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Funny, we actually thought of moving to St George, my wife has a Thai friend that lives there. I work with an airline and was offered a job with Skywest which is based in St George as a load planner. Went to visit with Mrs G and it was a definite NO. Fairly boring, nothing much that makes it stand out. Close to some great scenery, but St George itself, no so much Close'ish to Las Vegas, but not for me, or my wife for that matter! Here in Rapid there is at least a decent circle of Thai ladies to associate with, in St George I think it was my wife's friend +1, and the scenery is better
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British mum’s dengue fever warning after son’s Thai holiday tragedy
GinBoy2 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Oh you have no idea how much money I have spent on mosi repellent after this after these episodes. Malaria they can treat, Dengue you just have to tough it out. For all of those that have had it you know what I'm talking about. That headache which is so intense you literally think your head will explode. Couple that with the body aches which feel like your bones are breaking, you literally feel like death. You can't eat, can't sleep, it's truly awful -
British mum’s dengue fever warning after son’s Thai holiday tragedy
GinBoy2 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
There are two versions of dengue; dengue and hemorrhagic dengue. I've had dengue twice, and it sucks big time, your bones are on fire, your head feels like it will explode, but you don't die. This poor guy must have had hemorrhagic dengue which is a killer. To this day I have a visceral hatred and fear of mosquitos. -
I was bored out of my mind in Pattaya
GinBoy2 replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Now Gentlemen, maybe I'm playing with semantics. But in my mind there is a huge difference between Boredom and Unhappiness. I was bored for sure, but I wasn't 'unhappy' verge of cutting my wrists! Boredom creeps up on you and you at some point go, 'I just need more than this' But again, one size does not fit all, we're human, and different strokes for different folks -
I was bored out of my mind in Pattaya
GinBoy2 replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Well I don't think it's just Pattaya that gets boring. I retired early at 55, but after the initial honeymoon period I realized I was bored stupid in Khon Kaen. I'm not a bar fly, don't golf, the beach has limited appeal, and I wanted to go back to work, which as we all know is pretty much impossible in Thailand My boredom and my wife's stagnant career possibilities is what prompted our move to the US. Curiously now our annual trip back to our Thai home, seems a lot more exotic and exciting -
You have $5,000 a month in the USA
GinBoy2 replied to Cryingdick's topic in US & Canada Topics and Events
That is actually true. Go up North, Yreka, or South, Salton Sea are cheap as examples. But none of the 'cheap' CA options ever appealed to me, and they are to be honest a little sketchy. What I went for was affordable, but where I could live, and I know it's a cliche, the American Dream middle class lifestyle. Now I get my ocean on our annual vacation to Thailand, and trips to the Grandbaby in San Diego -
So assuming the OP is real, which nowadays in AN I question. Work cost me my first marriage, I stupidly put it before everything. Missed God knows how many kids soccer games, recitals. Still love my ex, probably count her as my best friend, we talk every week. With my Thai wife, and retirement gig I finally got it, better later than never I guess. The job is never is never worth wreaking the home life
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Manhunt Launched for Fugitive Brit Thought to be Hiding in Thailand
GinBoy2 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I think it's mainly because of the Brit heavy makeup of this forum thats distorts the data -
You have $5,000 a month in the USA
GinBoy2 replied to Cryingdick's topic in US & Canada Topics and Events
Too many variables for any of us to make a real opinion. But FL, really? That will drain you real fast! I'm a Californian, but I'm not dumb and recognized, albeit I love the State, culture, scenery, that was never going to be an option for retirement. Back after college I'd come to South Dakota as a contractor for Rockwell on B1 bombers, and when I wanted a tax free State I bought a house in Rapid City while I was living full time in Asia. I miss the ocean for sure, but I love the outdoors of the Black Hills, close enough to Denver, and I can live very comfortably on $5k -
Best mail forwarding service from US to Thailand?
GinBoy2 replied to timoti's topic in US & Canada Topics and Events
There are a ton of them. But I used Americas Mailbox for years. I got scans of the mail and could decide what got shredded and was was forwarded to me. https://americasmailbox.com/ -
National Service in the UK. Good idea or never get off the ground
GinBoy2 replied to Denim's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Curiously in the US we do it slightly differently. We don't have benefit the culture you have in the UK, so young men and women find the idea of enlisting in the military rather appealing, not bad income, good benefits and free housing. Beats living in some dead beat job flipping burgers. I'm a bleeding heart liberal, but from what I read about welfare in in the UK it's insane. "My mental health is so fragile I can't work, I need a handout". Give me a break, guys came back from WW2 after experiencing total horrors and went back to work -
Beloved Brit found dead in Thailand hotel room
GinBoy2 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Curiously it's actually cheaper than you think, or I thought. I always thought it would be ridiculous. Now I can't can't comment on an international repatriation, never done one But last year I accepted an HR (Human Remains in airline jargon) being sent domestically, to Atlanta I think I recall, but the air freight charge was $450!. No idea how much the casket and undertaker costs, but definitely cheaper than I thought. Maybe the airlines take pity on the dead -
Tourist Visa to USA for Thai GF
GinBoy2 replied to trav2021's topic in Visas and migration to other countries
Tourist visa's for Thai females are a total crap shoot. My then girlfriend, hi tech job, US college graduate, we owned a home I was working in Taiwan at the time but commuting back. And, we're not talking some young gal. my now wife is, and was at the time, a middle aged women Just wanted to go visit my daughter who had just had a baby. Of course it was denied. Several years later nothing materially changed, except we had actually got legally married for the green card, and it sailed though Looking back on it, I think since my wife had grown up as a teenager with her Uncle in Chicago after her parents died she was more likely to disappear, which of course was nonsense, but I get the CO's paranoia -
Beloved Brit found dead in Thailand hotel room
GinBoy2 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Working in the airline industry we go through a bunch of training, and dealing with transporting corpses is one of them. They can only be loaded in the aft cargo bin, and cargo straps criss crossed to keep the box in place. Due to the stress on takeoff is why we load them head up to stop the embalming fluid pooling in their head -
Beloved Brit found dead in Thailand hotel room
GinBoy2 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The family do. It's because at takeoff if the head is facing back the embalming fluid flows into the head which disfigures the corpse -
Beloved Brit found dead in Thailand hotel room
GinBoy2 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I always roll my eyes when it comes to repatriating corpses. I work for United Airlines/Delta Airlines in Rapid City. During and after the Sturgis motorcycle rally we'll ship out 10 to 15 during the two weeks of the rally. We call it the 'Rally Tally' I've always wondered why folks don't fly here get their loved ones cremated and fly home with an urn And btw they are a pain in the ass to process and load onto aircraft. For anyone contemplating this, we load them head forward, to stop embalming fluid concentrating in their head!- 190 replies
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So this is getting off topic, but here goes. I grew up as a kid of farm workers in the CA Central Valley. Drive down I-5 and you'll see a ton of uber right wing stuff about immigration. The irony is that the same folks paying for all that stuff are the ones employing illegal immigrants to works in their fields. My parents were legal but I'd say half of the other people they worked with were illegal, all paid by I'm sure fully paid up GOP members!
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Thai Airways bids farewell to iconic Boeing 747 ‘Queen of the Skies’
GinBoy2 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
TG business class 747 had that weird configuration of the galley parallel to the right window. I never booked any seat on the right side -
5 Tips for dating a Thai - understanding culture
GinBoy2 replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Some of this agree with. The gift thing, totally on board with, but it's little different in the West when you go visit you take a bottle of wine or the like. I've never liked holding hand and certainly not kissing in public, so that for me is a given I supported my parents in their old age, but maybe an Hispanic thing not totally Asian. Food ditto Gik thing. Well pretty sure my wife would chop off my balls in my sleep if I even thought about it! -
Faulty Aircraft Disrupts Operations at Phuket Airport
GinBoy2 replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Sometimes I wonder about the reading and comprehension skills of posters on here. Read and you will see it's an Airbus. So that rules out Boeing and Airbus, best you be checking out flights on a Chinese COMAC aircraft. Good Luck with that -
Faulty Aircraft Disrupts Operations at Phuket Airport
GinBoy2 replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Thats exactly what it looks like. In the real world we'd be covering it with kitty litter, then shoveling it up and disposed as toxic waste, but TiT, go figure! Enjoy the water you drink, and the sea you swim in....