GinBoy2

Oi, don't go knocking cats, as I sit typing this with my three finicky felines sat on the couch with me. Of course, i couldn't dare criticize them or one would probably rip my throat out while I slept. ....a bit like some women actually! lol

I also say 'When you go Mac, you never go back' I was a diehard Windows guy until I bought a Macbook Air years ago. Never had to search for a driver again, they boot in seconds, and they last! I always found my Windows laptops after a couple of years slowed to a crawl, and basically became worthless. It jut doesn't seem to happen with Macs. Much more expensive, but I bet my cost per minute of Mac screentime beats the Window machine hands over it's lifetime. Not trying 'convert' you but do some comparisons before you jump

In all honestly, you are in a metal tube, for what at worst 15 hours of your life. The food is something equivalent to a low class cafe, you'll live. Get the lowest priced flight you can on Bucket Airlines, grin and bear it through those hours in the air, the extra $1000 you might have paid for an extra glass of champagne isn't worth it

Don't know, but I suspect, I'm pretty average. The 'equipment' when called to action performs just as it always has, no meds required. But my desire, thats a different question. back in the day, I was your usual horn dog, Mrs G was in her prime and we'd do it daily. But as time rolls on, she's in the middle of menopause, and for me I just don't need or want it like I did 10, 20 years ago. Still great when we do, but not a defining part of my life anymore And for context, I'm 65 she's 55

Mike, from previous exchanges I know we disagree on this. We're all different on what we want. But I couldn't live with someone who wasn't equal to me, it would drive me crazy. Now that comes with some downsides, yep it can fuel some unholy ding dongs, but we generally kiss and make up, and at least for me the upsides outweigh the downsides and I guess 20+ years together means we've made it work. My eldest daughter is much the same. Tough as nails. She always wants her own way, but a weak man who would let her get her own way all the time, she'd see as weak and pathetic. Human relationships are complex and frikken hard, and farang or Thai it's not much different

Women are women the world over. If you take out power/money/age imbalances, which does come in to play we all know with many a farang/Thai relationship, I think my Thai wife and my American ex are quite similar. Similar education, age, feisty as Hell, in fact they get on pretty well together, disturbingly when together love nothing better than to discuss my multiple faults. Must be my type I guess So unless we are talking about a woman half your age to be a sex/cooking maid wife, Thai women are much the same as Western women, good, bad, infuriating, sexy, loving all rolled into one, can't really see one as better than the other

In the US a lot of the issue with EV's is the environment and the sheer scale of the country. Firstly the distance Americans drive is huge compared to other countries, especially Europe. To drive to see my daughter & son in Denver it's close to 400 miles, through a lot of nothingness in Wyoming. Run out of charge in the middle of nowhere, not sure AAA can bring you the equivalent of a gallon of gas to get you back up and running Then coupled with the range issue, there's temperature. Past week we've seem 40°C temps. In a few months it can be down to -20°C. That -20° is going to make the range even shorter, making that drive through nothingness even more perilous, and when I say nothingness, I mean you can drive 100 miles and not see a single house, gas station, let alone a charging station! The majority of EV's in the US are sold in California, dense urban centers where an EV can make sense. I personally have always thought the real answer in clean cars is hydrogen fuel cells

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I never had any problems just giving my my Thai DL at the rental desk. Never asked to show a passport

I've never sold up in either he US or Thailand We're in the US right now, never sold my house. Still have our house in Thailand, which we'll never sell. You can have the best of both worlds, you just pick and choose which one you want at various times in your life

I kinda hate myself sometimes for replying, to what I instinctively know is some AI driven fake post, from some poster with 10 posts all designed as click bate. At least sometimes they spur a discussion from 'real' people. I hope the owners understand that we know the game!

I'm a little boring. Met my wife at work in Singapore where we lived for several years. When we moved to Thailand we created a Singapore/US bubble. Moved back to the US same thing. In all three countries we basically lived the same life. We can toggle between the US and Thailand and our lifestyle, within the house at least, doesn't change We were never going to do the 'go native' thing. A tin roof shack and a squat toilet might work for some, but not for me

When I met my wife we were working in Singapore. Not a tiny Island but we both got to the point where our monthly weekend escapes to KL or Langkawi kept us sane

Seriously, this what you think? I don't know but I suspect that if my life was in jeopardy I don't think I'd give a rats ass what the nurse looked like. I'd be more in the mode of 'save my life' Why would even think about sexualizing a health care professional who is trying to save your life? Thats a bit twisted

I get it, and facetiously some of us do end up with Thai women our own age, all for the good I might add. On the drowning question. Years back I was in Hawaii, and I got stuck in a rip. No amount of kicking was gonna do it, I could see the shoreline disappearing. Totally scary. Suddenly it changed and I finally could swim back to the beach, but that was a bullet dodged for me

Cancer isn't a one size fits all. It ranges from the fairly benign, to the 'Oh fu***k I'm gonna die' variety. Now in the West health care tends to operate in a fairly tight range, from good to bad. In Thailand that range is huge. Serious cancer treatment at a local Government hospital is going to be appalling, versus a top tier private hospital where you will pay big time

Boredom was a big one. I recognized after a couple of years I needed to work, which is a really hard thing in Thailand. Kids, well there is another thing. I have two daughters and Grandson, and my Thai son who all live in the US. Hard to let that go MrsG had a really hard time when our son said he wasn't coming back to the US. That was the nail in the coffin so to speak, Momma Bear was never going to be that far away from her baby. He's now married, baby on the way. I went back to work, now work for united & delta airlines. Spent too much of my life in airplanes, so now it's nice to dick around with them on the ground

I probably wouldn't do it again. We were living in Singapore and I was planning an early retirement My wife wanted to move to the US and have Thailand as our retirement vacation spot. But idiot boy got his way and Thailand became the place, I lasted 10 years before I broke, Son wasn't coming back from college in the US, boredom, and my wife telling me 'I told you so' enough was enough. So, no I wouldn't do it again

Not sure I agree with that. Thai people can be very judgmental, especially when in comes to racial origins, be a Thai Lao in BKK and you'd get it. When me and my wife, who is a professional engineer, but very clearly from Isaan went to buy a wedding dress in a fairly upscale store in Bangkok, the shop girl demanded to look at her hands to ensure she wasn't a farmer! Being gay in the West nobody cares about. We work with, live next to gay couples and the youngsters, unlike back in our day don't give it a second thought. The area I would say is more tolerant is the ladyboy thing, Thai's just glide by that

Western healthcare tends to operate within a fairly tight band. Thai healthcare the disparity between good and bad is huge. Spent quite a lot of time visiting MrsG's family in the local Government hospital and I'm pretty sure my cats veterinary office was probably safer. The local doc, well just be prepared for whatever ails you, you just walk out with 10 baggies of various drugs, probably won't even take your blood pressure! On the plus side, I ended up with skin cancer on my face. Brumrungrad removed it and it couldn't have been better. Thai healthcare is very bipolar, and you probably at the end of the day get what you pay for

I forgot the bacon, and lets throw in the fried bread while we're at it. Fried bread not something I had ever had, since I lived in the UK, but has we talk about it, might be something on tomorrows breakfast to horrify my Thai wife

Oh Dear Lord lets just add some fat to the sugar lol

I rather like UK baked beans. Discovered them decades ago when I was working in the UK and was introduced to the concept of 'beans on toast' not something as an American I would even have considered. Now I'll pick up a can of them from my local Safeway, and not even bother looking at the price. BTW I don't think I would ever eat them any other way than 'beans on toast'

Thats the difference. My wife, married to me, a US citizen (insert almost every Western Country) has, as a permanent resident pretty much the same rights as me, except she can't vote. Later this year she will become a US citizen, six years after becoming a permanent resident If Thailand would offer me, as the spouse of a Thai national the same rights I might be tempted to move back

Can't say I like either of the actually. Both have a tad too much sleaze, beach in Phuket better, but I'm not really a beach guy. First time we visited Pattaya, probably 15 years ago our son was maybe 8, walking together through downtown, couldn't get over the high pressure hustle of the girls. I was walking with my wife and son for God's sake Family vacation? I don't think so