BritManToo

7 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Actually, from an environmental standpoint it would be more efficient to kill on a per capita consumption basis. America, Canada, the wealthy nations of the EU and Australia come to mind.

You don't think it would be better to protect the remaining jungles and rainforests?

Not much natural habitat left in the west.

5 hours ago, KittenKong said:

But the clincher for me is that when I want to go away for a week or a month or a year, all I need to do is lock the front door and jump in the taxi.

I don't even lock my doors when I leave my house.

Keys to my car live in the ashtray.

Nothing stolen in 5 years I've had the house.

Nothing stolen from the last two houses I rented for 4 years.

More chance of a wife/gf stealing the house, can't protect yourself from them.

On 11/19/2018 at 12:21 PM, Serl said:

At age 66, I have decided to move early next year. 

The average age for male death in Thailand is 71, at 66 you're being a bit optimistic in thinking of buying a house here.

31 minutes ago, billybog said:

Pattaya makes quite a lot of money off farangs...but why should they be required to speak our language.

You think we all speak 'farang'.

I would have thought Chinese would be the most spoken foreign language in Pattaya, maybe Russian.

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

one happens the be a policeman and the other happened to be a felang

I believe it was a Thai and a 'Kairk'.

No white people were involved.

1 hour ago, MysteryX said:

so places asking for strict roundtrip plane tickets (or other documentation like bank statements) may be inconvenient.

It's only 1,000bht for a plane ticket to Vietnam, buy it and chuck it.

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

But when he woke up on Saturday morning he found more than £1,000 and 3,000 baht in cash, as well as jewelry worth more than 100,000 baht was missing from his room and the lady friend he met outside 7-Eleven was nowhere to be seen.

Doesn't look like the kind of guy to have that amount of valuables in his room.

Maybe he should have spent some of it on a safe?

On 11/21/2018 at 6:49 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Would also help if governments stopped paying people to have children.

Less people = less pollution = problem solved.

 

Or we could just kill all the people living in China, India, Africa and South America, then keep those continents as wildlife reserves.

A final solution to end climate change and save the planet.

mis-read OP, kid under 7 needs court, or marry mom.

(read it as 10 year old kid)

6 minutes ago, GalaxyMan said:

It seems to me that splitting the house from the land, putting the land in her name and getting a lifetime usufruct for me on the house will be the most logical way to go, all things considered.

A building company won't do that.

It's a custom build option only.

45 minutes ago, cyberfarang said:

Being in debt is a civil, not a criminal offence. Can`t get blood out of a stone. If the loan stops being paid and the relationship turns sour, under the Thai civil law system it can take years to have a someone evicted from a property and even if they lose the case can still appeal that can take more years.

But you haven't lost 2.5Mbht, only a fraction of it.

21 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

Banks tend to loan to high earners. If his girlfriend does not earn much no Bank will loan to her without a guarantor ... and that will be the farang.

 

That isn't usually a problem, the builders will arrange everything.

11 minutes ago, outsider said:

Sorry that the motorcyclist made a mistake that ended very, very badly for him. This is a common mistake by most motorcyclists in this part of the world, not just Thailand. Why do they need to undertake, or be inside the turn of a turning vehicle? That's the wrong place to be, no matter how one looks at it.

 

Strange but true, turning vehicles do not have right of way in Thailand.

Those travelling straight do, and it doesn't matter if they are on your left or your right, they still have right of way.

44 minutes ago, seajae said:

I was taught to treat women with respect and not treat them badly,

Metoo, but then I realised my mom had been lying to me, and women treated decent/honest/nice men with contempt and dishonesty.

Smarten up dude, pretend you are a drug dealer/pimp and they are all over you.

47 minutes ago, VillageIdiot said:

This dude has a lot of time on his hands.

 

We are all retired, of course we have a lot of time on our hands.

Sleep, eat, drink, exercise, post.

Holy cow those are expensive.

I make my own, costs about 10-15bht per mince pie, if you live in CM YoK have all the ingredients.

Mince meat is essentially candied orange peel (125bht/500gm), raisins (55bht/500gm) and diced apple with a few spices, some palm oil (or butter) and a capful of rum.

4 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

If the Thais were, for instance, just a bit darker, larger, English speaking and less coy, most farang would be terrified of Thais. 

 

If foreigners realised how many Thais carry loaded guns in their belly bags, they'd be too scared to walk down the road.

11 minutes ago, Vermaric said:

You omitted high rise buildings...

and drinking with Brits.

9 minutes ago, KevinboyCM said:

I did include plumbing and electric in my lease as something the owner is responsible for. I guess I never thought I needed to add structural damage.  Is it typical here for owners to be that dumb not to want to protect their property?

Absolutely, once you've moved in they consider it your problem.

When a Thai tenant can't stand the state of the structure any more, he repairs it himself or moves out.

30 minutes ago, KevinboyCM said:

I have spent 40k in upgrading the house as well as at least a 1000 man hours the last year in fixing up the house PLUS I live in an area because I am a wildlife photog.

Should have spent the money/time on the tree and roof.