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Ginboy

I’ve said this in many threads over the years. I’m always amazed at how many seem to think that selling up their entire life to go to Thailand, where you are at best a temporary ‘guest’, is a good idea. If not insane, it's reckless at best.

that applies to poor people only.

1 hour ago, siamcrut said:

pat pet moo glob.

good that we are all fluent in Thai.

59 minutes ago, Vermaric said:

Fear not brethren!

58 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

Of course there will be a crash.   That's historically correct.     The 64K $ question is when?

i think i will happen on a thursday about an hour after lunch.

12 hours ago, mogandave said:

I never worked in a cubby hole.

for a few weeks i worked under a thatched roof (no walls) in the African Bush. it was big fun!

12 hours ago, Black arab said:

Dot com sub prime and the next is coming so everyone is saying.

dot com wasn't a crash like subprime which affected virtually all financial assets, causing an international banking crisis and bank collapse. really burnt were only greedy investors in dot com stocks.

i agree that the next one is coming. this is only a matter of time.

9 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

10 hours ago, Black arab said:

I ca  only go by what i have seen and read

Unfortunately a lot of what is available to see and read is complete rubbish.

and that applies especially to youtube!

On 9/18/2018 at 2:26 PM, Black arab said:

It apparently happens every 7- 10 yrs last one being 2008.

says who?

21 hours ago, siamcrut said:

Today in soi 23 far down.

2 hours ago, tutsiwarrior said:

'what's tutsi doin'?' 'the usual riot, he's seduced a 25 y.o. local woman and is about to get kicked outta school as a result...'

zat means yew vere vone vicked boy zen Tutsi! did you have to romance her in Quechua or simple Spanish?

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Facing reality is pretty good therapy. You should try it. Along with some serious research into Islam, what it is, how it operates, etc.

research into Islam will vindicate Maassen's utmost stupid behaviour?

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The deal allows each of the three parties to claim it got what it wanted. But opposition parties were quick to denounce the deal as a face-saving measure that effectively amounted to a promotion for Maassen.

with an increase of his annual salary by €UR 30,000.- ! 

2 hours ago, watcharacters said:

And what about if you have earned income generated in thailand?

then you pay income tax in Thailand. better having income generated in Singapore and living in Thailand = no income tax!

2 hours ago, dddave said:

I find it really sad that a simple discussion relating to air conditioning, like so many other benign topics here on TV, can descend so quickly into petulant bickering and boorishness, almost like internet road-rage.

It's like you're all eight year old's in the back seat of a car.

simple discussion don't lead to negative development. wrong and misleading advice should be denounced.

1 minute ago, simoh1490 said:

I'm certain that Europeans have similar dishes that don't appeal to everyone but that is much loved by the locals.

you are right! there's a dish served in southern Germany which i like very much. but eating it i am neither able look at the plate nor at the spoon. the latter i guide to my mouth closing my eyes.

p.s. when my wife saw me eating that dish the first time she was horrified and exclaimed "you are not sleeping in our bed tonight!"

27 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

Oh yes, and just to add, yesterday at Booths supermarket we found probably the best steak and kidney pie I've ever tasted, absolutely wonderful, try finding this bad boy in Thailand

try finding something yuckish like this in one of the civilised countries of Central Europe.

12 hours ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

A cautionary tale? More like a stupid post.

 

So, he was expecting that everyone bows to him and his glorious return after he mongered in Thailand for many years including his family who, god forbid.... had a job.

 

The female company that he so missed back in his home country will be available in Thailand for him as soon as he opens up his wallet. 

a most stupid comment. what are the options of a man in his eighties than to open his wallet should he desire female company younger then 70? 

4 hours ago, eyecatcher said:

Another valuable comment on this thread, criticises and offers nothing else.

Laugh all you want, the only thing I made a mistake with was i said my 9k unit, actually its a 12k unit and for my 200bt extra, i ran it for 21 days through the night only.

Its safe to say tgat 200bt isnt much more than the cost of a ceili g fan over the same period.

what part of my comment

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i consider it a waste of time to go into details.

is it you don't understand?

our bedroom is cooled down to 18-20ºC. when we go to bed big unit is switched off and small unit on set to 26ºC. the room warms up over the hours as our bodies demand it. small unit kicks in when temp reaches 26º. never had any "too dry" problem. relative humidity in bedroom is never below 55%.

On 9/16/2018 at 10:10 AM, startracker said:

Is there a trick or method to not have an aircon dry out all the air? I don't see any extracter fan or whatever, if there should be one. 

no trick/method available. aircons dry out the air by condensing humidity of the room air on the cold evaporator from where it is drained through a pipe. no need for any extractor fan/gadget. you can reduce the drying function by running the fan at a higher speed and/or increase the temperature setting.

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CGW said:

I was referring to personal income tax, I moved to Thailand many moons ago due to the ridiculously high personal income taxes in the UK, the saving pays for the many goods that cost far more here in Thailand. 

for many goods? it pays for each and every Baht of our living expenses in Thailand plus, on top of it, there's even a decent bundle left.

4 minutes ago, ttrd said:

What is irrelevant is to take something out of context so it loses its original value….

what value?

5 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Why only 8 years?  why no death penalty?

yeah why? either we get answers or else!

34 minutes ago, ttrd said:

Who can have faith in a system like this…

if you live in Thailand you are in the system. having faith in it or not is irrelevant.