sanmiguel

With the tax tsunami due within the next 2 years, in every major economy, long term growth will be slow when it does turn round.

exuberance existed -and still exists- on the downside, especially financial assets (shares and subordinated bonds). the last two months provided excellent opportunities and profits of 100% and more.

I bet you werent so clever in the 16 months prior to this or are you one of those gamblers who only lets on when he wins.

For myself I think it has only just begun....barely

The true economic situation will begin shortly.

This is just my opinion & I really hope it is way off base.

Agreed.

A lot of this global meltdown was a crisis in confidence, a psychological problem. A corner has been turned on this. People are not freaking out anywhere. I give all the credit to President Barack Hussein Obama, who most likely will become one of the greatest American presidents (yes it is early, but so far, so good).

Yes he has been good at making the really hard decisions such as borrowing never before seen amounts of money for every year he's in office and going on a spending spree, not that hard a decision.

When he really needs to make actual hard decision like major cuts in public spending and to agree a far more even trading platform with BRIC and Far Eastern countries. In this he has failed, and he doesnt seem interested in succeeding in this.

This is what needs doing in the UK our economies are in a very similar state, just we know Gordons clueless.

If you dont want to tip dont! See how many restaurant survive paying waitresses 40-50k$ a year.

Same with alcohol. how many bars going to survive paying bartenders upwards of 60$ k a year.

And yes not all make that much but many do!

Not one of the above people make 1/10th of that in LOS.

In my hotel ive True Sports 1 extra, tonights game v Boro is on True Sports 1, are they by any chance one and the same thing?

If not ive Espn here are Premier League games on here.

If not what places around Sukhumvit will be open until 4am as this game cannot be missed.

I am sure if you look hard enough you can find a special pizza named after Mickey Hatton. It will be made out of minced meat, but you will have to consume it quickly as it won't last long.

You horrible <deleted>

There is no security or freedom there, correcto! It's an illusion. I was self-employed, so no chance of ever claiming benefits if I was ill or had no work (which has happened). Only the responsibility of supporting a country to whom social justice is alien.

Strange that you compare the UK (which absolutely gives you the right to health care, the right to work and the right to own your own home in your own name) so unfavourably with Thailand where security and freedom are definitely an illusion, the right to health care limited by the money in your pocket, the right to work highly restricted and your rights to own your own home are dependent upon the condo management not selling too many units to too many foreigners – a house of land being placed beyond you by the laws here.

OK we have the right to buy a home in the UK but its not much use if its unaffordable you must agree this is the case for many people who didnt get on the ladder 10 years ago, ie many in their late 20s early 30s (i did then jumped off it)

I can more then match the 30% deposit needed to buy the average house in the UK, its just the mortgage that could potentially do me in if i were to buy at todays inflated prices. For the few years im looking to stay here i can rent at 1/4 of the price, but in a year or 2 when property is at a more reasonable level and if my savings arent wiped out by inflation i will be buying in the UK not in LOS. ( i would buy in the UK if i were to live in the USA/ OZ which are options)

Health care - It seems many of us on this thread discussing why we left are late 20s early 30s so fingers crossed dont have to worry too much about that just yet, ive insurance i cant speak for anyone else, and the medical treatment people of our age generally need is more then affordable here.

And as for working unrestricted fingers crossed i'll be getting a work visa similar to your own shortly, it'll be more a case of the work running out then the visa being cancelled, and this isnt supposed to happen for 3 years.

As for freedom in Thailand with the amount of police here that certainly isnt the case but i dont have that awful feeling the govt. wish to follow my every move like they do in the UK. (Big Brother Britain is a fact)

Granted your playing devils advocate, but the fact youve opted to work and live here shows there are certainly reasons why you prefer to be here then back in Blighty.

I dont know when the last time you lived there fulltime was and everyone sees it differently but the place is damaged and needs a total overhaul IMO.

You mean the played a match all ive been able to read about is the trouble that never happened.

Do away goals count in these games?

I was wondering about the Away Goals too, a couple of people on Saturday night said they do, others said they don't..

I dont think they do, these people seem to kind of agree.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...10043453AAXUrqW

Is this match on telly?

Scoozi's are good. I haven't tried Pizza Pizza, but will next time I'm at BCW. Zanotti's are good, and I understand they now have a chain of PizZanotti's that deliver so they would also be worth a shot. Have you ever had any from PizZanotti?

I havent, but my problem is now that ive found good pizza im fearful of taking the risk in a different restaurant .... but next time im down that way i'll give it a go.

At Pizza Pizza just go for the Margarita, Pizzas often get fcuked about with too much IMO and they do this basic Pizza very well. As you dont know too much about boxing it'd be good to know if you have high standards in Pizza.

If your a fan of lasagna try Via Vai on Suk Soi 8, its very good and comes with real french bread, and you can have relaxing afters at Lolitas just around the corner.

I certainly don't want any SCABS working there!

You mean the played a match all ive been able to read about is the trouble that never happened.

Do away goals count in these games?

KFC has some nicely built tall ladies...

I cant believe someone comes on to this forum and openly admits to eating Thai KFC.

Tried it once and thought it must have been a mistake, so went back another time and it was confirmed to be the most vile excuse for chicken a man could eat.

haha i see this in the BKK post

Personnal Assisant

must be

21-25 Years old

Uni Degree

under 40 KG

Female

makes you wonder but as the above post said in the uk you could never post this

And you think theyd find someone like this in the UK?

The 'something-must-be-done' brigade; the sergeant-majors and young professional ladies who read the Daily Mail.

The thing is in England nothing gets done these days, just people coming on webforums complaining, and whats wrong with wanting things to be better?

I think people who disregard others as fools if theyre one of the many millions who read the Daily Mail /The Sun as jumped up <deleted>, would these people be as superior as yourself if they read the FT? or didnt read the news at all? Or read whatever socialist sh7te you form your opinions from.

You must have been to a Uni mill to churn out such rubbish 2:1 in Business Studies im guessing.

No one thinks the govt have all the answers, just 50% of our money to come up with better solutions.

PS I read every newspaper theyre all free online before you try to come across as superior by calling me a Mail reader, but are Guardian readers ok in your eyes?

I wouldnt say its at all brave to move to LOS more an easy escape for many, but hats off to those who have succeeded at earning a decent living or are content when theyve come here off their own back.

In the Uk you can get 8 440ml tins of Castlemaine XXXX for five pounds fifity.

Brewed in Aus or the UK?

Its vile no matter where its brewed, me and a mate bought 8 cans before the FA Cup final and there was 6 full and 2 half full cans left at the end. All Aussie beer sucks...

Glad you don't like it - more for those who do.

Original Aus Castlemaine and Aus Fosters is excellent.

The UK "Brewed under license" crap is ... well, already said it.

Aussie beer what you drink over there gives me the trotts, Fosters i can drink but Castlemaine tastes the same in both countries kind of like beery tasting carbonated water.

400 brick a week isn't enough to live on? Since when? I know many back in the UK who live on a lot less and they buy houses, have a car, wife and kids.

Ok after tax and NI its 300GBP a week.

Now please explain to me how someone can service a 150,000GBP mortgage, pay council tax, pay for a car to get to work, car insurance, electric, water, food for 4 people, clothing and sundry items with 1200GBP a month.

Maybe if they bought a house 11 years ago for 50K theyd have a chance, or if they had a council house, but this wage is too much to get a council house.

If you live in the South of England its still difficult to get a run of the mill 3 bed terrace for less then 200k, even ex council houses, and for a honest family to ge a council house theyve got to be dishonest, quit work go on the sick, get put in homeless accommodation, then get put in temporary accommodation, then after 3 years theyll get a council house .... the reason i know exactly how this works is my best mate had to do this .... he left school at 16 on the Friday and started work on the Monday ... your old skool kind of worker.

Im going to BKK immigration tomorrow for hopefully when it opens at 8.30 to get the 7 day extension.

If its closed what is the best way to get to the border at this time, and doesnt the border crossing shut at some point.

As according to this its closed -

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/co...t/holidayEN.php

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/ba...p?page=location

I remember Maggie Thatcher the Milk Snatcher, she took my milk from me when I was at School..

I am not telling my age though

30s i guess, she took mine aswell, i was chuffed to bits i used to like milk until the school thought it a good idea to give kids luke warm milk, i just couldnt drink the stuff .....

also don't want to pay for the indebted exuberance of other thanks. Or other things UK tax goes on . . . but I won't go there.

I will .... ive no problem paying tax so long as it would be spent on a world class education / health and transport system but its not .... the money is there but its just squandered ... rant over.

but don;t burn your bridges behind you.

Financially speaking im sure many havent, but if youre away for many years the bridges will crumble themselves i.e if people move on in life when they dont see one and other, and most people dont make the effort anymore its just how it seems to be.

That is a huge amount of security and offers real freedom of choice.

I used to be a decorator many moons ago, if i was to work on day rate doing 8-5 i'd be on 400GBP a week which just isnt enough to have a wife and kids, despite working hard i'd need governemt assistance to get a council house and raise a family, for me an honest hardworking guy should be able to do it on there own (in a self proclaimed civilised society). Before you say work harder i did and you can only work on price for so many years before it makes you ill. So there is absolutely no security or freedom there ..... i did get out of it but someone has got to do this job and similar back breaking manual jobs, if i had a wife and kids i wouldnt have been able to change career. (the first change took a huge gamble and for the 2nd one cost a lot of money)

And of course free education/ healthcare, worldclass but expensive transport infrastructure is good but i just cant see what the free choices are you speak of are anymore ... its turned into a country were people hide behind laws and bureaucracy and the government are at every corner ... stifling business with never ending laws.

But anyway after 3 years i'll probably go back as if ive a Mrs and Kids to enable them to get a UK passport that offers them the security you speak of, besides the food too fcuken good.

I kind of left years ago i.e selling property around the Europe.

And i've almost left on a 3 year contract which i find out about later this week.

1 Reason is despite making a living for a few years by default out of ludicrious UK property market, its unaffordable to buy property there, i had a decent deposit 2 years ago but i just wouldnt throw away my money.

2. I am for less governemnt and believe in personal FREEDOM, this is lacking in the UK now i can feel the cold hand of the govt on my shoulder at every opportunity.

3. There is going to be a huge tax tsunami, coming and i dont want to be working for the govt. and giving my proles money away for free.

i think united are going after benzema this summer.

He sounds like a skin complaint.

today i am supporting MAN City. just dont want MANU win.

So you want to be a LOSER AGAIN !!!! as they say in Thailand "UP TO YOU "

Man Utd 2 - 0 win for me however there again my predictions not so good this week

BT

Lets hope thats the case as im wanting ManU to need points V Hull on the last game, fat fcuken chance though.