff in Pattaya the most notorious for these shenanigans....have to always count your change and keep note of the transactions...

You want to see the staff in the local Tesco Express in my village. It has been here over a year now. Wrong prices, wrong change, never in my favour. I have been here nearly 8 years, and never had any problem with the staff at 7-11.

Thai men + alcohol + argument = never going to end well.

Not just Thai men. Any men, alcohol, argument, weapon. Only going to be one ending. Any man, any country.

Strange how many people wanting to learn Thai want a teacher who can speak English. This includes many TEFLers I have known, who know that when learning a language the native language should not be spoken.

I cringe when I hear an English teacher straight off the boat attempting to speak Thai in a classroom.

Immersion is the best way to learn a language.

Adults learning Thai in a Thai language school need the teacher to be able to speak English. Farang English teachers in a school teaching Thai children, do not need to speak Thai to teach English. Thai school children are learning English from grade one upwards gradually as they go along. A Farang adult learning to speak Thai is learning over a short period of time, say six or seven months, maybe three hours a day, five days a week. It is not rocket science to understand that a Thai teacher teaching Thai needs to be fluent in English. Having been an English teacher and attended a Thai language school, that is my opinion.

Feel free to disagree with me. I have never come across any Farang English teachers speaking fluent Thai. I do feel though that apart from teachers from the Philipines, it is necessary in most cases, to be a native speaking English speaker to teach English in Thailand.

Ah, a thread about Pattaya and Jingthing is not around, maybe that's because no one has mentioned the Baht Buses.

Most of the most attractive Thai girls want a Farang who can take care of them and their families even if they are fat, old, tattooed, and facial haired.

Do you seriously believe that? Because I rarely see these "most attractive Thai girls" with a farang, young or old. I'm sorry, but reality is what it is. I wish it wasn't so.

Sorry to disagree with you. But Beauty comes within...and I am lucky that I have a beautiful wife and have been together for many years that have provided me with knowledge of the culture and also that I have taught her english..(maybe too much). But what a joy it is to wake up to a beautiful smiling, undemanding woman who actually "takes care of me). Be it that Thai massage, clothes laid out for the day, or food prepared in the fridge for me ,whilst she goes to work for a few hours in the day. Or is it because she saves every baht to the bank account and NEVER asks me about my expenditure.

Oh What a joy to wake up, experience laughter about our different cultures, and yet to embrace these as a learning experience. How many hours have I discussd the phillosophy of life in regard to her culture and my own. Wow , she brings me so much pleasure and NEVER a question of money.

So My friendly cynics who do not understand, nor have the wish to grasp the 50/50 relationship of marriage and come here with a Farang Chauvanistic and hedonistic view of these "poor women: and all that you can do to dominate them in your poor understanding of Asianwomen..THINK AGAIN.. show some respect and try to treat thema as people and not just some household and sexual slaves of some kind.

Very good post Raindancer, your wife sounds very similar to mine, and long may it continue for both of us. But surely you must have seen plenty of fat, ugly, tattooed, facial haired Farangs with beautiful young Thai girls. don't tell me that these girls would look twice at those Farangs if they were not rich. I do not believe for one minute that any attractive girl of any nationality would go with those men if all they had was their state pension.

Most of the most attractive Thai girls want a Farang who can take care of them and their families even if they are fat, old, tattooed, and facial haired.

Do you seriously believe that? Because I rarely see these "most attractive Thai girls" with a farang, young or old. I'm sorry, but reality is what it is. I wish it wasn't so.

One of my best mates is fat, ugly, lots of tattoos, facial haired and he gets a good pension from the UK, he always has beautiful girls especially his current one, and he always has lots of money, oh and he likes the bars. Another thing, you referred to me as an ignoramas a few weeks back, I agree with you a lot about Thailand, and I am not a Thai basher, but I still say that in general, the mentality of Thai people is very low, but I believe I stick up for Thailand and it's people more than most.

plenty of rich thai girls in bkk that wants farangs, so why deal around with poor issan girls..

reverse scamming is the shit..

Not sure there's tons of actual rich Thai's queuing up to meet farangs but there's certainly plenty of girls who are not poor who are open to dating a farang.

The main reason most Thai girls (whether poor or not so poor) want to date a farang is because Thai guys aren't interested in them or at least Thai guys on a similar educational and economic level and they don't want to date down.

The majority of girls I've come across who are interested in myself and other farangs I know is because they struggle to get a Thai boyfriend of course they mostly don't admit this and say "thai men no good...they cheat, they lie, they steal, they drink, they gamble etc" (no different from most of us then?).

Reasons they can't get a local bf include....

1) The way they look - not necessarily ugly but maybe darker skin / short / pudgy / not the typical Thai perception of beauty - but often still appealing to farang.

2) They are overweight by Thai standards - again doesn't mean fat or obese we can be talking 50kgs here which most Thai's consider very fat yet they can look anything but if they are tall especially compared to Western women who would do anything to be so slim.

3) Single mums - Thai guys will not accept another guys kids.

Not all. I've met plenty who didn't fit into any of the above but seemed to have a thing for farang still, a lot of them had lived abroad for study and work and had maybe had a taste of a life style or man they liked and didn't want to go back to dating local guys for whatever reason.

Solid rebuttal, Spade. But I think falkan is referring to rich bargirls. You know, those with multiple sponsors and pulling in 200,000 bt/month.

Rich bargirls?????? Why are they working in a bar then?

plenty of rich thai girls in bkk that wants farangs, so why deal around with poor issan girls..

reverse scamming is the shit..

Not many that want a poor farang though so please explain how this reverse scamming works because I don't really want to get stuck with a ten thou restaurant bill for food that's hardly been touched.

Most of the most attractive Thai girls want a Farang who can take care of them and their families even if they are fat, old, tattooed, and facial haired.

plenty of rich thai girls in bkk that wants farangs, so why deal around with poor issan girls..

reverse scamming is the shit..

Not sure there's tons of actual rich Thai's queuing up to meet farangs but there's certainly plenty of girls who are not poor who are open to dating a farang.

The main reason most Thai girls (whether poor or not so poor) want to date a farang is because Thai guys aren't interested in them or at least Thai guys on a similar educational and economic level and they don't want to date down.

The majority of girls I've come across who are interested in myself and other farangs I know is because they struggle to get a Thai boyfriend of course they mostly don't admit this and say "thai men no good...they cheat, they lie, they steal, they drink, they gamble etc" (no different from most of us then?).

Reasons they can't get a local bf include....

1) The way they look - not necessarily ugly but maybe darker skin / short / pudgy / not the typical Thai perception of beauty - but often still appealing to farang.

2) They are overweight by Thai standards - again doesn't mean fat or obese we can be talking 50kgs here which most Thai's consider very fat yet they can look anything but if they are tall especially compared to Western women who would do anything to be so slim.

3) Single mums - Thai guys will not accept another guys kids.

Not all. I've met plenty who didn't fit into any of the above but seemed to have a thing for farang still, a lot of them had lived abroad for study and work and had maybe had a taste of a life style or man they liked and didn't want to go back to dating local guys for whatever reason.

I think darker skin is more beautiful than lighter skin, although I don't fancy the short, pudgy girls.

Just curious why you would have that flag as your avatar if you support the now deceased?

I certainly do not support Rangers, I got the impression you did. I'm sending you a PM.

I'm making my first ever visit to NS tomorrow, only booked a hotel for 2 nights to see how we (me, wife and 1 year old son) get on but will stay for longer if we enjoy it.

Not really looking for a bar for drinking as with my family but anywhere I should go or do?

Like Possum I am Scottish. Going by your avatar Possum, don't suppose you support the same team as me?

Probably not, was your team liquidated? What two nights are you in Nakhon Sawan? I could maybe come down and say hello.

It's on the Nan River about 70 kilometers northeast of Muang Nakhon Sawan.

Correct.

What group are you referring too? Around here it's generally Thai's that seem to think it's Ok to lounge on someone else's ride.

Well cat be out of the bag it's never Thai's. Not once have a seen a Thai sit on my bike. I always find it to be Indians (not the American ones)

Park on the south side of Soi 6, which is the only side that you can park on. The beer bar girls will sit on your bike the whole time you are there because it gets them closer to the street, and closer to the potential customers.

Think yourself lucky you don't have a car and park it at the Nana Hotel carpark.

maybe they are just hanging out hoping to catch a pic of you riding home pissed

Stopping for a meal and a beer means I get pissed? Don't ride drunk and I live in Bangkok so riding is a big enough challenge. But keep the speculation up if it makes you happy.

Scottythai, I do not want to fall out with you, but you said in your own words "a few beers" I apologise if it was only a figure of speech.

Put a little sign on your bike and say photos 10 baht.......that particular group will leave you alone.

To the OP> I hope you did not intend to ride your bike after the "few beers" If you were, you were going to put other people in danger of their lives or serious injury.

Skyscanner is an Edinburgh based website, we Glasgwegian's think people from Edinburgh are rude. I bet you can think of example's of people in your own country that have a reputation for being rude.

Some people take delight in being rude, like Yorkshiremen. They will tell you straight how it is, even if they haven't got a clue what they are talking about. Then they'll beam with pride when they tell you that Yorkshiremen are straight talkers.

Payboy makes a valid point, you can only be truly rude if you know what manners are.

Part of international travel, to gain exposure to more culture's, to learn how to get along with people. Too

many people only export ignorance and bigotry.

It's embarrassing to behold.

How right you are about Yorkshiremen Blether, I have known two here in Thailand, and ruder people you

would never meet, not even in Edinburgh.

And this from two skirt wearers. theblether mentions Yorkshire folk not knowing what they are talking about, this is the same tourist who is always lecturing ex-pats about how much more, he knows about Thailand than the people who actually live here. OK point taken.

I would say the Blethers posts are very interesting, you don't need to live in Thailand to know a lot about the country, also. I would not be seen dead in a skirt (kilt).

In case it was not obvious from the context, 'them' means Savan Vegas. I figured they would have a finger on the pulse and know the current situation. That's why I emailed them.

Personally I would do it yourself. I've done it twice now and both times doing the visa yourself wasn't a hassle. (I wrote a report about my last Non O on here about two months ago.) I think Savan is over charging people for this. The Consulate is easy enough to find and the little shop across the street will handle all your paperwork preparation for you (for a fraction of the cost of Savan). And there are certainly nicer hotels in town - although I do like the casino as something to do.

More important than your bank book will be making sure you have your original wedding cert - as the Consulate seems to be strict on this part. Both times (and my wife was with me) they asked for the originals. Which we happened to have the first time, because my wife called the Consulate before we went to Laos.

As others have said .... just call the Consulate and ask them for their requirements.

Is it really as simple as that? one official might tell you one thing and you go there the next day and get another official who tells you something different.

IMO yes its really as simple as calling and asking. And frankly, people should go to the Consulate dressed nicely (not in shorts and ratty t-shirts), be polite and provide the required documents. We've gone for two years in a row now and each time we use the little shop across the street, present our documents at the window and pick up the visa the next day with zero hassle.

Yes, but you are not meeting the officers face to face in a bad mood, you are right about the need to dress properly, and those who show disrespect by wearing shorts should get refused and told to come back the next day dressed decently.

Never mind the ladyboy bit, 7 guys on three bikes ride past a random farang and set up a road block to steal his bike.

Sounds like a bs story to me.

Unless it was a Harley or something.....even then you'd think one would follow him home and they'd blag it later.

Nope.....bs.

Probably true Blether, but Thai guys are at their best with these odds.

What do you mean "hard to find good men in Bangkok"? I know dozens. There is Jim the English guy, Paul the yank, and Ivan from Norway (with the chopper), and even a few ozi blokes are half decent (some of the time).

OP, I think most Thai ladies will tell you.