Elkski

So you guys think it is ok for them to take your car away and crush it for getting a citation?  Please go back to your home country.. or......  edited out for fear of being banned

Many mothers have very sexy bodies and for some reason I prefer more than a young 25 yr old...

There is something about it when they are as hungry as a man and have skills.  A few tiger stripes on the tummy and butt can be sexy.   

I would prefer if you guys will post your opinions but not to get to feisty or personal.   This is a hard to predict topic.

So I am fairly certain I can say most of you are wrong.. but the ideas and observations are important.

What % is tourism in GDP? 

IT is interesting that they have talked about the 40 year lease or whatever.. The main thing is they talked about propping up the real estate market.  The 40 year lease may not be a great motivator like they think... But what would happen if they just said anyone can buy and own.  Maybe this is to hard to imagine but for a minute just imagine what it would do the property values.  

kids need a place to gather... just give them some safe zones. I was in Rayong at a resort and there was this biker band concert on an empty lot across from the ocean, thousands of bikers gathered here one night...  T
hen all gone the next day except for a few who tent camped it near the beach road..  A fiend and I walked up to the main gate and it looked like a fun event.  I was surely the oldest guy and only Farang in sight.   

I would wager that some of these bikes have every fancy upgrade available and may contain 95
% of some of these kids wealth. 

I didn't know it was only USA coverage.  I listed it on eBay.  Part of my decluttering. 

I have a Sirus/XM Xmp3i radio and remote antenna and docking station...l I may be able to seel it for 1004 US  or is there a reason to bring it to Thailand if I am going to be there for several months or retire there?

Look at those prunning clippers on the wall... wire cutters?  it said he was found inside near the small wall?  SO he was reaching through the wall?  IF he had on rubber boots and he only used one hand then he would be ok.. but if using both hands then the path can go through the heart... even one hand can ground the the damp wall but then only burns arm...

Overall so sad... I prefer USA 120v and we have such smart quick acting breakers here. 

By the way many older pool lights are full voltage 120v here in USA but the circuit breakers are very good and of course everything grounded.   Now that LED are used I imagine 12-24 v is used. 

surely there is some warning of these types of families if you dont rush to marriage?  Why get married in Thialand?

It's not a nail or gas bomb.   It takes quite a bit of concentrated and directed power to blow apart a cement post.   Unless they are drilling and placing the charges inside.  Then  1/2 stick dynamite would do it.      Quite scary situation ib the South.  I don't see how the ostrich approach is going to work. 

RIP.     

So if so many are so poor how will they afford to buy scooters?

Maybe there will be more taxi's maybe some people will have to buy different vehicles to transport their families safely.  Maybe some wages will have to rise to help pay for transportation that is safer... The main thing is more people may be alive and less maimed and less demand on the healthcare dollars.  I do agree you cant roll out some major new crackdown on the laws right before a big holiday... This issue needs to start with education in school and on tv.   We need to make people understand the human head is about as strong as a melon.   

A very low % of crashes result in fire or deaths cased by fire.  Seat belt placement and design and testing is a very large expense for car manufactures.  It is not something any mechanic can do with assurances.. His liability is high.. Why would he do it?. Some cars may have tested and reinforced anchor points in the car but I assume there is some tax reason to not install them in Thailand?   Seat belts keep a person inside the car rather than being ejected. They also keep passengers from hitting each other and hard objects inside the car... It is very important that the belt starts to decelerate the person immediately rather than let the person impact the dashboard.

One very important measurement of a life sustaining crash is the acceleration or actually the deceleration rate.  Deceleration is measured by change in velocity.  
So time is a very critical factor. Having the seat belt begin the deceleration immediately and allowing the cars designed crumple zone to extend the time to zero velocity is critical.  Seat belts help decelerate the fragile human body over a longer time greatly influencing the impulse force and deceleration curves. The human brain can only handle so much impact with the skull. IE.: deceleration. 

This is why is is so important to not crash into a  solid fixed object and head on crashes are so deadly. especially if you are the lower mass vehicle. In this case the velocity change (G forces) is drastically different between the vehicle that continues forward and the one who changed direction in the same time frame.

I remember in the 60's that seatbelts were not used much.. I remember laying in the back window on trips in the old impala in the mid 60's.  No other car honked or expressed outrage but that would not be the case today..

It takes 50 years to change habits... But I am very concerned at how many of you are complaining about this well intentions however poorly implemented idea... I expected more education and common sense out of the average  farang..  I guess it is true that the average Farang  who retired to Thailand is not the sharpest from his home country. I hate to be so blunt but it seems to be so obvious to me.

What !! compensation?  you'll ruin the freebies we all enjoy!

I like dark hair and smooth Thai skin.  I like how many Thai women look much younger due to avoiding the sun so much.  I also enjoy that the bushes seem to have much smaller natural footprints..

We all know riding in the back if a pickup is dangerous.  I have done it in the USA.  Enforcement of these laws is a good idea but I think it would need to be implemented after a large year long education campaign.  It's physics and human frailty.   

I guess Thailand needs minivans like large families have used.   It's the right thing to do but will take many years of education.  You can't enforce this sort of thing.   You need to educate so that people wont want to ride in the back.  I guess the problem is exacerbated by some kind of tax on vehicles that have more seat belts or something?

They can just send the check to this couch Sherlock as I nailed it first off. 

1 km from work?  I guess they figured it miss an hour more of work or add to their hours or some car romance? 

I wonder how the CO got in?  Holes in firewall? Some sort of manifold leak?or just bad location for circulation.   I have pulled over and needed the heat on for a rest.  Makes one think twice. 

Surely man can't fish out an ocean?  

So sad.   I wonder what it was like 100 years ago. 

I thought size 10 seemed a bit large.. but I guess you are using the UK sizing?\

UK SIZE    BUST    WAIST              HIPS

            INCHES CM INCHES CM INCHES CM

4          31           78    24        60    33         83.5

6          32           80.5 25     62.5   34         86

8          33          83    26       65     35        88.5

10       35          88    28       70     37         93.5

12       37          93    30       75     39         98.5

It appears Uk size 6-10 would be nice.   I was used to thinking it was 2-6 

Elgordo,  I have been around the block once and it took me 30 years with an American gal.. We were married in our 20's in 87'  Marriage was somewhat required for our families and thought process at that time.

  I am now learning about Thailand and considering retiring there.. Goal 1 is to keep Close to all my assets safe and mine.

I was thinking in the  Thailand of today its not a requirement by all Thai ladies to get married?... Or at least a marriage that puts any assets at risk? 

Do Good middle class hard working Professional Thai  women insist on marriage or is co habitation acceptable?

26 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

I have had 3 wives and thinking back neither did they except they knew how to say "Don't talk to me talk to my lawyer" Stimulating. 

Why 3?  Why get married?  Why not learn after #1?

"Kit off straightaway then..."  No wonder Thai bargirls dont learn Real English.

2 hours ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

Nightlife in CM is abysmal.  Sure, you can have a lot of fun, but finding a semi-clean bar with cold beer at a decent price is a Herculean task.  John's Place comes to mind, but the fact that it used to be so much better makes it harder to accept its mediocrity.  You might meet some nice people, though.  There are two very large classes represented in the nightlife scene.  Pretentious, hiso Thais around Nimman with their hair in a bun, and circus pants wearing dirty backpackers with man buns around THAPHAE Gate.  Hard to find something in between.  Oh, and a million Chinese, if you happen to consider them to be human. 

I laughed at this but The part about Chinese at the end just made me laugh and not in a good way.

I am pretty sure the OP is not interested in a bar unless its for the live music or to please one of his many options.

I admire this young lad..  He is doing lots of research.  I have done the same internet planning or similar this last year.  It is amazing what you can learn on the internet. I see no reason he cant try to live like a local. I would imagine many Thai women will be interested in a young American (NJ aside),  A fit, guy, vegetarian, good planner, interested in Thai culture and language.  He is a ticket to the USA for some lucky woman.   I would think he could meet many gals from 18-30  his choice.  I mean this kid is pretty serious to have accumulated more than most of you broke d&#ks have in your savings. And he is willing to leave the USA grindstone 35 years earlier than most.   Despite Thailand's image and what many come here for many of us have never employed a sex worker and think life is more interesting fishing the other waters.

11pm est time If my math is right is 9 pm mst and that means 10 am CM time and a good time to talk to his babes.

some ideas on cheap entertainment is to talk to gals in towns between CM and phitsanuluk.   Then take a bus and have a fun night or two These gals should be able to get you a room for under 1000 and or maybe sleep on their couch .. wink wink..

One thing I worry about is that you get to serious to soon with one woman.. Dont do this..

Op  forgot to say he doesn't drink alcohol, smoke, and eats vegetarian. And OP forgot to say he uses the evil dating sites and has line  and has a few lassas's  lined up.   

Ya'all, is pretty much only a Texas thing so obviously that one guys humor fails miserably.   Be grateful you got 3-4 helpful posts out of 2 pages.   

What I don't understand is why choose Chiang Mai and why only one place for 6 months?  Seeing Thailand without all the trash on the beaches? May skew your opinion of the place.   I guess as some of your entertainment in CM you could Google the internet for pictures of the rest of Thailand you're missing. 

I mean going to Thailand and only staying in Chiang Mai is like going to the USA and only visiting Jurssey. Or only visiting Kansas, or Texas.  Heaven forbid.  

There are some of those cool mountain top Buddha's and temples in the North and rain Forrest's and river rafting north of Phitsanulok. 

Are your telling your thai lady friends about your non lodging/essentials budget of 20k?  Do you ask the ladies about budget advice?   You don't say your career.   I'm guessing many of these TV old men wish they had visited when they were 33.  But of course all the stories say Thailand is in Ruins now but forty or fifty years ago it was da bomb.   

Just terrible reporting.  And where the h3ll is the picture of the clerk? I can see her picture going viral.   If it hot enough all you guys would say innocent and may think licking is mild. 

I don't think the OP stated his age.   Guess it's not important but I guess well under 50.  Surely you forgot a zero. It's not 2800 to rent a room in USA. 28000 sure.  

Surely you're going to want to travel. I'm not sure if you have a separate travel budget but if you meet some special ladies who are familiar with parts of Thailand's you will want to take them up on their offers to guide  you.  The room in BKK can cost $3,000 a night.  Island resorts 4000. On these little side trips you could easily spend 5000 each day.   You can fly around in Thailand for 400-2000 RT.  Asia air has specials if you get the app.  Thai Smile is a nice airline.  Watch out for checkin baggage fees.  Will be 300 if you reserve ahead but 1000 if you don't.  

I use dating sites and line.  I think it is amazing how effective that can be.  But I reserve love for in person.  Thai women are tolerant if you arrive with an appointment list of girls you must meet.  Since you can't know until you meet them in person you will have to meet each of your special ladies. If your goal is to just barely exist than your budget maybe much less  than if you are kind of looking for a special Asian woman.  Thai women are like women anywhere in the world and even us men think about economics of life. They are looking for the man who can support them the most so your future earnings your career the amount you spend currently on them are all going to be much more important than you can imagine. Maybe if you are hansum man?   I never really totaled it up but I think in my 5 week trip I spent 140,000 not including airfare to USA. But I visited many places. Dove. Ate whatever I wanted.  I didn't drink to much.   Just Like we are interested in how are you are going to make money in the future a thai woman will be.