Naam

4 minutes ago, bowerboy said:

There are plenty of poor countries and plenty of Buddhist countries but no country has ever been so utterly willing to sell out there daughters to pay for their lifestyle.

anybody ever told you "that's none of your business!"

1 hour ago, SuperTed said:

Ideally immigration reforms leave TH with (i) retirees who can afford to care for their long-suffering Thai wives and families, (ii) snow birds who can afford the maintenance of their house in the off-season, (ii) short-stay tourists, (iii) working expats with a work visa, (iv) students and (v) Thai Elite visa types. We just don't need all the in-betweeners.

being an "in-betweener" i should disagree. but i'll agree if Big J. let's me and my wife stay till they carry me out of our home feet first.

17 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

23 minutes ago, Naam said:

i pity you if believe fairy tales such as

when was the last time you were in Portugal and saw its "side"?

 

I'm not validating anything he says. 

 

But you take what he says on face value. 

 

I've gone through enough of these threads where regardless of the actual numbers, it's always supposedly a 'fiction'

i never take rubbish at face value.

11 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Place has been on a serious down slide for a decade. Still home to me and still like it, but it's not the same place anymore. Not even close. Needs another 1997 to bring it back to reality! 

i'd prefer 1977

10 minutes ago, euthanax said:

What are you guys talking about, the USD is still stronger than 2014,15',16',17', if it was great to live in those times then why is it not now. 

wrong assumption. here are the facts:

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

1 hour ago, jabis said:

Never seen so many gray haired people on a sunset strip - hopefully pattaya will never turn into gray fox ghetto like that ????

No chance. Farangs in Pattaya don't have hair.

i beg to differ!

2 hours ago, Huckenfell said:

On 1/25/2019 at 10:36 AM, Bullie said:

As a European, Thailand has now effectively lost its attractiveness to me, partly because it has become quite expensive (granted, mainly due to the downturn the Euro has taken), but also it has become hotter every year. Add to that the corruption and the difficulties concerning visa, the cost of proper health insurance plus the fact that we are effectively second-rate visitors with little freedom of enterprise.

 

Me and my family are leaving Thailand behind us and are off to southern Europe next month, with affordable healthcare, less corruption, better food, pleasant temperatures, lower cost of living than Thailand and all the freedom one could wish for as a European citizen.

And after a while the 'shine' will wear off and you will be moving again. Good luck.

the shine will wear off when the Spanish, Italian or Greek taxman (i don't dare to mention the French one who's the worst of all) will stretch out his claws and demands every year a tax return and documentation of worldwide held income and assets.

2 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

These kind of comments are always intriguing to me what motivates abject denial of fact.

 

Many us now do the two location thing, winter in Thailand, Summer in (insert farangland of choice).

 

So we tend see both sides in real time every year.

 

So it's strange to me why there is always such denial. 

 

Then again to paraphrase George Smiley..."the fanatic is always harboring a secret doubt"

i pity you if believe fairy tales such as

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Portugal, close to Coimbra. Nice freestanding house, 1500 m2 land with fruit trees, vines, some timber and private spring for a little less than 38,000 Euro's. Landtaxes less than 100 Euro's per year, cost of living 20 % lower than Thailand.

when was the last time you were in Portugal and saw its "side"?

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So we tend see both sides in real time every year.

7 hours ago, yogi100 said:

We've seen footage of former home owners reduced to living in tents in the USA, said to be the richest country in the world!

said by ignorants.

8 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

On 1/26/2019 at 12:34 AM, Booboo101 said:

As for prices, I have a nice pool villa, no mortgage, my electric is 1,500 a month, water 80 baht,  1,000 a month on diesel and my lunch every day is 60 baht, I don’t know anywhere in the world I could live like this !

Research Thailand Financial Crisis 1997.

for an expat the '97 crisis made every even much cheaper.

10 hours ago, bowerboy said:

Again though i do know that it can take a lot of money to get back into your home country if you decide to go back and that it just may not be financially possible for everyone..in that case then the situation is different

please enlighten me why it can take a lot of money to move back. all it takes is a ticket, a few days in a hotel/AirBnB and a couple of months rent. please consider my question a rhetorical one if the cost for a ticket, hotel and rent is "a lot of money".

On 1/25/2019 at 10:49 AM, Bullie said:

Portugal, close to Coimbra. Nice freestanding house, 1500 m2 land with fruit trees, vines, some timber and private spring for a little less than 38,000 Euro's. Landtaxes less than 100 Euro's per year, cost of living 20 % lower than Thailand. Pleasant climate, 1 hours drive to the ocean. Excellent seafood and vegetables I am not scared of eating. (I am very careful in Thailand due to the pesticides and poison).

 

Thailand can't beat that.

how many imbeciles do you expect to believe your fairy tales? 

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Four passports? TAT, you got that, he wasn't a single tourist, he was 4 tourists!

1 from China, 1 from HK, 1 from Macau and the last one from Thailand, he has been granted citizenship

another one who has problems to understand

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family passports

9 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Four passports? TAT, you got that, he wasn't a single tourist, he was 4 tourists!

what part of

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family passports

is it you don't understand?

it didn't take long for some poor boys to start the customary Thai bashing.  

53 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I probably encounter more immigration officials than the normal long term stayers as I like to have foreign holidays at least 4x a year, and it's rare to encounter one who doesn't go out of their way to be rude and difficult.

in all these years travelling to/from Thailand i encountered only once a rude immigration office (an old shrivelled lady). however, i also have to admit that the smiles and remarks of the 80s and 90s at airport immigration, such as "have a nice stay", seem to be a thing of the past. but considering the latter as hatred or resentment would be ridiculous.

50 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I thought you lived in a walled estate completely isolated & insulated from the locals?

you thought wrong.

6 hours ago, Ahab said:

There are some very fit guys out there that are in their mid to late 60's that might be able to marry a much younger woman without the direct stigma, but not so for a fat balding out of shape guy that seems to be the norm. A friend of mine has told me in Laos there is an actual formula (for natives and foreigners alike)  with acceptable ranges of age for the bride and groom. So you could just look it up.

only weak people care about stigma or a Lao formula of acceptable age ranges. strong characters (like me) marry young girls age 28! but nobody needs to know that this was nearly 40 years ago and that we are still happily married. 

2 minutes ago, Spidey said:

You didn't make it clear that your comment was a general one. It was in response to a comment about someone not having luck with women. My response holds good for women of any nationality, which I alluded to if you read my reply properly.

actually my comment applies to all situations in life and that includes the choice of partner. personalities, habits and attitudes change. there's no way to foresee these changes... especially when they pertain to women folks.  

On 7/1/2018 at 4:01 AM, AlexRich said:

Posters on here go on and on about how beautiful Thai girls are. Am I the only one who thinks there is nothing special about them? 

you are not alone. my wife fully agrees with your view.

14 hours ago, Spidey said:

On 1/21/2019 at 6:54 PM, Naam said:

shit happens even without any reasons

Disagree. You make your own luck in life.

you don't seem to have much life experience. my comment is a general one and not specifically referring to Thai partners of which i have no idea as my wife of 39 years is a foreigner in Thailand. go ahead, disagree and repeat "you make your own luck in life" when you are hit by a drunk driver's vehicle or acquire a serious health problem.

yawnnnn...

On 7/30/2018 at 7:35 PM, myprivate said:

It's a dilemma.

no it's not! i retired Seretide, Avamys, Berodual (spray and nebuliser), Ventolin, Spiriva (and what not powder inhalers) and replaced them by "Diprospan" (manufactured by Schering) every three months since several years. 

1 minute ago, marcusarelus said:

He accused you of hi jacking the thread which in my opinion you weren't hence my posts to you.  ????

thanks for the favourable ruling Your Honour!