thaibeachlovers

Agree that old age sucks, but not in an enjoyable way, especially when old age makes us incapable of some of that. Nudge nudge, wink wink.

So, are modern science and biology working on ways to afford the lifestyle when we no longer work? Not all of us were financial geniuses that were able to mint it before retiring, some of us were unlucky in love and lost a lot of our saving to a grasping woman, and some of us did a job that didn't pay well, and spent what they did earn on visiting LOS.

The problem with that is if you actually had an amazing life that depended on being fit, being too decrepit to be active has no appeal. Less energetic ways just don't cut it.

Soooo, have you, yourself, tried that with a Thai cop? I was never asked by a cop for mine, ever ( only driving license ), so what are those that are asked doing, to need to be asked?

LOL. The hardest part will be getting on the bus at Jomtien. Airport - easy to get on train to Phya Thai, taxi to MBK door. You should go back via Ekamai just to see how that works. MBK to National Stadium station over walkway. Change at Siam Station. Get off at Ekamai, buy ticket at booth ( not the other bus, which buy ticket at the bus for ), bus to North Pattaya bus station. Baht bus to Jomtien.

These days with the technology available do we really know if the "people" we see talking on tv are real?

Most have no objection to such IMO, though criminals will never have to submit to such to obtain weapons.

It's all about the publicity. A few mass killings get the media attention that individual murders do not. Jumping and bandwagons comes to mind. NZ banned assault style weapons ( for law abiding people ) a while ago and seems the murder with weapons rate has gone up, given the number being on the news now, compared with before. Of course any weapon is available to criminals and gang members.

Time to man up and tell her that she can go, but without you. She thinks that you will enable her dream, so let her find out the hard way that she really is dreaming.

The point is surely that it's up to us if we stick around or not?

I pray every time I think about it that I never see my 80th birthday. Might be different if I had a family that loved me, but I don't. To be honest, the idea of being reduced to living in an understaffed so called "rest home" fills me with horror. I actually know people that work in such places to know what goes on. Being stuck in front of day time tv or eating the muck my father had to eat is not my idea of a decent life.

While your work may require you to be present in a different country, IMO NONE of the current "conferences" need to be attended in person. With modern communications they can be done remotely. However, some of us know why they fly hundreds of participants to exotic locations like Sharm el Sheikh, and it's not for the talking, 555555555.

It's no longer possible to get through life with only cash. Last time I tried to rent a car unable to use cash. For everyday things though, I prefer cash. Last time I went to supermarket held up for 5 minutes by woman messing about with her phone.

Bit of a ramble, but valid point about the push factor. In my case, the push was about half the reason for wanting to live in LOS, compared to just visiting ( which was all pull ).

I agree, but that's not what the thread is about.

George Clooney has done "good"?????????????? Not to my knowledge. Do tell. Sting and Bono may have done so, but as I automatically ignore anything to do with either of them ( dislike their music ), I will not claim any knowledge about them.

LOL. The extreme woke movement is far larger, IMO, than the numbers moving towards fascism, which are not mainstream, despite the left's desire to paint all that are not on their side as fascists. For proof I note that I have to be extremely careful what I say now, as any that hear me could be woke and take offense. This is certainly a huge turnaround from when I was a young man. IMO the wokists dominate society now and right wing opinion is muted. NB. I do not live in America.

Excellent diagram. Even the anti cash mob should be able to understand a picture.

No one is saying that there isn't a place for cards, just that there should ALSO be cash.

It's benefiting the banks. IMO they have run a brilliant campaign to make people think it's to their benefit. Go cashless don't need bank buildings any more, don't need employees in those buildings, make mega profit. Soooo, what happens when it goes wrong and can't pay for something? Wait 2 hours on hold for a phone call, or contact by e mail, and wait 5 days for a reply? It's such a brilliant idea to make the rich richer, but what could POSSIBLY go wrong with it? 55555555555

You seem confused. We pay to have an official witness that we personally sign a document. The official IS the witness. Other witnesses may be required for a different document that is not the topic, and in that case must be provided by the person applying for the document.

Takes a lot to get nurses to strike. They have been underpaid for decades because female dominated workforce and wouldn't strike.

You don't tell me what to do. On ignore.

Numbers are irrelevant if they can't move along with all their heavy equipment. Take out the transport and they are of no use.

I've never been to the Philippines. I thought they had to vacate Clark same time as the navy went.