BritManToo

15 hours ago, smutcakes said:

I dont believe you, no one is renting a 3.2 million baht 2 bed condo for 30K per month.....

I was renting a 1.5MBht house for 6k/month, I assume condos are a similar price (4k) per million.

53 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

.... and we haven’t all wasted time reading this... you don’t spesk for all of us readers, just yourself... perhaps you should start your own topic and bleet on about how you think some topics are a waste of your time.... 

I've enjoyed participating in this thread, isn't this what life's all about?

Misfortune, adventures, death?

I've certainly packed more into my ten years in Thailand, than I managed in the previous 50 years in the UK.

@HuskerDo sex, alcohol and drugs are part of life's adventures, to live, you need to participate.

6 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Going off-topic, but why should your life expectancy drastically reduce when you move to live in Thailand?  Unless we are all killed by errant taxi drivers, there must be some other major change in one's life to get that reduction in life expectancy, such as drinking alcohol like a fish every day, eating unhealthy foods, smoking like a chimney etc etc.

Or it could be the hot weather, humidity, lower levels of medical care, lack of preventative medicine .........

(My parents in the UK died ages 64 and 69, I'm almost 63)

1 hour ago, SoilSpoil said:

Good news for my kids, who are fluent in both languages. Their future job market value stays guaranteed.

Mine too!

8 minutes ago, HuskerDo said:

My older relatives on average live into their early 90's and aren't bed-bound but rather very active. I'm in better shape than they ever were so making it to the same age regardless where I live is what I expect.

They aren't living in Thailand, and you are, expect to die 20 years earlier than them.

6 minutes ago, HuskerDo said:

ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? 62 isn't old. You "should" have another 30 years to do good in this world sir. Why do you not try to do more in life than spend so much time on a msg board? This comment of yours truly makes me sad Britman. 

Average life expectancy for a man in Thailand is 71, and most of the guys I've known didn't last that long.

(Thai or foreigner)

3 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Therefore they will NOT be allowed to fly out of Laos on any passport.

You can't get on a plane back to Thailand with a border pass?

Then land in Thailand with your passport?

I'm thinking many small difficulties can be sorted out with a thousand baht note or two.

or explained away with a 'Oh yeah, I forgot we didn't use their passport on the way out'

2 minutes ago, HuskerDo said:

Really? And you aren't doing some thing better in life with that marvelous memory?

At 62 there isn't much left for me to do, apart from waiting to die.

5 hours ago, HuskerDo said:

Really Britman? You keep track of everyone's travels too? That in itself shows you need to open your life up and get off this board and try to enjoy life a little more. I know you recently indicated you are an older individual but is this really how you want to live out your years?

No, I remember the details of everything I ever read, but strangely, I never know where I put my keys or phone.

3 hours ago, Clifford S said:

So it might be possible to do a Laos land crossing on some identification or another ....

and fly back into Thailand on the British passports ? 

That's what I was thinking.

2 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

hat being said of course. Years ago, we had TV men, who would change a vacuum tube or two. Today's TV's should always be considered consumables, and will be replaced in 4-5 years time

I had a 55" Samsung smart TV, broke once, new power board, 1500bht, 3 months later failed again unfixable after just over 2 years.

Samsung said, sorry, throw it away. Now, I won't buy any TV again without a 3 year warranty.

I purchased the 60" LG with a 3 year extended warranty for 21K, only quibble I can make is the corners are slightly dim (but 60" feels way bigger than the 55")

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I know some guys with kids who spend more than half a million per kid per year in school in Thailand.

Maybe there are some good and not so expensive options. But it seems many people, at least if they can afford it, spend a fortune on education.

My kid is top of her class in everything, has been since high school, spending money doesn't equal educated children.

Not to mention, it appears to me the more money you spend on your kids, the less they like you.

55 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

But it seems all parents also agree it's a lot of work, headache and costs a fortune.

I'm a parent, and I don't agree.

After the first 4 years they mostly run themselves, drop off at school 7:30am, collect at 5pm

I've had no headaches with mine, and spent hardly any money on them.

The 7 year old has been watching Youtube videos all day (it's educational and expands his English vocab), hardly seen him, he pops his head out every now and then to demand food.

(The 20 year old costs a bit at university, 30-40Kbht a year, but that's only for four years)

You've linked to the old model the 7800, now replaced by the android model 65P6US @23K.

You might also consider the LG 60 inch for 18K (Lazada).

Someone gave me a can of the 'Snowy' Wheat beer, sounds as if yours was equally bad to mine.

Glad I didn't pay for the can.

Just now, stoicccc said:

Thank you kind sir, my bad.

I'll be there over that weekend, thought about joining the 16Km Temple run, but it all seemed a bit expensive.

With the whopping price of the ticket to enter Ankor Wat, I probably won't even visit.

It says you can just sign a waiver.

http://www.ultratrail-angkor.com/en/information-for-participants-ultra-trail-dangkor-2017/

* In case of non-presentation of the medical certificate and to avoid being disqualified, the competitor agrees to sign a waiver and becomes solely responsible in case of physical problems that could sustain him in the race.

Union Science on the left just before the Nimman traffic lights on Suthep Road usually have this sort of thing.

http://www.unionscience.co.th/

2 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

But you are buying women.

It's the when the other person is also into you.

Most of us rent, if anything you're the one that made the purchase.

I'll leave the ladyboys to you, thanks, don't want anyone in me.

34 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

One letter writer to the editors summed it up nicely. He wrote: The problem is the overpopulation of this planet. If there are more and more people there are more problems like above. With fewer people there are fewer problems.

The letter writer said he has no children so he does not contribute to more people and more problems on earth.

I think he had a good point. There are already more than 7.6 billion people on earth. We don't need more.

White children, Thai children and Japanese children aren't the problem.

There's less of us/them every year.

The writers point was foolish in the extreme.

On 3/14/2008 at 12:02 PM, Wizzard of Oz said:

I've just started googling, but thought someone might have dealt with it and be able to give me a head start in helping out a friend who seems to have it (and has dealt with a couple of rude and not particularly helpful doctors) and is getting stressed because the affected area has gotten larger.

She needs to consult a competent doctor, friend of mine thought he had eczema, I though he had eczema, when he eventually went to a doctor was told it was herpes. He's been self medicating the completely wrong medicine.