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Finally it's a lottery. The point is: Farangs remaining in their home country receive "free healthcare", one way or the other. Mostly ceasing when laeaving "home country". After that, it's only $ 500/month Private Health Insurance in Thailand. Thai State run hospitals, although "cheap" is not a place where a Farang wuold like to end up. I have been there. Forget it!

Increasingly more positive posts here. Much to my delight. But.... All Farangs must be "rich" as they can pay for a 500$ Private Health Insurance/month, even more once past 70, or self insure (the limit is the sky). My conclusion is therefore that all Farangs must be "rich". Unfortunately I do not qualify, otherwise I would still be in Thailand, paying my $ 500 monthly just for health coverage. During my stay in Thailand (5 years) I have seen the other side of the coin. On 3 occasions, the Farangs ended up in hospital. Their cash reserves dwindling fast. Even faster dwindled the support of their "Thai-Families". An extremely sobering experiance for me. A Thailand "game changer" for me, under the motto "something like that will never happen to me". Clearly, such devastating "occurrences" seldom find their way into "Thai Social Media". For the very simple reason that the Farang is dead and can't post anymore, much to the delight of the predatory Thai Family. Remarkable: An European Insurance guy in Pattaya once told me " Most Farangs here think they will die of a merciful quick death, completely disregarding the fact that most people die in hospital". End of quote. Certainly not wanting to spoil anyones party. So, stay healthy and/or stay rich. Amen.

Persistent on and off health problems.

Thx. Message understood. Like it.

Thx. Music in my ears.

With my health restored, I can think of another trip to Thailand (mostly Pattaya). Haven't been there for 7 years. So I am not "up to date". Before, I always stayed on Soi Post Office/Soi Yamato. Loved to be near the sea, loved the friendly Guest Houses and loved the uncomplicated way to make friends with ladies on Beach Road. "Not that great anymore" I was told. Suggesting all kinds of other places. Soi Buakao for example. Note: I never got involved in the "Bar-Fine-Business", nor in "Tinder-Aquaintances". Not willing to change this concept. Afraid, by relocating away from Beach Road, I will be entangeled in the "Bar-Fine/Tinder" hokus-pokus that I don't want to be part of. Any updates? Remember, I haven't been in Pattaya for the last 7 years.

All very well analysed and written. For "the west" 2 problems only: 1) Putin losing the war and willing to push "the red button". 2) The live goal of Xi is to "bring home" Taiwan during his lifetime. At 70 he will be forced to act rather sooner than later. Everything else are internal Chinese affairs. Other than that, we sould be carefull how the West deals with China. Never forgetting that 90% of the "rare earths" are found in China.

At this point, you are very vulnerable to any sort of "hokus-pokus". But that's what you look for, dening regular medical advice. Good luck.

Come on. I know the exchange rates. The question was more adressed to Farangs complaining about their meagre pension benefits in comparison of Thai old age benefits. I have no idea how an old person can live on BHT 600/month. Thankfully we were born into a so called "nanny state". Otherwise most of Farangs could not live in Thailand in their "golden years". Long live a well organised "nanny state".

FACTS ANYONE? Every Thai over 60 can get a a monthly pension of THB 600. Until now. The current government has just decided that only "poor people" will get the BHT 600 in the future. Them having to prove that they are "poor". As an immediate reaction to this outrage, several organisations are counter-acting this outrage and demanding that the minimum rent should be raised to 3000BHT/month. May they succeed. How much is 600 BHT in your "western currency"?

I have done what you are contemplating to do. Result: Ejaculate consists of 2 drops. Rest goes into the blatter. The blatter not familiar with this strange fluid reacts by fighting this "intruder". 1 day after ejaculation, urinating comes with a burning sensation. And yes, with those 2 exiting drops remaining, you will be basically infertile. AFAIK only done with old males. To suggest this procedure to younger males (still in their reproductive phase) is outrageous.

One can expand on this: "The curse of old age is, that the memories of your youth are still with you".

Truly, at old age, I make fewer mistakes than when I was young. Looking back, the mistakes I made during my youth border on lunacy. I am so much wiser now. I wish to have the wisdom of today back when I was young (at a time when certain life-decicisions were of crucial importance), as oppoosed of today where the remaining decisions are of minor importance. There is something wrong with this concept. We need wisdom when we are young, having the life in front of us, instead of having accumulated wisdom in old age, serving little practical use anymore. The gods must hate us as an easy answer. Not necessarily. They may have no TV and streaming sevices, so, their only form of endless amusement is watching the young earthlings fall on their snout over and over again. The only true "knee-slapper" for entertainment purposes for the gods. So it comes, that I have little inclination to talk about this unfortunate reverse concept with the gods at some point in the future. I much rather keep answering the questions of Pattaya Girls. Like "where do you come from" etc etc. This is where I can apply my accumulated wisdom best. May it last a while longer.

Uiiiih. Getting close. Trans-"sportscar" would even come closer. There is also the "TRANS-AM erican highway.

As the Author, I can assure you that this sails under????and massive exageration. Most guys here got it.

Cant' name names here. Starts with "trans". No, nothing to do with transvestites.

Once upon a time there was a poster here that won the prize of "poster of the year". Well deserved. His posts right to the point, witty and charming. I call him the "pink panther" with a liking to big american cars. After having won the prize of all prizes, he went into hybernation. To the delight of some posters here, his recent re-incarnation here has not gone unnoticed. Especially religious folks must be thrilled, as it proves that re-incarnation can still happen. Alas, his comments of today differ somewhat of his comments of yesteryear, while "keeping his eyes on the price" back then. Today his comments are a bit "spicy" it seems. Verbal confrontation mainly on his agenda these days. Not likely, he spent his absence in a buddhist temple, more likely he offered his writing skills to a London Tabloid paper. Accumulating some agressive "spice" to his todays writing style. Reply welcome. But I will also go into hybernation for a couple of days. I will be hunting Bengal Tigers in the Swiss Alps.

The one my age.

This post sails under ????

The world has a new "old geezer" = ME! The more my capabilities (below the belt) decrease, the more interesting I find "the opposite sex". I was told, that by looking at passing by females, I start to salivate profusely and uttering animal like grunting noises. Of course, there are the magic tablets. Normal dosage does little for me. Bold as I am, I double the dosage. With the result that I see pink elephants dancing on the ceiling and convincing me that Elvis Presley is working at my 7/11. What to do? A great philosopfer (I think it was Donald Trump) once said: " The worst about old age is, that the memories of your youth are still with you". = RATS !

The OP will find it hard to find a Private Thai Health Insurer to take him on at his age. (Or at a ruinous monthly premium). Of course, can "self insure". = Have at least 5 mio Bht on the side.

In my early Pattaya days I talked to my fellow barstool wizards a lot. But I developped misanthropic tendencies as a result. I quit and turned into a "dog-whisperer". Anyway, why would I need to talk to anyone, as long as I have "ASEAN NOW"? Here I find the climax of western intellect, wisdom and knowledge. All the posters here represent an amalgamation of all the cultural wisdom "the west" has accumulated over 300 years. LONG LIVE THE POSTERS ON "ASEAN NOW". Forget the rest of the world. ---------------------- Of course, one can also be selective. Example: If not liking the company, just pay up and leave. Excuses for a hasty retreat are plentiful. The most popular is: "My Thai Wife is expecting me and if I am not on time she beats me up again".

Concerning your dad. In what time frame did this happen? Are you sure he qualifies as a "boomer"? In what country? Surely it coulden't be Ireland, as the "great potato famine" happened much earlier.

Quite the opposite: The Farangs you describe are rather "looking up" to their Thai girls. For better or for worse.

Compared to a Thai child born into a Isaan farmers family, none of us Farangs had a hard life. Not so long ago, the Isaan was a poverty stricken waistland. Living from hand to mouth the rule. Little schooling for the boys, even less for the girls. Then came the time when the girls could make a lot of money in Pattaya, while their better educated brothers still were pumping gas or slaving on a construction site in Bangkok. Inevitably, a select group of Farang moral Apostels came along, looking down on those "Pattaya girls". Doubtful, if those moral Apostels have ever experienced true poverty.