Reginald Prewster

1 hour ago, save the frogs said:

why would you make someone work that many hours? sounds like slavery to me. 

 

We are all working long hours, but more we are since over 15 years bond like a family to achieve our goals. 

Nobody is pushed to do overtime, but we all do it with the confidence and will to win.

If you have no clue what self employed means, then you might come along with your 8 hours day.

Quoted text from a Reporter..

...In concrete cells which hold up to 20 prisoners, space is limited and often prisoners have to sleep sitting up. During the summer months the heat is oppressive, during the rainy season the prison sewers regularly flood.

One's quality of life on the inside is dependent on cash gifts from the outside - from food to bed sheets, everything has its price. 

Mostly my customers booking the hotels for my time I work in their projects and they are generally OK..

The only thing I am looking for are free Pens on the desk... ????

My monthly salary is high up in the 6 digits.. 

The transfer comes as freelancer from different countries and companies but it never takes longer that 2 days.

The Bank calls my wife: There is money coming what is that?

My wife needs only respond on the telephone: Salary for my husband, month, company who sent and country where it came from... 

I drive myself and always chose only shops in the Goldilock Zone.

Arriving at home it's not too hot and not too cold.

Ok the pizza is sometimes a bit mashed because there is really not option to transport a 12-16" pizza horizontally on a scooter or if you go too fast the box flips up and hit your chest.. 

But I do that because 2017 my food didn't arrive and I have seen the next day my KFC bag in Pattaya News, which made clear why my Chicken didn't come that night...
The driver simply didn't make it, crossing the Sukhumvit road in Pattaya.

That made me stopping ordering food via these lunartic drivers..

If I wouldn't have ordered KFC he probably would have been still kicking around...  

22 hours ago, Goat said:

As we see many Farang White Knights like to rescue the bargirls from the bar and take them on as a girlfriend or wife.

hasn't it been always like that in LoS? 

Hint, if she wants to get rescued and cries the first time in bed before you undress, she is a professional and has still some White Knights corresponding via Western Union.

But the topic is easy:

My wife and myself have a Farm and from the income we generate, we take off a share for our "non Family" friends living with us.

The shares are distributed as we agreed all together:

13.500 and 21.000 per month for an old and a young couple.

15.000 for our house maid who is a Jack of all Trades working 15 -16 hrs/day

10.000 for my wife to support her father and some items for herself.

The biggest part of the profit goes back into the farm to expand and follow the business plan.

None of them would ask for more money, just because the farm throws more off as we calculated.

For all its more important to reach the next step. 

The above mentioned people prove that a "rescued Bar Girl" should be able to live on an average of 15K which supports her Family. If she cannot, bring her back where you found her... 

Banks do a bit difficult but the lottery shops will pay out. I won twice and got my cash. Last time was in January btw... 

1 hour ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Two takeaways... 1.  They have to be just as cheap  2. they have to be just as reliable

 

Two things the EV makers have failed at up to now... 

Considering the price difference Thailand and Taiwan the Gogoro Viva XL is 82.500 NTD incl 15 month Insurance and Road Tax 12 month. 

That makes it equal to a Honda PCX in Thailand. 

The PCX has not anywhere near the good handling capabilities and torque than the Gogoro.

In the 4th year now I am every 2nd weekend in the mountains of Taiwan and ride about 200 - 250 Kilometers nonstop. If it overheats it will slow down to 45 Km/hr for a few kilometers (happened twice as Google brought me on the Expressway and I wanted to make a quick escape to avoid fines)

In total I have now 38.000 Kilometers on the Clock and the only thing I exchanged was the drive belt and 3 back tires which wear down faster because of the torque these electric motors put on the road if you pull the trottle.. 

I think @Skipalongcassidy your opinion on reliability of e-bikes is a bit outdated.

6 years ago I bought a mountain bike style e-bike and yes, that was a piece of sh*t.

15 kilometer Range, 65 Km/hr and couldn't pull a smoked Kipper from the plate...  

23 minutes ago, timendres said:

I doubt he had any intention of actually dropping her.

If he was, as prior reported in rage after he dropped her, I guess he was not pi$$ed off that she slipped out of his hands... 

Then it would have been more the "OMG what have I done" story... 

Tighten the Visas for Outlaws, Kitchen Chefs and Russians is now going to be enforced? 

30 years is the right age to screw up your life. 

The mail is from facebook but I never use such links. Better go directly via your account... 

Let the Mormons smile, wearing suit and tie, believe in God...

Oh actually my Landlord does too.

He has a sign at the wall saying:

"In God we trust, all others pay cash."

To the topic:

I have every 2nd weekend off and the Friday then is to get hammered and looking if the sign is still hanging at his wall.

So 14 days booze break is for me the common practice... 

Its simple,

if you have more foreign currency in your national banks the currency is less value and your currency is getting stronger.

6 hours ago, bignok said:

Pattaya bars are full of farang low lifes.

You got the point... 

One in my navy time. 

A fellow soldier swapped an Atropin shot dummy against a real one during an exercise.

In the evening there was that nice round a$$ swinging in front of us and he gave her the shot.

She didn't made it through the door anymore and collapsed.

Lucky she was fast recovered after 1 day in hospital and as the MP was interviewing us to find out who was the moron poisoning that chick.

We all said we were it, so the guy who did it couldn't get sacked.

The Landlord decided then, that all are banned for lifetime.. 

In Thailand I kept always a low profile and in two cases a bit of tissue for the bleeding noses and a few ring the bells could avoid further troubles with the cops. 

The last 15 years I am an exeptional pleasant pub goer, getting drunk, getting funny and lose my memory occassionally.

I got a multiple personality, hence 4 Egos, and we live (obiously) in the same street:

Ego 1 = the best Poster in Thailand

Ego 2 = the best Poster of the World

Ego 3 = the best Poster of the entire Universe 

I assume nobody of you folks can beat this, can you?

Ooops, I forgot my Ego Nr 4.... 

Ok, Ego Nr 4 is just the best Poster in our street... ????

I have no 10 years goals but still looking ahead:

I bought a farm last year turning 60 years of age for a scary reason:

My Grand Grand Father became 77 and his wife 79

My Grand father became 86 and his wife 89

My Father became 93 and Mum is still alive

I assume the fast developing medicine makes it working to get older...

Looking back on my grocery bills I must admit that my anchestors had a bloody cheap life and the pension increasement was the last 10 years a toothpick in a bonfire compared to the increasing food prices...

To not think what happens in 10-30 years but I am worried if my pension still last for a bag potatoes an fried chicken and a leo?

If I don't make it so long, I still can be of good use around my fruit trees to boost the harvest for my kids, can I? 

5 hours ago, jaideedave said:

Yes , opening beauty salons is a good one followed by laundromats.Coffee kiosks are also on the list

Nail studios. You forgot the nail studios. That equipment is already 10-15 years old and get handed around as needed.

Every time when a new Farang is willing to invest in a business to get the whore out of her misery.. 

14 hours ago, Encid said:

I'm 65 now and my knees are shot from playing football in my youth... I want a house that has as few stairs/steps/landings as possible, and is as maintenance-free as possible.

I also want a comfortable house, one that is not subjected to the uncomfortable ambient temperatures around Songkran time.

There we go,

I have been working 42 years in the offshore and 21 years from it in the wind energy sector. Climbing ladders was not what my legs were made for.

Both knees and the right hip bone is due.

I must agree that the coating this is a reason I always step back from the wooden houses.

All my family has wooden top floors but none has termites. 

My wife and I plan to build 3 houses same style on our farm.

One for an old man and his wife who are a wealth of knowledge.

They lost all in a inheritage case and since then lives on our farm as guard and supervisor.

One for our housemaid who is the working horse and voice since decades...

All are long years friends and none is family. The family my wife kicked out because the old story = Farang must pay = ATM)

and the last is for me and my wife. 

Thinking about how we live, we decided a big Kitchen is a must (also to handle farm produce) an small office, a bedroom and one bathroom.

We skip the living room as we never used one in the past, it was always a kind of workshop... 

All 3 houses shall form a kinda eco village hence none of us is superior... 

Many times I threw this idea behind, but the Thais who live in such a house outmatch always my doubts.

...and I actually LOVE this houses. 

I visit many Thais and sometimes the celebrations let us stay over night. 

The wood smells so nice, the house itself stays cool inside even in the midday sun and a decent size is 450.000 THB (excl, electrics and plumbings)

I am 60 now, do I really need to take the burden of building a brick house when these are tailormade available and they sure last a "lifetime" ?? 

480K

360K (2 Bedrooms and huge open Kitchen which can easily be closed)

3 bedrooms, big kichen, 2 bathrooms... 580K 

The wood is hardwood, recycled and hence no risk that termites will chew through them. 

A cousin bought it 20 years ago and its still in a mint condition, the only thing he complains is, that the houses got pained and that makes it necessary to repaint all 3 - 5 years...   

Many times I threw this idea behind, but the Thais who live in such a house outmatch always my doubts.

...and I actually LOVE this houses. 

I visit many Thais and sometimes the celebrations let us stay over night. 

The wood smells so nice, the house itself stays cool inside even in the midday sun and a decent size is 450.000 THB (excl, electrics and plumbings)

I am 60 now, do I really need to take the burden of building a brick house when these are tailormade available and they sure last a "lifetime" ?? 

480K

360K (2 Bedrooms and huge open Kitchen which can easily be closed)

3 bedrooms, big kichen, 2 bathrooms... 580K 

The wood is hardwood, recycled and hence no risk that termites will chew through them. 

A cousin bought it 20 years ago and its still in a mint condition, the only thing he complains is, that the houses got pained and that makes it necessary to repaint all 3 - 5 years...