This will be my last post

[thaibeachlovers]

4 minutes ago, jewell49 said:

I have only visited the USA a few times but to me this is a 1,000 % better here.

IMO America seems to be as infested with PC as New Zealand, but with more guns. I've never wanted to visit America, nor will I.

Whatever problems Thailand has, PC is not one of them, which makes it better than anyplace that does have PC.

[holy cow cm]

15 hours ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

Two flouncers in a single day!

Must be something in the water....

And yet another rude comment by you. 

[Joe Mcseismic]

3 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

And yet another rude comment by you. 

Not rude......fact.

 

https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/flounce/

Edited July 31, 2019 by Joe Mcseismic

[holy cow cm]

15 hours ago, BestB said:

This is not a dig at OP but a general observation .

 

Americans in my experience do seem to struggle anywhere they go expecting and wanting for everything to be their way and their way only .

 

it does not limit to general day to day stuff but even business dealings . They seem to expect for everyone to bent over backwards and do how Americans do it and if someone does not then they are stupid.

 

i have recently had my second encounter with the same American wanting to buy business . First time I just told him where to go from the start, this time he seemed more humble so i decided to waste my time with him. Not only I told him things are done differently here but gave him references to law firms and brokers sites showing step by step process only to be told it all Bs and he knows better and it’s done same as in America.

 

I guess what I am trying to say is some people from some cultures can , try and do assimilate into a new culture and some want other culture to change for them. 

Oh BS. Don't lump everyone in the US into a nutshell. Can easily be done same for English, Australians, French etc. Let us know your nationality and then let the pot shots begin.

[Isaanbiker]

13 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why did you move to Thailand 10 years ago?

I know Thailand changed. But as far as I see it didn't change so much.

I.e. I moved here 20 years ago because of all the pretty girl here and because of all the ugly women at "home". And now there are still lots of pretty girls in Thailand and it seems even more ugly women at "home".

And some of these "girls" are as heavy as 250 kg! ( Or more)..

[holy cow cm]

14 hours ago, kokesaat said:

The difference being, in Thailand you can go to a garlic festival or a church or a music fest or a school and not worry about being gunned down by someone you don't know.

Yeah but try going to a Morlum show and you might end up in the middle of a gang bottle and knife fight. And this is on the majority side that fights always break out.

Edited July 31, 2019 by holy cow cm

[bwpage3]

13 hours ago, kokesaat said:

The difference being, in Thailand you can go to a garlic festival or a church or a music fest or a school and not worry about being gunned down by someone you don't know.

What do you think has the better odds?

 

Getting shot at a once year Garlic Festival in the USA or getting your head stomped by 10 Thai's in Thailand?

 

Stay in at night, stay away from the bars, don't look cross eyed at anyone.

 

Remember where you are!

 

[nickmondo]

I can accept all the rubbish stuff that the OP mentioned, but the deal breaker for me is the Exchange Rate.

I will be going soon also, but will come back if the rate improves, but just for 3 months visits 

although i can accept all the crap here, it does get on my tits, so nice to have a break from it, and then its all cute again

i think its good to come here on a 3 month visa, then nip off to Vietnam for a 3 month visit, then back to the good old EU.

best of all worlds if you ask me.

[1FinickyOne]

best of luck in future endeavors. 

 

i am still quite content here. i too remember thailand 1974... a long way ago.. 

 

the inconveniences here are small for me asi navigate easily. I hope same for you back in USA

[thaibeachlovers]

7 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Yeah but try going to a Morlum show and you might end up in the middle of a gang bottle and knife fight. And this is on the majority side that fights always brake out.

I lived in Thailand quite happily without ever going to a Morlum show, or any event where large fireworks get thrown at people. It really isn't necessary to go in harms way to enjoy living in LOS.

[Fore Man]

The grass is always greener elsewhere as we have all heard.  But to be honest, I’ve felt the same way and as I was transferred from one military post to another over a 30-year career, that grass turned out to be not so green after all.  We humans have a need inside to grouse about our current lot in life, but never actually reach utopia...it’s always just around the next bend. There’s an old saying in the military that our best assignment will be the next one. So true. I have an old comrade who served a nomadic life like mine.  He moved to Chiang Mai ten years ago and absolutely raved about it.  Then he turned sour on Thailand and sold his beautiful home and they relocated back to the States. I regularly received emails on how wonderful their lives were there. It seemed they were at long last sorted and happy.  Alas, they sold that home, their cars and possessions and returned to Chiang Mai. Whereupon they once again grew to loathe life in Thailand.  They said it had changed for the worse and had decided to move back to the US, to a different state.  I can well imagine the massive costs that all this moving and buying/selling homes must have amounted to.   And in terms of aggravation and frustration too.  I hope they find peace and happiness at the end, but their saga drove home that old adage about greener grass.  

 

My suggestion is to find ways to be content and happy where you are and don’t dwell on the negatives...such as our apparently tightening and xenophobic immigration policies.  I too began to let my increasingly visceral dislike of Immigration to color my thinking and then found other ways to sour on life in Thailand.  But it’s your life and don’t allow outside agencies to ruin it. There’s plenty to enjoy here, and it’s up to each of us to root that out and let the rest fall off of us like water running off a duck.  In the end though, it’s your life at stake and if you simply can’t tolerate conditions here, then be positive and proactive, and leave. Don’t become a Thai-basher and taint our post topics on the forum.  

 

Good fortune and God bless you all.

Edited July 31, 2019 by Fore Man
Correct typo

[Joe Mcseismic]

11 minutes ago, bwpage3 said:

What do you think has the better odds?

 

Getting shot at a once year Garlic Festival in the USA or getting your head stomped by 10 Thai's in Thailand?

 

Stay in at night, stay away from the bars, don't look cross eyed at anyone.

 

Remember where you are!

 

Must be horrible to live in fear.

I don't stay in, I go to the bars and have never had a problem with Thais in the 34 years I've called Phuket home.

[marcusarelus]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Not for nothing were Americans called "ugly".

I once had the misfortune to be on the train where an American ( complete with a Stetson hat ) verbally harangued a poor Thai guy that was sitting next to him about how bad Thai rail was for a very long time, 'cause being an American he knew better.

Do you think it's karma that your money is in the toilet and the Americans are doing OK?

[alfalfa19]

1 hour ago, Dcheech said:

 

Please. He had a speech writer.

that means nothing.  almost all big politicos have speech writers.  anyway, i'm not claiming he was a genius,  it's just what i've heard from various sources.  

[beavenlen]

happy to hear another us military <deleted> going home,afraid wont be missed by this brit

[Thainesss]

8 minutes ago, beavenlen said:

happy to hear another us military <deleted> going home,afraid wont be missed by this brit

 

Exhibit A on why I typically avoid brits.

 

Also I'll take "Things you'd never say to someones face" for $500, Alex. 

[darksidedog]

Flaming posts and their replies have been removed.

Stick to the topic and avoid personal attacks and comments, or posting holidays will follow.

[4MyEgo]

14 hours ago, Skallywag said:

As an American, am offended by your comment 55.  The English, Australians, Germans, and French I have had conversations with are the ones always putting down thailand's people and culture and terrible traffic and infrastructure in my experience. 

Though these conversations are in bars and alcohol is involved, so would not consider my opinion a scientific study ????

 

Their just taking the pi$$, I mean can you imagine any of the above not bitching or moaning or groaning, it would be pretty damn quiet in conversation, somewhat Americanised, just taking the pi$$ mate ????

 

Question, if it's not the Thai's, who then, there isn't a Mouso or Chinaman for miles, like my wife says to me when I refer to her an an Asian, she always corrects me, I'm not Asian, I'm Thai and a village slut, I dare say that I have taught her well.

 

[holy cow cm]

5 minutes ago, FredGallaher said:

Have you ever gone? Is this the consensus of your bar stool buddies? 

Your statements to everyone are rather negative and you seem a bit off for some reason. Cool down FredGallaherr. Over my almost in a few years 3 decades here, yes I have been to many shows in many different places all over Thailand because it was something to do at that time. Mostly fights broke out from the drunk kids and rivals, but low and behold they always do. I do not go and talk to foreigners on a regular basis as do not have a watering hole I need to be at or frequent everyday or for that matter every week or every month. I do have a Thai bar I go to that some foreigners I know will be at (many different countries) and will say hi and talk to them sometimes. But I go to the Thai bar as I know the owners and they take very good care of me. I average going to a bar in CM about every 2 or 3 months when someone comes into town and I am entertaining, and Bangkok is all about either family or seeing my Thai friends who are factory owners and that will be going to nice restaurants eating and drinking.. Normally I hang at home with my family in my house as is my choosing as I do travel a lot so have no need to sit at a pub or bar BS-ing with people who are clueless or just rampant out of the mouth.

[ThaiPauly]

16 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

So, really when is your last post going to be?

I think he is entitled to consider it as "The Last Thread" that he will post.

 

I like to hear different people's POV when it comes to living here. 16 years for me, I have seen a lot of change, I remember when immigration in CM was empty half the time. Yes it's a pain in the ass but as I spend 0.000.1 % of my time during the year dealing with immigration issues, it has not taken the shine off living here. I would hate to have to go back to "Stabland" England, CM is much much safer and the people much much nicer

 

But that's just my opinion...I am staying put

[holy cow cm]

To the OP, best of luck and hope all turns out well for you.

[robertson468]

16 hours ago, FaFaHead said:

555! I left because of Trump, believe me, I’m not looking forward to the noise in that regard again. I was referring to American order, structure, efficiency. I am a military person and those things are important to me and are sorely lacking here. 

I am also an ex-military man and have been living here for 15 years.  I love the climate, the food and the people, but there's the nub.  If you have a group of great Friends and can mix and socialise (note the spelling with an s, not a Z), not to mentione the plethora of fascinating Countries to visit only a short flight away.  My military service first of all taught me to be "flexible" and to adapt and I am sure that your's did, but your character from your post would imply otherwise - sad really, but at the end of the day if you are unhappy, yes you should move on.  Life is too short to stay somewhere and be unhappy.  I loved your quote, "like the Wild West", which originated from the USA of course and reading the news reports, with all the shootings in your lovely Country, has not progressed much, but maybe you, like many of your Countrymen feel inadequate unless you are carrying a lethal weapon.  I really cannot understand the American phylosophy of almost anyone can carry a lethal weapon because they feel at risk, or to boost their ego and even worse, feel they can use it and deprive people of their precious life.  To my simple mind, America needs to reboot its's views on ethnicity and gun culture.........money is important, but it ain't everything, life is much more important.  Far too many of your Citizens are being killed through almost random shooting, and even worse, kids at school and from what the outside World can see, you Country is doing zilch about it.

[thaibeachlovers]

4 minutes ago, robertson468 said:

Far too many of your Citizens are being killed through almost random shooting, and even worse, kids at school and from what the outside World can see, you Country is doing zilch about it.

Hard to do something when it's in the constitution and zero chance of getting that particular bit changed. 

As for the shootings that must be something in their character as many countries have easy access to weapons and few if any mass shootings.

[thaibeachlovers]

7 minutes ago, robertson468 said:

My military service first of all taught me to be "flexible" and to adapt and I am sure that your's did,

I certainly came out of my military service flexible and adaptable, but perhaps that's because that's in my character. I don't recall anyone specifically teaching me to be flexible and adaptable, unless it was at avoiding the <deleted> that plagued the institution.

Unfortunately, I learned to "dislike" the military as it was full of <deleted> little hitlers that loved to mess people around.

 

[Thainesss]

14 minutes ago, robertson468 said:

To my simple mind, America needs to reboot its's views on ethnicity and gun culture.........money is important, but it ain't everything, life is much more important.  Far too many of your Citizens are being killed through almost random shooting, and even worse, kids at school and from what the outside World can see, you Country is doing zilch about it.

 

You guys are always so outspoken of what America should and should not do like your opinion matters one iota, yet always feel so compelled to voice your opinions no matter how off-putting it is while at the same time getting visibly flustered when the same nonsense is given back in kind. 

[holy cow cm]

7 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Hard to do something when it's in the constitution and zero chance of getting that particular bit changed. 

As for the shootings that must be something in their character as many countries have easy access to weapons and few if any mass shootings.

Too many immigrants, poverty and gangs of all breeds, and then bullying made all this killing possible. Nothing wrong with guns and it is primarily the gang members killing each other that you do not hear about. US had made some big mistakes but still has some great qualities in people and certain areas that are unmatched or unparalleled. Every country has its big problems. The OP is going back to Boston which is rather ok if one can afford it and take the cold weather.

[Thainesss]

27 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

Their just taking the pi$$

 

Said every annoying & off-putting person, ever. 

[robertson468]

4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I certainly came out of my military service flexible and adaptable, but perhaps that's because that's in my character. I don't recall anyone specifically teaching me to be flexible and adaptable, unless it was at avoiding the <deleted> that plagued the institution.

Unfortunately, I learned to "dislike" the military as it was full of <deleted> little hitlers that loved to mess people around.

 

 

4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I certainly came out of my military service flexible and adaptable, but perhaps that's because that's in my character. I don't recall anyone specifically teaching me to be flexible and adaptable, unless it was at avoiding the <deleted> that plagued the institution.

Unfortunately, I learned to "dislike" the military as it was full of <deleted> little hitlers that loved to mess people around.

 

We are all different and you clearly are very different.  But I don't remember too many people toting little mustaches and raising their extended arm in salutes!  You seem to have had a bad experince in your Country's Armed Forces, or perhaps just resent authority. 

[Orton Rd]

Man leaves USA because of Trump, goes to live in a country led by a rightist leader installed via a coup who is completely out of his depth and intolerant of criticism. No wonder he became disillusioned, from what I have seen US ex military are not the brightest of people.

[Joe Mcseismic]

2 minutes ago, Thainesss said:

 

You guys are always so outspoken of what America should and should not do like your opinion matters one iota, yet always feel so compelled to voice your opinions no matter how off-putting it is while at the same time getting visibly flustered when the same nonsense is given back in kind. 

Oh, the irony!

Just substitute the word America with Thailand and your post is equally true.