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First time for me. At village. Parade. Food and drink. Blessings to in-laws. Threw water. Baby powder on face and put it on thais. Rode in back of truck. Fell in a reservoir of lillypads and much. No dancing. Sat in a hut as the rain fell. Wonderfully didn't think I would like it. More to come.
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Back in America see most people not wearing helmets when bike riding. I don't recommend it and it's not much different than this situation with the trucks. Not much you can do.
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The ladyboy at the stand near the temple in Chaiyaphum where they keep the turtles. It's a motorcycle stand. I swear, I thought she was a butch lesbian. She was sassy as all hell according to my wife. Really cute, too.
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Mcdonald also has dual pricing, Mc donald near beaches are always more expensive, up to 40 thb more on some burgers !
McDonald's at west lake mall in Seattle charged more than a the regular McDonald's around the corner and has no dollar menu.
Targeted at tourists and foreigners?
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Just the town over from me charges more for no residents to use their swimming pool.
In our town as residents we pay less than non residents. Go figure.
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When I wanted the internet in my house True Move wanted a year upfront, only Thais can get pay monthly, contracts, possibly they have been 'stung' by Farangs doing a 'runner' ?
Since moving in 5 months I get DTAC Bills for the previous renter, I have informed DTAC but they still keep coming.
They must be owned by AT&T
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I caught a train from Hua Hin to Suasoanpradipat two train stations away
I was with four Thais, I had to pay 2 baht they all travelled for free, I have
written to the general manager Thai railways and my local MP in the uk !
Mark Twain, is that you?
Lol
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Has the OP a history in telemarketing research dependency?
Just say "No !"
Never in telemarketing. Nothing wrong with a chat to shoot the breeze. It certainly brought you out of the woodwork to pique your interests.
Beats talking about Thai women.
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Brought with me - tools to fix cars and bikes, Makita cordless set.
Because I had bought and paid for them already, and they fit in a suitcase.
Shop and carport 3 times the size of the house.
Live outside now, beside the garden, only go inside to shower and sleep.
Mosquito nets?
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Another Bingo. We did that for people that wanted things. Load it up. There are many ways to skin a cat as they say. Your Thai wife is smart, she can make some money on the deal for sure. 5555
Yeah my wife is smart. Too smart. And the 6th sense. Can't get anything by her. I suppose my fate was to need someone like that.
Yeah. Would love to make money on the deal. Ben checking prices at tops food. I can pick up a case or peanut butter and sell for half of what they sell here.
Will have to carefully orchestrate the exercise. For us we may not live in wife's house but buy something bigger with more room and more will need more room.
Thanks for the feedback. Very helpful.
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Germans who lived in the U.S. and now in Thailand tend to have more fridge and freezer space
we have two 700L fridge/freezers, two 300L fridge/freezers, a 420L chest freezer and a rather small fridge (hotel minibar size) for medicaments. total capacity 85cf.
This is where the business of subleasing fridge space to the neighborhood restaurants comes into play. Or just the entire village.
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I know some skinny Thai office girls who live without any fridge , tv, air con just a bed ,fan and shower toilet and they say they like it this way.
selling your fridge is probably the best way to loose your belly fat.
I see a correlation between this and my wife coming to the states and using our American sized fridge over the last couple of years.
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This is my first visit in summer here. Quite nice
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Reading all these posts about poor quality tools in Thailand makes me think about opening up a decent supply outlet, haha
Fill a container of sears craftsman tool and away you go
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How big is the size of your.....?
Johnson? It's a 250 hp outboard motor.
Wife says it is usually adequate.
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Well then the apartment dwellers of America perspective on refrigerators obviously isn't that different from that of Thais.
I don't necessarily come to the forums for direct answers one could find online in terms of products and prices but do those things up front.
It's nice to bring up a topic and have human interaction and learn something new.
For specific info I can just ask my wife my in country source for the low down.
Ive leaned a lot on this thread, among others. It's interesting.
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Well then the apartment dwellers of America perspective on refrigerators obviously isn't that different from that of Thais.
No harm in asking people what they use based on local conditions. Obviously most people use smaller ones.
We use an apartment sized fridge because we live in our mother in law unit in our house.
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Lower freezer would be newer generation equipment that is often locally made and most people these days I believe prefer the more expensive SS or gloss black exterior to the old 'white box' cost point rusting models of yesteryear.
Lower freezer is the way to go. Most of the time you are reaching for items in non freezer section.
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Wife and I will be back next year suitcases full and bring over as much stuff as possible for first step. I want to bring a lot of things like instant espresso and other things we can stock up on for long term use.
We will do a financial assessment of our situation and look at replacement costs vs costs to ship.
We could use newer furniture and we'll have 2 years to shop for that and look for a good deal (we don't mind gently used as a lot of Americans often update their furniture and you can find deals at a fraction of the cost. That, coupled with the bed we want to bring...
My wife has a furnished house, but her bed is like sleeping on concrete. I'll ask her if we can get a soft memory foam cushion for it.
We could stuff that container to the gills for stuff or sell to friends that we cheaper in America. If we could find a way to make money from the move to offset shipping costs, that would be great.
It's all math for us and the cost of stress to ship stuff over.
Honestly, we could just walk away from what we have at home. We are in her home now in Thailand and have everything we need. We actually would not need to go back if we decided to not go.
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Refrigerators come in all sizes whether you're in the US or Thailand.
What is the "USA perspective on refrigerators?" I can almost guarantee you I've been an American longer than you have and I've never heard of a shared nationalistic perspective on refrigerators.
If you want a big refrigerator, rent a bigger more expensive place to live. If you own your own place, go to a store that sells refrigerators and ask for a big one. The refrigerator I have is about as big as any I ever had in the US. If I had been aware of the USA perspective on refrigerators, I would have bought an even bigger one. Now I feel like I've let everyone in America down. I have a big refrigerator, but if I tried harder, I could have had an even bigger one. This is so humiliating.
I have to disagree. in Thailand, the fridges marketed for most people are small, like apartment size fridges in America (18 CF)
Americans tend to buy around 25-30 CF fridges. And many tend to have large freezers. I'd prefer to have a separate fridge and have a chest freezer, myself.
Took a bit of digging around online to find a full-sized fridge in Thailand.
Local conditions, culture, habits affect what people like and buy in their home countries (in general, like everything else)
Long story short, people in Thailand buy small fridges (relatively speaking) as they seem to go out to get food more often.
Good discussion here. It's not like we all have the opportunity to go do surveys and go into people's homes and ask them what they use.
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Funny you should mention that, but the refrigerators are of similar size with the exception of the specialty versions. I haven't seen a specialty fridge in Thailand. Maybe they are here, but I don't know.
In the USA and Germany, the trend is towards morbid obesity. I believe that the Germans came up with popular double sized unit that is hydraulic assisted to allow for easier access of the corpse. They also make it so that it can be tilted to a gurney and it comes with a metal shelf that can be attached to pulley hooks to allow the staff to load and unload the bodies without injury, or dropping the corpse. I am surprised that this topic is of interest.
Thanks, the topic is interesting enough to get your attention and spend time to respond.
Refrigeration is an important topic of discussion in terms of lifestyle, needs, and the fact that this is a hot place where spoilage is faster.
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Why should you even compare with the USA?
Point of reference. We only shop for food once a week so a large fridge is useful. Some things like milk and eggs and cheese we pick up once a month. The stuff adds up in fridge. Nice to have the room to load up.
On our trip here we use wife's very small fridge for ice and bottle water and leftovers. That is it since we have been eating out a lot.
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It seems you can get so called full sized fridges just not common.
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I purchased converters before I came. Work outstanding and no issues. I have two 750 Watt units to run each TV, one 5000 watt in kitchen for wife with all our kitchen appliances and one 5000 watt in my shop to charge all my cordless tools etc. Again people told me to dump all my tools and buy here. For example I have a Dewalt 20V Cordless Hammer drill. In US that drill was nearly $260. If I was to sell used as I looked on Craigslist they sell for $60 tops. one 5000 watt converter was $175 that allows me to charge many devices at 1 time. So I would have lost $200 on the drill, then have to come here and spend even more and try to find something close in quality for same price. I have many other cordless tools so the converter easily paid for itself and I have top quality and reliable tools.
You can buy converters from this place...http://www.220-electronics.com/diamond-series-voltage-converters-stabilizers.html. Again for me this was about economics.
Sounds like a good plan to buy used tools, among other things, on Craigslist and bring them here in container and sell if coming that one time with Thai wife.
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Retirement visa
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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How does one prove income? If plan to move to Thailand and draw on your retirement funds?
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