ThaiPauly

Having recently moved here I am appalled at the ammount of rubbish that is tossed out of cars here. Where I live , near the King's sponsored walking and excercise park it's awful, it's as if everybody accepts that this is where rubbish should be dumped! Now the problem is starting on Soi 88 , in the 5 months I have been here I have seen it deteriorate. My wife has called the correct department, but they would not put her through to K.Nong who is apparently the head rubbish honcho.....she was told that they do not have the manpower to clean it up...they said they put signs up ...the ones that say there is a 2,000 baht fine for fly tipping, but the problems just get worse. They say there is no money for cctv. I already collect a whole bin liner of rubbish from the top of my soi once a week, that gives me enough blisters so I don't want to do anymore. What kind of pressure can we put on the local council to deal with this? If you have seen this mess please let me know. Eventually, this will just get worse as I have seen rubbish everywhere.....but it's not a Thai thing, I never saw anything like this where I previously lived in CM for 20 years. But this is seriously affecting my love for HH

But there's no room there !!! It's full of really old people that don't die

If you are 66.7...you would not have been born in 1954-"I was , in August that year and I am 69.3

How do you do that?

I have no idea how long I will live for. How long is a piece of string? How can anyone have the right number, just hope to live as long as possible, healthily, would not want to be a vegetable. Numbers are meaningless, just live for today.

Why would you be so disrespectful to a good friend calling him pathetic.? Seems to me like he had some life challenges. Not really his fault In way I'm glad he is not around to read your comments some good friend eh?

To be fair, your daughter is definatley NOT going to tell you if she is doing drugs...so I would not be so confident

Congratulations I went for a TURP and my results were catastrophic

He's right! After I had my TURP operation I have had nothing but trouble.....so much pain, I was taking Oxy ....that's another story...Xylophone is the only guy that knows my story.....but 4 years since the operation to reduce my prostrate size, I am impotent have to wear a diaper all the time because of leakage.....tried yet another op and nearly died from Septasemia, heart failure , renal failure...and this was caused by one of the top hospitals in BKK I should have had rezum , a lot more expensive, but in hindsight I really wish I had......I have spent almost 2m in hospitals here, but things have calmed down, no pain now and I am off Morphine and Methadone. I get the odd UTI now and then but have Monurol for that, but urologists in Thailand's supposedly best hospitals really made a mess of me. Don't have a turp....putting metal inside such a delicate organ is just not a good idea. Good luck

What on earth happend here.? 9 years ago everything was looking good, then suddenly 9 years without a post!! Obviously no bowling in HH It's a shame, I was in a bowling club in CM and it's a great way for us old 'uns to get some exercise and making friends

No, I just can't be bothered to try and read this thread...it's taking me more time to navigate through the ads than it is to read the thread....I can find all this on other forums anyway..... The owners want to sell Thai Visa, well good luck with that I hardly visit anymore, when Jonathan Fairfield's company sold TV it was in good condition, Asean only care about advertising revenue not the members of which there are very very few left from the good old days of TV, it was a real community and we socialized regularly, in fact one of my mates is flying in for a visit from NZ , I met this guy almost 20 years ago on this forum and we are best freinds. I hope they do sell it and that the new owners will remember that without people like us they are nothing

But then again no Most of us pay tax on our private pensions...so that would be double taxation no?

Don't forget to get your bank letter the same day if you are going solo...if using an agent you can normally push it. I did that in CM this year and for some reason they did not accept the visa agents offering and made me do it again. First visit to HH Immigration at Bluport to register that I had moved to HH was a pleasant experience. Chiang Mai Immigration is always heaving...I ddnt like it much, which is why I used an agent for the last 5 years, so many ex pats up there now...and they are getting younger. Anyway you have done it now, hope it all went well?

Thanks OG

I am just about to renew my wife' visitor visa to the UK. We have no plans to go at the moment but it will be either a 5 or 10 year one as before. We will be going sometime in the near future I am just not sure when The problem arises that we are moving from Chiang Mai to Hua Hin in just over 4 weeks and they are saying that it takes up to 5 weeks to process a visa. As there is no VFS in HH she would need to make at least one trip to Bangkok to make her biometrics so I would rather do it here where we have a VFS office. I really need to know if they would post the passport to HH instead of having to collect it? Many thanks

After reading your answers to my question, I don't think Samui would be right for me. I rely on good hospitals a lot now after a life of deborchary it's been catching up with me lately and I need hospitals. I can't get health insurance, I am uninsurable, if some of you follow the Health Forum I was a regular poster on that up to a year ago but things are better for now. I am in CM , have been for almost 20 years, only been to Samui once , and that was before I moved to Thailand. Figure I would probably fit in in Hua Hin I'm coming up 70, have spent a lot of time there recently sussing it out, I have sold my house , I've gotta get away from the annual burning, my doc says it would do me the world of good to "go south". But before I make that leap, I just wanted to throw Samui into the mix and you guys have helped open my eyes regarding why it would not be so good for me. I thank every poster for taking the time to write their thoughts here Much obliged

Hi Is Samui suitable for retirees or is it more suitable for younger people? I would like to have your opinions Cheers

That's one of the things I was alluding to. It's difficult writing this post now I'm thinking its not worth the effort anymore

Why not? I have been a member for many years. I'm only giving my opinion as a long standing member. The powers that be might consider it a valid post, if it's turning people like me away from the forum then that's not what they are aiming to achieve. If nobody speaks up then nothing changes. It may change, but it probably won't We will see!

Adverts are ruining this site along with great difficulty navigating the site Thai Visa is just not what it was That's a shame I've been here almost 20 years, had a stint as a moderator , tough job, kudos to those that still do it. I've seen the vast majority come and go down the years and I am sad at what I see now This is just something I want to get off my chest, I doubt anyone will notice

5,000 $ a month on hookers!!! I must be mistaken

I think that I would choose to go this way when my time is up.

But this is not law right? I was told the house I am buying had a 5 year warranty by the agents, but now just before I have to pay my full 10% I find that it's only one year! But I had nothing in writing from the agents so I can't prove that I was mislead. This bothers me a lot, it was the main reason for buying new build Any comments?

Will Blueport do 90 day reports?