georgemandm

1 hour ago, Rich G said:

Hi, where are you from?

Australia 

1 hour ago, Rich G said:

United States.

Australia 

Just now, Rich G said:

United States.

Ok

24 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Many people have gotten a single entry non-o visa for being 50 or over at Penang and Vientiane. Many reports on this forum about getting them.

Perhaps you were mistakenly trying to apply for a OA visa which can only be applied for in your home country.

I haven't gotten a non-o visa in almost 9 years and it was based upon marriage.

Like I said try for not o visa no way 

making people go back to there country to do them because now you need a  criminal  check .

you did it 9 years ago and you are saying you can get it at Vientiane, I tried 2 years ago with no  success so I think I would no more about then you .

what you read on here is not all ways right, like people like you that are not with the new visa rules and make  comments .

6 minutes ago, Jimeo47 said:

I got a Non-O about August in Brisbane before they stopped issuing them. Can still get one in Sydney, I was told.

How long ago did you get it ?. 

You can't get non - o vias in Australia anymore.

you have to get the  retirement Visa .

i think you have been miss lead if you think you can still get them .

40 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

He can get the non-o visa in Vientiane or Penang. He does not have to return to his home country to get it. 

Try to do that 2 years ago was a no go for me , had to go back home get a  retirement Visa .

could have changed not sure ,  how long ago did you do it ? .

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You extension of stay (not a visa) based upon retirement application will be denied for not having the 800k baht in the bank for 3 months on the date you apply.

You will need to leave the country to get a new non-o visa and apply for a new extension.

You can't get a not o vias anymore in my country Australia , you have get your  retirement visa in Australia before you go to thailand.

the not o visa we stop 2 years ago .

so not sure what country the op comes from .

7 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

There is a demographic group of older men, who are attracted to Thailand because of its affordable cost of living, sex-industry, and the misleading initial impression that everyone smiles at you, even if you never reciprocate.  Basically, they have little interest in Thai culture or it's people beyond the bar scene. While quite a number of these men do end up marrying a Thai woman and following her back to her home town,  the marriage often doesn't last long because of the language barrier, culture shock, and incompatibilities as a couple which they were slow to recognize because of the aforementioned language barrier and cultural unfamiliarity.

 

When the relationship ends, these guys typically head back to the same touristic hunting grounds where they met their earlier love interest. Because of this pattern over time, you get this buildup in these communities of guys who are jaded and sometimes bitter, who hang out together, reinforce their negative attitudes and become more emboldened to act out when things aren't the way they think they "should" be. These guys also seem to form cliques which make them very unreceptive to any overtures from "outsiders" or newcomers.

 

To illustrate, I just came back from a camping trip along the coast. At the campground, I met and had many lengthy and enjoyable conversations with Thais: "Sia and Bow", "Nim and Ud", "Deng, Niw, and Dey," several other Thai couples, along with a half-dozen of the campground staff. There was a team of divers staying at the campground during a training course, and a bunch of them told me what kind of diving jobs they went on. So I had all this interaction with Thais.

 

But in contrast, there was an area near the campground which while not "touristy", has a rapidly growing farang retiree community. I made several day trips into town to buy food, supplies, use the internet, and sight see.  Even though the local Thais were similarly very welcoming and good-natured, as well as quite honest, I couldn't find a single farang who was interested in engaging in eye contact, much less having a street-side howdy-do, or a conversation.  This, despite passing probably 15-20 foreigners on the street or along the beach. All the foreigners walked by like I was invisible. I've said this before, and I'll say it again. Thais notice how foreigners respond to one another. When we're cold and unfriendly towards one another, it doesn't just send a signal to the other foreigner, it also sends a signal to Thais as well. Our reputation isn't just formed by how we treat Thais, but also how we treat one another. Just food for thought.

Good story,  my  opinion on the foreign see other foreigner , and I see it all the time in the last 8 years, is most of them think you will take their thai girlfriend or wife away from them if they talk to you and you become friends.

i just not understand it as well .

26 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

I don't agree, I believe charging farangs more when shopping is the exception rather than the rule - most farangs wouldn't know any way and for anyone to claim and actually know first hand that the entire country is that way is a ludicrous idea. I do accept however that some services are charged at a higher rate, particularly daily labour rates and manual work. I also accept that some shops/stalls sometimes have an element of chance about them, if a person looks like they can be taken advantage of, it may well happen but it's far from being a blanket riule.

Your opinion ,not mine.

you live in one part of thailand , I get around from the south to the north so I think I have some idea how it is done .

You live in Chiang mai and their is more to thailand that just Chiang Mai .

44 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

I shop with my wife, she shops by herself, I shop by myself, we/she/I know the price of things, we'd/I'd know if a price was not correct. And most places we buy from have the prices displayed, even the markets. We/she/I shop daily.

Good you are very lucky then .

but most of thailand is not like that .

1 hour ago, chiang mai said:

Where abouts in Thailand please because we seem to not have that problem here.

It is like that all over thailand been happening to me for the last 8 years coming and going to thailand 

if you not have that problem you would not be going out much and buying things off Thais , you would be the only western that is dose not happen to if you are right.

5 hours ago, YeahSiam said:

It's not about being "better", George; it's about being "understood".

You're too clueless to even bother replying to half the time

I am to clueless , its not that , it's you just don't like it that I tell the truth.

you see  blokes like you go to thailand with blikers on and when someone like me gets on here and knows what his is talking about , to tell  it as it is you get up set .

1 hour ago, YeahSiam said:

Honestly, what the hell are you talking about, George?

As if having only just enough knowledge to be dangerous isn't bad enough but you can barely string a sentence together in English.

 

Muslims don't have a say in the way the UK is run based on their being Muslims.

They have a say in the way the UK is run based on their being eligible to vote as British citizens.

 

Wealthy Russians and other nationalities living in London's most exclusive areas don't have a say in how the UK is run even though they bring in serious money.

If people with that kind of money don't get a say, how do you figure a group of economic migrants here for the cheaper living costs should have a say in how Thailand is run?

That is what I am saying voteing rights in the U.K. .

so are you better them because my English is not up to your standards no you are not .

because western in thailand are putting money in to the country are they not , yes they are .

thats why they should have a say .

so get of your high horse and think how much money is  poured in to thailand through the money from western.

On 03/02/2017 at 1:09 PM, Deepinthailand said:

.Why should The Thai Authorities listen to forigners.  All they seem to want is free health care free/thai price admission. New laws so they can feel as though they are back in there nanny states. Oh yes and Thais out of Thailand. Turn this around a forum in UK run by Muslims expats telling the UK Authorities how to run there country or what laws would be better.!

Why not listen to foreigners if they are living in thailand and putting more in to the thai  economy that thai people do .

you talk about nanny state thailand would be the worst nanny state I have seen in my life .

Thais out of thailand never  Heard or seen any foreign what to see Thais out of thailand that is a  ridiculous statement .

You see in thailand no  freedom of speech for foreign in the nanny state thailand.

in your U.K. Muslins have a say in the way the country is run , but in thailand as a  permanent resident you as a  permanent  resident have no so in thailand a nanny state.

On 03/02/2017 at 7:12 AM, berybert said:

Tourist numbers are at record highs and going up millions every few seconds. The Thai authorities do not need anyone telling them what to do.

They are doing a perfect job and will have no quarms in telling anyone that asks.

So you believe what you read about the tourist number do you .

i think the thai  government like to talk those numbers up .

but up to you if you believe them .

17 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

That's beacuse your culture is diffrent from thai culture. 

Yes it is very true I agree with you but , if a thai lady wants me to  except some of her culture she has to except some of my culture, it is not all one is it .

2 minutes ago, medic5678 said:

I'm not worried about the gold I'm buying for my girl for our wedding when we're married.  A Thai girl wants to show other women she has a good husband.  Wearing gold is very important to them.  It creates a sense of well being.  I have a wonderful Thai lady and if the day comes when she needs the money, then I say good for her.   $8k worth of gold is the least of my problems.

8k worth is not much at all .

when you give someone a gift of gold or what every , it is because you love them not to sell it .

just  disrespectful to sell that gift giver .

you need to understand lots of Thais , not all but lots of them just see it as more free  money.

if I am to give gold again , to any thai lady I will make sure she understand the  thought behind the gift.

not to sell it because she has no idea about save money for a  rainy day .

i have gold of mine and have had it for over 30 years in my family and neve think about selling it , it will go to my kids and I will tell them gold is a gift of love not to sell .

11 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

I don't need to buy her gold to tell her I love her. I see that as buying love. Let's leave it at that.

How do you see it as buying love , it is a gift of my love to her . 

Up to you how you see and up to me how I see so let's just leave it at that .

22 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

Sirbergen

Damn this English grammar.Tried to read it again,but still no luck.Google translate is my friend.But translate it from what

Look Mr knon Karen Dave or should I say Mr English , I read it very well from deepinthailand, but like you Mr English , you like to think you know it all when it comes to  English grandma and run people down .

Deepinthailand and I have had our run ins but people like you  give me the s??? , When you think you know it all when it comes putting it in to words , we all can't be Mr English can we .

21 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

Sirbergen

Damn this English grammar.Tried to read it again,but still no luck.Google translate is my friend.But translate it from what

Look Mr knon Karen Dave or should I say Mr English , I read it very well from deepinthailand, but like you Mr English , you like to think you know it all when it comes to  English grandma and run people down .

Deepinthailand and I have had our run ins but people like you give  me the s??? , When you think you know it all when it comes putting it in to words , we all can't be Mr English can we .

1 hour ago, Deepinthailand said:

Gold is a form of saving in thailand not all get given gold lots buy gold then cash it in when money is tight then buy more when they can. Again I say a gift is a gift once given its there's you can not say anything if sold. For instance when my mrs was setting up her buisness, she needed some capitol after spending  her ( yes her) savings (money) on the build costs. I offered to loan her some money which she refused (won't bother going into why safe to say she wanted to do it alone). So she sold her gold now the buisness Is doing  well she is replacing her gold. I really can't see the problem with this. 

You see like that up to you .

i see the other way , gold is a gift of love not to be sold off when she feels like it .

so let's just leave at that 

57 minutes ago, georgemandm said:

No not at all if I give her money it is hers to do what she wants with money is not gold , gold is to say I love you not to say go sell when you feel like it . 

The only people who make money out of gold is all the gold shop in thailand.

to me gold is a gift of love not a gift like clothes.

One more think my new thai partner I hop would not sell it gold if I give it to her , she I hop understand the meaning of a gift of gold , is for love not a money thing, but you can never be 100% sure with any lady .

gets me this bs gold thing in thailand , because a thai has no idea how to save money for a  rainy day and think let's sell the gold just bs to me .

it is not thai  culture to sell gold it is the gold shop trying to make more money out of the stupid people who sell there gold .

it is giving as a gift of love when thai people get married not a gift to sell .

the trouble most western man are afraid to talk up to the thai partner if she go's out to sell the gold gift of love , the thai would say Mai Ben Ari and the  Western would say ok no problems because he is s???  Scared of being thrown out On the streets .

1 hour ago, TunnelRat69 said:

Just to recap  - you have another Teelock, if yu buy her a gold chain or ring, you will tell her.............."if you ever sell this, I will kick you ut of the house"  figuratively speaking??         Your gift is exactly that, a gift, if you gave her money - would you tell her not to spend it??............does not compute.

No not at all if I give her money it is hers to do what she wants with money is not gold , gold is to say I love you not to say go sell when you feel like it . 

The only people who make money out of gold is all the gold shop in thailand.

to me gold is a gift of love not a gift like clothes.

5 hours ago, Deepinthailand said:

Simple really all yor post about giving gold as a love gift. Buy silver that way when there had enough of you they can melt it down to silver bullets. If we give thai ladies money you say there whore or gold diggers. If we give them gold you say it's still ours not there's to do with as we please. What in your biased opinion would be ok to give thai ladies?. Which will not make them whore or gold diggers.

Why do you have to give them anything , your love is not enough is it not .

but you see most of them are in it for your money and my money but people like you have no idea and can't see pass your own nose the truth about thai western  relationship .

were have I ever said if you give a thai lady Money she is a whore you are talking for your self not me I never said that you made that up because you think like that not me with that whore  rubbish .

8 hours ago, louse1953 said:

Bloody hell george you started so well recognizing you are a Thai basher but regressed quickly in to Thai cats,again.Go back and have another break and come back in a better frame of mind.If the ocean was full of fish like you even i would go fishing.

Truth hurts you I think , is this thai basher , not at all we are talking about gold and what most Thais do with it how can that be thai basher 

you see it as thai basher not me , it would be  in possible to make  comment on this  subject if you was not talking about a thai woman would it not .

so keep those stupid  ridiculous comments to your self about thai basher .