Adumbration

No insurance, no licence, and no assets, lives in a rented 2K5 room. Poor little Chinese rich girl is screwed. Never get 1 baht back from Somchai. And if sue, she will get a periodic payment verdict of something like 1K per month. Somchai will make the first two or three payments then stop. Then back to court two of three times. Then Somchai will go to jail. Then no payments. At best she will recover 4 or 5K baht, less the 50-100K she has spent on her lawyer. No win situation. That is why I drive an very old car here and although I have the means would, never, ever, buy a new vehicle to drive on Thai roads. On another note, is it really possible to buy a Rolls just by opening a couple of restaurants in Patts and BKK. In true Thai fashion of turning the victim into the bad guy, I would not be suprised if the next story that emerges out of this situation is the RTP investigating the Chinese woman and her associates and discovering that they are up to no good and so Somchai does not have to pay any money to fix the Roller.

Good grief these bot posts are becoming depressing. Are there any real members left on this forum (and still live in Thailand?)

It ok. The New Zealand property bubble is safe. Parliment has just enacted new legislation enabling sheep to apply for a residential mortgage.

This is all just white noise. Anutin will be the next PM. I have been telling you guys that for twelve months. The outcome was already decided long ago by the person in charge.

Cosplay?

Thonglor and close to BTS line. Lots of nice boutique hotels and restaurants in that area.

Hammock swingers often gather at the house next store to mine to talk about lottery numbers. Actually... to shout about lottery numbers. Endless hours of circular substanceless back and forth. 735..no...143... and so on. I sympathised with them at first because they all have such tiny little lives. Most of the guys live alone in shacks and do not even have TV or a smart phone. But sometimes, I just crack. I have a high end very loud aluminium blue tooth speaker. I sit it out in my front yard next to the gathering, and on top of an upturned big stainless steel dish (this maginifies the bass and resonance a good deal). Then I play this Youtube clip on loop until the group leaves: They are all quiet well trained now and leave almost immediately when i fire up the speaker. Oh. And it would be remiss of me not to mention that they all <deleted> hate me.

Good grief. The thought of giving Rolls Royce parts to a Thai panel beater sickens me. No better example of strawberries to a pig. To be repaired propery lead wiping, not 200 baht per tin TOA bog must be used. Guess which option the Thai panel beaters will use. As if the owner would not have the best first class insurance. Because, of course, Somchai driving the pick up will have none, and the truck will be on lay away. Probabaly better than 60% odd the pick up driver does not even have a licence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s7MhoCjxQc

Could be what you say, could be BS on his part and getting a deal from a friend or relative, or he could be way out east of Perth in the saltbush and mulga. Regardless, he is in a world of hurt if he loses tenure on his current abode. Hundreds of stories now in the Oz press about the huge new wave of homeless OAPs. Used to be they would just have enough money for rent if they switched off all the lights and eat no brand dog food in the dark. Fact is now there is just nothing at all in the rental range that is remotely affordable on the OAP. At least the homeless might have better food options.

This thread is very misguided and ill informed. Bargirls are, in fact, a much cheaper option than a "good" Thai girl. Here is a working example. I have a friend in Isaan. She is well educated with degree from Chula. She works in management for a big medical equipment factory in KK. She ditched the husband years ago. Worthless sitting around all day playing computer games. Lives with her mum in mum's house. She has two kids 10 and 14. She is on 45K per month and is flat broke and has 320K in credit card debt at 20%+pa interest. Unsolvable financial situation IMHO. She is very actively looking for a Farang to ride in on his white stallion. She is a stunning lady by the way if anyone is interested.

She is worth exactly the advertised price. 65thb.

Realestate.com.au is the oldest and most popular realestate website in Australia. Here is a link to a filtered search for rental accommodation in greater Perth area. Filters are for $250 per week and 2 bedrooms. Search result: zero properties found: https://www.realestate.com.au/rent/with-2-bedrooms-between-0-250-in-perth+-+cbd+and+inner+suburbs,+wa/list-1 You need to pray your landlord does not terminate your lease to get a higher paying tenant in. I hear that is all the rage nowadays back in Oz. What exactly is your plan if you get kicked out of the place you are currently renting?

You should have moved all of it into THB and USD. I should have also. No way but down for the AUD. China is doomed due to unsolvable inverted population pyramid resulting from one child policy. It is frankly terrifying to think that the AUD is now trading at a level normal reserved for huge risk off events like 9-11 or Covid. If it is trading at circa 60c and there is another black swan event it will break 50c resistance for sure. Those living on the Australian OAP here need to start working on their plan B right now. Australia lorded itself as the wealthiest country on the planet because of ponzi scheme house prices. A three bedroom fibro ex housing commission house in Mt Druitt is not worth a million dollars..not by a long shot. But now the game is up. Yes the meth lab house in Mt Druitt will still be worth one million dollars. But that will only equate to 300-400 USD. The RBA has also halted raising interest rates because the mortgage cliff has arrived. That will apply further downward pressure on the AUD.

Wow. Collapse really picking up steam now with poor economic data coming out of China. A full 1c decline overnight. AUD now trading at 64c. Next stop 60c.

Yes. 3% surcharge. You might like to claim the amount that shows up on your credit card statement as a business expense....

Worthless topic in the absence of photos of the bar girl.

AUD USD now 65c with no black swan event. Next stop 60c

This Forbes article is entirely wrong in every aspect: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/au/investing/currencies/aud-to-usd-forecast-and-trends/

Collapse back on track as predicted. Some analysts are now predicting 40c to the USD.

Bot. There is only a tiny handful of real members remaining on this forum.

He is a fictional poster. Most of the new topics on this forum are now created by bots. They have to do this because there is just a tiny handful of real members remaining on this forum.

Poorly drafted survey. It should read what percentage of foreigners are worth talking to face to face.

There are hundreds of them available on shopee and lazada. And they are very cheap. Just keep buying and trying to you find one that you like. That is what I did. Just have a look at the ones that are cheap but have high 5 star ratings. You can convert the Thai language feedback into English using Google translate. If you do not want much of a scent you can also buy lightly scented alcohol by the litre. There was lots of it online following covid. Super cheap if you head down that path.

As @BritManToo has properly stated, adopting a formalized retirement visa in any country should be the very last option considered. There are often better and much more flexible solutions available.