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    Downsides Of Getting An Iphone

    in IT and Computers

    Posted · Edited by percy2

    No bloke, I'm not a sheila and you would be right about the term 'mate' being Australian. I can tell you that I am a real Australian and that you wouldnt have to travel to far in the outback to hear blokes, refering to blokes as 'bloke'. Of course if you frequent Aboriginal missions you will hear the term used as well but its got a different sound to it....its like 'eeehhhh blooowke'

    I'm not sure where ur getting ur Aussie lessons from but I can tell you that Im not finding another bloke attractive, Im not a shirt lifter, alright?

    No worries mate :o

    Cheers

    Edit: Fingers too big for the key board!

    How Safe Is Your Pension?

    in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments

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    Actually in the early 80's I gave Swiss bank $100,000 to manage for me. After a year in very profitable markets they managed to reduce it to $80,000. They churned the hel_l out of it and when I would get a $3 dividend they would charge me $5 for handling it. Very expensive lesson, even if they look and sound responsible and respectable "DON'T TRUST ANYONE" unless you are constantly looking over their shoulder. And if you are going to monitor it that close you might as well do it yourself. :o

    Not wanting to teach my grandmother to suck eggs but holding your wealth in currency amounts to much the same!

    Cheers

    Sinsod (dowry)/thong Mun (engagement Gold), Allowance Sanity Check, Late 2008.

    in Isaan

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    My Thai finacee is 26 years old, I'm 40; we've been together two years, we met in Bangkok. She's from Sisaket originally, lives here in Bangkok in a flat I provide in the Sukhumvit area. I provide her with a 60,000 ThB/month (high, I think) allowance, 10,000 ThB of which she apparently gives to her mother; I'm also paying her tuition to go to university next year to study hospitality management, and I plan on buying her a car, as the university is quite a ways outside of Bangkok, near Dreamworld. My fiancee is, surprisingly, an only child.

    I recently gave my fiancee 50,000 ThB, which she used to purchase a 4-baht gold bracelet for Thong Mun; I was given to understand that this was a prerequisite for us to visit her home in Sisaket together. We talked about the sinsod for her marriage, and she says her mother believes that ~500,000 ThB is the going rate for farangs marrying girls from Sisaket. Is this correct, or is it high?

    Now I learn that my fiancee's mother has told her that if we visit Sisaket together, I must not say that I bought her a 4-baht Thong Mun, as this will be considered laughable by the locals, amongst whom 8-baht and even 10-baht Thong Mun is the norm. I find this quite hard to believe; any insight greatly appreciated!

    Do you live at the end of a long street?

    Cheers

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