GeorgeCross

8 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Did you know the richest man in the world invests in cryptocurrencies?

well he would, he's the only man in the world with a bigger greater fool scam to keep pumping

doing a hit in flip flops.. now that's gangster 

11 hours ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

Way too many Walter Mittys here, both online and offline. Another true story (no really), I was once drinking in Patpong in the mid-2000s with an old member that no longer posts here (hi elsie). It was something like 04:00 HRS. We stumbled into one bar and wound up sat next to a European that claimed to work for the Singha beer company and he said he was at work right now. His role is just just drink in bars and monitor the quality of the beer. . . Now, when I post it here, it sounds like he was joking, but he was completely serious. I could tell you all kinds of stories like this, and it's one of the reasons I avoid foreigners in Thailand. Bangkok is a different matter these days, there are many foreign professionals in the city and the pretenders are easy to spot.

 

i actually know you are not kidding because i have a really good friend in Penang who does the same job but for carlsberg.

his job is literally to make sure everyone is having a good time and help the bars sell more (carlsberg obviously) beer. he has this pass that gets him free beer in any bar in penang that is supplied by carlsberg and he's expected to sample, entertain and advise. literally a professional party pass lol.

back in the day when the visa run to penang was very much a part of life here we had some very wild afternoons and nights with him and his friends.

good times.

i left school at 16 and worked as a broker in the city of london for a couple of years. but i just didn't see the point, i had all this money and no time to spend it. meanwhile my friends didn't have a pot to <deleted> in but all the time in the world.

to me that seemed wrong and a waste.

so much to my parents horror i took my 4th summer off, bought a flat at the seaside and jacked it all in! and i've never worked for anyone else since.

it was the best god damn thing i ever did. that little property was the seed that flourished into 30 years of hedonism for me and still going strong.

time to update the ignore list

Pattaya residents depth of knowledge regarding this issue is impressive.

well done chaps ????

1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said:

I likewise know dozens...  whose trusted Thai wife and her family, who usually are the "majority owners" of the limited company, sold the property and MADE the foreign husband "move on".  

yeah this happens a lot to the "ain't got a pot to <deleted> in" brigade

poor choice of wife, invested all their money in her name and forgot to make sure they are worth more happy than dumped ????

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

The number I can recall mentioned is 478 baht per month. They will debit your bank account for the payments.

if you don't mind me asking how many months do you have to be working (paying in) before you can stop work and carry on with the scheme?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourists who visit Hua Hin and Cha Am under the planned ‘Wellness Sandbox’ will spend on average more than double the amount of money than other tourists

and there you have it folks wellness tourists really are as stupid as they sound.

what i don't understand is why thailand tightens its policy when numbers are high in country and loosens when the numbers go down!

shouldn't that be the other way around? i mean keep covid out when thailand is very low on cases not let them flood in.. and vice versa lol

or maybe this whole policy is nothing to do with health at all and more about optics.. ????

fan bois along in 3-2-1 to tell us this is completely normal and many other countries have done this..

1 hour ago, sateuk said:

I normally make the non o visa because of being married, now I'm on covoid extensions, I assume we will be ok to continue on covoid extension untill the borders open and we can obtain another non o visa , always baffles me why we have to border hop every 90 days though instead of going to Thai immigration and paying them every 90 days, Thailand must lose out on lots of extra income not doing that

if you could go to immigration to extend a non-o every 90 days why would anyone bother with a full extension, intrusive interview, 2 folders of documents and putting money in the bank!!

7 minutes ago, Capella said:

I wouldn't call cannabis harmless. It's habit forming. It makes the user lazy and therefore affects their families. Some users develop psychosis, schizophrenia and other nasties.

yes some do..

most turn into really nice, chilled people to hang out with.

thats my experience anyway.

so much nicer than the average sexpat alcoholic monger who hasn't showered for 3 days ????