JAZZDOG

1 hour ago, blazes said:

 

To be fair, there are now so many Masters' degrees being flogged that it is more than likely the claims (to a higher degree) are quite legit.  However, the question then arises as to what a Master's degree means these days, especially one in Education or Business (to name only two at the bottom of the barrel).

On the other hand, if the degree is legit, then it might guarantee a slightly above average brain that you might be dealing with. 

On the third hand, a pooying on Walking Street has the best higher degree of all: from the University of Life.

Only the hookers claim to have Masters Degrees. Guess that's better than claiming No Education. 

On ‎7‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 2:17 PM, cyberfarang said:

As an educated guess, I would say that many of the guys, especially the older men, that use TF and similar sites, are probably married men looking for something on the side and will also have it`s fair share of weirdos. Obviously the guys, just like the women, are going to tell a load of crap in their profiles with misleading photos of themselves.

 

I think women that use these sites must be quite desperate. For example, why would a young, beautiful attractive girl need to join a crap site like TF to hook up with guys? When I was using the site, most of the women that contacted me were in their 40s and 50s, those that had been left on the shelf and looking for security for their old age. There are no doubts that the young pretty girls are going to be all about money. The older the guys, the higher the price.

 

The guys that are looking for one night stand hookers would be better off to join sites such as, Badoo, Tinder and HI5. Older guys that join TF expecting that pretty girls young enough to be their daughters or granddaughters will find them desirable and want to form relationships with them are living in cloud cuckoo land. 

 

Dare you to try an experiment. Take a photo of a young hansdome guy from the Internet and set up a fake profile saying he`s in the movie business or some other glamorous occupation and at the same time have a normal profile of yourselves on there. Then see how many responses each profile gains. I know, because I have already tried that. The results were staggering.

 

Sure I am not alone but many years ago I was going out with a girl in Costa Rica. We had been together about 3 years and I caught her without her knowing on the cupid CR site. Pissed off I did the same fake site with pic of handsome young guy moving to CR to run my rich daddies construction company  and she ate it hook, line and sinker. The instant a girl cheats I am done but this was great fun stringing her along chatting with her a few feet away watching her reactions to my trolling. Turning the tables so to speak. I had her showing up places for drinks and would call with a excuse just moments before she arrived. Planned getaways, you name it. We were still sharing a place so the lies I baited out of her were priceless.

I could get away with anything because I already had her down like a book. The best was after a few weeks telling her to GTFO on the site, you been punked b*&(h. Never used it again but it would be a good tactic to use to see if a girl is on the up and up.

2 minutes ago, Farrows3399 said:

Here is a better option : Do not ride with these whackos, take a full size bus. So what if you have to wait an extra hour. 

One other perk of USA is I always have a rental reserved and drive wherever I need to go and return the car there. This is a problem everywhere with over confident hire drivers. Question; Do you think you might have better luck with Uber or Grab?

Really the only option with a driver like this is to get out when you first realize he is unsafe. In his little mind he is a professional driver, period, nothing you can say will change his behavior and will likely make it worse. Not that big a deal, you can find another ride and tell the new driver there is 200 baht extra if he keeps under the speed limit and off the phone. 

39 minutes ago, bergan said:

Good to know it's not just me. The biggest danger when I'm driving is the person in the seat next to me. I've actually pulled over before, telling her that she can drive herself and forget about asking me to drive her around in the future.

Amen, I actually resist driving with her. The constant bickering creates distraction and angers me to the point that it is unsafe to drive. SOOOO nice driving by myself with the tunes turned up!

13 hours ago, Xonax said:

My Thai-wife always complaints about my way of driving, mainly because I use the horn and don´t let anyone cut in front of me, when there is no space.  But when we sit in a taxi or minivan and the drivers behaviour is reckless,  she always refuses to translate for me, and tell him to drive safely.

Not just a Thai thing. My wife is Brazilian, just finally got her license a few years ago. I have driven 45 years, less tickets than you can count on one hand and at fault in no accidents. We drive mainly in Brazil which is as crazy as LOS except in Brazil the level of training is 10x higher. Although everyone in her family drives like rats on meth, the always got to be first or all is lost mentality, she constantly is on my ass about my driving. It does no good to tell her I have forgotten more than she knows about driving. Pisses my off she never says squat when we have to drive with family on suicide missions.

17 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Dear Jazzdog-you  gave me a "sad" post..

 

Another one who does not know his left from his right..and hence has quite possibly never been to Thailand.

 

Stand on a pavement in Thailand facing the road before you step off..

 

Look right-probably live.

Look left-probably die.

Thanks so much for the enlightenment. You have such a firm grasp of the obvious. Get over yourself, the sad was directed at the poor young lady, not you.

Physics courses should be made mandatory across all of Asia.

4 hours ago, balo said:

So Gordon was banned from the forum ? 

 

I recall he was the only one with any direct information. Why would he be banned?

5 hours ago, billd766 said:

You wrote it and nobody else.

 

I know of only a couple of expats who do visa runs and one of those is changing to a retirement visa next time.

 

The western food that I eat is very good. I make most of it myself from the basic ingredients so I KNOW what goes into it and there is NO preservative, MSG or anything that I don't particularly want of like. It is cooked by me the way I want it cooked not how some cook in a restaurant wants to cook it.

 

Dirty air. I suppose it all depends on where you live. I live next door to the Mae Wong national park in my wife's 4 bedroom house on 15 rai of her land and not in a 30 or 40 sq/mt poky condominium on the umpty umph floor down in some small soi where the trick is to get your car out without scraping in and join with all the other cars in the giant traffic jam called the big exciting city.

 

I do hope you enjoy your life in a faraway country that is great to look at in the fall season and miserable to live in during the winter.

 

Have a nice week.

Good for you but to many people that seems boring as hell.

16 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Only 11? With the attitude some of them show I would have thought the number is much higher.

How about 389, that's how many Brits died here in 2013. Why so much higher?

8 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

does the math show causation? I think not.  And if you live mostly in Brazil, what is your point? That you feel safer there?

No, but cause of death may make LOS more dangerous for an average person. Bottom line is more farang die in LOS than Brazil by over a factor of 10. I would say as a retired man I feel considerably safer, happier and much less bored in Brazil. I don't regret my 2 years here but given adequate funds there are many better places to pass the time. Basically I see three things LOS has going for it, cheap immigration, cheap young ladies and cheap cost of living. In the end you always get what you pay for and that's OK. The thing I can't put my head around is why would wealthy people choose to settle here other than marriage ?

Having my windows down limits the effectiveness of my bullet-proof glass.

57 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

and what does that prove?

Do the math, 3.2/100K is huge and not just for Americans but farang in general and it is only getting worse. Doesn't really matter how, dead is dead. 4X as dangerous as Mexico, Twice that of Honduras, 5x El Salvador. It means if you want to wake up dead there is only one better place to go. I have a home and live mostly in Brazil. Brazil has more than twice as many Americans visit as LOS and doesn't make the list, maybe one or two deaths per year. Now if you're black, 24 years old and visit to engage in drug activity your odds go way up.

Safe ?

Meth stays in the system a minimum 72 hours so hopeful it will be determined the level of booze and meth in each. Sounds more like a struggle occurred instead of a blind rage attack as someone would likely been killed immediately. Anyone that's spent any time around intoxicated angry Thais knows things can go zero to insane in a few seconds. Looks to me a struggle took place, lots of blood and the guy backed off long enough for the lady to grab her son and run. All speculation at this point but doesn't look premeditated to me.

It's the way it is here. Gulf of Thailand is a septic tank, South China Sea is the drain field. Pattaya is consumed with things that reek, water in the bay, water we pay for, garbage, streets. A much easier question would be what DOESN'T smell in Pattaya. Maybe 30 floors or higher might be ok but once you hit street level I can't name a place you can find that doesn't smell.

1 minute ago, BestB said:

Last time I tried cost me an arm and a leg in lady drinks and   That’s for the ones who I did not like 

 

whats your experiences like?

Just like dove hunting, never let them see the whites of your eyes. Eye contact is the first step to an empty wallet. Smile, Lol, better off leaving your cash on the curb.

Perfectly normal reaction. Save money, change your flight and go home and trade stories with your mates.

Easy

4 hours ago, CH1961 said:

 

I've met many(!) of these guys, with offshore investments, in the bars along the beachroad ... many(!) of them are back home or died after jumping from the (rented) condo ?

Come on, that's very weak. Safe to say there are ten thousand to one expats regretting their investments in LOS to those who jumped from a rented condo. RE investment doesn't have that many moving parts, basically S & D and inventory. Presently the outlook is bleak, the crackdown on short term rentals, exit of western expats, exchange rates. All this points to hordes of Chinese and Indians as neighbors. Talk about block busting!

19 hours ago, CH1961 said:

It is, at least, foolish to call others foolish because they do not share your opinion.

 

Because I can afford it ?

Many expats can afford a relatively cheap 8M condo. Since you did not dispute that buying a condo here is a bad investment I can only assume you mean you can afford a bad investment. Others claiming to wanting a place of their own must realize that for the same outlay of cash they could live in a condo at least twice as desirable as the one they bought and parked cash that is producing little or no income. Many offshore investments would yield upwards of 70K / month if left in place. I live in a new 39th floor absolute direct ocean front 68m/2 condo listed for 7.3M. I pay 25K/month rent which equates to the current yield on 3M invested. I would imagine 70K/month would allow me the finest in most buildings.