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BritManToo

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  1. 5 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

    But is the prevailing view on TVF, that women, and Thai women in particular are simply a commodity to be bought and sold?

    That's the same all over the world, but in the west our governments have outbid us.

    In SEA there's no free money & houses for them.

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  2. 8 hours ago, sanemax said:

    Yes, you like Thai ladies and lots of them, as you keep on saying 

    Went out last night in Mae Rim, had a nice dinner and got a bit drunk with a Thai guy, total cost to me 120bht (including tip for the waitress).

  3. 54 minutes ago, villagefarang said:

    Often, people who view Thailand as a cultural petting zoo, focus on cost and what they see as exotic or different, will find that the novelty wears off

    I still enjoy petting the local women

    The novelty hasn't worn off and I've been at it ten years now.

  4. 3 hours ago, hugocnx said:

    those repacked blocks are from UDF

    It's good enough for me.

    (UDF United Dairy Farms?)

    PS. I'm on a diet, I don't fry anything, butter is just to stick the sandwich bread together.

    PPS. When I go mad the UDF butter makes really good toffee.

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  5. 8 hours ago, newnative said:

    Same experience when my partner and I went to China the beginning of December.  The flight back from Zhengzhou was full of what looked like first-time Chinese travelers and I was the only farang on the plane.

    And me, hardly any white people in the big cities or the flights to and from them.

    Flights are dead cheap from Chiang Mai, and the VISA only 1/5 of the UK price.

  6. 47 minutes ago, balo said:

    Why do you choose to live and work in China ?

    Must be better to have a teacher job in Thailand ? 

    Nah, China is good and the wages are far higher, easier VISA, food and accommodation is cheap.

    I'd be happy to live in China.

     

    Thailand is pretty shit at the moment.

  7. On 1/10/2019 at 9:47 AM, Nyezhov said:

    If I wanted a WESTERN lifestyle, I would have gone to Florida for the winter. If I wanted a WESTERN lifestyle here, Id go buy a condo at Q House then and drink fine wines at the Hotel Bars. And I bet the condo fees are cheaper.

    I wanted a western eating style, so I learned to cook ...... problem solved.

    Never liked wine much, beer is better, and the beef here is rubbish so I just don't eat it.

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  8. On 1/10/2019 at 8:47 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

    As with many of the above comments, the hospital provided the information for our son's birth certificate including translations and I collected the certificate from the town hall about a week later. We were not married and the baby took my last name. As the mother is not Thai, there is a note, in Thai, on the certificate to say my son is not eligible for Thai nationality.

    There are warnings that foreign dads should not allow the hospitals to provide birth certificates. 

    I did it myself, hospital gave me the 'notification of a birth' the next morning, and I drove on my scooter with 20 other dads to the Amphur office to file for the birth certificate, took about an hour, 30bht and a bit of form filling. So easy, I can't imagine why you would chance someone else doing it.

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  9. 7 minutes ago, totally thaied up said:

    About the most expensive expense, I have is my health Insurance (that is a must-have) at $US1300 a year and my number one car insurance (18,000 a year).

    When I lived in Santitham I paid 5,000bht/month for my room.

    I have no health insurance saving $1300 a year, and minimum m/c insurance 300bht/year.

    But I do splash out on 100MB 3BB fibre at 631bht/month.

     

    Guess I'm just 'thrifty'

  10. On 1/8/2019 at 10:41 PM, mal2018 said:

    I just returned from Savannakhet via Lao Airlines. So much nicer than any trip by bus or taxi and much faster. Why on earth people still travel by bus from Bangkok and winge about prices baffles me.

    Off to Cambodia on the bus for a VISA run next week, CM to Bangkok 10hrs overnight bus, Bangkok to Siam Reap 10hrs on the day bus. 1,500bht Vs 4,000bht each way.

    DId Savannahket last year, CM to Khon Khen by air 900bht, Khon Khen to Mukdahan by van 300bht, overnight bus back to Chiang Mai 750bht, not much difference in cost but the times work out better on the return by bus.

     

    I quite enjoy the bus trips, and it leaves me more money to spend on beer.

  11. 9 hours ago, baboon said:

    I don't know that soon a beautiful woman won't be banging on my bedroom door demanding uncomplicated sex.

    I don't know if Mrs baboon would mind too much if I knock her about a bit.

    I don't know that the earth isn't flat.

    1. I've had happen plenty of times.

    2. She's probably had a few beatings before, and could manage a few more.

    3. You're probably right.

     

    So wrong 2 out of 3, that doesn't say much for your remainer views.

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