BritManToo

And staffing costs ......... Green energy requires between 10x to 100x the manpower/staffing to produce than coal/oil generated. When people ask why is electricity in Thailand a fraction of the cost of electricity in the west, the answer is green power costs a lot more (x10) to produce.

No such thing, most Thais can't afford international travel. To them, those that fly appear wealthy, and they'll risk a few 'free ones' to find out for sure.

There is no wise choice to be made. People can change completely in very short spaces of time. Best not to base your future on the grace and favour of another person. I'm buying a house for my woman, costs me 10kbht/month, about the same as I would spend in rent. By the time I'm 90, the house will be hers, no hard feelings from me if she wants me out before or after that time. No further legal obligation to her on my part.

I've found completely the opposite. Once a woman owns you emotionally, she'll stop the sex.

Best to avoid situations where the legal outcome is unfair.

But the paperwork only needs to show an income of 40kbht/month. And no Thai language requirement. PR is intended for corporate employees/NGOs/factory owners on full expat packages. Not foreigners eking out a low paid teaching wage.

Not outdated but destroyed by laws that give the woman the man's home, children and pension.

Get a second bank account! As another poster already said, forget PR, go straight for citizenship after marriage to a Thai as it's much easier.

Could the answer be that 'corrupt crooks' are the only choices offered on the ballot papers? (and not only on Thai ballot papers)

I think it's the Laos and Central languages that really mark the divide in the Thai people. (you could also add Arabic as the 3rd division)

We wondered how well the head was attached to the wall ............

My current PEA grid electric is 3.7bht/unit.

I assumed it's based on the Dust Silo series of books written by Hugh Howey. The books were good!

No coffee, tea, alcohol, paracetamol then?

I've got a cycling helmet in my room, but I don't do any cycling in the room.

I drink the tapwater in CM, and have done so for the past 10 years. No problem so far. Make my ice from tapwater too.

I tell my woman grandma has 3 children, so she is OK to stay with us for 4 months a year. After that I'll be in Pattaya, with my wallet, until she's gone. Works every time!

They're gonna pave paradise and put up a parking lot! (Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell)

The timing of the court case is certainly political. But what I don't understand, if Trump is such a loser, why are his political opponents so clearly frightened of him? I mean, if I were running for president, I'd want the weakest possible opponent to fight the election against.

Sold as Monurol® in Thai pharmacies.

Qualified to teach in your home country?

It's very dependent on your own educational and intelligence. If you were a plumber in Merseyside, or a dustman in Bolton, Issan villagers might well seem interesting to you.

Lonely men? Back to the OP, Naked Brits, naked Germans, thank go there's no naked Thais in Pattaya!

Normal woman in normal relationship = not much sex after the first year, but plenty of expense. Ever had a 'normal' relationship last 5+ years and still plenty of sex, I'm betting not!