Mike Teavee

For me it's important I have a place that I can enjoy spending time in, especially during current Covid times when it has sometimes been difficult to get out & about. This means I need a minimum of 1 bedroom (cannot sit in the same room 24x7 so a Studio is out) + I need an extra bedroom for when my parents (1 month per year in normal times), mate (once per month) & the GF's friend (once every 4-5 months) come to visit. Having lived through Covid with the GF for the first 16 months I also realised I needed a 2nd bathroom so that got added to the list for the new place. I did look at houses & even agreed a deal on one near the beach in Jomtien, but after sleeping on it I realised it was too big for just the 2 of us & too much hassle to keep clean plus I'd miss the gym & pool parts of living in a condo. NB I don't drive (no license since my UK one expired in 2013) or ride a motorcycle so being out in places like the darkside felt too far out for me, since using Bolt taxis a lot I've changed my mind on this point. Also, I love dogs (though prefer cats) but living next to neighbours with ones that bark all day long would drive me up the wall so I try to avoid places where there are lots of dogs (funny enough my condo allows dogs under a certain weight, fortunately the windows are pretty sound proof here as one of the little sh1ts barks/cries/whines from about 6am to 9am every morning). The unit I'm in now costs me more than I want to pay but as I'm doing very little travelling at the moment I was happy to pay it. I fully expect the landlord to jack up the rent next year by which time we'll hopefully be able to travel easier again & I'll move into a much cheaper place (would guess around 1/2 of what I'm paying now)... But it will still be 2br 2bth for the reasons I've mentioned above. Again, it's too each his own, I see guys houses in Udon Thani & Chiang Mai and think I want one of those, but they tend to come with needing to have a car or a motorcyle & gym membership

I could argue that you cannot show where I suggested there was a difference between "Too" or "To" Or somehow suggested you spelt Lable wrong... (my autocorrect can never spell excersise but always spells lable right!) But any-how, just wanted to make peace... at the end of the day we are all on the same side & trying to help each other along on our journey in Thailand... I really enjoy these kinds of threads as I always learn something from them... If you feel like I do/say something wrong then call me out, but I do it from my experience so am going to "Defend" that point of view... Peace?

If you have seen any 80sqm+ condos in the <2M range I'd be very interested as I'd love to buy a place (even if it has to be in the GF's name) somewhere around Pattya that we could call home. Again, I live in my current Condo because it was such a bargainfrom normal pricing... I could afford to live here at the normal price but (IMHO) I would be an idiot to (Not that I would call anybody anything for living their live as they choose to)....

Been here 2 months & no plams to stay here at all, I just took advantage of Covid Pricing to stay in a place that I (could but never would) afford to stay here... I've clearly not got my "Message" across on this thread at all but in essence.. Live Your Life... & Let Others Live Their Own... whatever that might be...

Agreed... And posted out of anger for which I 100% apologize...

For fun... Show me where I made any reference to you not knowing the difference between "too" & "to"...

I know I have Issues, but which ones are you "Suspecting"? OK, need to apologise here as I thought I was replying to the thread that went on a rabit hole of discussing Frozen UK Pension (wait, it was this one) & called people idiots for taking a different path... Fact is we all find our own "Path" "Groove" "Whatever" here in Thailand & I for one am very happy to live here

And I pay 28K for my Condo... Feel free to leave a comment... Am I doing something wrong? am I an "Idiot"? Nah, I'm just living my life as you are so yet again... You do You... (& guess what), I'll do me & I pray we're both happy in our lives

Too each his own... I'm looking out of my condo balcony in North Pattaya & this view costs me 28K pm... If I didn't want to pay that much I wouldn't be living here (Normal, Pre-Covid prices are 45-55K pm) so great enjoy your 8K pm condo. You live your life & (hey shocker...) I'll live mine... Just don't lable me as an "Idiot" because I don't live mine like you do. Edit: I'm not having a go at people who live a very happy life on a smaller budget than I do, I just get <deleted> off at guys who call me an idiot because I happen to spend more... Live your life fellla... But by the same token, let me live mine...

I'd like to know also as I'm looking to meet up with friends who are visiting Koh Samui & will have to take the ferry from Surat Thani if I can't fly.

Agreed 100% & I did only respond as the guy was very forceful with his assessment of "Idiots" who chose a different path to him (in hindsight I didn't need to comment). LaLL (Live & let Live) is my motto, as I've said I do think there is a moral case for people claiming the pension they've spent their lives working for, the fact that the government sees this differently means we all have decisions to make. No idiots here, just people doing what's right for them.

I'm in Wongamat so didn't think to try getting registed in CM. I have heard I can get registed near the local (Naklua) fish market so will give that a whirl & if it doesn't work, will come to CM to stay at your gaff while I get registered ???? Don't worry I am joking, GF's Auntie who arranged the vaccine (apparently I worked for PTT on those days) knows a couple of DRs at the hospital that arranged it so is on the case to get it sorted. Shame that as I really fancied 3-4 months in the UK to sort ot out (NOT!!!)

It's getting registered for Mor Prom i'm having a problem with so i figure if i go to some private hospital they'll help me get registed + my previous 2 shots will be on the same "Cert". I would honestly go get doubled vaxed in Thailand if it wasn't for the fact that I get rejected as I've already been vaccinated!!!

TBH I don't care if guys want to do that, it's up to them & I honestly think that they have a point in having paid into the system for so long. But it's when they call guys that don't want to live their lives like that "Idiots" that really gets my goat.

I don't claim to fully understand it either but seem to recall it's something to do with when Females could get their State Pension at 60 & Males got it at 65 so the bank I worked for paid everybody their Private pensions from 60 & subsidised the male pension by the state pension they would have got at 60 if they were female until they got the state pension & then reduced the Private Pension amount at state pension age so both male & female were always inline, Only time I’ve ever known sexual equality to work in my favour. Obviously now both male & female get their pension at 67 it doesn't really matter save I paid into that pension on those conditions long before that was the case so am still covered by those rules & both male & female get subsidised pension (to include the State Penson element) from 60 until they recieve their State Pension from the government at which time the private pension is dropped by whatever they recieve. Net result is you continue to recieve the same amount so it doesn't matter if the government increased the State Pension age to 150 or refused to pay it to me as an expat in terms of how much total pension income I would recieve.

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Sigh... And there are idiots living outside of the UK,paying Class 3 NI Stamps, Higher rate tax on dividend income & Capital Gains tax (I probably need to explain those last 2 to you). For me, my Private (Final Salary Scheme / Defined Benefits, vests at 60) Pension is reduced by whatever I get as a State Pension... so why do I care if my state pension is frozen or not? When will you guys learn that everybody has their own personal/unique circumstances & so an "Idiot" to you is somebody who's doing the smart thing for them... Edit: Agree 100% with the "Looking over your shoulder" comments above, just because you have zero chance of getting caught /. consequences now, doesn't mean that it will be like that in 5,10,20,30 years time (Some of us aren't 60 yet so hopefully need to think to those timescales).

I had a thought to try getting a booster shot (ideally Moderna) & then see if I could persuade them to put all 3 jabs onto a new certificate.

Same for me though I was directed to scan a QR code on exit which they told me would have my certificate on it in the next few days, 3 seeks later the records of both jabs were there but I would hardly call it a "Certificate" (Doesn't even have my date of birth on it, just name & passport number). No joy in registering for the Mor Phrom app, I've tried using 6000000 in from of the 6 digit number I was given for my 1st appointment but it fails (Doesn't help that they put my mobile number in wrong & despite telling them at both jabs I don't think it's been updated). I'm begining to think the easiest thing to do is to have a couple of months in the UK, get re-jabbed (after 2 weeks self quarantine as I've had SinoPharm) & come back with a UK Covid Passport...

I can't find it on Google Maps (keeps coming back with the office in Bangkok) could you please post a link to it's location. Thanks

How do you book & an appointment there (& check to see when there's availability)?

Do you know where I can do this in Pattaya (I was vaccinated at the Community Hall in SriRacha).

I'd better keep my head down then as I'm on a 22 day overstay & counting... Obviously I'm not (did my annual extension in August & it's good till 26th September 2022) but according to Immigration records I am ???? It's not like they don't know where to find me seeing as I've done a TM30 & 90 Day Report in the past 3 weeks :s

Ouch!!! Food must have been really good (or really bad & you lived off of delivery pizzas).

Same for me, even had to drive 70 miles to go into the office at 3am on 1/1/2000 so I could spend the day monitoring our systems for any "Millenium Bugs"... Not all bad though they paid me a cash bonus of £1,000 for the inconvenience. I retired 2 years ago (53) & am finding it hard to spend my savings even though that is exactly what I planned to do until I'm 60 when my pensions kick in. Find myself constantly worrying that I'm spending my money too fast even though my spreadsheet shows I'm burning through it at 1/2 the rate that I planned due to much better exchange rates & not being able to spend anything on international travel.