Bugsy777

My Thai wife and I live in Perth. Shopping at the local supermarket we had a problem with the automated checkout. There was a fifty something woman working there. She came over and fixed the problem. As she left she said to me, "your daughter was leaning on the scales." Normally I would laugh it off but she said it with such an unpleasant sneer that I kneed her in the groin.

Well, not really. But it was a near thing.

In countries that are taking swift action, the rate of infection  doubles every 8 to 10 days and it can be longer. In countries doing virtually nothing, infections will double every 4 to 6 days. This means that in Thailand, virtually all citizens will have the virus within about 8 weeks.

Most people won't be too bothered. However the numbers of vulnerable people will be about 3 to 4 million. Without hospitalisation a large proportion will die. The idea of drastic action is to stop a big number being seriously ill at the same time, as the health system cannot cope with hundreds of thousands needing intensive care and ventilators. There is just not enough critical care beds or ventilators to go around.

Your health insurance won't save you if there are no available beds. 

Take vitamin C at the rate of 40mg per kilo of body weight and spread the dose over the day. Take about 4000/5000 of vitamin D daily. Various mushrooms have anti viral properties. Build up your immune system. Avoid crowds. Wash your hands carefully and often.

High dose vitamin C helps in resisting viral infections. Don't wait till you are ill. Vitamin C passes through the body quite quickly so you need to take it regularly. Say 3 or 4 times per day. 2 or 3 grams over the day should be enough. In some people it can cause your bowels to flush. Not such a bad thing. Your body will adapt and that will pass. If you do get sick, try increasing the dose. During normal times, 1 gram ( 1000mg) per day should be enough. 

Years ago I caught an old rattle trap from Hua Lamphong to Surin. We clunked and creaked and banged throughout the night then stopped in the middle of nowhere. Nobody seemed to know what was going on and cared less. I finally got up and went to get off and have a look around and a train guard stopped me and said in quite good English, "sorry sir, not long. Man sleep on line and we just clean up.".  All this with a big smile as he motioned me back to my rock hard seat. A minor inconvenience apparently, going by the lack of concern by all except me.

18 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Why did you cancel the trip to Bali?

I agree Bali is nothing like it used to be in the 1970's.

We would have been going in June and we figured that corona virus would be there by then. Also, the Indonesian Government is is not averse to hiding the truth when it comes to possibly reducing their tourism income.

In 2016, 1.25 million Australians visited Bali. That's thousands per day returning. So maybe I'm wasting my time avoiding infection. Might just be best to get it and either cark it or recover. lol.

It's a risk. You could die. How is your health right now? Are you past middle age? Put $1000 USD on one side of the ledger and your life on the other side. Does it balance?

"Giving human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects or natural phenomena is a human trait called “to anthropomorphize.” Sadly, as in the tragic Sea World attack the proclivity is forgotten as we wonder why the animal behaved as an animal."

We do much the same with so called, heartless killers. There is a wide range of psychopaths. Feelings of empathy, compassion and pity are mostly alien to them. Very clever psychopaths realise that their feelings and behaviour are not the norm and so they do their best to adapt and try to, at least, display normal human feeling.

Then there are psychopaths that have not had that realisation. They just assume that everyone feels the same as they do. Shooting an innocent two year old is an emotionless action similar to moving an inanimate object out of their way. They cannot comprehend the misery and grief that they have inflicted on the boys Mother and Father and beside that, they don't have the capacity to care.

There are lots of psychopaths. Many millions of them with varying degrees of psychopathy. They are not all crazed killers. Certain occupations draw them like flies. They are often very clever and unburdened with ethics and the like. The medical profession and police are just a few.

On 1/4/2020 at 12:13 PM, Just Weird said:

"How's that?"

My money's on it being total nonsense.

A guy in Victoria (Australia) got fined by the local council for making his firebreaks wider than allowed. His house is still there but his neighbours homes are gone.

Well, it can happen. You are far more likely to fall in love than she is. When that happens, and it will if you pursue this, she will be in control. Control means access to money, your money. You may think not but you ignore the power of the p#**y at your peril. When she has completely drained you of cash, you will be discarded to become one of the many sad destitute characters hanging around Pattaya or you'll go home with your tail between your legs.

Having said all that, I personally know guys who have taken the girl out of the bar and are still going strong 11 years later and living in another country. Take care, keep your wits about you. But if you give yourself completely over to 'true love' then heaven help you.

When Hugh Heffner was alive and living in the Playboy Mansion, he had lots of Bunnies living with him. If Hugh had lived in  a one bedroom flat and wasn't rich, would the Bunnies have been there? Would anyone have known who Hugh Heffner even was?

Play it safe but have fun.

9 hours ago, Jack19290 said:

A few answer here, thanks everyone. I'll answer as best as I can.

 

I told her I will return in 2 years time. The apporch thing, how to explain, I'm a good dancer, I danced my way over to her and she is also a good dancer so we bounced off each other. 

 

She didn't ask me any of those questions and still hasn't to be honest. Actually she did ask how long I was on holiday for which was 6 days remaining.

 

At 63 if you can hang from a fire escape you are welcome to the girl lol 

 

She is not sexy, she is average and cute I suppose, there are a whole lot more sexy girls than her.

 

I don't care what people think, I just wanted to make sure I'm not being played. Which I think nobody is to sure yet as this is a weird situation. I do make good money but don't want to send it over there because then it will be like I'm paying for someone's company and I do not do that, don't need to lol

 

Everyone is human, prostitute or not, everyone deserves a good life and yes I would introduce a prostitute to my family as long as she no longer is, everyone's life is hard so reason to belittle anyone.

I personally know 2 guys living in Australia who met their current wifes in a bar.  One in Pattaya and one in Phuket. No question, these ladies were prostitutes. One couple has been together for 11 years and have 2 children and the other have been together 7 years and have one child. So far all seems well. I've been visiting Thailand regularly for nearly 20 years and I guess the success rate with bar girls is less than with others. The problem for you is falling in love and then finding out that she is just out for your money. Painful lesson for many blokes whether in Thailand or anywhere. Also, good Thai girls don't hang around bars but just because she does, doesn't mean that she is necessarily bad.

If you intend maintaining this relationship then you need to keep your wits about you and don't let the hairy lassoo tie you up. At some point, you will begin to trust her. So all I can say is this. A crocodile will watch you come down to the river many, many times before it strikes.

11 hours ago, mogandave said:

400k married, 800k single.

One should also assume it will increase at some point, so saving additional funds for when it is does would be a good idea...

40 minutes ago, Olmate said:

your married you won’t get single pension even if living in Thailand, so it’s married rate of Aus pension, not sure what that is so guessing about 30k baht month...bit light on if only income.?

My mistake. I have other income but just trying to look at minimums because as another said, the amounts will change over time. I think I'd rent for a few years just to be sure. Cheers Olmate.

10 hours ago, Olmate said:

Mate your married but on a single pension? You can get OAMulti retirement at Canberra Embassy with combo income and bank deposit in Oz with equal to 800k baht ,good for 2 yrs. here you.ll need either 40/65kmonthly into Thailand bank or have 400/800 in Thai bank, depending if you extend as retiree or marriage. 

Not on the pension yet. Still working but trying to get my head around this so that we can plan. What do you mean 400/800? Is it 400 or 800. I was going to buy a place but I don't want to end up not being able to stay there and then maybe not be able to sell it.

10 hours ago, Henryford said:

If you are married you need either 400k in a thai bank or a monthly income of 40,000. Your $900 a fortnight is just enough, at current rates.

Thanks Henryford. I can easily keep 400k in a Thai bank so does that mean that the single pension isn't needed or doesn't matter or can I do a combination pension and savings?

On 1/7/2019 at 5:15 PM, taichiplanet said:

the heading is misleading as it is not exactly what is needed for these 'visas', it is only exactly what is needed if you are using the income method. We are still presuming that the money in a bank account method remains the same.

First time here. I am married to a Thai national and living in Australia. If we choose to retire in Thailand is the single Australian pension enough (about $900 per fortnight) Do I need 65,000 baht per month or 40,000 per month and do I need to have 800,000 in a Thai bank? I've read these posts and I'm none the wiser.