Henryford

So we can forget about any young girls coming into the bars. The average age now is about 40, will creep upto 50.

I use the Krungsri Mai Tai Dee acoount. Only pays 0.9% but acceptable to immigration, you get a normal savings account with debit card and bank book etc. Used to be a good rate when it was 0.1% back home.

I doubt you would get 8% ROI. Just guessing you pay 3 million baht. Rent for 12,000 a month. By the time you have paid common fees etc and adjust for unoccupied periods you might only net 100,000 income a year - 3%, with no capital appreciation. Rents are cheap here.

Personally i wouldn't try to upgrade an 8 year old laptop. Just get a new one with decent RAM and ROM a newish processor and W11. You can get them here 15-20,000 baht. If it lasts 8 years that's 6 baht a day ! Even i can afford that.

So what's the alternative? Good luck getting a 48 sqm condo in the centre of Pattaya for 7-8000 a month, with a massive pool, loads of parking and low maintenance fees. I get the baht bus into town 2-3 times a week. OK the traffic is bad but it's only a 20 minute ride.

I agree about Nirun, you couldn't pay me to live there. Don't agree about VT2 though, not isolated. On the baht bus route, easy to get to Jomtien or Pattaya. Foodmart just 100 yards away. Bus station 100 yards. Loads of bars restauatants with 400 yards. Short walk to the beach. VT2 is a great choice, at the lower end of the market.

So is she happy to do the "male" tasks, painting, cut the grass, car maintenance, decorating etc. Or does the man have to do everything?

The older condos never had units that small. Mine the lowest is 45 sqm, the same i think with places like the VTs. It is only the ones built after 2015 that have the dog kennels of sub 30 sqm.

Zebra crossings are death traps, avoid them. I have nearly been run over twice crossing them.

Did you get your own physical copy of the 2 season blurays in a boxed set? Thought not.

Just got the Reacher Season 1 and 2 bluray from Blurayshop Lazada. They are great value here 160 baht compared to the rip off western prices. Great quality too and a great series.

He's right, a car is just an asset anyone can own it. Driving it illegally that's another matter but many Thais do.

Who smokes a cigarette in a car full of explosives?

It's not divided it's fully concentrated on their phone.

Sure it is legal but they could make your life hell so you would be begging to leave.

99 baht was too much

You think a piece of paper will help if the next owner wants you out?

5% is a joke here, for doing virtually nothing. One even used the photos i had taken ! In the UK i was used to paying 1-2% max. And for that they produced glossy brochures with photos and details of the property.

You must be fussy, plenty of great pizza places. My favouries are Dom soi 5 Pratamnack, and (surprisingly) Hemmingways near Jomtien beach.

I have done that route twice and it's a nightmare. Flying to Surat Thani (maybe staying a night) travel to the pier, ferry to KS and then taxi to hotel. I would never do it again and i definitely won't pay Bangkok Airways rip off prices so that's Samui off my holiday list.

I recently tried buying a new helmet via Lazada but i think their sizing is very unreliable (like their clothes). I had to send one back because it didn't fit despite being supposedly my size. I don't want to have to keep doing that so i guess i have to find a suitable helmet i can try on in a shop. But there isn't much choice in Pattaya except the basic 200-600 baht ones.

I would have thought most emergency cases would not be in a condition (unconsious etc) to make any payments (unless with friends). So the hospital has to either treat without initial payment or turn them away. Does the term foreign tourists include expats? probably not.

There will be big brown envelopes from China to build this to avoid the Malacca chokepoint.

There is no direct bus route which is a real PITA and why i try to avoid DM if i can. I remember once it took me 5 hours to get from DM to Pattaya. What really annoys me as well is that they won't let you take the shuttle bus to Suvarnabhumi on your return.

In the 15 years i have lived here i don't think beach road has ever had a completed decent walkway. Usually it's like a war zone. Must be the longest construction project in history.