sillyfool

42 minutes ago, papa al said:

Sorry for not reporting for 25 hrs.

Went enduro riding this AM.

1.  papa has no new bike.

b. sent one back to BKK after evaluating it

4. rented one from PJ Trading, but not papa's bike, yet.

d. PJ had it serviced [oil, filters, new tires, new battery] but hasn't provided promised receipts, yet.

5.  papa will buy this tight bike within 6 days, regardless.  It looks and runs great ... 

except left rear-view mirror screws need tightened & lock-tight.

& tires seem over-inflated.

Thanks for your concern.  

Will try to do better.

 

 

here you go papa......

3 hours ago, ianezy0 said:

I remember when a beer was 1 shillin’ a pint, and wake up 1 hour before I went to sleep, worked down t’pit 23 hrs a day, got home to a shoebox and had to lick road clean wit tongue. You try tellin’ that to today’s youth...hic hic

ok boomer.

22 hours ago, Lacrimas said:

Yeah I'm considering to do the same for future citizenship application. Do we really need to hire the Thais if it is only me and my wife in the company? 

digital nomad citizenship ? hahahah best post this week.

8 hours ago, sillyfool said:

bought a used ktm duke 390 a few months ago. no complaints really other than i don't really like the engine sound the 1 cylinder makes. 

 

i rode from pathum thani to bkk and from pathum to trat already. both trips were really fun. 

 

replacement parts can be found on ebay for decent prices. your need to find a good shop to service it though. i found one out near me with great staff and service. they have done a bang up so far of fixing anything i wanted. bk bike shop - khlong sam - pathum thani

 

i drive it hard all the time and she keeps on giving. 

 

i wish i could find some foot rests to put on the crash mounts so i could extend my leg on longer trips. i have terrible ankles and knees and it wares on me after a while. 

 

seating position is decent but i am looking to replace the seat foam for my next trip. the foam is not great for longer trips at all. 

 

decent amount of power to get in and out of any troubles you may run into. small enough to get in between traffic as well.

 

i often ride into bkk on it with no issues at all. 

 

doesn't seem to be the best on gas but i think that is me and my terrible riding habits. 

 

 

was meant to read pathum thani to hat yai and pathum thani to trat. hat yai was a long ride.

19 minutes ago, Batty said:

Crypto is supposed to be free, under the radar, buy and sell without big brother snooping. 

not xrp.

if you dig into xrp you will notice some very familiar names and organizations on board.

xrp - on demand liquidity for cross border payments made by institutions etc. 

you want hush hush try monero. 

this little clip talks about the number of stores in different countries.

coinfield.com

i know it has service in thailand just not sure if you can use a thai account or baht. 

On 10/25/2019 at 5:41 PM, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Perfectly put. I'm the same age and when - not if - the day comes and they demand health insurance for those on marriage visas I'll have no choice but to leave. I have been married for close to 30 years and lived in Thailand for over 25, but it counts for nothing. Most of the people are, in my experience, still friendly and I'll always get a smile in the shops, but this government very clearly has an agenda to 'cleanse' their paradise of long-term foreigners. Maybe it's because if we stay longer than the rose-tinted glasses tourists we can see what a really f*****-up country it is, and we say so, and they don't like it.

 

I have organised my life so that I would have someone to take care of me in my fragile years, I have a nice home and devoted wife, but every day I have in the back, sometimes the forefront, of my mind that I have no future. Because of what is becoming one of the most repressive and unwelcoming countries in the world. I would not be able to return to the UK as my pension income doesn't qualify as enough to allow my wife to join me - a pension set by that same government that set the income level needed, by the way. So, I would have no choice other than to leave her behind, after 30 years of being together.

It really is no way to live, with that hanging over our heads. And for what? For what?

must be for the temples.

and another one. 

good thing it was just a 20k fine and you didn't actually kill someone with your recklessness. 

life is like a box of chocolates......

shaken not stirred ? 

my man you made a horrible choice. live with it. 

so to get a new non o from sava you have to wait for your current one to expire ? 

42 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

I am, especially at coffee mornings..

quite witty i see as well. 

21 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

Well I could come and join you Jezza and the guys and listen to you all discussing brexit and the exchange rate over a latte. Seriously, my life.

you sound like a real hoot to be around. 

find some good dank and substitute it for the booze. learn a new hobby or past time. start a course in school. learn how to woodwork. get a old beat up car and restore it. learn how to garden. volunteer at a school. take long rides into small communities and talk with the local people. travel to neighboring countries. workout. learn another language. find some new friends who you share interests with and build a new relationship. i just moved back to thailand a few months ago only to find that most of my thai friends have died since i left. life can be cruel to all of us but it doesn't have to be empty.

or plunge head strong into the booze and hope you can drown your sorrows. 

life is what you make of it. our time on this rock is so limited. don't look back and realize how much of it you wasted on frugal things. 

find a few women to poke. get a new gik or mia noi. 

watch the wizard of oz and play the soundtrack to floyd. 

you could clear any confusion up by detailing your visa and stay history in thailand over say the last 2 years. 

10 minutes ago, topt said:

Agreed as having read the OP I am surprised it was allowed to run with unattributable source and/or comments that looked like they had been selectively picked out - potentially changing the context.......... 

selectively selecting happenings all the time on this platform.

25 minutes ago, grollies said:

Went to the local store at the crossroads this morning. Chap who did some building for us and I haven't seen for a while was there with his wife. They both gave me a really nice smile and hello. He gave me a big cuddle, slapped my stomach and called me fat. He then asked what I was buying.

 

Like him? 'Course I do but not because he's Thai, they are just nice people - same as all over the world, good and bad. Nonsense topic.

slow clap for you.......