SuperSilverHaze

On 2/23/2023 at 8:07 PM, Tropicalevo said:

I am not surprised that many young people are depressed. Tell me again, what does this government do for them?

It's not up to the goopermunt to do things for you.

The depressed are the poor little rich girls high on xanax and zoloft. The poor soldier on.

49 minutes ago, khaowong1 said:

I was going to say, we really need a business man to run the country, but oops.  That was Thaksin.  

Business minded people are a very mixed bag in government. They are potentially better at managing fiscal issues but often clueless in understanding the purpose behind the public interest. Life cannot always be reduced to numbers and money.

13 hours ago, bang saen guy said:

A friend of my with told me a story about this young lady. Supposedly, by the time she graduated uni, all her profs had new houses and drove Mercs

Why wasn't this speculation called out and flagged?

Why would she need to do this? Smart woman, best of Thai schools. Universities here cakewalk. Makes zero sense but go ahead... bet you're anti Taksin.

13 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

I suspect you probably get a lot of condescention with those prehistoric views

I honestly don't care what those people think of me. Anything they please. That's the way the world is supposed to function.

Waiting on that side splitting Silverman clip

2 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

I rest my case m'Lord.

I challenge you to post something funny this woman performed - any media/um.  Let the board judge.

Like I stated... smug and condescending.

If we could only turn the clock back ten years.

He has a right to his opinion but as health minister why does he feel compelled to comment other than CYA and possible run for prime minister...?

Chuwit track record pretty good

Yes, and it wasn't bats from south China most assuredly!

1 minute ago, DrJack54 said:

You need to obtain screenshot of TM30 from owner and have it with you if you need to have dealings with immigration. 

 

Yes, of course he'll send the screenshot

If I have dealings?

Well, we all have dealings sooner or later.????

Changed condo after many years.

The condo owner will do a tm30 online march 1

Do I need report same to immigration as well? Immediately or 30 days later ok at 90 day?

Thanks

10 hours ago, radiochaser said:

I wonder the same about alcoholic drink.   

A more dangerous substance for intentional inebriation for many people in the world.   It must be something ingrained in the brain as even animals and birds will intentionally become inebriation, such as eating fermented fruit. 

 

You can't bring alcohol on flights legally so what's your complaint?

Actually, Thailand has completely missed this industry and it's the source of latex around the world. Can also do plastics, cheapish labor.

Decades late.

2 hours ago, mark5335 said:

I had a similar experience, but they (DLT Bangchak) did have a slot for me 2 months later which would have been more than one year after expiry. So instead, I travelled to a less busier province (Petchaburi) and thank fully got it done there in less than an hour.

Thanks

I saw that trick posted. Perhaps even you. Clever move and I'd thought of it but was working

1 minute ago, Old Croc said:

Most of the service people in Phuket originate from all over Thailand . Where do you think all the younger people in Issan migrate to for work? Places like Pattaya, Bangkok and Phuket of course.

I fully understand this. I've spent considerable amounts of time in past thirty years in the south.

You illuminate the obvious and your point does not negate mine in the least.

Where I travel probably half are from upcountry. Many though are relocated in south and don't return in low season

1 minute ago, Old Croc said:

Of course, it's an Island!

Having a connecting bridge doesn't change that fact!

There are hundreds of islands around the planet that have tunnels or bridges to another land mass.

Weak.

There are rivers in Thailand far wider than that separates mainland from the blessed island of milk and honey

1 minute ago, Old Croc said:

The usual herd of Phuket haters have leapt onto this thread.

Most have only ever spent a short holiday in the town of Patong and found prices above their budgets.

Yes, taxis, etc. are a rip-off and more expensive than anywhere else in Thailand. It is a shameful national government failure that mafia organizations are allowed to ply their crooked trade there with impunity and can even dictate their own excessive price structures.

Why surprised that the tourist towns are expensive? As one of the world's most visited tourist destinations it naturally has higher prices and more rip-off merchants than Nakon Nowhere in Issan. Try to find something cheap in London or Paris.

However, this thread is about expat living and general COL expenses.  Try reading the OP again! Expats rarely use the mafia products and generally do not reside, shop nor eat in the tourist centers.

For the astute, Phuket has all the advantages of its world class scenery, beaches, Islands, etc. without becoming a patsy for the thieves. 

 

No, they just get banged up in road accident left for dead, hassled by cops, ripped off in Patong like any noob bc despite living there ten years they still don't know or care about you. Hospitals criminally expensive, tourist infrastructure not expat infrastructure, hordes of tourists, immigration hassles, airport taxi hassles..

1 hour ago, riverhigh said:

My only memory of Phuket was how unhelpful the southern Thais were and their lack of willingness to interact with foreigners unless money was involved. Foreigners treated as cash cows.

This is Phuket and part of my whinge. S Thai are very nice, fun people.