Bored in Thailand

[thaibeachlovers]

21 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said:

62.

Your still a youngster. I wish I was 62.

[thaibeachlovers]

22 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Should be interesting to see the football players drop like flies half way through the game at the World Cup in Qatar.

Football: Air-conditioned Qatar World Cup stadium ready\

http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-air-conditioned-qatar-world-cup-stadium-ready

[bkk6060]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL.

You'd be right if I dined out more than once a week, but it's my special treat to myself, so I'm not holding back.

BTW, that's UNDER 200, so I would probably actually pay 150 or less.

Bit scary to me that some will actually pay upwards of a thousand baht just for one meal. Is the food really that good, or is it the restaurant they are paying for?

The best meal I can remember ever having was a sweet and sour pork and rice in a Nee Soon gutter stall. I can still remember it 43 years later.

However when I go to the movies I usually eat at the mall food court and can get a very satisfactory chicken and rice with a bowl of clear soup for 40 baht.

 

Enjoy!

 

You admittedly have very little money.

So, I understand why you question spending 1000b on a decent meal as being "scary". And yes, the food can really be that good.

Edited March 9, 2018 by bkk6060

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, bkk6060 said:

You admittedly have no money.

So, I understand why you question spending 1000b on a decent meal as being "scary". And yes, the food can really be that good.

I bet I enjoyed my Singapore sweet and sour pork and rice in a gutter restaurant more than anything that cost 1000 baht. 

Satay at the Satay club was delicious too, and that wasn't expensive either.

 

I did splash out on an expensive restaurant in Bkk once and got such bad food poisoning I almost missed my flight.

Never bothered since as if I'm going to get food poisoning I'd rather not pay too much to do so. 

[giddyup]

4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Not sure, but you seem to think that I care about eating fancy steak or French food. I don't, and it all ends up in the same place, whatever it cost.

Spoken like a true gourmet.

[thaibeachlovers]

3 minutes ago, Justfine said:

Like what? Action movies?

 

 

Among other things.

1 1/2 hours of entertainment as opposed to 10 minutes of eating something. I think movies are better value per minute.

 

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[MaeJoMTB]

8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

My mother made high quality food to give me when I visited. 

You may be confusing "high quality" with "expensive". 

My idea of an expensive meal (out) is Tab Tim Sam Rot (150bht) with 2 or 3 Tigers (another 200bht), a 20 year old female Thai 'friend' (sea food $$$$) and a live Thai band.

Edited March 9, 2018 by MaeJoMTB

[NanLaew]

On 3/5/2018 at 8:12 AM, colinneil said:

OP you are bored?

Unbelievable,its all in the mind, there are lots of things to do, give yourself a shake, get up, get out and do things.

I am stuck at home every day after my wife goes to work, never get bored.

So the new, young maid is a winner eh Colin?

[NanLaew]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

Your still a youngster. I wish I was 62.

Pensioners envy... remember you read it here first!

[bkk6060]

Just now, NanLaew said:

Pensioners envy... remember you read it here first!

How do you know? Has he said?

Maybe he is much older wishing he was back at 62..

[Justfine]

29 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Pensioners envy... remember you read it here first!

Nobody seriously wishes to be 62yo. If you can change your age you would go like 25-35.

[StreetCowboy]

59 minutes ago, Justfine said:

Nobody seriously wishes to be 62yo. If you can change your age you would go like 25-35.

I’d hate to be 25 with my arthritis and balding grey hair and my beer gut.  I reckon I’d probably lie, and tell the girls I was 70, just like I do now

[MaeJoMTB]

1 hour ago, StreetCowboy said:

I’d hate to be 25 with my arthritis and balding grey hair and my beer gut.  I reckon I’d probably lie, and tell the girls I was 70, just like I do now

Which reminds me of the old joke,

65 yo guy walks in his  local pub with his new 20 year old Thai wife

Barman says, "blimey mate, how did you score her'

Man says, "I lied about my age"

Barman exclaims, "Wot, like you told her you  were 45?"

Man says, "No, I said I was 90"

[StreetCowboy]

22 minutes ago, MaeJoMTB said:

Which reminds me of the old joke,

65 yo guy walks in his  local pub with his new 20 year old Thai wife

Barman says, "blimey mate, how did you score her'

Man says, "I lied about my age"

Barman exclaims, "Wot, like you told her you  were 45?"

Man says, "No, I said I was 90"

The old ones are the best, as I tell all the girls.

Also, small ones are sweeter...

[NanLaew]

Just now, bkk6060 said:

How do you know? Has he said?

Maybe he is much older wishing he was back at 62..

Well that was EXACTLY what I WAS thinking when I commented.

 

But now that you mention reverse pensioners envy, with all the benefits that us coffin-dodgers reap in LOS be it younger & sweeter fruit, long-stay 'retirement' extensions and the like, I can see how a young whippersnapper digital pikey unable to open a bank account and forced into METV-land and border hopping could get a tad envious.

[HAKAPALITA]

Seen how the younger ones live here. Shame , they will never have money to retire here in comfort, bums most of em i meet.Teachers mainly.


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[Justfine]

9 minutes ago, HAKAPALITA said:

Seen how the younger ones live here. Shame , they will never have money to retire here in comfort, bums most of em i meet.Teachers mainly.


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You don't know that.

[transam]

1 hour ago, HAKAPALITA said:

Seen how the younger ones live here. Shame , they will never have money to retire here in comfort, bums most of em i meet.Teachers mainly.


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That really is a daft statement..

[HAKAPALITA]

I just reply as i find here.There are many old coots who are strapped for cash due to small pensions, and blowing tpo much when they first arrived here.You must have met them by now..!.


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[transam]

14 minutes ago, HAKAPALITA said:

I just reply as i find here.There are many old coots who are strapped for cash due to small pensions, and blowing tpo much when they first arrived here.You must have met them by now..!.


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Yep, I am one....

[HAKAPALITA]

And a Vey Cheerful one.!!With money U Earned,not inherited like many others here who boast too much.[emoji481][emoji106]


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[MaeJoMTB]

1 hour ago, transam said:

Yep, I am one....

#MeToo.

[tropo]

17 hours ago, StreetCowboy said:

17 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said:

Which reminds me of the old joke,

65 yo guy walks in his  local pub with his new 20 year old Thai wife

Barman says, "blimey mate, how did you score her'

Man says, "I lied about my age"

Barman exclaims, "Wot, like you told her you  were 45?"

Man says, "No, I said I was 90"

The old ones are the best, as I tell all the girls.

Also, small ones are sweeter...

 

This may read as a joke, but 90-year-olds with money would be a sought-after commodity for SE Asian women. 70+ is good.

[mauGR1]

1 hour ago, tropo said:

This may read as a joke, but 90-year-olds with money would be a sought-after commodity for SE Asian women. 70+ is good.

Yep. They die earlier on the average

[scubascuba3]

Every year that goes by increases your chance of dying by 10%, i guess that's why it's best to retire sooner rather than later

[tropo]

58 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Every year that goes by increases your chance of dying by 10%, i guess that's why it's best to retire sooner rather than later

Your chances of dying are 100% from the moment you are conceived. Maybe when you go to heaven you'll live forever.

[StreetCowboy]

1 hour ago, tropo said:

Your chances of dying are 100% from the moment you are conceived. Maybe when you go to heaven you'll live forever.

No fornicating, no gluttony, no drunkenness ... it’ll soon feel like forever

[tropo]

4 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

No fornicating, no gluttony, no drunkenness ... it’ll soon feel like forever

So much for that theory... Despite the absence of all three of those in my life, time still flies and still goes faster every year.