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Thailand Ties With Italy in Top 10 Places to Retire
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
For a second there I thought you worked for TAT! In many cases you are right however in Thailand's unique situation it has regressed and not progressed. One just has to go into a Thai bank say 2002 and again today try to do business (it has not progressed) and then do the same with the uk or other civilised countries banking system. Schools also have gone backwards in Thailand. I personally don't reminisce about the good old days which were very hard and my favorite time in my life is now. -
Thailand Ties With Italy in Top 10 Places to Retire
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
For me in the early 2000's it was a paradise especially Kow Tow living and working there with over 300 dives then they poured concrete everywhere and it lost its charm. 2006 was the start of the rot then 2014 all was lost. It is really sad. -
Chinese could flock to "paradise" and "cheap" Thailand
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I had 3 x big bikes in Thailand as well but when you have a family a car/SUV is essential in Thailand. I've never owned a scooter and probably never would!!! Last vehicle I bought in Thailand cost me about £24k (I would never buy a secondhand car in Thailand though I would never buy a new car in the uk). -
Yes I have read it on the gov web site and also cross referenced it. The facts I stated are correct and are shocking. More yellow card have been raised than all other medications added together. Swine flu vaccine was pulled with a fraction of yellow cards. There is also the fact that it is estimated that only 10% of injuries are ever reported. I can also go on about the recorded excess deaths we are seeing in the uk, eu and usa obviously it's not related to the vax!!! There are 2 countries which are lucky not to be showing any excess deaths Canada and New Zealand!!!! These are facts not fiction.
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Well it's his story and plausible as not every expat in Thailand who works earns peanuts. I first went to thailand in 2002 and fell in love with Thailand. I split my time working in the uk and scuba diving, working and living on Kow Tow. After my first coup I noticed big changes in attitude so left. My wife and I came back to thailand in 2010 to live, built a house and had a good life but again another coup and we decided to leave everything and move back to the UK with our children in 2019. This was the best decision we made. Children very happy, love school and have lots of opportunities. My wife loves living in the uk and has good friends and me I have my garden, my house and a wonderful life. Thailand is for holidays and if we didn't have family or friends in Thailand I don't think we would bother ever going back as so many other beautiful places on the planet to see. Been there seen it and done it. Oh as a foot note: not all men marry thai women out of desperation of not being able to find a wife in their own country as not all thai women marry a foreigner because they have money. A Thai women in my experience wants above all a man who will love her, is responsible and is faithful a man who isn't running off with other women. Now been together nearly 18 years.
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Travel insurance warning after Welshman's motorbike crash
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Very lucky man as not many people survive hitting a solid object on a motorbike. -
Chinese could flock to "paradise" and "cheap" Thailand
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I did a lot of price comparisons between Thailand and UK back in 2019 before we left Thailand. From our weekly shop to fuel for my vehicle and vehicle prices. It shocked me that food had become more expensive in Thailand (we shopped in Tops and Big C). When I purchased my first vehicle in Thailand in 2005 "Triton 4x4" it cost the equivalent to £11,500 and in the uk it cost nearly £30k. Then when I replaced it in 2012 vehicles that were manufactured in Thailand had become several thousand pounds more expensive in Thailand than the same vehicle exported to the UK and sold. Even motorbikes used to be cheaper in Thailand but now are more expensive in Thailand than their exports to the UK. Where I saved money on fuel in the uk compared to Thailand was simple I don't drive a 3lt SUV in the uk (uk 2 cars Rav4 and a Honda jazz). We don't drive as far in the uk for shopping, school and social. -
“You buffalo!” How this animal became an insult in Thai
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Been my pet name for my wife for 15 years and I am lovingly her "Door Bell" (Ting Tong). However, never said in anger always in jest. There are other phrases used then.... lol -
Nope. It is recently released vax injuries/death in the uk. They are .Gov figures. A system used to report injuries "Yellow Card" the in 800 yellow cards issued is more than all other medications added together yet the silence is deafening (I believe us figures are the same other countries figures are similar). It is also estimated that yellow card reporting is only 10%. My wife was one, my cousin more serious "lost use of his arm". I was lucky as it never effected me but I also caught covid after getting the vax as did my wife who through her job got every vax going. Her covid was much worse than me but still was just like a normal cold.
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The figure is far worse 1 in 800 injuries this is being duplicated in USA and other countries.
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7 Airlines To Slash Airfares By Up To 20% From Jan. 2023
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
You obviously do! A reply is a reply. I think "Arogance" is one who thinks their comment is the Gospel!!! -
Think you need to read more history as you have it totally wrong. "Snake Oil Salesmen" went around the wild west and peddled medicine and ointment that they said fixed and cured every ailment. Yes science is now starting to come out with figures that can't be disputed yet mainstream and governments are ignoring. Example would be the Yellow Card warning system. There have been more Yellow cards issued against a certain medical procedure than every other yellow card issued which seen several vacancies pulled "Swine Flue vaccine" comes to mind. Again check the figures on the UK .gov website (why everyone doesn't check everytime some media or elite opens their mouth and spouts their truth (in my day we called them LIES).
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There is now more and more information if anyone wishes to check (the UK .gov web site is a great place for accurate information which totally contradicts main stream media and government statements). The so called rabbit hole is now more like the truth to a beacon of light. In the old wild west they called them snake oil salesmen.
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7 Airlines To Slash Airfares By Up To 20% From Jan. 2023
BritScot replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Very pompous! The article did not go over my head. You do understand the concept of answering a post? It is how thaivisa has flourished. If it were regimented about the specifics of details in an article there would be 2 posts and then just likes. It is all about people commenting then commenting on those comments. It's not Rocket Science. Thai Visa polices this and deletes offending Trolls as of yet I have no notification that my post has been removed so I will take it that my remarks are within topic.. Let the police police and the conversation flow. There is a great word that describes a person who takes it apon themselves to police everyone..... starts with a K.... -
Having lived and worked in Thailand while The right full PM was elected by the people for the people in power: there was growth of 12/14%, life was good for Thai Common people and expats alike and corruption was far less. I would like to point out that I did not like him but he was great for Thailand. Whatever the Taxins did or have done is miniscule compared to this shower. I personally know of not one officer in the British military who became a millionair on PAYE yet every Thai General seems to do it. The cardinal sin for any soldier is to overthrows a government. There is No! Excuse...
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Come on now!!! Do you honestly think he had nothing to do with getting her out of the country? Having either of them in Prison would have been such a rallying call for over half the country to focus on. This scares the hell out if the xxxxccvvccc who stole the country. Plus the ramifications from other countries including sanctions which would have followed and heaven forbid something happening to them in custody...... all the country and the world would need is that spark and the tsunami of flames would crash through the elite.