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24 minutes ago, wisperone said:
Why...what's wrong with 60? Still many good years left after that. Unless one has health complicated problems, life can still be great.
Not sure about that, approaching 64, and the years after 60 haven't been that great.
Nothing in particular to complain about, just nothing left I want to do, and I can feel illness and infirmity approaching.
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48 minutes ago, Blue Muton said:
Strange that, it sounded more like Frankie Howerd to me!
I thought he was paraphrasing the effeminate guy from the carry on movies.
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17 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:
People talked about AIDS. But how many heterosexuals were infected? As far as I know very few.
My best pal (heterosexual) died of AIDs this July.
Caught in Chiang Mai sometime in the last 15 years, diagnosed in London last year, died in London age 59 after nearly a year in hospital.
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I can't prise my 8yo off the Xbox or Youtube videos.
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11 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:
A normal middle-class woman would hold her own job and not expect you to pay her or her family a dime. If she does ask for money or you are giving her a "salary" to stay home and not work then she is not your wife - she is a prostitute and will move on to the next customer if the money ever runs out.
All my neighbours appear to be normal middle class Thai women, they all seem to cost their Thai husbands more than I give the hooker I'm shacked up with, and they get a lot less sex (as far as I can estimate).
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I spent 60bht yesterday, 2 coffees at Nana bakery, haven't been out today 0bht.
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23 hours ago, drbeach said:Foreigners over 50 can't marry Cambodians.
Foreigners can't purchase second hand motorcycles (not sure about cars) and can only get 1-year driving licenses.
1) They changed that law last year. No restrictions now.
2) Cambodia is part of Asean, they have to accept Thai 5 year d/ls.
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On 9/4/2019 at 12:05 PM, drbeach said:
Definitely learn the language. Otherwise every encounter with a Thai, other than in expat/tourist zones and airports is frustrating and leads to misunderstandings. I think it's much better to learn as much as you can about a country you are resident in and face the truth than remain in a state of ignorance (this is a general comment about foreigners who refuse to learn the language despite intending to live here indefinitely).
Lived here nearly 10 years and hardly ever speak to Thais.
Apart from my family that all speak English.
I did go into a coffee shop earlier this week, "Lar-tay ron, song gairw kap"
No frustration.
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20 years back I couldn't buy a 50" TV for 8,000bht.
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10 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:Hospital bills = zero payment. Unless he's broken an arm, wrist, leg. Superficial cuts and bruises is free treatment.
Scooter damage = 1-2k if you cannot get insurance co's involved.
It's always zero payment in a Thai government hospital, the Thai minimum insurance will pay the hospital directly.
(an old white guy I know toppled off his m/c and broke his hip, nobody else involved, plastered in the local hospital on production of his minimum insurance cert + police report)
The op is being subjected to a scam with the compliance of the local police.
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1 hour ago, Kenny202 said:
One of the things I miss here the most is western style Chinese food. I have taught myself to do some pretty good versions of it but no one can cook those beautiful big plump snappy prawns the way the chows do
Chinese food is pretty bad outside the UK or USA.
When I was in China it was downright inedible (I was shocked at how bad it was).
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8 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:
Bolsonaro is an egocentric ignorant , arrogant , selfish , ugly Idiot if he connects help to solve an ecological catastrophy to his own little pride .
Anyway it was him who started insulting comments about Macron's wife ...
He's not wrong about Macron's wife though.
When you marry your mom, best not to be too sensitive about it.
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9 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:I really just don't get why people are even here.
Hookers.
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3 minutes ago, CGW said:"fried rice chicken" is not ever going to be considered, especially at 25 Baht
You could probably cook it yourself with more chicken for under 5bht.
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Never went as far up as that street of girlie bars.
But there are so many bars in that area offering ladies for hire that I wonder why that one was singled out.
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1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:I can understand a 3 day tourist not eating local cuisine as afraid they'll get sick, but why would expats eat western food routinely when local dishes are so much cheaper and just as good?
I find Thai food dull, poor quality meat, and always over-spiced to hide the rotten taste of the meat.
I eat English, Indian, Italian or Mexican food wherever I go, most of it I can cook.
Local dishes aren't any cheaper when you cook it yourself.
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On 8/27/2019 at 12:27 AM, gearbox said:
The bus lines are good, you can google the routes, the trip is 5000 dongs.
There's an android app that lists all routes in HCMC, Da Nang and Hanoi.
BusMap - Xe buýt thành phố
In English and allows you to track bus movement in real time.
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American Beauty and Fight Club changed my life.
After watching them I stopped working for the corporate structure.
Got the same deal as Kevin & Edward, 1 year tax free salary for leaving, didn't flip any burgers though.
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13 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:Anyone who is raped should report it right away. That will increase the chance that the perpetrator is jailed tremendously. And it will make sure the rapist won't do it again.
You're forgetting no woman has any responsibility for any decision or action she makes, no matter how foolish, harmful or dangerous.
Only men can be held responsible.
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49 minutes ago, baansgr said:Its not illegal for passports to be held if a criminal investigation is ongoing and their is a possible flight risk
Medical bill would be a civil case.
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5 minutes ago, cerox said:
But last week when I went to Ho Chi Minh for 7 days, apart from the hotel staff and a few exceptions, most people did not understand any English. This was in District 1.
Went to District 1 in April, waitress spoke English, assorted massage girls spoke English, students in September Park spoke English. One lady that approached me also spoke Thai.
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It's all a scam.
Just get emergency travel documents from your embassy and leave.
Don't come back, plenty of other countries to visit, some where the police aren't crooks.
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Never heard of either of these people.
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On 8/25/2019 at 1:10 PM, cerox said:I love Da Nang, but it is just the language issue...
Everyone I encountered in Da Nang spoke English.
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Hua Hin: Two hundred Illegal hotels apply for amnesty
in Hua Hin and Cha-Am News
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I thought one of the reasons we liked Thailand was because it wasn't a massive nanny state and everyone could more or less do what they wanted?