Hanuman2547

On 10/12/2019 at 6:34 AM, Nyezhov said:

There was a corner bar up on the third floor of nanaplaza that was an expat hangout

Woodstock?

Stupid dual pricing!

It also looks like only Thai people can claim the prize money.

Do the GF that evening.  Do the Mom the next morning after GF leaves.  Then promptly move out thereby dumping both of them.  Cut off all contact with both of them.  Block them from all social media.  Do not contact them again......EVER!

I'm not quite ready to retire yet.  In five years time I will probably retire.  Originally I thought that I would live in Thailand full time.  I worked in Bangkok for about 12 years back in the 90's and early 2000's.  However, now I'm a little less inclined to live there.  Really didn't like the air pollution last December and January when I was there.  Now I'm thinking about just living in Thailand over the winter months.  Something like early November through late March.  Perhaps a 90 day non-immigrant visa followed up by a 60 day extension would suit my needs.  It would also negate tying up 800K Thai baht in my Bangkok Bank account.  

Don't worry about it.  The same thing happened to me.  I overstayed by one day.  When I went through immigration it was noted but they didn't even make me pay and just waived me through.  

I'd have to say that there is something wrong in your game plan.  Maybe you are giving off the wrong vibe.  Not sure what it is without observing.  I know that back in the 90's I had a number of expat friends in their early 30's who had Thai girls just clamoring to get with them. These were not bar girls.  These were girls that went to ISB or Patana and then went to the USA, UK, or OZ for grad school.  They were lookers too!

I'm not quite up on the latest visas available but back in 1983 I got a non-immigrant 90 day visa from either a Thai consulate or embassy (I forgot which) while in the USA.  I did this by mail as I didn't live near either type of Thai office.  I was also much younger younger than 50 back then!

I really liked the Breaking Bad series.  It was very well done.  I'm not so sure about how a movie will be able to match up with the series.  Just like The Fugitive TV series (1963-1967) had a very good movie made by the same title name but was not nearly as good as the TV series.  

Married my Thai wife in the USA back in 1982.  She was a graduate student at the time.  There was no sin sot paid as it was just a small wedding with mostly my family in attendance.  

6 hours ago, SteveK said:

Finding a half decent bike will be the next issue - they're all generic type Chinese garbage here. I want something reasonably good quality and lightweight. I used to have a BMC bike back in the UK and it was excellent.

Perhaps a trip to Bangkok is in order to find the bike that you need.  They carry all the big name brands there, Specialized, Giant, Trek, etc.  There are a number of good bike shops there as well.  There is also a facebook group for buying and selling used bikes and bike parts in Thailand.

I have always washed my vegetables whether in Thailand or anywhere else in the world.  Been doing it my whole life after watching my Mom do it.

Thailand so lucky to have the leader of the free world come to their country.  

On 9/23/2019 at 2:19 AM, lonewolf99 said:

You can't drive away tourists that do not exist in the first place.

The blame lies with the 1984/Animal Farm Government and it's madness at trying to control everyone. Including the locals.

Jomtien beach would be packed like 2004/2005 if western tourists could get back to back 90 day visas and the baht was devalued by 50% or more.

 

And clean up the garbage big time....

 

Simple.

If I could have back to back 90 day visas I would probably spend about five months a year in Thailand during the winter.  As it is, I only spend about three months with the remainder in my home country.  I guess that is about two months loss of revenue that goes into Thailand and instead goes into my country.  Or, I could spend a couple of months in Cambodia, Malaysia, etc.

6 hours ago, LennyW said:

It's quite amazing from all the replies on here...people still dont understand there is much more to the Pattaya area than beach road, walking street and Soi 6!!

That's right!  There's Soi Buakhao, Soi Lengkhee, and LK Metro.

You get what you pay for.  Live in a low rent condo expect there to be noise as people are out late drinking and bringing home bar girls, especially if you are in Pattaya.  The higher the rent or purchase price of a condo the less problems you will likely encounter overall.  Yes, there are exceptions.  Especially if units are being rented out by AirBnB.  

As for me, I live in a house (that my son owns) so I don't have this problem.  

Lived in Bangkok for 12 years but returned to my home country shortyly after the turn of the century.  Return about once every 2-3 years for a month.  Not so sure I want to live in Thailand full time but maybe 4-5 winter months a year.  Would love to be able to do that on non-retirement visa.

Glad that the original poster found something that worked for him.  

No!

On 9/12/2019 at 3:21 AM, PatOngo said:

I've lost count of the number of times Beach Road has been dug up to replace drainage in the last 30 years. I got the hell out of Dodge (y) City years ago!

You are correct!  Tearing up Beach Road seems to be a ritual that occurs every few years.  The issue is it is always for the same thing, to put in new drainage pipes.  Does no one in the Thai government ever question this misappropriation of funds?

What's worse is that they are doing it right during the height of the tourist season.  Just another way to kill off the low numbers of tourists already planning to go somewhere else.

On 8/23/2019 at 6:59 AM, thecyclist said:

Could be that the combination of my chronic sinus infection plus the fact that I lived in Bkk for too long has made my sense of smell immune to all but the most fetid smells :But the first stretch is definitely so bad that it registers even with my impaired nostrils. 

You people should have seen it (or smelled it) back in the day when there was no elevated walkway.  You just ran or cycled right next to the klong!  It smelled bad back then too.  Once the elevated walkway was built it was so nice not being so close to the smelly klong.  

This thread has gone so far off from the original post.  

Unfortunately, this happened to me about 14 years ago.  My Thai wife passed away from cancer.  We had a couple of houses and a condo in Bangkok and elsewhere.  Our two luk krung Thai boys were 19 and 17 at the time.  When the oldest one turned 20 we just put everything in his name.  Both boys have Thai citizenship, were educated in Thailand but went to university in the USA where they are now working.  I don't forsee them returning to Thailand to work.  The houses remain primarily empty but are rented out occasionally.

I was in Chiang Mai last December.  I used GRAB taxi about 90% of the time.  It is so much better and much quicker than the "red" songthaews.  Time for Chiang Mai to enter the 21st century!

Except  Nuon Chea, brother number 2, just died last week at age 93.  He spent far too long as a free man.

Now to get rid of the Khmer Rouge leader Hun Sen who has been a ruthless dictator since first coming into power in 1985.