BritManToo

19 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

 

Frankly, no one I even know married to Thai spouses are in that position. Even the ones that have gone financially broke over the years are still married to non-cheating spouses. 15, 20, 30 years. Happily married, with no worries needing to spy on their spouses.  I've read about it, for sure. A time or two here on ThaiVisa, and usually with women they originally met as bar girls. They were foolish from the start. But oddly enough, have never encountered it in real life.

 

From your cynicism, it sounds as if you married the wrong one. Sorry 'bout that.

From your age I guess you've confused the words 'wife' and 'nurse'.

6 minutes ago, cooked said:

Some of the best beaches I have ever seen are in Thailand but I'm not going to tell.

Too many bitey creatures in the sand, and the water is often dirty.

Never has those problems in Spain.

I purchased a Philips 600W from Lazada, it's lasted a while and still going strong.

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/philips-hr2115-i160585023-s193398531.html

12 hours ago, hugocnx said:

I hope for you the raisins didn't go to the bottom. Let us know.

Worked fine, the orange peel gives it a novel taste.

5 hours ago, mikehongpark said:

I might lose the chance to have kids if I move on as I don't want to have kid after passing 50 yo.

Had my last kid when I was 55, he's 7 now, I don't have a problem with that and the Thais don't either.

If you decide that sharing is OK, don't forget to DNA test the kids.

You do understand the Thai religious ceremony has no legal validity, without the paperwork at the Amphur office, you aren't married.

On 11/23/2018 at 2:35 PM, champers said:

Agreed. It is not difficult to say but much more difficult to do. Avoid diets, they are a complete waste of money.

At the end of November/start of December I weighed 80Kg (5Kg too much).

I started a Big Mac diet, every day my main meal 1 Big Mac, no extras.

Maybe a banana (or mince pie) and cup of tea for breakfast, and a cheese sandwich  with a cup of tea for dinner.

As many cups of tea as I want during the day, and a mountain hike nearly every day, 2 hours and 600m ascent.

Kept my intake below 1,500Cals/day, and my exercise at 1,000Cals/day (under eating 2,000Cals/day).

Plotted it all on Wahoo fitness and MyFitnessPal apps.

3 weeks and I've lost 4Kg (celebrated today with a large Leo)

Just 1Kg to go any it's been fairly easy, missed out 4 days exercise in the three weeks I've been dieting/training.

Very little hunger, but sometimes it's been really hard to get out of bed for that 2 hour hike.

Today I weighed in at 76.3Kg, thinking another week and I'll be at my target weight of 75Kg.

(I've stopped the Big Macs now, as the months half price offer ended yesterday)

1 minute ago, smotherb said:

And, out of the goodness in her heart she let you have the house.

If she had a heart, there wouldn't have been any goodness in it.

Bad to the bone, just as I like them.

5 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Funny, she still lives in the house; with her "brother".

When I got divorced, I got the house in the divorce settlement 'cos she couldn't (wouldn't) make the repayments.

I still live in that house with my son (I only paid 250KBht upfront).

There's a difference between thinking you're clever, and actually being clever.

Ask for 'lemsip', it's much better for a cold.

Of course it isn't sold in Thailand but I'm told 'Apracur' does a similar job on a cold.

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The temple at Doi Saket is quite interesting. It has a series of small billboards in the driveway next to what I assume is the monks' quarters, with Thai proverbs translated into English.

'Na nua, jai sua' is my favourite, and the explanation ......

'Na, dtaa, yim yem jairm sai, tere kang nai kit rai' strikes me as very funny.

And they have the statues of Buddha in all his Hindu incarnations for you to pray beneath.

3 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Just because you have never been able to attract a good woman does not mean there are none.

I'm just happy to have a young one in my bed at night, she doesn't need to be 'good'.

Yours sounds a bit too old for me, but she's probably 'good' enough for you.

12 minutes ago, madmen said:

after 5 years becomes a financially struggling jaded alcoholic with a bar girl GF living in some dirty old fan room

I enjoyed the 'bar girl GF' times, and always had enough money for aircon.

21 hours ago, TeacherKenAyutthaya said:

So what should I do to get my full salary?

Report them to the labour department, stop working immediately, no more classes.

Not being good at a job is no reason to deny you salary for time already worked, that's their problem.

Forget revenge and investigations, that won't get you any money, just problems.

1 minute ago, hugocnx said:

did you put only 2 raisins in it.

I thought I used more than two, sadly I have to wait another 20 minutes until it's cool enough to cut and find out.

Another loaf from the Morries bread machine.

This is a 750gm candied orange peel and raisin Whole Wheat loaf

(I put stuff left over from making mincemeat pies at Xmas in the automatic dispenser)

Because the bread tin is a bit too big for the paddle, you do need to put your hands in at 1hr 55 mins remaining and even out the dough, else it comes out a bit lopsided.