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you have a point,but i have lived there for the past three years and for me it is still the best part of town,by the way taxis are 200 min now and after 12 you will be paying 300 baht to come back.
 

44 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Woolworths and Coles do have discounts but rarely on meat and it's only ever on a few items that they want to get rid of before it goes off.  Try buying 4 x lamb chops and see how much they are. Beer is very expensive ... if you buy a pot glass QLD or a Middy glass NSW you are looking at $5-7 depending if outside happy hour or the pub location.

As for living by the sea ... any town or location from Caloundra to Mackay is tourist area's and therefore everything is increased in price. As for the fishing,  don't you need a fishing license in Australia to go fishing  ??

Beer expensive  but I love a bottle of red and thats cheap with no fruit juice nonsense in it. Fishing licence only for fresh water.

When they do discount meat you buy a weeks worth rinse repeat..easy peasy. When were you in OZ last? lamb chops $4.40 half a kilo (90 baht !!!) https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-national/product/part_2917548P

Plenty of cheap rent in qld. Gladstone a place I have been to many times as a mate owns a car dealership and a very serious fishing boat.  $130 a week one bedder and thats without rent assistance. I just punched in QLD in the bottom link , plenty of places

https://www.realestate.com.au/rent/between-0-150-in-queensland%3b+/list-1?source=location-search

 2 bedroom house in Rockhampton $150 and then knock off rent assistance and rent out the second room and you laughing

https://www.realestate.com.au/property-unit-qld-rockhampton+city-413922479

All the above was a 5 minute search on google . Plenty more about if I searched for a few hours and I like the sea but for those that dont need water there are even cheaper housing

She is gripping his arm and very much alive there, Poor guy having to see that level of suffering. I no longer ride a bike here as the chances of getting hit in the rear are way to high

3 minutes ago, Denim said:

Look on the bright side. I bough a lot of money over when the pound was 74.

 

Bought a house , a car , a motorcycle etc , all as cheap as chips.

 

Now we are ready to retire to the UK we can sell it all and convert the baht into pounds and make a pile of money.

Yep will be doing the same thing with my Condo bought when the Oz dollar was on fire. I laugh at the fools that say never bring money to thailand banks are not to be trusted or I live off my assets OS where they are safe LMAO while their currency is becoming totally worthless (usa exempt). 

1 hour ago, Nemises said:

people who are sitting shivering at night because they’re afraid of what it will mean for them if they put the heater on

Move to North qld.  Not to far up cause you will need AC. I found The sunshine coast to be perfect weather, no ac or heat required. I disagree that OZ is expensive assuming your not living in the major cities. Rent assistance helps a great deal

You also get an extra $36 pension supplements if living in OZ . All states have a remote living allowance of an extra $20 but you need to check the postcodes. The pension card helps a great deal for travel and near free meds, Im paying 56000 baht a year for one imported med here that costs $60 a year in OZ

The big supermarkets ALWAYS have specials especially the mark down on meat so a freezer would be a good investment. Beer is expensive but home brew is not illegal like here and its fun to make and cheap! Being a fishing fanatic I always lived by the sea and would usually bag a catch of Tailor and salmon off the beaches so always had fish fillets in the freezer

With the OZ dollar bleeding out slowly There must a point where living OZ where a dollar is actually worth a dollar is going to be a good option for some and when you factor in free medicare (not many do because they have no insurance here) then it becomes even more attractive.

8 minutes ago, KiChakayan said:

nd then refill with a 500mg every 2 to 3 hours.

You sure about that? 500mg seems a bit high

16 minutes ago, wisperone said:

Wow...all those people going to Thailand to stay at abnb staying at least 30 days????

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4 minutes ago, djayz said:

I wouldn't be so sure about that... the younger generations are starting to voice their opinions, quietly and behind closed doors albeit. But they don't seem happy with the status quo. 

Yeah right, so after 5 years of sitting on hands there will be an uprising now and risk another coup? 

wont happen 

2 minutes ago, KhunBN said:

 

In fact, we actually like this country and it's exactly why we are bitching about the election process etc., we care for it even though it's not our home country. So stop being judgmental because your judgment and reasoning is flawed

That makes no sense. The Thai bashing never ends and any good news regarding Thailand will send the bashers in to overdrive...So now when you guys ("we")  are holding the short end of the straw you suddenly love thailand "your home country" ...I think I need a bucket

7 minutes ago, ocddave said:

I am hoping that the reason was these elections, in that the hope was that they would fix the issue before a stance was made. This way no confrontation, but if Prayut using this rigged election becomes PM again, I would say all bets are off.

" a stance "  ??? ????????

3 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

I guess they do not do regular physical cell checks

Why was the CCTV not monitored?

Or the authorities just do not have any responsibility towards those in custody?

Did he use a chair or stool to get high enough to hang himself?

 

You really expect a Thai to be awake in the dead of night with nothing happening? Our condo has 2 towers , 4 security at desks at all doors all fast asleep

15 hours ago, seajae said:

I still believe that foreigners on a marriage extension should be able to use all their marital property(houses/land etc) as part or all of their required money same with pensioners. Married farangs and pensioners often have a lot more than the required amounts tied up in houses, land, condo's etc that more than cover what is being asked to be banked, using it as  or instead would make a lot of sense but Thailand isnt really all the sensible in the way they set up laws/regulations

I think being asset rich and cash poor is not what immigration want to see for obvious reasons although they contradict themselves by offering a 10 million baht (condo only) investment visa

They simply won't pay the fine. Thais are above the law and they certainly won't pay attention to such trivial matters.

False news. where is the proof??