GinBoy2

Of course I don't But my point was this guy was brazenly open. Tim Newton knew him through business, he was very active in the boating community and as others have said he was out there, apparently flaunting it. Did not one Brit exposed to UK media ever have an inkling that this was the same pedo wanted in the UK

I tried so hard not to find that funny....but it was

What is wrong with you!

I'm not a Brit so probably didn't take much notice of it back then, it wasn't until I watched the documentary that it seemed incredible that he could have lived alongside so many Brits in Phuket without being caught

Oh come on, folks read newspapers from their home country and a lot of Brits would have moved to Phuket after 1997 and would have had plenty of exposure to the case on TV in the UK

I just watched this BBC program on a UK pedophile who lived in Phuket for 25 years. It was apparently a pretty high profile case after he jumped bail and fled after getting a passport under an assumed name. He led a pretty open life, never tried to hide, in fact Tim Newton was interviewed and said he was very active in the community. Now Newton can be forgiven, he's Australian, but surely given the fact this guys face was plastered over British media not one UK resident on Phuket recognized him in 25 years! Somehow beggars belief https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j1098y8no

It's all difficult to compare, since so much depends on where you live, and how you want to live. We used to own several condo's in Noble Remix in Bangkok. 50m2 and we used to get ฿30,000/month for them, shoebox's really but nice and in a great location. We now own condo's back in the US, 1000ft2, or 92m2 and we rent them for $1000/month, so the same, still rather nice in a great part of town. Food is always tricky and it depends how 'local' you want to go. I was never into buying meat at one of those outdoor stalls with the swirling fan trying to keep the flies away, I'd always pay more in Top's for meat that at least looked more hygienic. For sure our grocery bill is higher in the US than when we are in Thailand, but last time the gap is narrowing, but again, ain't prepared to go full native Utilities not much in it, and at least the power stays on all time time here! You said you are on Medicare, so you're at least paying Part B. If you get an Advantage plan they do cover you for overseas travel, which might be worth looking into, then you're not committing yourself to be reliant on the local Government hospitals, which outside BKK vary wildly to say the least

'Protect the Reputation' The reputation IS sex. Like you, as soon as I mention I lived in Thailand and am married to a Thai, the assumption is my wife was a hooker and I went to Thailand just for sex. People that know me know thats not true, but thats the pretty much the worldwide 'reputation' Thailand has. So protect what, exactly?

I'm in the go back home to die camp. Hopefully you have family there to support you, but they will be able to obtain care and will get you through this difficult phase of end of life. I don't know how fluent you are in Thai, but being able to express yourself in a native language at this stage will help too

I think for the Europeans and North Americans Thailand is maybe a one off, and it's day has come and gone. North Americans will go to Hawaii,Mexico, the Caribbean in half the travel time and have a guaranteed experience for the same price. Same for the Europeans, North Africa, Cyprus, Dubai all great destinations, again half the travel time. So TAT is right to worry about the Chinese and Indians, because thats all they got

I'm not sure I know what 14kg is in volume. I suspect that was probably an entire suitcase. Was this girl a 'sandwich short of a picnic' Can't have a lot of sympathy here

On the issue of was TV left biased, I guess you weren't here during the last coup. It was flooded with ultra right wing nonsense from the coup supporters, and of course anyone anti coup had to tread very carefully Is it better now? The rise of the mega posters, who's user name appears then seem to be able to spend their entire day posting stuff, and who I suspect aren't real, thats not an improvement Then there are AI posts, the long essays on life, the universe, and obviously fictional stories, not an improvement either. As for members, we've been down this road a million times. AN is Hotel California, you sign up but you can never leave. Half the 'members' are probably dead, and active participants are maybe in the couple of hundreds

I think if you tell yourself a lie enough times you can actually believe it to be true I've been peddling the story I'm just an Adonis in blue jeans, and Hell Yes it's true

Well you have a point there. If they indeed even graduated HS, a Thai university graduate is at least on a par!

I 'think' a lot depends on age. Some 50/60/70 year guy old claiming he married a 20 something Astrophysicist is past laughable, she's almost always a bar girl of some variety. The closer the couple is in age the more likely it is to be a usual male/female attraction thing