BritManToo

And me, I read 3-5 books a week, at home, so you won't see me doing it.

Don't know who pays, but a couple of months back I scored a 75" TCL TV, reduced with vouchers from over 24kbht to under 17kbht. If you're buying big you gotta wait for voucher day!

I thought that people respected me because I'm a dangerous and violent psychopath!

I like the size, the shape, and the price.

DTV/overseas tax/cannabis criminalisation/10,000bht free/60 day waiver on entry. The Thai government is great at announcing stuff it wants to do, but never gets around to doing it. It's pointless to worry about anything they say until after they do it. Best not to think/worry/speculate too much on their wish lists.

Ministry of foreign affairs keeps VISA money. Immigration keeps extension money. You have 2 different departments at war with each other, so all bets are equally valid.

Can't understand a guy that can't cook something for himself, bacon, eggs and fried bread takes about 10 minutes. Failing that ham and cheese toasties from 7-11.

Can't say it really bothers me, I don't tell them about my past, and I don't ask them about their past. You gotta move with the times, we aren't living in Victorian Britain!

I married a virgin in my home country. Would have been better off with a prostitute!

Unless you met your partner in high school, there's no way of knowing what her previous occupations were, or how many men she had. But the divorce rate is over 50% indicating to me most women don't make good life partners. At least you know a hooker isn't averse to sex! In comparison marrying that young educated Christian virgin from a good family may well be a taking bigger chance.

I'd base my part of the debate more around finances. I don't have enough money for a nice home in the UK.

Don't think I'd be happy trying to live on a pension in the UK either.

I'm happy most of the time since I've been living in SEA. Obviously it's not a 24/7 emotion, I was unhappy for 30 minutes yesterday after my rabbit bit me. I'm happy now browsing the forums, reading a book, lying on the sofa. Weather is perfect, waiting for a pal to call round and we'll go out on our scooters for coffee. Best not to plan all that much and just enjoy what you have around you.

The obvious answer is not to tell your bank you live overseas.

Plenty of other countries to choose from, why would I go back to the UK?

Black tea is fermented and effectively lasts forever if kept in the dark and sealed.

Well done Bob! What brand are you drinking? I'm always drinking Typhoo, black tea is the best IMHO.

It's an impossible dream for a retired foreign male I'm afraid. You need to be employed in Thailand for 5 years. Much easier if you were a foreign female, which only require them to be married to a local for 2 years.

I remember a period of time when all the trouble was from Australian hells angels. Every nationality gets their moment of infamy.

I thought it was a bit of light hearted fun. Mr. Big clearly wasn't trying to hurt the ladies, and they both had padded head protection while he had none. Most of the action seemed to be them bouncing off his rather large tummy.

A phone is a useful tool, my kid is in CEP (Chinese and English Project), and uses it to help him with Chinese/English/Thai translation.

If my sex drive had gone down sooner, it would have saved me a lot of money.

Happened in Chang Mai a while back ....... they knocked the hotel down in the end. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14543759

I love my 160, unbelievable kmplr, averaging 56 kmplr over the past 7kkm. Only a year so far but no faults.

Been to the PI loads, it's a great place for a beach holiday. But the internet isn't great, and the electricity tends to go off a lot. If I didn't already have a house and family here, I might have considered it, or Vietnam or Cambodia. I'm generally a happy person wherever i am, always plenty to do. 'Island of Thieves' by Glen Eric Hamilton is ready to read on my Kindle, not looked at today's movie/tv offerings on the torrent sites, chicken Madras in the freezer, I'll probably have that with spaghetti for lunch. Too much choice of things to watch/read/eat/drink next to ever be bored.