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34 minutes ago, Packer said:

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Thankfully some have found a weak ATM to boss around. 🙂 

Is it now we are supposed to guess your previously nick names? 

What a clever incredible brilliant fresh alternative provocation. You must be one of those Isaan goats who really got stuck and burned there! Sorry, Goat

Sorry to hear

2 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Which Isaan doesn't have.

Just now, transam said:

 McDonald's, now answer my question.............

Come on guys, be nice, no need to waste time like this, when we all are together in the same boat.. Bored in Thailand or wherever you guys are 😉 

think positive, and be the master 

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Which Isaan doesn't have.

There is plenty of fresh water and river banks as waterfalls around in Isaan 

1 minute ago, Packer said:

 

It's the worse region in Thailand for agriculture and live stock. It's why they're so dirt poor. 

 

Do you know how big and diverse Isaan is? You are funny

why some districts is dirt poor, is because of very little education and resources to make the best out of what they have. 

22 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Korat is very sleepy. Udon is the best city, Nong Khai no 2. Still CM is much better.

 

Udon has decent farang food.

I start to like Korat, and actually a great city at once you get to know it better. We prefer Korat now above Chaiyapum and Petchabun, but those two places have very little to offer compared to Korat, except Petchabun have great mountains, and chill air when you get to the top of the mountains for a few days to recover from the heat. 

32 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Apart from reading books, walking, gym there really isn't much to do and those things can be done anywhere.

The possibility of living on a large piece of land without neighbors, and have enough room for everything you got and collected by time in Thailand. After 10 years, it is a practically free base where you can travel to and from. Call it a long term investment in wife or a gf you have no doubt about. 

Nature, quiet, no close neighbours, good place for animals, growing vegetables and have live stock for food and security, your own well with water,  cheap living and this is the place where wife is most happy in life among her own. 

When that is said, it is not for everybody, same as any tourist place can become a living nightmare for some individuals. 

The good thing, we all have our own choices and preferences what we want in life, not depending on what others think they know about our life or lifestyle. 

But, if you cant cope with her family or her friends, then better not do it. 

9 minutes ago, Lucky Bones said:

Guessing you don't spend any time in a small village?

How we grew up compared to now?...think internet & phones as babysitters.

No point comparing apples & oranges.🙃🙃

I spent quite a bit time in Northern Norway, and they still, at least at few of them running around doing what kids used to do, and also bicycle to school, doing pranks, go fishing, have boat for fishing. 

I had my first boat when I was 11, motorbike 12, driving tractor since I could reach the pedals, same with cars, different life different time, 

And the boat and motorbike, was not brand new, we had to earn it, and learn to fix things our self if we wanted something.

I earned money since I was 6, kids can't do that anymore, if not used by others to collect money on the streets. 

I know, this is far out there, ideally, parts of this is what kids needs to get prepared for becoming adults, 

Sadly we adopt ants cultures more and more day by day

And I did honestly not grow up a remote place, just 20 minutes from Oslo, the capital of Norway. 

47 minutes ago, TheTightArseTraveller said:

All the time where I live

There is kids outside playing but not without supervision, especially falang kids around tourist places. Do not see them bicycle around, playing soccer on the fields, baseball, or just running in the forests, jumping the rivers, but honestly, there is less of that back home to. 

Just thinking of how we grew up compared to now? At least Zhow I grew up, the freedom we had? 

Best time in humanity ever, and if I had kids, I would move to a place where my kids could experience the same. 

5 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

What happens to you?  Today. A lot of exceptional good and true comments. ❤️ Less trolling👍

I didnt know I was trolling!

I can be an A if I'm debating one, sure

Would like to think he would been through a training program about common well known indicators of lying 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16Sp8gFEAT/

Looking up and to the right while talking, according to some interpretations of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), can indicate that someone is creating a visual image or scenario in their mind, potentially indicating they are fabricating a story or lying

21 hours ago, quake said:

Is bob back.

Maybe, it didn't work out in Portugal.

Bob in Portugal now? Man, he travels alot

More distractions 

5 minutes ago, jori123 said:

It's no skin off my nose getting married,she has her own house,so nothing to lose,she gets half my pension when I die

I mean the package from the agent. 

Is it the whole proces with translation, verifying documents, apostle stamps, and they take you to the amour and get the marriage done, and as well to the post production with verification, apostle stamps and translations as well of the marriage certificate and apostle stamp as well?

Translations etc can easily reach 15k and everything involved it.

My wife did everything, both for marriagecand visa.

If that package is a total package I would say go for it 

Whst does it include and not include?

The daily show

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19fF45ZYuB/

1 hour ago, Mark1969 said:

I would hate to have a guy like you in any sort of risky occupation or in a partner capacity. You may do your duty, but inside it's not in you. They try to weed guys like you out when they hire for jobs that require team functioning or taking risks for other team members.

 

I can understand you wanting to protect your wife however.

Easy to say if yiu do not know me. I used to do the grave yard <deleted>s in Oslo east as a security when I was younger, and used to all cinda of conflicts, involving knives, axes, machete and gun. Even did bomb searches, also spent time in the army.

I know what risk Im willing to take, and getting involved in a unknown conflict I have no knowledge what caused is utterly plain stupid. For my wife to get involved, is a greater risk for me than dealing with it alone.

I am not in my prime anymore, and I know my limits, not a stupid falang think he is like he used to be, and Im 56, someone called out an older guy here to get involved? You?

Have you seen the monkeys fighting? Thats how it is on the street in Thailand, same pattern, one to one face to face, nothing happens, you got your back open, and they are more than two, ....

9 minutes ago, IrishInThailand said:

If he get  50k subscribers on youtube that would be a tidy income and use savings frugally over 10 to 15 years then would work.  Health insureance and "potentially" international schools could make him a pauper soon enough .........tik tok ? 

I think people do not know what it takes to make money online as an influencer, and from what I can understand, most of his viewers comes because of his former work as an truck driver?

This gives you a rough estimate of potential income from YouTube with 50k followers. 

With 50,000 subscribers and 150,000 views, a YouTube channel could potentially earn anywhere from $37.50 to $600 from ad revenue alone, depending on the CPM (cost per 1000 views). Earnings can be significantly higher with other revenue streams like sponsorships, merchandise, and affiliate marketing. The exact amount will vary based on factors like viewer demographics, content type, and watch time

4 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Kids love it wherever they have other kids to play with, and eventually will live on their phones, just like all other countries. What they'll do when they get to be teenagers is what matters, and then into adulthood. People here are in debt just as much, and have very little also. In the west you can have much more if you work for it. Here most stay poor all their lives

Do you see thai kids out playing much without supervision?

4 hours ago, TheTightArseTraveller said:

What a tiny small minded outlook you have.  My folks moved from the UK in 1975 with us three boys under 10, to the other side of the world and it was the best thing they ever did.  

Kids in thailand (well, where I live) still play in the streets, run around smiling and living a super stimulating, interesting life.  Compared to kids in the west that spend all day inside on their phones.  The opportunities in Tahiland are vast for people with a little drive and get up and go.

Glad the world is full of people like my parents and the guy in this article and not Debbie Downers like you.

It ain’t 1975 anymore! Back then you could do almost anything without papers, and get visa and work. 

17 hours ago, Magictoad said:

He has researched ALL those issues you refer to. Both him and his wife can get jobs as TEFL teachers. Starting of with a certificate then working up to a PhD and working at the same time.

You are very negative; have you been in Thailand too long?

I came here in 1990 with a one way ticket and £200 in my pocket and no work. Things worked out fine!

With two kids come along and intend to home school them? That’s where he put me off. Nothing wrong with being a dreamer and actuallly go out and fulfill your dreams, but the guy got responsibilities. 

19 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

 

Selling their home is a very bad move (IMO). But, maybe they are relying on inheriting property from their parents.

When I moved to Thailand, I did not sell my appartment here, and now when we are going back, It is good to have an appartment I can use as financial security dept free. 

2 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Good for him.

I'm sure in 10 years time, he will be a millionaire.

We dont know, he might be, but the obstacles getting there, and dragging his kids with him, 

We’ll, I wouldn’t done it, because I would worked my ass off while I could, and made sure my kids went through the schools they wanted, and then take my hike for something else. But that’s me, and I dont even have kids myself, or my wife. Even then, I would put my kids first, not myself

Im wondering, if he is homeschooling them, how he is going to do with visa for the family?