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2 minutes ago, Essex Reject said:Mmm, good effort but ultimately that is pure BS. As for being bored back home, is that a joke? There are a zillion more things to do back home than there is in this sauna. Even Thai's look completely bored here.
Let's take one category, the middle aged divorcee or widow and the retiree. Back home it would not be so easy to find a partner or get out socially, they are largely ignored in society ... so they can sit at home watching TV or come to a place like Thailand and feel young again. There was an elderly guy at my gym from the US who fits that category, and he loves it in Pattaya. He's a former executive and wealthy, but he likes going out and he can find a younger and prettier girl here, as opposed to an old lady in the US. For him it's a simple calculation and he's genuinely happy.
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On the whole I think people that uproot from their own country and spend considerable time in another culture are pretty adventurous, and from my observations come from every walk of life. The fact that people engage with you and talk about things that would be considered private back home is because you are a stranger who shares their language and culture, and they might not meet very many of them on any given day. I wouldn't, but I can understand why some do.
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On 8/18/2019 at 4:31 PM, Cadbury said:
<snip>.I use taxis almost every day in Vietnam and have done for 12 years find them a very honest lot. Maybe an odd one occasionally tries it on.
Look like a sucker, behave like a sucker and you will be sucked.
Go to a different part of the world, where you haven't been for 12 years and have no idea what the rules are, and you'll be a sucker like everyone else. 12 years anywhere and you know every scam in the book ... but don't misinform people on here that Vietnam taxi drivers are "a very honest lot" ... the majority who spend time there know thats a <snip>
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She's busy with her other sponsors ... go with your gut feel.
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If you are buying a quality computer, like an Apple, it's unlikely you'll have an issue within a year, so I'd buy at home, the US or Europe.
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24 minutes ago, Loiner said:
So the Remainers could all chose if the want to go and live in Scotland or London? Isn’t that where they already are?
Better just lose both bastions of Remainerism off to a far flung corner of federal Europe.If the UK was to create two nations, split by remain and leave voting areas, the remain economic area would be the powerhouse ... and the leaver area would be an economic wasteland, full of numpties, wastrels and old age pensioners.
The sad truth is that leaver areas are packed full of life's losers.
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2 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:
And the winners don't want one because they know that they will be the losers.
Quite correct ... their fear of a second referendum, based on the known facts, is at the heart of most comments.
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Imagine if one of those things bursts in his stomach?
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2 hours ago, Charybdis said:
Wow ! I thought this bloke was in his 70's. Not even 60 and looking like that ?
Came across this chap's youtube while doing research for a trip. Noticed he had his paypal and adsense linked to his account, and actually asking for beer money. He's a legit e-begger.
So you benefited from watching his You Tube videos, for free? Everyone has adsense and paypal is optional, not compulsory.
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“Head” costs a lot more thirty five years later.
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7 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:
Needs a Lou Reed esque catchy chorus
He’s probably just recovering from a “walk on the wild side”?
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Taxi drivers are the worst scammers in Vietnam. They’ll go the longest possible way, use rigged meters or no meters at all. Another one to look out for is the money swap. The high and low denomination notes look similar in colour ... they will pretend that you gave them the wrong notes ... so count the notes into their hand to prevent this.
But to be honest if you travel around the world you will be scammed in some way or another ... it’s unavoidable. So do plenty of homework before you travel and you’ll avoid the worst examples.
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She might say she was talked into it by her farang boyfriend? The advice to do a runner might seem harsh to a westerner but you’re better off distancing yourself from your girlfriend ... there’s no way she didn’t know that the father of her child was in the drug business, and you’d be naive to think otherwise. Time to say “see ya, I wouldn’t want to be ya”.
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17 minutes ago, Basil B said:Unfortunately as leader of the opposition JC is the only person who can table a motion of no confidence in the government, he won't do it unless he was to lead his "Caretaker Government" or there would be a GE.
But there would be a GE after the national unity government has sorted Brexit.
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It will never happen? That's the confident cry of TV forum Brexiteers ... but this forum will be a lot more fun if it does.
And an added bonus is that GBP will strengthen against the Baht.
Parliamentary reality will soon be bursting Boris's balloon.
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Unusual case given that there is no prostitution in Thailand.
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Is it like buying an insurance policy, where you get two weeks within which you can change your mind?
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I like these dogs, they’re like the kids that sit at the back of the class carrying on instead of listening to “teacher” ... free thinkers and non-conforming rule breakers.
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Maybe he’ll sign an executive order that on thanksgiving day only “turkeys” made of soyabeans are permitted ... to help his farmer “base” empty their barns full of the stuff.
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16 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:
"John Bolton doesn’t do free trade. He does regime change in countries such as North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba. He does military interventions, notoriously in Afghanistan in 2001, Iraq in 2003 and Libya in 2011. He does punitive sanctions and embargoes. He does spite."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/13/john-bolton-trade-deal-uk-colonise
And he sends other people's son's and daughter's to do it.
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1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:It's a pretty basic premise fi you understand how earnings reports work.
I understand how earnings reports are compiled ... but don't quite understand why you believe Trump has a plan? There is no plan, he just backtracked to prevent the trade war madness from ruining his chances in 2020. More backtracking to come ... dressed up as "winning".
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1 minute ago, Cryingdick said:I am not the guy who constantly heckles people for links.
This is a good set up. He is making it so Christmas earnings will come in strong. This will be the beginning of the next leg up. He could also afford to look weak because let's face it with HK going on China has it's problems right now.
Sure, I mean, that was the plan all along ... wasn’t it? ????
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A shaved head and some orange robes solves all problems in Thailand.
in the Thai version of Monopoly that’s what’s on the “get out of jail” card.
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US enthusiastically supports screwing a desperate UK after a no deal Brexit, so is happy to encourage that outcome.
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Why are so many expats oddballs?
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I think he’s picking up girls who give him a massage. He invites them out for dinner. Or he goes out to dinner with his group of friends. They are all similar to him. He doesn’t stay out late and he’s not a bar crawler. At home he’d be largely ignored but here he keeps fit and healthy and has an active social life with friends. He also travels to nearby places like Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. He’s doing exactly what he wants to do and that’s something few people ever get to do over their lifetime.