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So you sit in your condo watch tv , computer ,etc ? Eat out ? Gym?

Possibly The AUD has gone down to 21.0 and less Which is basically between 40,000 baht to 45

So the UK pension is basically the same? At around 40-45k a month So if old Reg from Yorkshire can live on that in Sheffield why can't old Reg live in Pattaya on that ? Oh please stop being so negative

Certainly not !!! It's 1100 a fortnight 2100? That's a 1000 a week,rubbish

Yes it's around $1100 AUD a fortnight

So no bars for you .

See many of you are forgetting the "core " of the subject If an Australian old age pensioner can live in 42,000 baht in Australia Tell me why he can't in Pattaya??? And indeed the UK old age pension,how much is that currently?

Various reasons my dear Watson And all reasons may not come to a Fruition

It's members like "quake" who should be respected in here a 28yo war veteran who gave his service to all of us who is apparently living the good life now in Pattaya with his Honda motorcycle and Ray ban sunglasses and Nike flip flops I do love how his generation use the brand name to describe what they are wearing ,I wonder why

Oh there's no need for racism and ageism English is a universal language Many older guys cannot learn the language for various reasons

Very true I am although fascinated when people talk brand name like Honda or ray bands,meaning they need to buy these materials instead of just a non brand product One of the posters here Quake a 23yo war veteran said he buys brands, I wonder why

Very good and that ROUTINE suits you ... would it suit old Charlie living in a 21sqm room in Soi Bukhao? Probably not

Yes my mistake, your posts indicate your a 23yo male who has retired from the SAS and now living the good life on the war pension Thankyou for your service Sir , especially at your young age and the sacrifice you made . One thing that fascinates me is when people mention the brand name of something like you mentioned ray bands ,I often wonder why you don't just say sunglasses , I noticed you also used Honda,I'm surprised you didn't use the brand name for the flip flops too ? I guess you being only 23 your generation may be brand obsessed so instead of saying the product you say the brand name I had a acquaintance years ago who used to say the brand name of everything rather than the product He would say Pascal's instead of candy or his "camel " shirts instead of just a shirt I will wear my camel today he says I wonder what the fascinating subject brand names have in people's dialogue

Well millions are living on this in Australia right So please give me the Academic reason why it can't be done in Pattaya? Yet many say it can't be fine ,then please tell me how the aged pensioners live on that amount in Australia Ok granted and thankyou ,many own their own homes but still live on the $2200 a month 42ooo baht give or take so please don't say its not being done in Pattaya

I don't want to go off topic and apologise to the OP but may I ask Quake do you find it more expensive on your walking frame getting around Pattaya,do you have to use Bolt etc

I often wonder should we be reading more books whilst we are retired filling days with books or bars ? And please do comment if you are on the Australian aged pension on the nearly 40k per month and still go to bars and the reason maybe ? What do you perhaps do there ? I remember the Pattaya bowling club and who doesn't where the western atmosphere if I may quote that description was prevalent but with the low pricing on meals and drinks,that's all gone and what's left ? Bars that only want tourists Oh please Think of this ,think of this If a Australian can live in his aged pension in Australia why can't he not live in Pattaya? Food for thought right ,yes never thought of that did you

I'm very interested and please forgive me for not doing a study or a project on this but I just thought of the project idea today a few days AFTER I came back from my study tour of Thailand I read the Australian aged pension is like 40,000 baht a month or near And some of you UK also around the same , please may I ask how your lifestyle is on this amount I did see a few old farangs in Sizzlers in Pattaya secretly filling up their containers in bags next to them with good BUT may I ask for those of you ,does anyone here in PATTAYA live on that amount quite comfortable Now please if you do ,do you forego the pleasures in life ,cheese ,wine and song or is wine women and song to achieve the budget of your aged pension What about the 99b breakfast living in 40k per month It always fascinated me seeing bars in Soi Bukhao such as those Sports Bars full ,do expats go to those and pay often WESTERN prices or are they tourists in those places I remember going to what looked like a open no air con expats sports bar in Jomtien opp the 711 only to see miserable old people inside

Oh please, no need to discriminate

Got back into Australia Sunday and was at work by 10pm that night I walked around my workplace that night smiling that I was back , waving to people who I didn't even know I saw an African contract security guard his white teeth glistening in the dark with a wide smile as I shouted "it's good to be back " !! Of course I had never seen him before so he didn't have a clue what I was on about but he smiled neverless But my point is , this week back in Australia I will have a "routine " something I didn't have in Thailand the last 5 weeks ,my work hours , sleep, all made into a routine And thus that's where my study tour found......or should we say the "negative" of expats life What was the fault ? NO ROUTINE A Success in a expats life particularly living in PATTAYA of all places is ROUTINE What happens without ROUTINE You end up in a bar at 9am talking to Bob ,Reg ,Charlie drinking your problem away You have all seen the bored expat particularly in Pattaya and dare I say now.... CAMBODIA Alcoholics because they lost their routine Many went from routine in their Western country to nuthin Many regret their decisions to move to Asia ,to Cambodia to Pattaya Their life has no ....and please join me in saying this .....one two three .....their life has NO ROUTINE!!!

Of course all you guys complaining click on all the advertisers This forum is a business ,it's an entertainment business

Why should anyone help ? Not your circus not your monkeys is the saying I was going to hit a Russian girl a few weeks ago lining up at a money exchange She just pushed in front of me We don't know the full circumstances of this She probably caused it

I would mind my own business How do you know it's not some loudmouth Russian girl

How do those bars up near Rompho markets survive ?

i used to wonder if people involved in fatal car accidents knew their time was coming to an end Like was their life any different that morning etc

He obviously didn't know .