Old Croc
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Another insular poster who believes the whole world shares his mind set.
Many here may have many reasons to no longer wish to live in the country in which they were born, and many reasons to choose to live in Thailand.
You may be surprised to learn that many people make descisions unrelated to feelings in their loins.
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I recommend self insure if you have the funds to cover it.
I consider health insurance companies to be among the most toxic industries of all, reaping huge profits off the backs of the sick and elderly. They will stricly interprete and police their miriad of conditions to avoid payouts when the client most needs it.
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On 2/21/2026 at 9:26 AM, ColeBOzbourne said: Refreshing to hear someone owning up to their coprophilia.
Weird to hear someone finds that behavior refreshing.
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25 minutes ago, Roadsternut said: Its not the first time. The UK blocked use of bases in 2012 and 2013 as well. Then, as now, isn't about personality politics, but points of law. Notably, the UK, at least openly, didn't follow the US into Vietnam. And in 1982, the US government hesitated over whether it would back a democratic NATO ally over a viscious military dictatorship, It took a then young opposition senator to speak some sense.
People like Jeane Kirkpatrick were urging Reagan to back the Argies. Astonishing.
But friends can disagree from time to time.
Thanks for the history lesson.
It is much more specific than my second sentence which you seem to think was all about the UK.
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7 hours ago, Yagoda said: Dont whine when the Russians come calling
7 hours ago, Yagoda said: Hilarious!
The Russians can't even get to Kiev, how will they start calling anywhere else?
Their only strength these days is nuclear and they have enough sense not to use that. Unless of course, some madman starts WW3 by invading Iran in an attempt to detract from Epstein!
Who are all you blind followers going to attach yourself to after the inevitable and looming demise of the fascist - JD or perhaps the closeted speaker?
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If the dictator believes SCOTUS rulings can just be ignored does that apply to his Presidential immunity?
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1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said: They voted for a clown and now they have got a circus. Next he will be starting a war that he will lose. Loser.
The UK has blocked the US from using RAF bases in his upcoming Iran war. All the erstwhle friends no longer automatically follow America into conflict.
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How many billionaires were there when we were kids? Were the rich of that time untouchable and considered to be like royalty? Was their obscene wealth celebrated like a huge winning football score? Was celebrity worship connected to a person's wealth?
After the big war everyone was equal in the struggle to rebuild shattered nations. Government money was for the good of all not to assist the rich to get richer.
How much more did CEOs get paid above the workers, back in the day, 2 or 3 times? Now 300-400 times as much.
Power, greed and entitlement became the worst aspect of the democratic system and the average worker acquiesed with this uneven redistribution of wealth by hero worshipping the few who benefited.
Workers quit the unions in huge numbers leaving them nearly powerless to fight for even pitiful wage rises. People were brain washed to believe that tax funded social services were evil socialism and had to be resisted. Qualification for top level education became about money not ability.
Low education levels made many believe they were inferior to those they envied and made people into a modern version of serfs or worse, acolytes.
Also, technolgy has hugely benefitted us all, but at the same time, zombified much of the population.
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20 hours ago, Patong2021 said: One of the arrested looks like he is 18-19. Perhaps a crime of opportunity.
They had a key to the condo, knew the victim, took important papers in addition to cash and phones. They had arrest warrants from a previous burglary.
Not opportunism, planned criminal behaviour!
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The only description of the event I've read comes from the killers. Yet posters are accepting that as factual and stating the dead man was at fault and deserved his fate.
I have little respect for Americans these days, but would still like to hear a complete account of the attack before condeming the victim.
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18 hours ago, Jim Waldron said: This news item reports that the travel insurance company refuses to pay, citing Tiger's involvement in a "dangerous activity"!
A subsequent post states there was a clause regarding motor bikes in his policy. Perhaps something more specific than "dangerous activity." Helmet, licence, CCs, alcohol ?
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On 2/7/2026 at 7:27 PM, Kyoto Kyle said: This is a genuine question and not an attack on anyone who already lives here or loves it. But is Thailand really a smart place to spend the last third of your life?
Thailand gets talked about nonstop as a dream retirement destination. Cheap living. Easy food. Beaches. Warm weather. Services available for just about anything. Basically a soft landing for men with a bit of cash who are tired of the West and want an easier daily life.
But the older I get the more I wonder if people are only looking at the upside and ignoring the stuff that actually matters once your body is no longer forgiving.
When you are young or even middle aged you can shrug things off. Heat is annoying but manageable. Air pollution is just a bad month or three. Traffic is chaotic but you stay alert. Medical costs are hypothetical.
That changes later on.
A few things I keep coming back to.
Thailand consistently ranks at or near the top globally for road deaths. As reflexes slow and eyesight fades, is this really the environment you want to be navigating daily?
Air pollution is not just an inconvenience. For older lungs and hearts it can mean chronic breathing issues or worse. Burning season is not a meme when you are seventy.
Heat tolerance drops as you age. Long humid days that feel merely uncomfortable at fifty can become exhausting and dangerous later on.
Private hospitals are excellent but also brutally expensive if you do not have top tier international insurance. Public hospitals are another story and not always reassuring for complex age related care.
Social safety nets are thin. If things go wrong financially or medically, you are largely on your own in a foreign system as a second class citizen.
Long term care is rarely discussed. Assisted living, dementia care, and end of life support are not cheap or straightforward here.
None of this means Thailand is bad. It clearly works very well for a lot of people right now.
The question is whether it still works when you are no longer mobile, independent, or resilient. When the margin for error shrinks.
Is Thailand really a place to grow old in or is it a place that works best only while you are still healthy enough to enjoy the advantages?
The question posed seems to be about the poster's own personal and financial situation. Perhaps it is based on a single, financially limited pensioner who still has close familial and government support in his particular home country. Not every expat fits that mold.
I'm 77, infirm, with many medical issues but wouldn't return to Australia under any circumstances. I am far richer here and can access top tier medical care here without breaking the bank.
I have never ridden nor passengered on a motorcycle, which means Thailand is probably the safest country in which I have ever lived. Only 12% of road deaths involve cars. Work it out. Half of all Thailand's road accidents happen in Bangkok, a place I avoid. Others drive me around these days.
Smoke pollution is a problem anywhere, not just for Thailand. As another poster stated, it's not a big thing in the south of the country. It doesn't have to be a reason to flee to nome country where they probably have similar problems.
If you grew up in a grey country near the artic circle perhaps retiring to the tropic heat is not a clever option. However, I believe over time the body adapts rather than becomes more sensitive to hot weather. Also, they also have AC here. I rarely turn mine on, the ceiling fans suffice.
Social safety nets here are possibly thin for the single man on a small pension who came for the booze and girlies and has discovered age happens. I, and most expats i know, have extended family support in Thailand far beyond what is left at home.
I've done the research, Thailand has far superiar assisted and dementia care facilities than are available at home. A main reason is the much lower wage structure which equates to more and better nursing staff.
By all means, run home to family and the nanny state if you didn't fully plan nor equip yourself for migration.
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1 hour ago, thai006 said: Finally a good news.
Should be like this for all the foreing who brake the laws in Thailand
Too many fighting see on video in Phuket
Found and deport only
By definition their act was just about the opposite to fighting.
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All of the above argument comes down to one thing.
The conservative, so called christians, on this forum believe murder on the street of someone not of their sect is reasonable and justified.
Hatred of someone with differing political or religious beliefs is destroying the once "great" country laughingly known as the UNITED States.
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15 hours ago, Gottfrid said: a simple thing called separation and divorce
Obviously never experienced this in the western world.
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My Opinion.
The MAGA brains trust (!) plan was always to get through the term with the Orange Man. They could keep the conservative profit making agenda rolling, and Donnie happy by feeding him with executive orders to sign with his sharpie and a florish to the cameras,
Vance has been groomed to take over for the next 8 years. There's more happening in his background than generally known. I believe Charlie Kirk was to become his VP and be the next after him.This was why his death became such a huge thing for MAGA.
However, Trumps wacko policies and physical and mental decline has seemingly resulted in voters turning against the party to the extent they look certain to lose power in both houses in the mid terms.
MAGA now needs big Donnie out of the way if their long term plans are to work. The 25th Amendment will be used shortly to put him out of office and the work will begin to make Vance electable.
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Gavin is a 960 guy and can't read.
in Political Soapbox
Your misquote indicates your illiteracy level.