19 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Love Thailand. Dirt cheap here. Never going back to USA.  And I had everything you could ask for there. Sold it all.

 

I live 100 meters from the beach in a rented three bedroom compound in a Thai neighborhood.

 

I don't live around Farangs. that makes me happy.

 

Maybe the op should visit Hua Hin. Not so many sexpats here. Sort of boring in a good way.

 

Many married Farang/Thai couples here to socialize with. And many positive activities.

 

Don't forget to exercise so you don't get too depressed. and don't get played by you know who.

 

you are the boss of you.

 

 

And may I add, the only person who can make you feel bad about yourself, is you. 

1 hour ago, upu2 said:

Totally agree with you. I have traveled and lived in many countries around the world as a result of my work. For those who feel that Thailand is really bad I can give them a list of a lot worse countries

The UK for starters.

1 minute ago, ginjag said:

I think Philip is the nearest country where you can get your full pension.

Get it here too,depends on wot u say/don't say

53 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:

arent you an immigrant?

 

Apart from Pattaya mainly because of the easy available sex, where in Thailand are you surrounded by people from a western country?

 

2 minutes ago, altcarrbob said:

Get it here too,depends on wot u say/don't say

Lie and you can have a big problem, the wording is if you not normally reside in the UK

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

Apart from Pattaya mainly because of the easy available sex, where in Thailand are you surrounded by people from a western country?

 

Choose most big cities here,   Udon, Korat, K Khen, Chiang Mai

Just now, ginjag said:

Lie and you can have a big problem, the wording is if you not normally reside in the UK

Good one,Where exactly does it actually say that?

5 minutes ago, ginjag said:

Choose most big cities here,   Udon, Korat, K Khen, Chiang Mai

Well you would be surrrounded by westerners in these cities if you frequent the bars, but in the average street??

Just now, altcarrbob said:

Good one,Where exactly does it actually say that?

If there is not an agreement with the said country you reside in, the law is that,  ask  pensions, ask any authority, no NHS when returning until a year is past---no driving licence unless you are residing-----You are scanned when entering and leaving the UK airport.

20 hours ago, Maradona 10 said:

I have always believed that all of us given the choice would rather have a great life back in one's own land, if money was no object and had family etc.

 

What person in their own country who had everything a man needed and was happy with his lot woke up one morning and thought 'I think I'll move to Thailand'?

Me. 

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

Well you would be if you frequent the bars, but in the average street.

I do not visit bars drinking,    in Udon visit anywhere you have ex pats here

Just now, ginjag said:

If there is not an agreement with the said country you reside in, the law is that,  ask  pensions, ask any authority, no NHS when returning until a year is past---no driving licence unless you are residing-----You are scanned when entering and leaving the UK airport.

Look you do not know a lot,no insult intended. you go by your beliefs, Ill go by mine..yes DL renew OK, yes NHS use, Yes upgrade.  Not dragging this out,scanning means nothing,and where from Spain?

2 minutes ago, Jeffkp said:

Me. 

OK you come to my nice home, take care of my animals 100% here in Thailand , I sell all --return to the UK

I live here because my wife prefers it and we own our condo here. But I spend plenty of time O/S on projects, some times with my wife and sometimes not.

 

I would dread to feel I dont have an alternate choice if Thailand peeves me too much. I am at best 50:50 about the place.

13 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Apart from Pattaya mainly because of the easy available sex, where in Thailand are you surrounded by people from a western country?

 

cant answer? didnt think so

 

2 minutes ago, altcarrbob said:

Look you do not know a lot,no insult intended. you go by your beliefs, Ill go by mine..yes DL renew OK, yes NHS use, Yes upgrade.  Not dragging this out,scanning means nothing,and where from Spain?

UK.....asked for new licence,    sorry you not normally reside,     NHS,  no unless you have re-lived back here 1 year, Leaving and entering records are there computrised.  do you think at my age 76, I have not done my homework.

5 minutes ago, ginjag said:

OK you come to my nice home, take care of my animals 100% here in Thailand , I sell all --return to the UK

I have my own nice home here in Thailand. I live my life; sorry your so unhappy here.

Love it here.  Lived here full time for 12 years.. and only went back to UK for 6 days for a funeral.

 

However, sometimes get the 'homesick' feeling when watching some British TV.. and they show a sunny beach, green countryside and lovely forest... and there are well mannered nice people having a normal light hearted conversation..... However, life back in the UK is rarely like that in reality... bad weather, damp, miserable people, rain, wind, gangs of violent teenagers, crime, and small minded moaning people complaining about smoke from my BBQ the one day a year I used it.

 

The poster saying about no one would move from their birth country if they had lots of money and good family... sorry that is wrong... only his opinion.  There are such beautiful countries and locations around the world.. with lots of different things to appeal to different people.. like weather, food, culture etc.  If I was a millionaire in the UK I would still not live there.  Perhaps someplace like Southern France or Spain... a country with warm weather and good food.. plus people with a more similar way of thinking and life values to me.  

1 hour ago, jenny2017 said:

Full of Immigrants is a funny one. Aren't we all Immigrants in Thailand? One Immigrant says to the other Immigrant hey Immigrant, what are you doing here? ?

I was referring to all the immigrants in the UK, mainly Eastern Europeans and Muslims. We are not immigrants in Thailand, most of us are only here for a year at a time.

21 minutes ago, Jeffkp said:

I have my own nice home here in Thailand. I live my life; sorry your so unhappy here.

Happy with my animals, BUT would return now ( had I not had my animals-pets)after all these years for my remaining years on this planet

21 minutes ago, ginjag said:

I do not visit bars drinking,    in Udon visit anywhere you have ex pats here

Yes, in moderation, nothing like the Muslims and Eastern Europeans  in London, Birmingham, Glasgow etc.

3 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I was referring to all the immigrants in the UK, mainly Eastern Europeans and Muslims. We are not immigrants in Thailand, most of us are only here for a year at a time.

to a thai , youre no different from an immigrant! insisting on your own food, drink, whinin g about locals, refusing to intergratew etc etc

1 minute ago, AYJAYDEE said:

to a thai , youre no different from an immigrant! insisting on your own food, drink, whinin g about locals, refusing to intergratew etc etc

Not all westerners are like that, neither do all the ordinary Thai people think like that.

 

We are not all members of the barstool brigade.

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

A bicycle in Scotland with all that wind and rain for most of the year??

Me thinks that raining cats n' dougs isn't a  pleasurable experience. Innit? 

2 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Me thinks that raining cats n' dougs isn't a  pleasurable experience. Innit? 

For cycling, the wind is much worse than the rain.

30 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I was referring to all the immigrants in the UK, mainly Eastern Europeans and Muslims. We are not immigrants in Thailand, most of us are only here for a year at a time.

But I know quite a lot who live here as long as I do. 16 +.....

 

To be honest,  I was only reacting after a German guy had posted some very silly arguments against immigrants in Germany on his Farcebook page. The same guy got caught being on an 11-year overstay in Thailand. Pretty funny, right? 

 

Didn't a lot of us come here to live here permanently? 

 

  What do dictionaries say?

 

   

im·mi·grant

ˈiməɡrənt/

noun

 

1. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

   synonyms:

   newcomer, settler, migrant, emigrant; More

   • BIOLOGY

     an animal or plant living or growing in a region to which it has migrated.

6 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

For cycling, the wind is much worse than the rain.

Not if the wind is behind you.....?

Just now, jenny2017 said:

Not if the wind is behind you.....?

But you have got to come back?

2 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

But you have got to come back?

Wait for the wind to change   lol

33 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Yes, in moderation, nothing like the Muslims and Eastern Europeans  in London, Birmingham, Glasgow etc.

 Let's be honest. Germany is in the worst situation since the birth of Jesus Christ.