JohnLick

It will be too much nonetheless ... so personally I'm leaving Thailand in few days 

One asked me to cross Phetchaburi Rd in Bangkok.... FIVE lines road and the closest bridge was 200 metres away

I told him no f way + I had so much stuff that I would have to go twice.

Another time my gf had b-day so we went for a dinner to 5* hotel... <deleted> asked if he can drop us opposite site so he doesn't have to take u-turn. This was 4 line road with heavy traffic.

You can imagine what I told him, and how.

What is "sin tax" ? A term allowing governments to suck as much as possible while manipulating people to feel good about it.

Tax is a sin. Corruption is a sin. Inefficient governments wasting billions is a sin.

Beer is beer.

7 hours ago, Randell said:

Sin tax in my home country of Canada has raised prices far more than that in that same time period. So not such a big deal as far as I am concerned.

Sin tax... how governments can brainwash people is shocking

I've been here 3 years... out for maybe 4 months in total. Never had any issue

5 hours ago, champers said:

Fair play to you chaiyapoon. You are perhaps a bit too brave for your own good. I would limit myself to giving help and advice via this forum; the idea of babysitting a complete stranger has zero appeal.

Yep there are some weird people in the world... just advice, and get a beer should be max

If you "click" then you can nurture your relationship... who knows, maybe you will find a gay side inside you

Joking aside, you wouldn't ask a girl on dating site to go with you to Thailand either

He simply regrets selling it, now doesn't have enough $$$ to buy it back

She is young, late period is nothing unusual...

If she happens to be pregnant and you really are the father ... it is up to you what you gonna do. She won't sue you in England.

Many farang bashing farangs on TV always say - do as Thais do, accept their way and culture without questioning it. That means do as every other Thai male would do - walk away.

4 hours ago, simplysocial said:

You go to your embassy and tell them you want to open an account with bangkok bank and that you need to verify, that this passport is indeed your passport.

Because a piece of paper is harder to fake than a biometric passport.

Logical :-)

Just go out...

if you are

young-ish, decent looking: RCA

not so: Pattaya, Soi Cowboy/Nana

Could there be a better scheme? The foreigners who are treated as third class citizens even if married helping out for free to the very same organization which treats them as such.

I wonder why those volunteers are so bored with their life

2 hours ago, newnative said:

And, buying condos has worked out ok for me. In 7 years I have bought and sold 16 condos, 2 in Rayong and 14 in Pattaya.  Average profit is around 600,000 Baht after all expenses.  Could I have done much better if I had invested in financials?  Probably.  But, not my thing.

So you make 1.3 million a year with your condo flipping in Thailand?

9 hours ago, seancbk said:

There is a new restaurant that specialises in rotisserie chicken, it's called 'Birds Rotisserie'

https://www.facebook.com/BIRDSRotisserie/

I've not been yet, but friends who have said it was very good.



 

800 thb for a whole chicken? Is it fed by salmon and tuna?

15 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

The funds were not obtained by theft, so they are not "ill" gotten.  Keep in mind, even money the ladies of the night spend on clothes and such is all benefiting the economy and creating more jobs. 

Prostitution is illegal in Thailand.

 Buddhism isn't exactly in line with prostitution either.

So it is "ill" gotten.