BritManToo

So you slam us for not regularly visiting our countries of birth, when you haven't been back to yours for 30+ years!

Was that before or after JF banged Marilyn? Or before or after Bill did Monica?

I thought you were from Serbia? Can't believe you go back every year.

Good find @IvorBiggun2, if the average time people collect their pensions is 8 years, that puts the average age at death in the UK around 73 years old. Which much more matches my experience of death age than that suggested by UK government statistics.

Wrong, I used to watch Corry, Emmerdale and East Enders, yet here I am.

Hotel and night club lobbies were popular sites for ATMs in Barretto. I would just search for 'ATM' on Google Maps to find them. Most of them worked, although not during the daily power cuts. As for other cards, ATMs do sometimes take a card and keep it, hard if you only have one.

Using any debit cards in PI ATMs is dead easy. Take your Thai debit card as well as your US card, just in case!

Would have thought most Brit expats ended up in Canada or Australia, sexpats in Thailand would be a trivial number out of all the pensioner expats. Also plenty of Brits that moved overseas to be with their kids (who had emigrated), after retirement. Don't forget the workers that came from the west Indies (Et al) then took their pensions back home with them.

Of topic ........ Says daughter of a friend, not Gummer's daughter. @Enoon you beat me to it!

Tried for lunch at KhuaLek cafe today, closed due to flooding. My misses insisted we immediately left the area as it was too dangerous. Ended up having a fish burger at Chester's in Airport plaza as being closest to immigration for after lunch.

Mostly bank app as my wife (or son) take any money they find in my wallet. Easier to say I don't have any rather than say no.

If I were a Billionaire, I probably wouldn't be any happier or live a significantly different lifestyle. Sure, I'd drive a newer car, but is that really significant to my life? Food, not sure how bacon, pork sausages, muffins, marmite, ham, roast pork, Zinger burgers, English pancakes, baked potato and chilli, chicken Jalfrezi and naan bread would be any higher quality if I had more money. Even a breakfast of moo ping and sticky rice (30bht) is pretty good.

What used to cost 500bht for an hour now costs 1500bht.

Disagree, US forces are crippled by 'rules of engagement' Whilst the 3rd world forces can shoot anything, anywhere, anytime and not worry about women, kids an bystanders. Now if the civilized forces were allowed to nuke/shell Somali cities ....... end of game.

Yep, we thought that too, crowds of people hanging around the main bridge. Loads of slow moving traffic driving along by the side of the river. Guess they're waiting to see it overflow the walls.

Was in the park opposite Kawili fort (between Au Der Auf and KhuaLek cafe) just now. Park full of soldiers, river very high. Soldiers say it's gonna flood later today.

School bus burned down killing 23 kids ......... That was an ICE. https://aseannow.com/topic/1339617-inferno-bus-in-use-for-54-years/

I have no problems with refunds to my Lazada wallet, then sent to my bank account. You must be doing something wrong.

Asking for payment and being able to take (or enforce) payment are not the same thing.

Only if they believe you are dead. Suspending your pension for any other reason would be gross misconduct (malfeasance?) and I don't believe anyone working for DWP would care enough to risk that. I would also point out court action would bring much negative publicity to DWP along with expense far beyond any chance of recovery from the pensioner, and a chance of losing. I can't see them having much incentive to chase pensioners who omitted to change their address, I did even read that DWP has no current address for as many as 40% of state pensioners.

Almost the same for me ......... Detached 3 bed house in gated village 10kbht/month Old pickup truck, tax and insurance 2kbht/year, first repair this year 1k65,diesel almost nothing as I mainly use my eMTB. Medical nothing, I'm ok with death. Food/drink 5kbht/month mostly bacon and sausages. But then .......... Wife and kid ........ Another 30kbht/month. If only I were single! And to keep on topic, when I moved here I didn't know about frozen pensions. Mine isn't because I've never revealed I moved out of the UK. I still use my old UK address, despite not living there for 15 years, and nobody has noticed.

Many older people are easily frightened by their government. The DWP threatens (although effectively powerless to act) and the easily frightened volunteer payment. As for proof of life certificates, they don't send them to pensioners living in the UK.

Many people go on a big boast all around them about how they are moving overseas. The others get dobbed in by family members and friends or former wives. On the other hand I don't even tell my Brit kids where I live, certainly not my bank, GP, DWP, or any other government department. As far as they know I live in the UK. Best not to let anyone know your name, address or business.

UK nearly the same as USA, BUT employers aren't that charitable, assume their 10% comes from you getting a lower salary.

Beware of termites!