fatter than harry

woohoo!

Thai farmers are basically screwed. The brokers,wholesalers, retailers are makeing all the money in most cases. The farmers die young after working all their lives for next to nothing.

Your joking, right? Those farmers you're talking about make a killing and spend the rest of their lives draped in mercs and driving rolex's.

Bob, it was my exageration. This is its 3rd sale in 18 months, it goes to show something, although I'm not quite sure what. I always thought the best value for money as far as owning a bar in Patong goes would be in the Andaman Queen, but ye gads, who could handle that every night?!

You're going to start a branch of the Mormons?!!

He was singing 'Mandy', right?.....

soorry. too much larios, feel frree to edit

Naked Barry Manilow songs, that'll do it. Guaranteed.

The Gentleman has been banned?!!!

From where do you download Derek and Clive?!

Would love to hear it again........."I got cancer of the season ticket" - Class.

As for your dog problem, meh, you'll get used to it, I used to have a frikk.n family of c0cks living nextdoor to me - this software is a pain in the donkey when you can't describe farmyard animals without fear of the hashes - at first you go mad then you get used to it.

Saying that, when I moved into my new place I had the same kinda dog problem, instead of the getting used to it period I crept outside naked and crooned 'Mandy' by Barry Manilow to them - would seem Barry is a fine detterant to Thai Dogs.

Or you could kill everything in the whole wide world. If you were God or jesus and you had the choice, what would you get rid of flies or mosquitoes?

Are we done now?

Would I be correct in saying the Nai Harn/Chalong areas are the best places for a not so loaded expat, who wants a bit more of a real Thai experience, and not too much hassle from tourists?

Spot on mate. I was renting a nice 2 bedroom place in Chalong for 9,000 baht / month. I've now downgraded to a 1 bedroom 4,000 baht place in Rawai. Not too touristy, in fact this high season practically passed us by without any notice.

Which was nice.

Another good example would be Barry Nana - in 82 he opened Bar Nana and twenty years later look where he is......well, he died of Syphullis a long time ago but thats not the point.

Try selecting a GF with an arm or a leg missing, you should be able to make a hefty saving.

I go all gooey with these multiple quotes

Depends on your needs.

Most expats live in Nai Harn - great beaches /Chalong - great restaurants / Rawai - okay nightlife and these areas are all within 5 minutes of each other on the South of the island.

Kata is a very touristy area and not many people live there, although many good restaurants and beaches.

Karon is okay but a bit of a no man's land - more of an area to drive through to get to somewhere else as opposed to a place to live.

Patong is crazyville, beach is saturated with extras, a great place to holiday but it takes a fella with a hardened heart to live there for any length of time.

Kamala is ok but don't expect to keep a dog for many months, again more of a place to pass through.

Surin / Bang Tao is a more high class holiday / residential area, most housing is in the million dollar category, good beaches and restaurants.

Phuket City (cough) is a royal pain in the a.ss for traffic, seems no time of the day is a good time to drive into /out of it. Good nightlife/restaurants.

East coast is becoming more popular but beaches aren't anywhere near as nice as on the west.

Nai Thon is beautiful but far far away from anything.

best bet? put up a tent in the big C carpark.

Yay! The Muppets are back.

A muppet version of The Wizard of Oz is being made this year.

Thats going to be great.

Q: What's the difference between Simply Red and a cow?

A: The cow's got the horns at the front and the ###### at the back.

Get out of here!

What more advice could you possibly glean from this thread?! Boots chemist for condoms and you're cheap from three quarters of the posters. Most of the posts in support of you are from Middle Europe. Most people reccommend you need to go fishing for girls, in the river of love.

the most important question remaining is a blaclavared construction worker smiley or a formula one smiley?

Team. work.

I bought Talking Heads Stop Making Sense on DVD.

Watched it last night cranked up.

Brought back some great memories.

They did a wonderful job of re-mixing and re-mastering into 5.1

Thats interseting, I used to live in a place called Torquay in England, there was a great local Talking Heads cover band called the Torquay Heads.

Ok, there wasn't, but if there ever was a talking heads cover band in Torquay, it would be a great name to use....

Anyway, are we close to 15 pages yet?

phew, back on topic.

Hey, I found the latest dixie chicks CD this afternoon.

None of us are safe, not if those crazies are roaming free around the rest of the forum!

Lock up your livestock!

Those Moon Boots are the dogs!

They make driving a little precarious but overall a very worthwhile investment, I feel a foot taller, sorry gent.

The vinyl jumpsuit is a bit hot but will really come into its own during the rainy season.

The mystery ? What mystery ?

First rule of Thaivisa; Don't talk about the mystery.

When registering a 30 year lease I believe you have to pay 1.5% of the total lease value. As for divorcing your wife and remarrying, that sounds a novel approach to get a lot of Farangs off the hook. Maybe you should PM Sunbelt, the Forum spnosor who will be able to offer his advice.

On the lease thing, not the divorce thing.

I'm gushing with gratitude, thanks loads!

Sorry Bob for sidetracking your thread, errrrr, why are the horses tired?