SgtRock

On 11/4/2016 at 11:29 PM, Sojuncoke said:

why do people do this? 

Who cares.

I cannot for the life of me understand why people would be contemplating what other people do in the their own home.

5 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

OP, this has nothing to do with the Thais.  It's more about your GF and her dysfunctional family.  All the Thais that I know love their families and show it, probably more than westerners do. 

Agreed 

I wish I could give you a million likes for this post.

It sums up my own feeling exactly.

Ooooh Rah Gunny Ooooh Rah.

26 minutes ago, jobsworth said:

just wait until margaret thatcher gets elected in thailand. then you will see how expensive a kilowatt hour or unit of electricity can become.

 

From the grave.... WOW. That would be a tremendous achievement.

Anyway, Thatcher started the sell off of the Utilities under the guise of competition would reduce prices. She did not set the cost per hour. She also did not take into account that they would become a price fixing monopoly.

Having read this thread and your previous thread on the cost of rice.

Assuming that you are simply not trolling, the best advice that I can give you is make sure that whatever room you rent is on the ground floor.

You appear to to be a major candidate for joining the balcony skydiving club.

9 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

You have a point, but they are more rare (out in public) than Westerners.

Sorry. Not where I live. That is the norm.

I just got gas delivered. Shorts, no top and extremely large belly.

Not that I care, make me look good  and I can eat tonight 

6 hours ago, transam said:

If she had big boobs I reckon no ploblem..........

I'll buy that for a dollar 

On 8/19/2016 at 3:14 PM, sipi said:

So pointing your smelly feet at a fellow passenger on the Piccadilly line is ok?

Flock me

When did the piccalilly line move to Thailand ?

11 minutes ago, cheapskatesam said:

I'm about to attempt to live in Thailand for a few months to see how i get on.. i only have a few hundred quid a month as an income so i'll be cheap skating it.

I have figured the cheapest way for me to eat will be cooking rice myself in a rice cooker in whatever apartment room i rent.. and supplement it with some meat or a tin of tuna.

 

How much is a large sack of rice in Thailand these days?

It would depend on what type and what quality of rice you intend buying.

If you are worried about the price of rice in Thailand, I respectfully suggest that you rethink your plans.

43 minutes ago, Jack Mountain said:

Only had good experiences with LAZADA

+1

Never had a problem with them.

Only ever pay cash on delivery, so that might account for a part of my good experience with them.

18 minutes ago, DennisF said:

 

 

You are not very good at sarcasm!

 

I travel by car every day through Bangkok and have not been stopped in the last 4 years.

 

I do see military mixed with the RTP almost daily.

 

Sop you stay because the police rarely stop you? I am not so easily pleased!

Here is your quote

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On saying that, I feel really uncomfortable here now, unwelcome and unwanted by the 

current government as it gets more and more restrictive, oppressive and appears to bring in new legislation and requirements, 

almost on a daily basis, that makes life here untenable for me.

The current Government makes my life here untenable almost on a daily basis

I would really like to know what the Government does to you almost on a daily basis to make your life untenable.

In a whole year my Governmental interactions consist of 1 x Traffic Stop and 4 x visits to immigration. 

No I stay because it is a great place to live and it saves me giving the UK Government an additional fortune in annual Tax.

1 minute ago, DennisF said:

 

 

I think Thailand itself is in a parallel universe, one we should all experience at least once in a lifetime.

That was the whole point of my post.

Our  experiences seem to be worlds apart and considering I live in Thailand, it goes without saying that I experience Thailand everyday.

4 x a year visit to immigration. Lets see, in the past 12 months I have been stopped at 1 police checkpoint and I do not recall seeing a Military checkpoint. Life is sooooooo bad here.

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On saying that, I feel really uncomfortable here now, unwelcome and unwanted by the 

current government as it gets more and more restrictive, oppressive and appears to bring in new legislation and requirements, 

almost on a daily basis, that makes life here untenable for me.

This is not my experience and I do not think it will be the experience of many others either 

2 hours ago, DennisF said:

On saying that, I feel really uncomfortable here now, unwelcome and unwanted by the 

current government as it gets more and more restrictive, oppressive and appears to bring in new legislation and requirements, 

almost on a daily basis, that makes life here untenable for me.

I think I must live in a parallel Thailand, I really do.

Just as as byline, you are unwanted by your home Government. They do not want you, only what you can pay in tax.

What is it you fail to understand about the phrase "taken as a whole?"

Do not misquote me again.

I fully understand the phrase taken as a whole, it is you that does not. That is why I also used, which you refrained from using '' As an example ''

Taking your figures at face value, you seem to be saying that you believe the 45 million not in work are all immigrants!!!!!

Surely not!

Yes, the disparity between the working population and the non working population, especially the elderly, is increasing and worrying.

But the vast majority of your 45 million are British citizens whose families have lived in the UK for generations!

The population is ageing, people are living longer and longer past retirement; those living on the pension need a large working population to support them.

But the indigenous working population is falling.

Without immigration, which I accept has to be controlled in some way, where will the workers and tax payers come from to pay the ever increasing state pensions bill?

Do not take anything I say at face value or try twisting my words, it is there in black and white. I never said anything of the sort. I said specifically

There is 21 million in the UK that are in permanent employment. 20 million who are outwith the considered parameters for employment. That leaves about another 25 million that are either, unemployed, disabled, short term contracts, zero hours contracts or part time work.

Those 45 million, in some capacity are costing the state money.

I do not care what the Government says. It is inconceivable to believe that migrants are a net gain to the UK. 21 Million do not support 45 Million. That is one of the reasons the CofE is currently borrowing an average of £ 8 Billion a month.

Nowhere did I mention Brits or Migrants. I mentioned numbers that are all inclusive. Apart from the illegals that are working in the Black Economy.

Now unless you seriously believe that the 21 Million that are in permanent employment are actually Migrants then you are talking out your backside. Every group in the UK is a drain on the State. Except of course the single person from Timbuktu who is earning in excess of £30,000.

7by7, on 27 Feb 2016 - 17:50, said:

Whatever the situation may or may not be in Sweden; this topic is about the UK!

Immigrants to the UK, whether from the EEA or outside it, taken as a whole do pay more in taxes etc. than they take in state benefits and services.

What have the immigrants ever done for us?

You sound like a typical bureaucrat. Very good at quoting laws, regulations and providing links, but actually devoid of reality.

There is around 250,000 Somali's in the UK. How much do you think that they contribute to society through taxes ? At an average figure of £1000 per month per person. You do the maths. Just one example

There is 21 million in the UK that are in permanent employment. 20 million who are outwith the considered parameters for employment. That leaves about another 25 million that are either, unemployed, disabled, short term contracts, zero hours contracts or part time work.

Those 45 million, in some capacity are costing the state money.

I do not care what the Government says. It is inconceivable to believe that migrants are a net gain to the UK. 21 Million do not support 45 Million. That is one of the reasons the CofE is currently borrowing an average of £ 8 Billion a month.

To get it back on topic.

Successive Governments have made a total arse of immigration, not that they will ever admit. If an arbitrary monetary figure was to be placed on securing a place in the UK then it should have been applied to every Citizen of every Country, part of the EU or not. When families from other EU Countries can waltz into the UK and UK Citizens are hampered by a financial penalty, the rules are a ******* ****. ( insert your own words )