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I have paid out our car loan and now need to transfer from my wife's name to mine.

I have a current Thai Drivers license but only here on a tourist visa, is this a problem?

Then please enlighten us mg, how does every wife everywhere pay the bills and provision the home?

Like any wife anywhere I give half my salary. She pays bills and runs the household. I pay for kids school fees and save the rest.

Houseboats in the Sai Yok National Park are worth visiting. Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum is excellent. River Kwai Hotel is old but comfortable and has a pool and decent breakfast. My wife's cousin lives in Kburi so we visit regularly.

Learning to speak Thai will help as you are living in Thailand! I have many friends happily married to bar girls and my wife of 7 years I met in a GO GO bar.

Got my first bike in 1972. Honda 50cc 12 years old. Steep learning curve but worth it. Riding dirt teaches many skills with relatively low risk (lower speeds, less traffic) Bike licence @ 17 years old riding roads. Higher risk but with some skill and common sense I survived while others I knew did not. Many, many miles all over East coast of OZ on a wide variety of bikes. No serious or life threatening accidents (but a few close calls, mainly other vehicles) 2001 started racing a 1972 350cc Honda Post Classic class. At 40 years old still leaning new skills and loving it. Track work really ups your game and skills. Living and riding in Thailand since 2008 commuting to work 2 years pattaya to ban Chang 70km round trip. Loved it.

Best advise? Ride within your limits, situational awareness and believe every other fugger on the road is trying to kill you. They really are, whether they know it or not.

P.S. A young girl pulled out of a Stop sign right in front of me in 2006. I had slowed as I never trust car drivers, and BOOM she pulled out right in front of me. Result, broken back, many broken ribs, collar bone and scafoid (wrist).

Despite her best effort, I survived and got better. Still love riding bikes! Enjoy!

Before and after shots of my home in Rangsit, North Bangkok 15km from Don Muaeng Airport.

Housing Estate with pool 50mtr around the corner...happy as!

After 7 years living in LOS and having been through phases of drinking each local beer I have settled on Leo as my drink of choice. As with any comparisons ie:

Cars, bikes, food etc it all comes down to personal taste. We are all different, so shall be our opinions.

I did discover an interesting fact whilst on my last stint in Oz. ALDI was advertising that they were the exclusive importers of LEO Beer and that Leo is brewed from Australian barley and Thai RICE.....by jingo!!!......Cheers!

Back to school

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To answer the OP's question, yes Thais generally give some credence to FS. Doesn't bother me. The wife has had some shamanic advice from time to time with regards to what should she do to promote good luck etc. Never costs too much to comply and it pays dividends with regard to "Happy wife, Happy life"

However, FS is not to be confused with rites performed by monks...

Your welcome!

I still get fed, but her aim has never been real good. Haven't had any accidents since I told her to use fingers instead of the pointy stick.

I'm 54 and have a 2 yo boy and 3 step children 8yo 18 yo and 22 yo Although the baby was not planned, my wife and I were overjoyed to discover the pregnancy. I still work and also have funds for retirement. I love spending time with all of them and have done since we married 6 years ago.

Some people just love being a dad, I'm one of them. I have mates over 60 who have young children and they all love and care for their kids and have already provided for their future.

As for dieing when the kids are young, well, better to have a good dad for a shortime than some "expletive" for life. There are plenty of unworthy fathers out there of all ages.

I suggest you live your life as you see fit and leave others to live theirs and forgo this sanctimonious and judgemental crap.

"As for dieing when the kids are young, well, better to have a good dad for a shortime than some "expletive" for life. There are plenty of unworthy fathers out there of all ages."

This is the narcissistic kind of rhetoric I fail to grasp.

Why is it a comparison of better to have a good dad for a few years against a bad father? Self serving nonsense old bean.

Why not a comparison of the great majority of fathers, who are good fathers, who are with with their children through their childhood and early adulthood?

That is a like for like comparison

I don't know what type of cloistered life you've lived, but in my life, lived in both the 20th and 21st centuries the nuclear family has become the exception rather than the rule. Blended families are considered normal nowadays. If you find yourself in a perfect marriage for life then good for you. Not everyone is so lucky or perfect as you "old bean" so get off your high horse and accept that we are not all from the same mold.

As far as my narcissistic, self serving nonsense is concerned, I have, in my life had more than a few friends battling the insidious damage done by bad fathers. You, clearly have not, in the rarified atmosphere of whatever privileged, pious life you have been so lucky to have enjoyed. This is why you fail to grasp it. You clearly have no idea what is happening in the rest of the world.

P.S. My first wife wished she had had a good dad for a short time instead of the "expletive" she was forced to endue. In the 9 years we were married she clung to my dad as a survivor of a ship wreck would cling to a life preserver. I am still the proud father of our 28 yo son and he and I are, and always have been very close.

I'm 54 and have a 2 yo boy and 3 step children 8yo 18 yo and 22 yo Although the baby was not planned, my wife and I were overjoyed to discover the pregnancy. I still work and also have funds for retirement. I love spending time with all of them and have done since we married 6 years ago.

Some people just love being a dad, I'm one of them. I have mates over 60 who have young children and they all love and care for their kids and have already provided for their future.

As for dieing when the kids are young, well, better to have a good dad for a shortime than some "expletive" for life. There are plenty of unworthy fathers out there of all ages.

I suggest you live your life as you see fit and leave others to live theirs and forgo this sanctimonious and judgemental crap.

Moved to Thailand 2008 after being a regular visitor for 10 years. Have been happily married for 6 years, have 2 beautiful kids, nice big house in BKK burbs that I couldn't afford in Oz.

Life was good in Brisbane, but I needed a new adventure. This is it and I love it. Still work in Oz on a FIFO roster so spend 1 week every month at home + the months I sometimes have to wait between contracts.

I was happy enough living in Oz but at 48 yo and twice divorced (and pillaged) a new start in a new place looked good. Best move I ever made. I now speak reasonable Thai, have a decent bunch of inlaws and expat mates all over the country who are always good for a few beers and a laugh.

Similar, perhaps to my old life, but the small things make it better. The genuine warmth you feel from the local shopkeeps when you speak to them in their language, the same from the locals who want to practice their english on you. The smiles and affection for my little ones wherever we go.

And the food! Seriously, one of the main reasons for moving to LOS. Delicious, fresh and cheap! What's not to like?! The wife is an excellent cook as well and on the odd occasion I feel like some farang food, if she doesn't feel like cooking it we have plenty of local options (even though we don't live in a tourist area)

So to sum up, life is good in Thailand!

Great post OP. Thanks for sharing such a positive story.

Also congratulations for handling JLcrab with such aplomb.

I believe a picture tells a thousand words, so here is what Songkran means to me and mine.

Picture of the old ducks is MIL Green shirt and her sisters......cheers!

So, what do I serve to the young lady who asks for nam falang???

"blackshirt militants" = government false flag operation to provide "justification" for the use of deadly force against unarmed civilians

Where are the dead blackshirts and where is the direct evidence linking them to the protesters?

Yeah isn't it amazing that all the soldiers who died, died from being hit by rocks not by bullets from these numerous gun-wielding militants.

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ROCKS??!! Seriously??....Try grenades and bullets...supply one, genuine report of death by rocks..or crawl back under your ROCK !

I don't recognize that one Ron,what make and cc is it?

It's a Ketway Shags, Chinese 200cc. Been on the market for a year or 2 now.

Ketway, chinese jobby, 200cc been on the market a year or 2 now.

Somewhere between City and Don Mueang on elevated tollway....very confusing as there are 3 different Speed Limit signs on the road over this distance...ie; 80...90...110...I was photographed doing 120, so a fair cop...I was surprised when I received the letter in the post as they usually stop you at the toll plaza for cash. I have been pulled over several times while NOT speeding, but was able to talk them around....camera was the only time I have had to pay.

True they won't let you renew registration until you pay.

After our visit to The Motorshow, my mates' girlfriend thinks she has what it takes to be a "Pretty". What do you guys think?

BKK Motorshow....fun for all ages...the young fella had a ball!