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51 minutes ago, kenk24 said:people tend to go a bit heavy on avoiding the family... and in many cases appropriately... keep your eyes open... do they drink or gamble?
I married the family and it has been a pleasure. We built a family compound too. There is always a baby sitter available and someone to feed the dog if we go away... there is a deep sense of security in knowing there are many family members around if your car breaks down or if you have a problem...
kids can get expensive... do you want your kid to have a computer, ipad etc.. when it will help them with school?
There are different degrees of "Isaan" believe me as you well know. The reasons you mentioned are good. I guess if you lived there full time from the start is different from me still working 4 mos tours. During my 4 mos away they (her family will take over)
Now you have a difference in income in Isaan. Isaan doesn't mean dirt poor, some have good jobs and nice lifestyles. In my instance they are super poor, never lived in a house that ever saw a paint brush, cleaning is non existent. Good people, work hard but bad things happen to even good people. You will be the cash cow because you have a "good heart" You feel awkward because you can buy a new motorbike or car at will in cash, because they know all farang are rich. We moved 600km away 4 yrs ago, my daughter can have a good English program school, bought a smallish house close to the beach in a small fishing village, 30 min to Pattaya.
I didn't bust my ass all my life to end of in a Isaan rice paddy.
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4 minutes ago, Chandler said:well, now I can narrow down my stuff 555 Just general costs like i said nothing crazy.
There's no rule that says you must live on her land. For extended happiness, live far away from her family and she can visit them.
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15,000 to 200,000 bht/mo. That should cover it.
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Obviously brake failure, possibly micro sleep.
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On 11/16/2020 at 10:43 PM, OneMoreFarang said:
Some morons look like morons...
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Having an icy cold beer can make you feel like a free man
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25 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:
Leave out the ultra. So if you were rich then you would have no need for Thailand.
Meaning another cheap Charlie bumming out a life here.
Hello,
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2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:
$2,500 is a pittance to the ultra-rich, they have their money tied up elsewhere in much more profitable investment vehicles.
If I was ultra rich I'd have no need for Thailand.
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Right now the exchange rate for USD is about 30.0 It would take $26,666 for the 800,000bht requirement. If you figure rate was 33.0 not long ago, you'd be down 80K bht in from exchange or you can pay an agent.
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Wiped the sand off my seat.
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6 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:
I think the same.I just did my first ever 12 months extension of a 90 day Single Entry Non-Immigrant Type O (based on Marriage).
Cost was 1900 baht / collating all the paperwork quite simple.No need for an agents help unless someone needs to sidestep one of the requirements.
That said, some folk use agents for things as easy as getting a Thai Driving License, so some people envisage more hassle than it actually is.
Much like some folks go to extreme lengths to take a bus from BKK to Pattaya instead of having a driving service greet you at the airport. Why??? What to save 800bht.
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1 hour ago, PatOngo said:
I think you must have smoked lawn clippings!
Nope, never was a hippie.
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1 hour ago, YetAnother said:stupidest thing i can recall
Weed will do that.
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1 hour ago, GeorgeCross said:
isn't weed legal in 12 US states now?
maybe they could talk about that ????
The only thing that making it legal did was to bring more scrutiny upon drivers when stopped. The same would hold true here in Thailand.
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On 11/15/2020 at 6:59 PM, Peterw42 said:
Even wealthy people dont leave money laying around in a bank earning 2% interest.
I dont know anyone who has 500,000 sitting in a bank doing nothing, most would have it in the stock-market or leveraged into property.
Most people complain about the 800k because it could be put to better use, invested, getting a decent return, compound interest.
Anyone running there own business or retired etc, uses their money to make money
500k bht isn't that much. Bet you lots of folks have that in cash at home back in US.
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38 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:
I think that at least ½ the soi also knows if not all of it. ????
I recently bought a Polo air compressor, 3hp but uses oil. I didn't understand how a motor can be oil free, anyway it's pretty loud. I heard it running in the store but not till I had it home and started up near the wall did I understand just how loud.
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5 minutes ago, fasteddie said:Been there ????
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5 minutes ago, placeholder said:
Nonsense.
American televangelist Pat Robertson, with his 1991 best-selling book The New World Order, became the most prominent Christian disseminator of conspiracy theories about recent American history. He describes a scenario where Wall Street, the Federal Reserve System, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission control the flow of events from behind the scenes, nudging people constantly and covertly in the direction of world government for the Antichrist.[6]
It was observed that, throughout the 1990s, the galvanizing language used by conspiracy theorists such as Linda Thompson, Mark Koernke and Robert K. Spear led to militancy and the rise of the militia movement.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)
Open borders is one of their wants, Does that sound conservatish?
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4 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:Yes, it was probably Antifa!
New World Order, been hearing about this for years and has nothing to do with conservatives.
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5 minutes ago, stevenl said:Trump supporters brought that sign.
And you know this, how?
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4 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:
They're not even trying to hide it anymore.
Racist MAGA sign saying ‘coming for blacks, Indians’ leaves Fox News broadcaster in shock
A sign was spotted, oh the horror. Anyone could have brought that sign.
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3 hours ago, Walker88 said:
100 words? I'll try. My hundred starts now...
Some are racist and 45 has given them the all clear to come out ("Jews will not replace us", "Chauvin should have knelt on Floyd's neck longer")
Biden won 16% of all US Counties, but they account for 70% of US GDP. 45's areas are essentially slacker areas carried by the production of Biden's people.
Please provide proof. That's how this works.
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4 hours ago, brianthainess said:
getting married was the only thing I found in Thailand that was free. later We paid 20,000 for a new house 'party' catered for about 150 people+ monks and that included a karaoke. If you are lucky your guests will bring the invitation along with cash inside the envelope, which could bring in a profit.
You want me to believe you paid 20,000bht for 150 people for booze, food, monks and karoke. That's 133bht/person. ahahahhaaaaaa
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1 hour ago, BobBKK said:
No I loathe Trump and have said so - but... (this is the bit you won't like) I loathe pc liberals more. Im just being honest and telling you why I could not support (not that it matters what I think) the BLM/Antifa - defund the Police nonsense and 73 million Americans probably agree. Bet most of them don't actually like DJT.
What this guy just said.
Reasons not to cheat on your wife!
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If you want kids then I guess a wife is OK, but other than that WHY-ffff.