thehelmsman

There are some Mail Box places that give you an address that looks like the real thing. Instead of a PO Box they'll use an Apt. No.

I don't do it but have friends who do.

14 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

Nice to see that there are other foreigners make an effort to read something besides hanging in the bars.

Love to read in a bar, Does that offend you?

If you've been driving here for awhile then you've had the same scenario happen to you. No such thing as a leisurely drive here. It requires you keep all your focus on the job at hand.

Some folks keep talking about the double yellow lines.....really?  How about not passing if you can't see the road is straight and clear.

Common sense rules.

Do any of the gyms or massage places offer Dry Sauna & Steam Room?? Preferably in the surrounding Ban Chang area.

All I see are winning jackpot numbers. Play them immediately.

You buy your Cambodian Visa same as if you were going to stay. And, immediately cross back to Thailand.

4 hours ago, seancbk said:

1900 baht for 13 people to eat and drink??    Did the 'restaurant' have walls?   




 

Why are walls necessary, my favorite restaurant is a garden. Typical price for a buffet style dinner.

Stick with the sandwiches and mini hotdogs. Life is good.

When on a road trip, 7-11 food hits the spot.

2 hours ago, Ahab said:

 

Everything,  You need to get out more often.

 

Motorbikes, Vehicles, Insurance, furniture, Makro prices, clothes in markets?? Same - Same

The only reason it may be cheaper in Issan is if you stay away from town.

1 hour ago, Ahab said:

We will be living at her brothers house (real brother) until our house is built, and with appropriate health insurance. In Issan.

 

It is true that you need more money if you choose to live in Bangkok, Pattaya, or Phuket but in Issan figures such a 100,000 baht a month are ludicrous. In my opinion. 

Besides rent or price to buy a house, a tall Leo, what is so much cheaper in Issan?

2 hours ago, Elkski said:

Maybe the best thing to do is to downsize and stay in the US but share it with  Thai women who will appreciate it all and not be like a spoiled American Woman. 

Give her time, Give her time.

17 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

what are you smoking?

Isaan gold.

3 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

Have not been in Thailand,and where i was in New Guinea had very limited to no internet access,so have not posted for some time,and now recovering from it,which may take a while.

We anchored out in Papua, NG a 4 mos. ago for a week. We weren't allowed ashore for our safety. What was your opinion on things there?

9 hours ago, possum1931 said:

I know them all??????? I know all the bar areas not the actual bars, I know I said I never frequent bars, I actually meant to drink, but as an ex professional musician, I have went in to bars many times in Pattaya with my mates to go up and play and sing with the band.  Is there any ex pats who are not newbies who don't know about Thailands bar areas? As for "other bar areas", read my post again only this time with a pair of glasses. Soi Cowboy is a shortcut between Asoke BTS and Soi 23 and I walk up it on my way to a restaurant, and yes, it is an excuse to look at the lovely girls outside the bars.

Now how about an apology for using the word "creepy" like I am some sort of pervert.

    Calm down, most everything said here is entertainment. But, you gave me a good laugh trying to defend yourself.

7 hours ago, Get Real said:

Where did I say what I feed myself? I probably have the experience enough to give my daugther the food she need. Don´t think you have to worry in that case.
Can be that you don´t have any children and are just nosey by nature. However, what I give my daugther is not relevant in this topic, so just put a plug in it if you don´t have something useful to say.

Yeah, have a little girl as well. You made it relevant when you brought yours into the picture. If only useful remarks were posted, these threads would die sooner.

21 minutes ago, Get Real said:

Ok! It´s not a full meal. It´s still more food than you get in a hot dog. 5 bath Khao Neo and a barbecued stick of pork.
In that case I dream every time I go to the market morning, to buy food for my 4 year old daugther.
I sincerely think you are dreaming, or maby just not took the time to get to know things in this country. Good Luck!

I hope for your daughter's sake you feed her better than you do yourself.

9 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

What do you mean by creepy, I walk up and down Sukhumvit, along Beach Road from one end to the other, do not go down Walking Street, or through Nana Plaza, or Patpong, walk down Soi Cowboy, I like to see pretty girls, what is wrong with that? I do go to Bangkok and Pattaya sometimes for a break.

Now explain yourself about "creepy". Just because I'm a non drinker.

"as I have walked up and down Soi Cowboy and other bar areas"

Ring a bell.

A non drinker who doesn't frequent bars yet knows them all. You're the one who started making comments about bouncers in bars which by your own admission you know nothing about.

11 hours ago, possum1931 said:

I do not frequent the bars, but from what I have read or heard, the bouncers  always look for excuses to beat Farangs up so their bosses will see them doing their jobs. If they just stand at the door talking and doing nothing else night after night, week after week then their bosses might just pay them off the save them money as they are already getting paid for doing nothing.

If I used the bars, I would only use the ones who did not employ bouncers, I know there are plenty of them as I have walked up and down Soi Cowboy and other bar areas.

You don't frequent bars yet you walk around Soi Cowboy and other adult venues. Interesting, creepy yet interesting.

I'm in SoCal at the moment, I was next to a Royal Enfield coming off the 5. It was an eyecatcher. It looked kind of small, maybe smaller than a 500. Apparently big enough to handle riding on the 5.

There's one in our village , they call her "opposite"

1 hour ago, Travel2003 said:

I remember a year or so ago, having a conversation with a fellow foreigner, about football from back home, when he suddenly stated it was a lot of blacks on the national team these days.

I was speechless, as the conversation between us 2 whiteys was taking place in Khon Kaen, in a country/culture far away from our own, which we had settled down in.

So, yes, plenty racists among the foreigners here.

 

Anyhow, I think Briggsy, in the first reply, got it spot on.

 

Why does making an obvious statements about blacks in a sport make him racist? It is not a racist statement.

I don't know a thing about London but as you said we bought all the grade A materials ourselves, labor was a set price. How the pillar posts are constructed, slab foundation or raised foundation, 8 ft. ceilings vs. 18 ft. ceilings. You get the picture.

Funny how some folks think because they bought the cheapest, they got the best deal.

Some deeply disturbed folks posting here. Not all Thais fall into the stereo-typical  category.

29 minutes ago, heybruce said:

"media bias" is subjective.  Many people think the unfair and unbalanced pundits on Fox News were blatantly biased.

 

To my recollection, only Trump and Trumpies thought that polls calling the election close but saying one candidate was leading, though within the margin of error, meant the election was "fixed".

 

The scant evidence of illegal voting has been for both candidates.

 

Who has said the ballot count was inaccurate?

The Dems with help of Green party candidate what's her name are going for a recount in certain states.