it is what it is

mate, don;t be lazy, get out there and look for yourself, have a word with people who live there.

working. comfortably retired, don;t need to work, but love to work, on my terms of course. life's fantastic.

really? this old chestnut again. Zzzzzzzz 🥱

no idea what it's like, but more than happy for all the sex tourists to be well away from me. so, recommend you return.

look in the mirror, there's your answer.

nonsense, pretty much every economically successful country has immigration rules and regulations that control the number and type of non-citizens who work in their country, thailand is no different. why refer to lazy thais? again, most economically successful countries have jobs that the local population will not do.

Recent analyses of presidential language consistently show that Donald Trump uses language at a lower grade level compared to most other recent presidents nothing recent about this, it's been clear to anyone who understand language use for years, it's one of the main reasons he resonates so effectively with his base

did they implement the return to 30 day visa exempt entry for most western countries, or is it still 60 days?

more to the point... Is it possible to rehabilitate a sex tourist back into polite society?

you'll be upset to hear that my thai gf is an excellent driver, she has five vehicles and drives all of them well.

thai's are not alone in their inability to do this, for example, norway and denmark lead in terms of household debt as a percentage of disposable income, with Norway at 246.30% and Denmark at 244.11%. The netherlands also has a high percentage, at 228.20%. so all in all, thailand isn't that bad

realise it's the poverty that makes them do this not so sure about this, most seem to have money for a smart phone, but not a crash helmet...

why do you need an agent to open a bank account? it's hardly rocket science.

Recent inquires to several AI systems reveal that Donald Trumps claims of "being able to pick the best and brightest people" seems to have back fired on him as many of his picks get fired or resign during his tenure as POTUS as shown here: i don't need AI to tell me this...

hummm... in 2022, 37.5% of 18 year olds in the uk went to university i've never received anything but excellent treatment from th NHS, i don't deny there are issues in some areas, but overall the NHS is an amazing asset. my pension is index linked and, as an end of contract pension, is extremely generous the cold weather payment policy has been accepted as flawed, and the govt is doing a u turn in the uk i have a beautiful house, beautiful car, and when i'm there an amazing standard of living

tbh, living in issan would seriously do my head in. but as they say, horses for courses.

but, really, is trump intelligent? he's good at promoting himself, good at spreading mis-truth and bullying, but intelligent? most people can see putin is playing him, and has been all along, this fact seemed to escape intelligent trump, most people can see the dire consequences of his unthought through economic policies, but intelligent trump can seem to see them...

yes.

it was indeed a fascinating approach to safety.

indeed. priorities.

traveled through central america twice and south america once, amazing countries, culture, history, food... keep your wits about you and you'll be fine. very little english spoken i had to rely on my school boy spanish 😁

yes, and no, you step out of line in singapore and it's pretty common for the authorities to come down on you like a ton of bricks...

...and they complain about the occasional toilet antics of chinese visitors...

miss world is still a thing? it wasn't even that great back in the day...

having an iphone (2022 model) as a personal phone (the only apple device i have) and an android as a work phone, i'd go iphone every time, it's just easier and more intuitive to use