Farmerslife

Aren't the visa requirements more stringent than here?

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I always 'dated' for the sex.

My rabbits provide any companionship I feel the need for.

I'm very relieved to hear it is that way round.

Eminently sensible, a good use of public funding.

This way they will be able to contain the next outbreak of covid-19 instead of allowing it to radiate out from Thong Lo.

33 minutes ago, talahtnut said:

Smokers are the nicest of people, they don't grumble and are

thinkers, from Jimi Hendrix all the way to Albert Einstein.

Governments don't want you to smoke because you might start thinking.

What, just like Stalin, Himmler, Pinochet, Charles Manson?  

Not a lot of free thought encouraged there, I would imagine.

The odds on me buying a winning lottery ticket.

Incidentally,  the shipping time from leaving my front door in the UK to arrival in Bangkok docks was only 8 weeks. 

If the OP would like any more details about the company I used and the process, then please pm me and I will answer as best I can.

A few years back I used Anglo-Pacific International when I left the UK for Thailand. I didn't have a huge amount of stuff only 429 cubic feet. The cost then, including insurance and VAT, was £2400.  

There was no damage from damp or mold. I even left the stuff in storage in Bangkok for a couple of months before I had it delivered. 

I attach some information that you might find useful.  

Thailand.pdf

1 hour ago, MZ8275 said:

She will still message me from time to time to prevent me from moving on, keep me depressed and harass me mentally.

She will still be able to do this whether you are divorced or not. You need to break the hold she has on you.

Good luck. 

What is the land like? Is it currently being farmed?  If so, what crops? What are your intentions? Is it level? Is it stoney? Is it fertile? Do you have water? Do you need to sink boreholes? Does it flood in the rainy season?  Does it have access to the road network? Is farm labour available in the area?

Rather further afield there's the USA Military Scrapyard on the Mittraphap road just before Muak Lek. An astonishing place. All manner of vehicles, helicopters and everything in-between.
Probably further than you want to travel but if you do find yourself heading towards Isaan worth the visit.

USA Military Scrapyard
092 123 5552
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vDCNuCtRLT6tX8Mu7

Thank you for your contributions, varied and thoughtful.

If I'm still around, by the time you return, I look forward to reading more of them. 

I'm not a lover of tinned vegetables,  with the notable exception of tomatoes. You would be better off buying your beans, pulses, legumes dry rather than canned. Sure you have to put in a bit more effort to make them ready to use but I'm guessing you have a fair bit of time on your hands.
Buy online and have them delivered. Lazada has plenty of choice and the prices are cheap.
  Alternatively, for fresh vegetables find an organic farm in your area. They will probably do deliveries of small quantities, a kilo of this, half a kilo of that etc. by courier, post or direct.

15 minutes ago, peter zwart said:

No, Billy boy (Gates) said he would go short on Tesla. Seems that Elon kicked him in the balls with this Twitter acquisition. Billy boy lost it a bit and want to control everything. Elon has different thoughts.

Seems like Gates called it right. 

3 more for your list;

Women's Waists
The Asian Magpie
Salaries

I have had an ultrasound and a subsequent biopsy for tumours on an enlarged prostate but it has not been suggested to me that I needed a MRI scan. Are there, perhaps, other reasons why your doctor feels this is necessary?

As anticipated - two fingers up from the UK Government.

The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Give U.K. pensioners living abroad increases with parity as those in the U.K.”.

Government responded:

There are no plans to change the policy. The Government continues to up-rate the State Pension where there is a legal requirement to do so.

The UK Government has no plans to change the current arrangements for payment of UK State Pension overseas................

They conveniently overlook the fact that many of us still pay income tax in the UK on our total pension income if it takes us over the £12,500 personal allowance. 

• U.K. exports for 2020 was $741.01B, a 15.77% decline from 2019.

• U.K. exports for 2019 was $879.80B, a 0.33% decline from 2018.

• U.K. exports for 2018 was $882.69B, a 10.11% increase from 2017.

The brexit dividend.

So Thailand, along with another 140 countries, signs the UN resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine and then what do they do  exactly .........? ......... Nothing  ........ that's what!  Subsequent inaction renders the signing of the resolution meaningless. 

Merely an attempt to stay on board with the majority of world opinion but with absolutely no intention of doing anything about it. Fence straddling at its worst. Perhaps, the Government would have been more honest had they not signed the resolution in the first place.

37 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I mean that, why would I post my present-day photo, if I could alternatively choose a photo from my rowing days, days gone by when I was slim and trim?

How would you react if the woman adopted the same tactic?

It's easy to say I would have bought Amazon and Netflix shares at their launch and sold at their peak or whatever and it would have changed my life but the reality is would I want to change my life?  

 Despite looking back at all the mistakes I've made (and there have been as many as the stars in the firmament ????) I've still managed to enjoy so much. 

 As @Gottfrid has already said life is good. I wouldn't want to give up the fun I've had and swap it for, an admittedly more comfortable existence, but end up being bored spitless.