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1 hour ago, mr_lob said:

We moved from Thailand to Portugal nearly 2 years ago after many years. Brit, Thai wife, 2 kids.

We live in the Algarve and absolutely love it. 

Cons - property prices are higher than Thailand. Yes, it can get cold in the winter but its sunny most of the time and we enjoy the seasonal changes. It only lasts 3 months anyway...over 300 days of sun here. Eating out costs more than Thailand, but the quality of seafood and meats is far superior.

Pros - Pretty much everything else. Safety, beaches, things to do, food shopping, markets. Not a big drinker any more but when i do go out for a beer, its less than half the price of Thailand. Did i mention the wine? Ridiculous. Accessibility to the rest of Europe is a huge bonus.

Getting settled was incredibly easy compared to Thailand, only 15 Euros each for a 5 year residency and only a few pieces of paperwork.

We haven't looked back, although we miss Thailand and will spend our time between the 2 countries once the kids have finished school.

How does your wife adopt to life there? Thai friends, language?

28 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

 

but for my wife, I dont think she could be truly happy long term outside of Thailand. I am more adaptable than she is basically. 

The same here, my gf I have taken many places both in Thailand and Europe, but home best. Thats where she thrive and feel like she is somebody, and have her family close. Totally different girl and good to see. 

And I have no problem to stay close to her parents, but need to travel and get away, and it gives life more contrasts as well, be able to travel. 

Still Portugal is a great place with many things to do, and beautiful landscape, easy to cross borders, nice place to ride motorbike, watersport as airsports. Close to the alps, and home where family and friends still is. And when passed 70, you got the safety of decent infrastructure and hospitals. 

48 minutes ago, nickmondo said:

your having a laugh mate

What is hard about the visas here in Thailand

I can tell you for sure, 100%, a Visa in Thailand is a lot easier than in Portugal

Unless you are a EU citizen of course, when you dont need a visa in Portugal

Thats true, but both places requires you know what paper you have to deliver, you got the money to prove, of course unless you are a eu citizen, and you do not even need an insurance as eu citizen. We all got the EU health insurance card. I believe even Uk still got the same benefits after brexit as well. 

Google 

UK-issued European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs) are still valid and offer the same cover as GHICs in the EU. Once your EHIC has expired, you'll be able to replace it with a GHIC. You can get a provisional replacement certificate (PRC) if you need treatment abroad and do not have a card.

https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/apply-for-a-free-uk-global-health-insurance-card-ghic/

I see it states temporary stay, so, 

Most places shows that from a paradise to worse to better it takes time, but in most places that get popular, there will be changes to the better. Maybe not 300 baht beach views anymore, but still they will preserve the places for the better, even though 10 times or 100 times the normal population will occure. 

29 minutes ago, stupidfarang said:

Yes Old Time Cafe still going strong, I think they have open a place on thebeach as well now, same name as their cafe

Glad to hear, nice place to drop by when passing, same as Pirate Terrace. Lovely stretch from Ha Hin hugging the beaches with the bike. 

On 4/7/2021 at 11:49 AM, EVENKEEL said:

It's pride of ownership, can't be taught.

Some take it more sirious than others, yes. Pride is an understatement for some. 

4 minutes ago, jkcjag said:

As they reported!  The plan is to expand it to enable more flights!

And that will take more than a year or two,,,,,,,,,,, Anyway, good for the boost of Hua Hin and new hope for a fallen Turist destination and a completely collapsed real estate marked

16 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Same applies to antidepressants. If you believe in them they may work. My understanding is that they only help about 50% of people that take them.

 

 

 I do live with it and I do understand it I think. But I'd just like to try something different to conventional medicines. Until I do, I won't know, pure and simple.

I said no to medication, and started to do what I could do to myself to ease my illness and symptoms, and it helped. But it is boring and hard work to stay on the thin line all the time. Thats the problem. 

However for me it seems to ease a bit the older I get as well. 

12 minutes ago, chocboss said:

join the group CBD Oil for Anxiety I am sure they will have some suggestions 

CBD is todays snake oil, and misunderstand me right. There is so many people with different issues, who need the escape, and willing to construct evidence for cbd is the messias coming to save you for everything, and anything. For sure, it might help for awhile as long you believe strong enough. And for sure, some it will do good, and they can handle it, and they do not get harmed by it, or do not harm anyone doing it. 

But, there is a huge but, is it so good as you can read, or is it not? Bipolarity is a complex illness, and for long term us, Im not so sure atall,  it will be good, but I am not sure long term use of ordinary medicine is good either. Yes it can help when you need it, but staying on medication for lifetime? Nope, 

Do I believe bipolar need medication, oh yes, and do I believe medication helps, yes, I believe so, but again, medication is not enough, and it doesnt give you any freepass to live reckless and do what everybody elses doing. 

As said biplarity is very complex illness, and it doesnt go away, it will be with you for lifetime, and the more you understand yourself how to live with it, and how to handle it, the better. 

From what I personaly know, and from what I have learned from others, and from what I have studied, CBD oil can help short term and should only bee used short term only if ever. 

Bipolarity have many layers, and common for all of them, is to live healthy first of all.

That means strict diciplined mapped road with food and what you drink and do not drink, sleep, daily routines, as well exorsize and keep yourself fit until the day come and you do not get out of the bed, and have to start all over again. The better you prepare for those times, the faster you get back on your feet again. 

Since you are bipolar, you might also be sensitive to different substances and you also know they will affect you different in what kind of mood or mode you are in. When you are normal to hyper, you can do anything without any negaitiv affect, and when in the lower mood, you know how some substances make even more ill. Of course when you are elevated above the moon, you really do not sense anything else than everything tastes good, and anything you gets your hands on do you good. 

Selfmedication is one of the challenges that comes with bipolar. 

And the higher you let you go, the deeper you fall. Quit simple but still so difficult. 

9 minutes ago, internationalism said:

a doctor at hospital shook my hand after an appointment. I never met him before, and he wasn't gay.

As I did not say anything extraordinary during interview, I do think he was trying to show me, that foreigners are welcome.

He was the only doctor in this department, who did not wear yellow shirt, was the youngest of them.

Yes, after leaving cabinet I disinfected with alcohol.

Hug with any woman is always very welcome 

Yes, some Thais still insists to handshake after a wai, and I believe they have been abroad or been working in international enviroment, since they useally is quite good in english as well. 

17 minutes ago, alx123 said:

I guess this is the result of manufacturers trying to make changes on their models every year. 

 

They cannot just sell the same looking motorcycle every year, so even if there's nothing wrong with the current look they'll try to think of ways to make it different from the previous years models. They can just put the same engine from previous years. Changing the look is obviously more cheaper and easier to do than adding more tech or improving the engine specs. Eventually they ran out of good ideas and end up with a weird looking bike. 

Now they have a good chance to reinvent the bikes, when the el tech styles takes off. 
 

I believe after 2000, there is minor changes you can do to an ordinary street legal bike in performance, unless you make them slightly off specs of what it could hve been, and make additional accessories to make the bike more personal og better spechs. Thats where the money is! 
 

Vut for the regular riders,  really do not need it for having a good time like me, I just like to turn the key, and ride. I can not be bothered to buy new exhoust, side panels etc etc. 

 If I want something nice and sexy to look at, there is women who do that job for me better than any bike ????

Meeting with other people, do you still give a good old handshake and hugs to your friends and people you meet? 

I do when they insist, but would rather not do, and just give an elbow instead. 

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

 

For me the looks of a bike are important. It's part of the ownership experience. Good looks and function aren't mutually exclusive.

I guess riders identity lays in the bike, the clothes or the uniform and who they like to be identified with, so yes for many it is important. I have always been thinking so many trying so hard to live up to an icon or a surten style no matter what it takes. But same goes for golfers, and other sports and hobbies. I am gladly paying more money for Dainese, than bying cheaper stuff, but I believe in their technology when it comes to safety, not because it looks good, but their safety standard and the fit apply to me. Same for my bikes, which I believe it is the best allrounders built today, and at a decent price as well. I have taken my bikes to its limits, or maybe better say my limit on dirt roads, gravel and to the track or the curvey mixed roads up north as south. Good travel machines. Bang for the buck. 

But do I think they look good? No, it is other bikes that looks better, but would not do the same job for the same price, nope  

11 minutes ago, VincentRJ said:

Are you sure? Read the following article.

 

"Animals unquestionably kill members of their species, all the time. Male lions slaughter all the cubs when they join a new pride; rival ant colonies of the same species fight bloody wars; chimpanzees have been shown to kill each other at similar per capita rates to humans.

 

We humans can be a violent species, with stories of war, murder and terrorism frequently hitting the headlines. Yet according to new findings, meerkats put our bloodthirsty tendencies to shame.
A team of researchers, led by José María Gómez, studied the murderous tendencies of 1,024 different mammal species. Meerkats came out on top, with 20 per cent of the cute critters being slaughtered by their own species."
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/do-animals-murder-their-own-species/

 

Some years ago I was amazed when I read that certain types of female spiders would eat the male after copulation had taken place. Read the following scientific report investigating the situation. What's interesting is that even spiders have differences in personalities which can affect their behaviour.

 

"Then the female spiders — all virgins — then were thrown together with males. The gentler females were more likely to copulate first before attacking their mates, whereas the more aggressive females went after the males before even having sex, the researchers found.

 

We reached the conclusion that there are aggressive genetics which vary among females and make them act aggressively, both when they feed off prey, and when they approach a male in courting," study director Jordi Moya Laraño told SINC. "Others are docile in both contexts, highlighting the existence of different personalities."
https://www.livescience.com/45066-virgin-female-spiders-eat-males.html

 

I hope I have enlightened you. ????
 

Ehm, some small devils in the paradise is just natural ???? so called male dominanse and violence as also female, yes, 

nature is rough, 

Got a nice little shower 2 nights ago, and been quite chill since then. Refreshing

Roughly 1000 l on my 6m x 6m roof collected. On the big roofs, all my tanks was full again, so nice for land and pond. 

I think whats give the designers challenges, is all the tech you have now that come with the bikes, compare to before 15 years back and beyond. 

Today, its packed with all kinds of tech, and still have the same criteria for weight and HP. Easier to design a clean nice good looking bike before than now. 

As said before, my bike is a tool to make mee feel god, comfortable and in control while riding, not something I am going to sit down and admire the look of it. I just want to ride, and look out, not in

Bangkok is only for flying out, and flying in, Bangkok Hospital, and embassy related. Trying my best to avoid bangkok, and rather driving outside when passing by going south or heading back home North. 

But when Im first there, it is the quality hotels and restaurants you find there I like, and I  Can mention two places we often go, Marriots Goji restaurant and No Idea Sukhumvit 22. absolutely worth every baht you pay. 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/pr/1823344/goji-kitchen-bar-wins-top-52-best-restaurants-bars-

12 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Same as the other poster, you think I'm accusing you to be intolerant!!

 

Are you folks so embedded with your egos to think that everything is about you??

This thread is not about you, it's about believing in God or not !

I'm talking in general !

Sometime we are blinded by other egos, who yet have to discover they still have, as well show it in a brilliant way time to time. As you know, (should now by now) if you managed to let go of your ego, you would never have been the top poster here in this thread ????????????

13 minutes ago, stupidfarang said:

Sai Ree beach is its name. Chumphon is laid back, not a tourist town. Not many tourist attractions here, has nice beaches, an international school and a couple of private schools which are very good. Great restaurants. Has a small expat community here around 300 people, great diving and snorkling to be had here

 

Thats about it for Chumphon. Oh there is a facebook page for expats but not much on it https://www.facebook.com/groups/1333712086758165

 

Google Chumphon and lots of info comes up

Not to forget Old Time Cafe, good food and beer and  live band as well? Not sure now, but when we have come past, they had. 

https://goo.gl/maps/uw5YtLLvPNs3gXPQA

18 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Most animals aren't moral..seen a cat play with an injured bird in pain..they would do the same to us if they were big enough. Seen one introduced species wipe out another. Morality suggests an intelligence to have choice.. animals just do what they do. Sure they impact the world less than us and some have a good nature but I would not call that morality.

Read most animals have good moral among their own specie, and most animals do not kill each other of same specie. 

Yes Killer whales kill other animals they eat, they even play with them to become a better hunter, and also teach the rest of the group. Thats what a cat do, when it try to teach you to catch mouse to. 

26 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Put this way, I have no disagreements with you... Except that intolerant people  would be intolerant,  regardless of religion.  .. and good people would be good people regardless of religion. 

So what you claim I am intolerant, and not a good human.

I would rather put it the other way around, that most of the humans have lived under control of religions and been surpressed over so many generations, that enough is enough when it comes to what the majority of people now do find as fairytales, but out of respect of culture, traditions, free religions, free speach,  and many other things, still put up with it. Also not to forget,  it is still  under control of the governments, or still influence politicians and politics to a certain degree, or to a larger degree for some governments and politicians. 

Intolerance goes both ways, and it is a great weapon to silence those who do not believe, and just put those who dissagree in the the group of bad people as well. 

Good moral, and being a good human, have nothing to do with religion. Animals have mostly good moral among themselves, and do they have any religion to tell them how to behave, or is just pure survival instincts. They know something we do not know, and that is if you are going to survive as a specie, you need good moral. Humans seems to lack that, even we have religion, common sense, higher iq ,,,,,,,,,,, and still we are the most self destructive animal on this planet we know of. 

46 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

You and the poster you quoted seem to have not a positive opinion of religion, i have a more neutral vision.

Apart from the fact that's not possible to know how the world would be without religion or ideals, beliefs of some sort seem to be inseparable from existence itself as we know it.

The problem starts when some people become intolerant, and the question is, how much intolerance one can tolerate?

Hopefully we have learned something about human nature by now, and should be able to make good decissions and be better at being religious humans?  Or are we still walking blind and will do the same mistakes all over again and again? History do tell us, we will do the same mistake over and over again and again. So why is it so hard? Why do religion have to ba so difficult? Why are we doomed to fail being good humans? Is it because most religions is going against our nature? 

You know what I have written about religion before, and you know you and me have the same view at things, with minor issues that seperates us. Im maybe have  a bit more objective view than you, and not as personal view, and I have a sceptic view on how people handle power, especially when given religious power, which I believe we also share. 

I call god the Nature, mother earth, the sun, the moon and the universe, and I do not believe in idividual spirit or conscinus. Thats where you and me seperate I think, but that is not really any big issue for me

1 hour ago, mauGR1 said:

Pretty fair post.

History is said to be written by the winners, and somehow it repeats itself.

.. Anyway,  I wouldn't call a Christian one who cheat, steal and kill in the name of Christ.

Ideals are often used as excuses for criminal acts.

You cant have success in life without stepping on anyones toes, or go against Jesus words. There is no life living by religion, but, to be fear, they already covered that pretty nicely as we all are sinners, and we all will be forgiven if we only ask for forgivness. Same as Budda would have been furious if ha had come back and seen whats done in his name. 

Being religious is for most people ha cover, and not possible for most humans to be 100% true. But it is nice disturbance and take away many peoples worries, and give hope as well keep people focused to stribe to be a good religious person. For sure helped a lot of mental disturbed and troubled people to stay on the track, and out of trouble for themselves as others.