thaibeachlovers

Don't know to whom you are referring but; public health care in NZ is a far cry from that in the UK, and is expensive to see a GP which we have to do for many drugs available over the counter in LOS. Taxpayers support public health- not the government. I have no problem with owning weapons. I'd feel safer with an assault rifle than I do without one. Guns are not the problem- stupid or bad owners are. I've killed plenty of animals, but I never did it for "sport". If you eat meat, you must by definition support killing animals, and in the case of venison- Bambi. Daddy isn't around any more. Unfortunately the present government seems to think the military is some sort of social service, and not a lethal arm of government.

When did I ever give the impression that I didn't like living in C M? the night life was worse than rubbish compared to Pattaya, but I had a nice life there otherwise. Any day lived in LOS isn't wasted. I'd rather have lived in Pattaya, but C M was cheaper.

Make it worthwhile and there are probably thousands of NZers that would emigrate there to get away from the low wage high cost of living in NZ. Already plenty there or on their way.

and if the fire is blocking the front exit?

LOL. The answer is self evident. I take it that is a rhetorical question.

Lap dances in LOS? Do tell us where such are to be found. No doubt where all the strip clubs are, and do you put 100 baht notes in their garter?

Once again a "show" action. Does anyone think a Gogo in Nana or Cowboy or Patpong has a fire exit other than the door they came in by?

Proof?

Rubbish. As with everything in life, some people are crooks, but mostly not. The agent I used to extend my visa was completely legit and no need for bribes, forgeries or anything else underhand. All they did was eliminate the need for me to q up at 4 am, and got everything right first time. Well worth the fee.

Good job! I've usually gone against the flow- didn't drink alcohol when it was the "culture" to drink lots, didn't drive a flash car, didn't spend large on fashionable clothes, did jobs I enjoyed ( some of the time ) even if they didn't pay well etc, but I suffered for it. Girls didn't want to go out with me, so missed out on all that "free lovin".

I don't consider myself a sheep, though I probably do some sheepish things. I do think a lot of people are like sheep, which IMO is quite sad.

Define "change". IMO if one does not change, according to all the new experiences one has, one is no more than a sheep or a cow that has no desire beyond eating. I have "changed" more times than I can remember in my life, sometimes willingly, others because I had to. Such events as travel, marriage, illness all produce change in us regardless of our desire to not do so. I have a neighbor that does nothing but sit in the sun smoking, or chatting occasionally. While I doubt he has my problems, I wouldn't swap places with him, even if I could. Us oldies can experience life more than just waiting for the end.

????????????? They have big pumps already to remove water from the city into the river, which is why flooding ceased to be the problem it was in the 90s. Just add more.

I wasn't aware that such was necessary, but if I had been considering a visit, now that I know the situation I would be cancelling any visit to ( once upon a time but no longer ) LOS. I can remember when Thailand actually welcomed tourists and made it easy. I got 90 days visa exempt at the border and unlimited back to back visa runs to Malaya. Happy days back then.

In the wet season the city flooded regularly back then as reported by Trink in his newspaper column.

and the population was a fraction of what it is now, which is IMO the biggest driver of building human habitations where they should not be built.

I pretty much disregard anything that comes out of the UN. They haven't done much recently to give me confidence in them.

Bkk was apparently full of canals till they filled them in for cars to use, so perhaps they could dig up the roads and return it to what it was. Seriously, they've had 10 years to prepare, and what have they done? If it all turns to <deleted> they only have themselves to blame.

Seems all good to me. The country was being destroyed by the tourist hordes prior to covid, so any serious reduction can, IMO, allow a rethink of the tourist model. I doubt there will be a return to the cheap and cheerful model as in the 90s, but Thailand could concentrate on providing a quality experience for tourists that want more than to blob around a swimming pool, or get drugged up on a beach. We put up with low quality accommodation and transportation back then because it was cheap. Probably not cheap any more, so wise up and do more than mouth platitudes about so called "quality" tourists. They ain't going to come unless the destination is worth it. Who knows, this could be the time to return Thailand to the Land of Smiles for real.

Depends on the visa extension. Can do if based on retirement, but not if based on marriage.

You are way behind. Japan, according to an article I saw on tv, has had latex lovedoll brothels for years https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/sex-robot-brothel-opens-japan-14792161 Sex robot brothel opens in Japan amid surge of men wanting bisexual threesomes I wish posters would stop referring to "blow up" dolls. These are realistic and do not require inflating. Just wait till they put one over a robot- women will be left out in the cold. Sex androids will do whatever they are programmed to do, and won't take everything in a divorce.

True, but while I don't post much on other subforums, if at all, I do read them. I was never exclusively on this thread when I was spending hours a day on TVF.

Yeah, it's hard to give up my only link with the country I loved for decades of my life, and sometimes I see something I just "have" to reply to. I try not to spend too much time on here now, but the dark side is strong.

If that is a goodbye, farewell. I didn't read most of your posts for reasons previously discussed, but you seemed to have well reasoned points of view, even if I don't agree with some of them. I assume you may have something to contribute elsewhere on the forum in 2024 and I look forward to that, assuming I'm still among the living inhabitants of planet Earth. I can't say I will join you as this thread ( and the forum ) keeps sucking me back in just when I think I've managed to escape.

Can't disagree with that. I think my view that all life is of equal value in the cosmic scheme is well known by any regular poster on this thread. IMO life force comes from the creator, and after the biological transport machine that "we" inhabit dies, that life force returns to the creator.