CM Dad

That is truly ugly furniture.

He's not dabbling - he's very serious.

You and GG need to spend more time together. Perhaps you could begin a reading club. I suggest that you start with comic books since they use few few words and have pictures.

I haven't owned a TV in the 34 years I've lived in Thailand.

These are choices, not policies. You and your comments are weird.

Weirdo

Weirdo

If you are tired of seeing Thai faces then why did you decide to live in Thailand? Since you chose to live in Thailand, why haven't you made an effort to learn to speak Thai? If you need to be in a place where English is the predominant language spoken, then I would suggest that you move to an English-speaking country. You are obviously living in the wrong country.

In my 34 years of living here I have never had to show a wardrobe or and kind of closet with both my wife's and my clothes in it. In fact, we have never shared a closet space of any kind simply because there is no room for both her clothes and mine. Another fact is that there are many married couples who have separate bedrooms for a variety of reasons.

Check out Shirley Horn - Here's to Life.

How long will this last before it is curtailed or changed in some way? I will stick to my yearly Non-O stamps. I do wish that the government would focus more on those of us who have Thai families and have lived here for many years making substantial and continuing financial contributions to the country instead of temporary "tourists" who have no lasting commitment to Thailand and spend far less money.

The agent does not need your passport to do a 90-day report.

I agree. I have been here for more than thirty years, have a Thai family, speak Thai, have a yellow house book and a pink ID card, yet I know that I will always be considered a foreigner.

Bangkok is famous for horrible traffic and sidewalks so crowded with vendors that walking on them is almost impossible.

When I was shopping at my favorite Thai grocery store two days ago I noticed that one of the Australian boxed wines that I used to buy regularly was back in stock. I used to pay 1,095 baht for a 5L box. It has not been available for two months after the old stock was allowed to sell out. I picked up a box expecting the price to have gone down under the new tax system, but when I looked at the shelf tag I saw that the opposite had happened. The new price had increased by 300 baht and was now 1,395 baht! Needless to say, I did not purchase any.

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I'm not surprised that you can only last 30 seconds.

I quit drinking coffee three months ago. I was never a heavy drinker - one or two in the morning. I have found that I don't miss it at all.

I also bought land and built a house for my Thai family - all in my wife's name - investing several million baht in the country. However, if my wife dies before I do, I will not be allowed to continue living there.

International practices also allow the foreign spouses - both male and female - of a country's citizens to be treated equally. In Thailand they are not. As the husband of a Thai female citizen I must show a minimum monthly income or keep a minimum of 400,000 baht in the bank to be allowed to continue staying in Thailand with my Thai family. However, my foreign female friend (We are from the same country) who is married to a Thai male citizen does not have any financial requirements regarding her ability to stay in Thailand with her Thai family. Now that same-sex marriage is going to be allowed, perhaps I should divorce my wife and marry her brother or uncle then perhaps I would be treated equally "aligned with international practices".

Legalized casinos for sure!

Cheap alcohol? Not in Thailand!

Wrong! US beggars set up Go Fund Me pages.

I do whenever I go out. I do wear shorts at home and if I go to the beach, but I haven't been to the beach in eighteen years.

Perhaps tall hotels should simply not have balconies or windows that open.