Nicco

Best age to be in Pattaya is early 40s. It's old enough to be considered a player, yet decades younger than the other punters. This only applies if you live there though. If you're just another tourist, you're just another tourist

She's as toxic as any woman from the West

In India they have no problem wasting half a day to redirect you into a scam which they will profit next to nothing. Baldfaced lie to you as well even if caught or challenged. The educated classes are perfectly ok. They get somewhat bad rap for being cheap. Most of them that end up in Thai fleshpots are brokies, young.

Yeah, they're not going to stand entirely in your way I just have visceral reaction from having spent so much time in India + having those junk watches shoved in my face for years + seeing the loan sharking+ knowing almost all on overstay

Sweet. You don't worry about injuring yourself especially out riding alone? Are you young enough for insurance? Uncertain if it would even cover injury. Beautiful landscape. I often forget how pretty it can be up North.

Exact same as US. See any patterns here?? You'd have to be a real knob to support any of this. Starmer doughboy gotta go

Was back in States 1+ year ago flying thru CLT. The people mover was broken going in and broken a week later flying back thru. Yeah, it's domestic airport but still tonna people thru there. States is so broken We were just flying thru from BKK via LAX. Not been back in years. Saw a young woke woman have a total mental breakdown while on her phone. Kinda looked like the particular type of person that would have one especially in public. Nevertheless, I felt a little bit sorry for her. Tough times.

Never get rid of them. They'll hound you like wolves. They don't bother me in cowboy anymore, but cowboy so boring I stopped going there 🤷‍♂️ They have loansharking in cowboy. Probably Sukhumvit as well. I even see them up by me. Gotta be loansharking

My favorite. If I was lucky I wouldn't have met you!! Watches aren't a scam - just selling junk. Annoying af though. Oh, <deleted> off Chana Masala

As old as the hills

This is funny, but I'm guessing it didn't happen. It's kinda rare a rental will give you more than a quick eye, rarely a smile precisely for this reason. If she's caught out the punter isn't gonna be happy and that might result in the end of the torrid $love$ affair then and there. My experience in bars on lower Sukhumvit is they wait till he's gone off to the head to get flirty. Dunno about Pattaya not lived there 20 years. Imagine nothing changed in that respect

Bicycles deadly. Motorcycles as well. Just no respect in Thailand. Funny, everyone sitting around on their phones forever like a bunch of zombies. Put them behind a wheel and they can't get to their destination fast enough. I've been hit twice by scooters in BKK. Nothing serious, but a total lack of respect. It's all good till you get hit and you're in hospital AND they do a runner 👍👍

1. As much stuff as possible 2. White pizza with garlic, feta, pine nuts, aubergine, mozzarella 3. Greasy pepperoni

You can buy plastic screening easy enough. Just tape it outside the windows. Assume you're not going to be there forever. Custom sliding screen about b1500 Bangkok

From my experience catching lizards in California as a kid... Come up on the backside out of its sight slowly and then GRAB IT!! If you don't get it out it will die bc there's no food for it. A few weeks back I found a tiny malnourished gecko in the condo. Easy catch

I started skateboarding at about 11 until about 16/17. We had an amazing street that ran downhill for better part of 2km. You could get a 30 minute uninterrupted ride from that hill. I never got into the tricks or skateparks, but was avid downhill enthusiast. I remember when the urethane wheels were born. We used to make skateboards in our parents garages. All that stopped when we could drive to the beach and go surfing and pick up the girlies hanging out at HB and Newport Beach. Good times those 70s.

Interesting question. Money unfortunately has much to do with having some truly life changing experiences - or not. Sometimes, simply saying yes and not passing on xyz can be an amazing adventure Nevertheless, I think it's simply about not wasting your life sitting about. Have an active daily routine and additional plans like travel or perhaps some form of work that brings meaning to your life longer term. We all naturally slow down as we age. Many things we have already accomplished on our bucket lists. Understood. I've lost a lot of my addiction for travel although it's probably more the banal homogenization of everything, cost and security hassles more than anything else. Still, my wife drives me to seek new travels with her - and I'm thinking more about solo travel as she must work another seven years. If you have good insurance this can allow you to be more physically adventurous. I'm set back by this living in Thailand. My big impart would be simply don't lay about on the sofa waiting for the grim reaper to take you. Don't spend your life in the pubs at the bottom of a glass especially if that has been your life. 1 You have one life and it's almost over. Realize that. 2 There will be plenty of time sitting about moaning about your health, plenty of sofa time ahead. We are all going to die, but you want to spend the balance of your life eating, traveling, fking and enjoying life. Not at home on your back watching TV.1 Get out and about each day, even without hobbies or sport - stay active. I think there's a strong cumulative effect there. If you have or can start hobbies and sport all the better. Being as healthy as possible without taking the enjoyment out of life. Reduce alcohol consumption, smoking and get appropriate exercise. Take care of your skin. Especially in Thailand - if you live in an sub/urban setting dressing nicely opens doors to meeting people and developing relationships. If you are single try to find an active, energetic partner that is minimum 15 years your junior. While in the process date women as young as they will have you. This will bring vibrancy to your life. The goal is sharing the time you have left, not building a storybook love story. If you are not single motivate your spouse to get fit, look her/his best - because you have done that already for yourself - but for them as well. Not easy for 60+ yo (especially to find a school with good administration and teachers), but working with children can be rewarding and a real energy boost. I held a Thai professional license and taught at some great schools. The years flew by and I helped guide many students into some excellent opportunities that will change their lives. So, message= work with meaning and purpose. ===== I guess what prompted me to write that is I have a friend in States with a big mortgage and a loveless marriage. He's stuck paying high taxes on the home in CA forever. He had some respiratory problems pre-covid due to a moldy air conditioner. This led to some complications with covid. He had taken numerous vaccines always seem to deteriorate as heath. His parents died mid 80s both with some serious health problems. He's pretty much given up on life. He fears a life alone especially as his health deteriorates. He's miserable. But.. what if he got himself on a healthy footing? What if he could improve his health substantially? What if he gave himself a makeover? What if he dumped the lump, cut his financial losses and actively started to search and seek fun, energy and adventure in his life? Well, that's a new life there.

But unless you give it a go it won't be exhilarating any of the time. Entering senior years is the time to sprint to the finish not sit on the sidelines.

Fake anything. Branded anything in which the brand is displayed

Rubbish. Perhaps anyone that doesn't own real watches can't tell the difference, but the comparison stops there. Because rolexes are generally speaking so simple and appearance they're the easiest to copy. You move on to other Swiss watches and it's far more difficult to pull off. I'm well aware of that most if not all parts are often made in China for many high end Swiss watch manufacturers. Nevertheless, a $500 copy watch looks like a $500 copy watch.

My wife has a totally even temperament. She's never blown up at me or for any reason. If this happens it's totally un Thai and you should dump her. That's a lack of respect. These women with these explosive tempers they're always from the bar. Every freaking time

Yup. Kiss good morning, makes me a coffee first, sex a few times a week. I couldn't imagine what he wakes up next to at home and in Thailand. I expect even dogs don't much want him around. Another two week millionaire telling us what poor choices we make. I guess one large difference is that money appears to be especially dear to him. For me it's much of nothing. He's still so fixated on money he thinks me covering household expenses, buying small gifts, taking her to a restaurant oils somehow... Oh, nevermind 🙄 He reminds me of Sparktrader / Nok something/ Susan Lea but writes more (trash)

You've got to be kidd-ing

Yeah, pints and pints...nah. I do go down once a week to get out and about, witness the train wreck on Sukhumvit. So few places to sit outside and watch the world go by.

I don't have the sun for it so it's just plants