georgegeorgia

Just shows you have never left the USA and your definitely not in the Thailand,not with your wheelchair and lack of knowledge about other countries If I was a gambling man and I am ,I would place a large bet your IP address comes up in America, your not in Thailand your a man in a wheelchair going on every forum How much do you think someone at 60 average balance in their Super would be ?

You stereotyping myself with other farangs ,maybe they had no job I dont know but I worked all my life I come from Australia where we have Superannuation , I probably do have the "means " to live in Malaysia,would I want to?

Yes !!!!!! I love Malaysia

So I must stick to middle & upper class thais?😯

I really related to that thread in here about Thailand being less friendly But as we have Cambodian expats, Philippines expats and all other ASIAN expats NOT just Thailand on here please tell me about your experiences in other places Look I'm going to be honest with you. I found Filipino guys more "aggressive" and dominate than other ASEAN countries but they weren't RUDE and most had sense if humour unlike im finding with Thai people nowadays The Filipino women were ok although dominant too but they all had laughter and sense of humour Malaysia was great , friendly polite people with great manners

Lol...I wonder if this is tourist areas ?

Ahh very true ! I noticed less manners even in Australia,may sound racist but certain ethnicity believe in running to the door of a bus rather than lining up

Yes ! There some angry looking old characters walking around

I feel like they recognise me as a newbie here so all the weird ones come out I'm sitting at the entrance to the condo building waiting for my Bolt,when a old guy with a walking stick looks at me and without warning says " I get chafing between my legs you know " I looked up at him ,I had no idea what to say ,just I was shocked

😂 How did you know?? 🤣

Yes I went back to a man's condo last Wednesday night. He is from NZ , he is very foolish with his money and invited some Thai guys and their girlfriends around that he had met a week before at the markets , apparently they had market stalls I only found out later he wanted to put in 500b to buy them beer and prawns to sharec He later complaint to me the thai people had used him and wanted gasoline money in which one Thai guy actually asked me for , I said to him to ask Eric the guy who invited them,nothing to do with me gasoline money Anyway Eric had run out of money and they didn't bring anything to the party he said ,we had to buy the prawns and beer , I told him he shouldn't of invited them over ,for what reason? I left after one hour anyway ,they wernt keen on a conversation and kept guzzing down the beer! The audacity of one of the Thai guys with his GF to ask be for gasoline money I was out of there after one hour ,!

I have no probs with gay people only those old guys my age who put on acting decrepit with limps and walking sticks and they moving slow ,some are 50yo and act 80

It's good to experience this. Long term I know it wouldn't suit he. I can't live in shoebox noisy rooms , I live in a noisy place back in Australia but I regard that as temporary until retirement But if I was going to retire I think Pattaya wouldn't be part of it anymore

Why you want to come see me ?

I joined Tony's ,they have punching bags ,but it's been so hot I only lasted 5 minutes I didn't think I needed a A/Con gym but it looks I do Most of the time I'm the only one in Tony's Gym I will have to go there at night time to use the bags though I can't let my fitness go because of the heat I walked from Jomtien Rompho yesterday to Central Festival,wasn't easy but I did it

I have come to the conclusion after 2 weeks here that there are many lonely guys here expats living in hot shoebox rooms , I have had to start using my headphones to deter lonely people AND attention seekers Attention seekers are guys who look for you and try to get a reaction One guy sitting next to me on a banana chair trying to impress me that he can speak thai , shouting in the phone then looking to see if I'm looking I sit outside in view talay apartment reading my books right in a corner chair well AWAY from others only to get some one who wants to sit next to me ,all the way out of the way from the pool,only me sitting there doing my statistics and data study and still get a farang sit next to me and proceed to shout on a phone call in Thai.! I then had to get my headphones out or move, he then got angry tapped me on the shoulder ' hey buddy do you know what time it is ? Lonely guys ,please don't make a expat life exciting if you are living in shoe boxes looking to attention seeking for lonilessness Life here in Pattaya doesn't look exciting to these old bored expats I'm here to read my books not have get into conversations or hear your whinging stories

Give em break , there is no intelligen Don't blame yourself Brian ,your not a cleaner ,your a Scholar !

How much is it normally to that destination?

Your a great person 😊 🙏

Estonia ? I must admit in all my wisdom and academia I had to look on the MAP to see where ESTONIA lies in this faceless earth

I had a lovely Grab driver recently,although I have started using Bolt as last night it was half price from the beautiful FLYBIRD condo to Jomtien being 104 baht compared to Grabs 194b But that's another story and please don't try to side track me away from that ! Anyhow to cut a long story short the Grab driver showed me out of a 140 fare he only made 80 baht ,a teacher by day and driver by night using his own Toyota vios I was quite surprised at how little these angels make And to me who certainly doesn't have the wisdom or the glory or the bravado to ride a motorcycle then they are angels in the wind to us ! Who if I may ask can recall many years ago of being *forced to grovel to baht bus drivers to go places or pay the huge taxi prices that these charlatans demanded from us peasants ! These angels such as Grab and Bolt drivers deserve to have a higher percentage of takings ! I also noticed far less motorbike taxi drivers and stands , which selfishness I display I don't give a damn about ! They were dominate charlatans floating in a sea of red vests dominating their authority I will add...and please don't hesitate to quote me ..but I'm do feel guilty when I do hope on a Grab motorbike taxi for the sometimes very low price if 24 baht !!!!! They take it from my bank account I don't need to pay cash ..but...being feeling guilty of putting my big rear hind cheeks in a motorbike taxi I slip 20 baht cash in a tip usually to these Angels I have to tip im sorry but I have to tip anyone working for a lousy 24 baht ! How many I ask if one could sit that butt for no more How many I ask and yes it does happen mostly from backpacker but you sit on a BOlt motorbike taxi for 25/30 baht and don't tip but realise in your cognitive function that years ago you were paying the red vests charlatans double ! I must admit being a honest not disengenous that once last week I did not tip a motorcycle taxi from Royal Plaza to Tonys gym the Grab qouted fare of ...28 baht ... because of his abrupt driving actions ...28 baht ...now recall 10 years ago that would of been at least 50baht They take it out of my bank account!!! Thankyou angels ,thankyou !!!!! I have only had ONE bad experience with BOLT when I ordered a Yellow & blue taxi turns up ,I was quite surprised as usually I get a *normal " car , during the ride he tells me that the 74 baht that Bolt quoted is not enough he needs another 100 as it's not enough for fuel I have written personally to the CEO of Grab to thank him / her for their angels in disguise, they are the angels May I ask if anyone knows if Uber owns Bolt ? And where is Bolt based ?

I wonder why a Monday ? The highest statistical data is Friday night , early hours of Saturday mornings .

Yes it's unbelievable..but looking at the statistics that many possibilities that they are the single shirtless old guys I seen in FLYBIRD condo in Pattaya last night they may be bitter in their lifestyle.

You absolutely right! I think a lot here at View talay Jomtien are lonely ,your right I had a guy walk into me yesterday, I have extremely good situational awareness, he criss crossed into me to get a conversation from me I could tell he was lonely Yes a few here walking around have mental illness and I would say are on some kind of disability pension from their home countries. Sad but it's made me aware was going to retire here no way in the World would I be able to live in these shoe boxes !!! Very depressing to see older guys end up on a bed shirtless in a 21sqm room even less in some cases . Some with Television blaring out

Well that's only speculation Brian How would you rate that percentage wise in say a probality to ratio. Possibly high , yes you maybe right Brian .