LetsGoJoe

On 6/9/2025 at 1:51 AM, Gabor said:

The going price for Thai massage is 150-200 baht.

Really, where?... a temple, blind-people, elderly....outside of the charitable domains, you would be hard pressed in Chiang Mai to find a massage for that rate...even a foot massage.

11 hours ago, redwood1 said:

350 for a hour is expensive unless thats a oil massage.....But the Ruskies were real slime-balls.....

Have you had a massage lately?....pretty much within standard pricing these days. The masseuses only makes about 100B , a hint to why many masseuses need to push for special services to make ends meet.

Ahh...the efficiency of Thai-team work! 😁

...and yet,the new dietary trend, the Sugar-diet" is sweeping America, and apparently endorsed by top "doctors" in the industry....2-steps forward, 1-step backwards.

On 5/13/2025 at 6:49 AM, Denim said:

 

Yes , and it was great ! Peace and quiet at last. No traffic jams , hotel rates halved , petrol cheaper , no queue at check out etc etc. My friends who live in Pattaya say it was the best time to be there. Good for the environment  too.

Yes, that period had it's charm...but not for the local people, who are still trying to recover from that s*#t storm!

Hey, might be onto something here....staged WWF-style cat & cock fights in the street...that'll bring the tourist in...er, right? 🤔

<removed> can be entertaining....however, it is slowly becoming pathetic.

I knew the Brit's were thick, but this one must have one hell of a thick skull to assumingly survive a .38cal point blank shot to the forehead. 😁

Yup, there's a new Sheriff in town and he ain't interested in making friends. He's cleaning House. 🤠

On 3/22/2025 at 9:09 AM, FritsSikkink said:

Most of the racist in Thailand are White

That's right!...Mighty-Whitey has a monopoly on racism, they invented it, like everything else in this world. 😆

Wow, this chap is well on his way to being buried in Thailand !

I'd like to see the police serve him with a charge of 'causing a disturbance in a public place' and fine him several thousand baht.

On 2/19/2025 at 4:11 AM, Aussie999 said:

I've never noticed they act differently, the ones I know are usually quiet, well behaved, and respectful.

"The ones I know"...yes, I can say the same thing, as I know many individual and couples....however,in the group dynamic a whole different behavior tends to manifest.

The other day I tried to send 20,000b from my home country account to my Thai account via Wise and it was going to take 7+ days to drop. I diverted to my wife's account and it took 8mins......can't help but wonder if this has something to do with taxation....?

On 2/10/2025 at 4:49 AM, Aussie999 said:

A few Israelis cause a disturbance and we see this article, signs banning Israelis, Israelis deported, but not the same action against Russians, Indians, Poms, Aussies and many other nationalities... I guess too many, and too much money lost, and maybe Israelis refuse to pay the corruption payments.

Israelis do have a particular 'charm' that tends to make them stand out over all other nationalities. 😁

9 hours ago, brfsa2 said:

The challenge here is the police managing to get their laptops any crypto wallet unlocked.

When it comes to this, the dirty police going to get a back over their head and make them unlock their BTC wallets, only then they get deported back to cheeseland. or like the Silkroad guy, that apparently "suicide" on jail after his BTC wallets got drained.

 

Most criminals love Crypto, they keep their crypto wallet locked until they are released.

 

That "silk road guy", Ross Ulbricht, received a pardon from Trump. The US Government stole his 144,000 BTC , a current market value of around $10 billion.

I recall seeing "no Israeli" signs in a few restaurants on Koh Tao like 20+yrs ago...couldn't imagine what inspired that sentiment .....😁

4 hours ago, placeholder said:

No, Musk isn't just exaggerating some things. He's lying and promoting lies.

.....and you of course know this to be true....? 🤥

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

The biggest mistake was Joe Biden not handing over the office before. 

 

Time will show, and just noticed BTC reached new high, and that says something about world status

As a Bitcoiner, I'm relieved that Kamala didn't win...for purely selfish reasons & for reason alone - Congratulations President Trump! 🎯

Looks like 'Freedom' has won the election....God Bless America...again! 😁

14 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

The whole thing is just very sad. Those poor mites.

Making the bus driver the sacrificial lamb will not add anything.

It is just a distraction to pretend that something is being done.

That poor "sacrificial lamb" will have to live with the thought of how many kids lives he could of saved if he had used the fire extinguisher and opened the emergency exits, but instead he run-off like a dog with it's tail between it's legs.

Good looks, money and no qualifications....other than Daddy as a former PM. (?)

I can think of another country with an equally qualified person in the drivers-seat - Canada with  Justin Trudeau...been working out well for them the past 11yrs 😉

On 4/6/2024 at 10:49 PM, lordgrinz said:

 

Not sure I would even leave the house with only 50-100 baht, I want at least a thousand and more like 3 thousand, just in case.

Oh for sure...never know when that ordinary massage may head for a sparkling twist & turn! 😁

I've had to do this recently, this option was explained to me by an Immigration officer in CM.

You can stay a total of 6-months without the bank-drop. This involves thinking with your feet; leaving Thailand (Laos for example) pay 2,000 b, turn-around and come back to Thailand, then after 1-month go to Immigration and get the 2-month 'visiting Thai-family' visa (1900b)....and repeat the cycle again one more time.

After 15yrs of non-'O' 1yr visas I was forced to compromise my visa bank-funds due to the effects of pandemic.

This can in the least buy you some time while you wait for things to align for your 1yr.visa.

I'm heading back to The Great Woke North for 6-mons and will try and get my 1yr. non 'O' marriage visa there as opposed to sending 400,000B to my BKK account and being charged tax (?) on that.

* A minor detail; the 400,000b has to arrive in your Thai bank from outside Thailand 2 months before applying for your visa.

                                                           Cheers & Good Luck