BritManToo

2 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Nothing better than a warm personal enemy, over the years you become dependant on one another and a sort of grudging respect forms.

I always kill mine within the month.

6 hours ago, sirineou said:

Someone posted a "Confused" reaction to my above reply.

I only post that as there's no 'don't like' option.

Probably posted because you were boasting about your income.

8 hours ago, sirineou said:

All work is not drudgery, some people like, enjoy, and take pride in their work,it gives meaning to their life.

One can balance enjoying once self  while saving for the future and taking care of one's responsibilities, and if they can do it in a job they enjoy..... 

I always found all work to be drudgery.

Maybe not for the first month or two, but after that completely dull.

And the people that were happy in their work, I also found completely dull.

The only exception was cutting up logs for the wood burner, chainsaw and axe, quite happy to do that for an hour or so every day.

3 minutes ago, fordguy61mi said:

You only need one really good friend in my opinion, and I have that. I also consider my wife to be in that category as well.

Your wife is the single most likely person in the world to deliberately harm or betray you.

And the person she's most likely to do it with is your closest friend.

The divorce rates don't lie.

On 8/21/2019 at 11:12 AM, Crossy said:

 

So do I. IIRC DHL charged about 1k Baht clearing fee on a $1000 order, that I could accept.

 

If FedEx gouge then I'll have to find an alternative, all the other shipping methods from the seller were significantly more expensive (like double).

 

I don't mind paying, duty or VAT (not that I actually like paying of course) but if someone is asking 6k for clearing then they don't get a second chance.

Might be cheaper to fly over and bring it back in a suitcase.

22 hours ago, Berkshire said:

I'm the same.  I saw that video when it first came out and sort of sympathized with the shooter.  The black guy should not have shoved him to the ground.  But obviously, he didn't deserve a death sentence for that.  The problem is if Drejka had gotten off, everybody with a gun would be emboldened to use it.  Civilized society can't function that way.

I would argue in civilised society you don't attack others and throw them to the ground.

Once the 'civilised' behaviour is finished on the other persons part, I would shoot to kill.

The whole point of carrying a gun is to shoot people who attack you.

If every aggressor thought they would be shot and killed, they wouldn't start the fight.

"God created man, Sam Colt made them equal"

53 minutes ago, zxzoomy said:

Thank you for the quick reply. I'm very confused. Google translate says five hundred is ห้าร้อย, which looks nothing like the text in the image. 

It says ha roy baht toowan = 500 bht  = ห้าร้อยบาทถ้วน

17 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

the point is there is no "someplace else" anymore.  just so we are clear, I had not walked this way before today and this is what I came across. Those photos of the trash piled next to the water are not something I went looking for. This is typical of what you see in Hua Hin once you get away from the VERY NARROW strip of beach where tourists do selfies.

No litter in my moobaan, walked 6Km in the jungle this morning, the only litter was a couple of crisp bags on the whole hike. Went through Huay Keow park, no litter. Maybe I should take my rose tinted glasses off.

I know there are places with litter, same as every country in the world, but I don't feel the need to look for them, or photograph them.

1 hour ago, khunpa said:

I can't quite follow your "reproduction-argument", in relation to us sending our kid to an international school or spending money on good insurances? 

How many can you afford to spend 17k/month on?

1 hour ago, uhuh said:

Ain't it beautiful?

A friend of mine is holidaying in Hua Hin right now,  I will recommend him this spot for a romantic picnic

It's not all bad, the restaurant hanging over the harbour is very scenic (just down the road from Murphy's bar).

I used to enjoy a beer with my pals while hanging over the water.

3 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Well, I think good education and being properly insured makes pretty good sense ????

If you really worried about your kid having a 'good education' you wouldn't be living in Thailand.

My kids been in hospital, it was free and they did a good job.

3 minutes ago, khunpa said:

However, still find it pretty amazing people can live here with a family for less. Just our kids school fee is 17.000 THB per month (one kid). And insurances for the whole family is around 12.000 THB per month.

Insurance and private school is for rich folk with more money than sense.

That's 30k/month saved right away.

The earth didn't move for me.

3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

If you can't take it home in a taxi how will you take it anywhere to be fixed under warranty?

Samsung and LG fix it in your home.

There's only 2 boards inside them, power & processor.

They just plug a new board in.

12 minutes ago, steven100 said:

yes ….  but you would need to know the google name & password or the sender … correct  ??

not very easy to get.

My gf can never remember hers, I always have to set it up for her.

Not that I care where she goes in the day.

1 hour ago, Farangwithaplan said:

odd situation. Can't make much of it. How someone will get the GPS coordinates of the originator phone, I'm not too sure.

If you have their google play account name and password you can view the phone owners movements in google.

https://myaccount.google.com/find-your-phone?pli=1

(Google locate, then maps timeline)

It's quite detailed, lists all the shops and address you stopped at.

9 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

And you think you will get them that easy next time? Same if you want to work in one of the EU countries?

As far as I know, once you have residence, it's for life.

And if you have residence and are not an EU citizen, you can apply for citizenship.

Just now, FritsSikkink said:

So all the British in Spain can sell up their houses and bars as they don't have a proper visa to stay there anymore.

Probably not as they've already received residence permits.

Same in France.

If you live there more than 180 days in a year, you have to apply for residence.

51 minutes ago, thairookie said:

I read from many websites that one can catch a bus from the HH bus station to Clock Tower for 30 baht.  Is it still available ?  Where exactly is the 30 baht bus located ?

Walk outside to the main road, wave the songtaw down.

I'm sure it was only 15bht.