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2 hours ago, rtco said:

I wasn't broke when I moved here. I had a good pension that a so called reputable Financial Adviser suggested I invest in a secure Australian Fund which, after 2-years, went bust and was found to be a Ponzi Scheme + the Financial Adviser was found to be operating illegally here. Still fighting for some kind of recompense after 6-years. So not "utter madness" as you call it but a victim of circumstance. We all have different stories so don't generalise.

I can sympathize with that, lost about quarter of a million (AUD ) to unlisted property trusts during the GFC.

My biggest beef is with ASIC, useless bastards. They continue to be ineffectual regulators, while contributing $800 million in compliance fees to Federal Government coffers.

While Chiang Mai can be criticised for the air quality, I have yet to see a road rage incident in six years driving a car here. I drive defensively anyway.

If someone wants to kill themselves by driving like an idiot, far be it from me to obstruct them in any way.

1 hour ago, fhickson said:

your afraid of getting cheated on a grab. your weak.

I do find it quite amusing how posters on TV who know nothing about other posters can reach conclusions about them, while simultaneously exhibiting their education level for all to see.

Dalat has a very nice climate; however, the novelty wore off after a few days. One expensive-looking golf course, and a gathering point for bird-watchers. No visible night life.

11 hours ago, androokery said:

The most beautiful woman I've ever seen in Thailand was standing in an aisle in a 7-11 in Udon Thani, late at night. She looked entirely unapproachable and a few minutes later she got into the passenger seat of an extremely expensive and pimped out car that was idling outside and she was lost to me forever...

I know what you mean. There's a German in Chiang Rai who has a wife from Khon Kaen, most beautiful face I have ever seen on any woman.

11 hours ago, fhickson said:

any particular reason you have the condo staff order your grab?

Easier for me.

10 hours ago, balo said:

The impression many foreigners gets and talk about after a few years in Thailand is that all Thai girls are available if the price is right. Maybe that's where this rumour  comes from.  

It's not a rumour. Once one gets outside the Bangkok bubble, the vast majority of rural Thais are living on a wage of 2000 - 3000 baht/month working in the rice fields.

To them, most foreigners are insanely wealthy.

While it's true not ALL Thai girls are available if the price is right, it is also fair to say there's quite a big proportion that are.

When I first started living on and off in my GF's village, I was inundated with requests from women there to find a farang partner for themselves or their daughters.

2 minutes ago, tabarin said:

Guess you are the one who doesn't know reality. And a Toyota Vios is not for well-to-do families in 2019 anymore either, trying to make me laugh?
A well to do family drives at least a BMW, Benz of Dukati.

Most students have a parttime job, such as GRAB. Don't get sour because you are not interesting for the good lookers and girls of a younger age. 
If it was a majority instead of a minority, you should be seeing a <deleted> load more of girls in soapie parlours, KTV's and elsewhere.
Which you do not see because they don't. And girls driving you back home? That is completely normal, even in BKK. 

My my, you do jump to  conclusions. What makes you think I am interested in good lookers and younger girls? While you may be right in saying I am not interesting to them, I haven't put it to the test with my wallet. I prefer women who know what they are doing.

The relevance of your comment about Benz's and BMW's escapes me. Smells of red herring.

I am struggling with the mental picture of hundreds of Chiang Mai female university students driving GRAB taxis, and wondering why I only see middle-aged male Thais when the condo desk uses the app for me.

Can you claim to have visited every soapie, oiled massage, karaoke etc. in CM? Including the ones that don't let farangs in unless they are fluent in Thai, and outnumber the ones that accept Westerners, other Asians, Arabs and Indians ten to one? Didn't think so.

Girls driving you back home after you have bonked them, and they paid for your meal? James Thurber might have written the story for you.

Not sour at all. I'm very happy here. I do admit to getting irritated by holier-than-thou types, or those in denial of reality.

On 9/9/2019 at 2:38 PM, Jip99 said:

Yes to all of those................... depending on the requirements of your local immigration office.

 

One obvious comment.....if your wife does not report your presence, and you do not report your return, nobody will be any the wiser.

 

I doubt Kalasin Immigration will have lookouts posted around the province.

Exactly. Creating laws that cannot be enforced effectively highlights their stupidity.

8 hours ago, xylophone said:

You would be surprised what you can do TP if you have to!!

 

I had to self catheterise about three times a day after I had the permanent catheter and bag removed in Australia, and I did this for about a week or more (can't remember exactly as it was over 10 years ago).

About a year ago I was finding it difficult to pass water again and some bladder neck surgery was done here, and I don't believe it was done well, however for up to a month after that I had to self catheterise to "retrain my bladder" as the specialist said. Even now I have rubber gloves and spare catheters in the house just in case I have to start again.

 

I did start to pass water again, but to no great extent and that has remained until this present day, when I worry that I may have to get another TURP of some description done, as apparently the prostate can grow back again within this timeframe. 

 

If I do have to have another operation, then I will go to Australia and try to get the REZUM process as the whole thing is over and done with in about 30 minutes and one can walk out after the surgery. It may be new although it has had some field trials and is seen to be successful, however I will put up with the uncertainty rather than go through the <deleted> that I have been through over the past 10 years.

 

All the best and remember that there are other folks on here who have had similar and it has been many weeks if not months before they have come right again.
 

That sounds terrible, and you have my complete sympathy. I got the guernsey ( on a much lower level ) by being catheterised six weeks in a row during BCG treatment.

While I seem to be keeping obstruction at bay with saw palmetto, the REZUM information is very interesting. Thanks.

3 minutes ago, tabarin said:

Hehe indeed, they are just scared of their family to find out, mean while getting laid since 16.
That is how short time hotels came into existence for a big part.

CMU girls are easy to get, but obviously they are generally not interested in someone the age of their dad.
If you are of a similar age, not too much older, they are super easy to get in the local pubs and places, maybe just not on the first date.

They are more interested in older Thai guys - the ones that can commit to long term maintenance of 2 - 3 years while they complete their fairly ineffectual education.

I remember one who actually published a detailed budget of expenses.

Farangs who can read Thai would probably do well.

16 hours ago, fhickson said:

chiang mai has hot girls near cmu university. funny thing is though they never come into the town area and congregate right up near the campus. i think they stay in the student housing most of the time and the hot ones never go anywhere solo. if your a dude watching from down the street they will know and cover up and skitter away.

 

you need to be introduced by a family member, work associate etc (not a friend) or you can forget the whole enchilada you perv.

Disagree. Plenty of them working as sideline girls or in the chuk wow massage shops.

38 minutes ago, ThaiPauly said:

I will keep the catheter in for 7 days now,  and will review the situation when it comes out next Monday.

 

If I have to learn to self-catheterize as much as the idea fills me with dread I will just have to do it

I'm hoping it doe not come to that though

I understand emergency departments can assign a nurse to insert a catheter. Still not pleasant. Perhaps BM2 can confirm cost.

My Thai GF is 24 years younger than me. We are both slowing down, which is probably just as well. I have no thoughts of trading her in.

I've had some experience with Thai women. Seems to me the younger and more beautiful they are, the worse they are in bed. Self-absorbed. I prefer older women who focus on giving me pleasure. Each to their own.

13 minutes ago, ThaiPauly said:

I am on Meiact anti-biotics now 400mg a day. The ones that made me puke were Cravit 750mg 1 a day

 

I am on tramol painkillers Lacessit. Can you get oxycontin from the pharmacy? Why do you recommend it?

They prescribed me Ultracet which is more or less the same as Tramol,,,but my wife can buy it for a fraction of the cost the hospital charge in Airport Plaza

You would need`a hospital prescription. Not available from pharmacies direct.

I recommend it because injected morphine does nothing for me, whereas oxycontin is extremely effective. Everyone's physiology is different, so it is a matter of finding the most effective pharmaceutical for your circumstances.

You should not have these problems with a TURP. You need to push the surgeon harder, although here there is always the issue of face.

Unfortunately, in Thailand there is a bigger risk of botched surgery.

What kind of painkiller is prescribed? I would suggest oxycontin until you get back to the UK.

11 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

If I see another "I dont know what the issue is" or "I will never do a TM30" comment, I think I will scream.

 

IF you have been lucky enough to live somewhere where TM30 is not enforced, good luck to you, enjoy it while it lasts.

At some point in time there is a pretty good chance that your local office will start enforcing the TM30.

Then you will, "know what the issue is" and "will have no choice" in doing a TM30.

 

Enforcement in Bangkok is a recent thing, for other areas (Chaing Mai, Pattaya etc) it has been enforced for a couple of years now, ever since the shrine bombings. A couple of years ago TM30 threads were full of people from Bangkok making the "whats the issue" or " I wont ever do one" comments. Now its Bangkok people up in arms.

 

I have a TM30 reciept, in my box of immigration rubbish, dated 6 years ago from when I moved into GFs house. 4 years ago, I lived at Siracha and couldn't do a 90 day report because I didn't have a TM30.

 

Its not a new law, and for many of us, its not even new enforcement. 

 

 

 

Go ahead, scream. I live in Chiang Mai, according to you one of the problem areas. Really? I didn't file a TM 30 for 7 years. Filing them now, the condo staff do it for me.

Why is it such a big deal with some posters?

On 9/6/2019 at 6:29 PM, roamer said:

Fine, if that is your thing. But for those who prefer to stay somewhat upmarket your option could be worse than the TM30 hassle.

Upmarket? All I ask of a hotel or guesthouse is clean, aircon, comfortable bed. Plenty around if one knows where to look. Upmarket is for people with more money than sense.

Personally, I can think of worse ways to shuffle off this mortal coil than a quick heart attack while having a horizontal mambo.

I just don't understand all the fuss. I fly back to Australia once every six months. The condo staff fill out a TM30 for me when I come back. When I travel within Thailand, my Thai GF uses her Thai ID card at every hotel or guest house. What is the problem?