Popular Post Denim Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, geronimo said: The best selection of fruits in the world ..... I'll stick with the ladies if it's ok with you. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, LivinLOS said: Sure.. Was responding to someone who is blind to the world around them, which was my precise point about willful denial.. But feel free to sit around and sing kumbaya.. Thanks, I will ..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Denim said: I'll stick with the ladies if it's ok with you. One could have both if one was adventurous .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, geronimo said: One could have both if one was adventurous .... Or one could have more of what one knows one likes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) Music is the only reason, the rest is rubbish, second rate, does not work, frustrating, inefficient or just plain dangerous. Women would be the very last reason to stay. Edited August 1, 2019 by Orton Rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 My own reason for being here is best summed up thus A miserable git will in all probability be a miserable git wherever he decides to live. Similarly , a happy go lucky kind of person can be content almost anywhere. I'm content to be here but I could be just as content somewhere else . But the wife is here and she cares for her mother so we are here because we are here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, Denim said: My own reason for being here is best summed up thus A miserable git will in all probability be a miserable git wherever he decides to live. Similarly , a happy go lucky kind of person can be content almost anywhere. I'm content to be here but I could be just as content somewhere else . But the wife is here and she cares for her mother so we are here because we are here. Totally agree re the miserable gits .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) Thailand is a good place to be and spend all your time on Thai Visa because you are too scared to go outside because all the negative comments here and negative stories about how you are going to die or be tortured by immigration. all you really need is a very small room, air conditioning and someone to deliver food to you. thank you. Edited August 1, 2019 by NCC1701A 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 ...at times it is better than being back in the states... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, NCC1701A said: it a good place to be and spend all your time on Thai Visa because you are too scared to go outside because all the negative comments here and negative stories about how you are going to die or be tortured by immigration. all you really need is a very small room, air conditioning and someone to deliver food to you. thank you. ... a different type of service??? 555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: it a good place to be and spend all your time on Thai Visa because you are too scared to go outside because all the negative comments here and negative stories about how you are going to die or be tortured by immigration. all you really need is a very small room, air conditioning and someone to deliver food to you. thank you. I would go as far to say that going out is the best way to escape all the negative comments, as they are not found in the real world, only, it seems, on here. Edited August 1, 2019 by geronimo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 yes sort of the reverse of the Matrix. Plug in and everything is horrible. Pull the connector out of the back of your head and things are great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 I was pondering on this, I got to thinking that mostly it feels like I am in a different country to many I encounter here on this forum. In my day to day life I never encounter any issues, problem or concerns. I am never aware of pressure to have or do this or that. I never encounter any form of "officialdom" other than the annual Visa which takes around 30 minutes and that's it !. I never encounter Police, angry Thais, poor service or many of the other gripes I read about. The locals are pleasant always greet with a smile. Yes it's a minor inconvenience when it rains and the power may go off for an hour or you loose internet briefly, but hardly the crisis some make out and very small negative greatly out weighed by the positives. I am not denying there are issues and problems and corruption etc, but that's in every society. I just don't encounter it personally. Life is very peaceful, uneventful in many ways, and I love it here !! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 minute ago, CharlieH said: I was pondering on this, I got to thinking that mostly it feels like I am in a different country to many I encounter here on this forum. In my day to day life I never encounter any issues, problem or concerns. I am never aware of pressure to have or do this or that. I never encounter any form of "officialdom" other than the annual Visa which takes around 30 minutes and that's it !. I never encounter Police, angry Thais, poor service or many of the other gripes I read about. The locals are pleasant always greet with a smile. Yes it's a minor inconvenience when it rains and the power may go off for an hour or you loose internet briefly, but hardly the crisis some make out and very small negative greatly out weighed by the positives. I am not denying there are issues and problems and corruption etc, but that's in every society. I just don't encounter it personally. Life is very peaceful, uneventful in many ways, and I love it here !! It's refreshing to see that I'm not the only one who is living the dream life!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaiguzzi Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 40 minutes ago, CharlieH said: No licences & permits permissions for everything, cameras on every corner - freedom to live your life the way you choose to live it. Concur. I go back to the UK for 3-4 weeks every 15 months (ish) to see my ageing poorly Mum. The Nanny State protruding into everything in the West is staggering. I really have to watch myself and pay extra attention when borrowing a car. Speed bumps, 20 mph zones, prosecuted for doing 35 in a 30. Market town centres dying. Instead of bakers, butchers and grocers or an ironmongers (hardware shop - remember them?), it's all charity and betting shops. Oh and vape and S/H shops. A slow death. No free parking. Drab grey dreary. I get back here after that, and the explosion in colour and life is staggering. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, thaiguzzi said: Concur. I go back to the UK for 3-4 weeks every 15 months (ish) to see my ageing poorly Mum. The Nanny State protruding into everything in the West is staggering. I really have to watch myself and pay extra attention when borrowing a car. Speed bumps, 20 mph zones, prosecuted for doing 35 in a 30. Market town centres dying. Instead of bakers, butchers and grocers or an ironmongers (hardware shop - remember them?), it's all charity and betting shops. Oh and vape and S/H shops. A slow death. No free parking. Drab grey dreary. I get back here after that, and the explosion in colour and life is staggering. will the last person to leave Great Britain, please turn the lights out!!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 I think I'll start another dot thread ....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tayaout Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) I studied horticulture in school. Being able to grow a wide variety of plants year round is very exciting. My wife and most thai girl I met before her are easier to live than all girls I met in the west. Family value. I come from a broken family and living conflict free with my extended Thai family give me much joy. Life is cheap and my wife don't spend much. I keep pilling up savings only from my investment. Low VAT and no income tax on my previous year profit help to save even more. As a life long traveller there is a lot of nice place to visit from a short plane trip. I come from a very cold country so the weather here is awesome. If I miss snow and mountaineering I can go to the Himalayas easily. Also my nickname since I'm a teenager is "Tay" which is kind of funny. Edited August 1, 2019 by Tayaout 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 14 minutes ago, Rhys said: ... a different type of service??? 555 no, that is too positive. you will be drugged, robbed. HIV. STD. just food. and junk food at that. nothing healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post elcaro Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 Thailand is the first place I felt at home. From the first months on I felt I would likely want to live here until my dying days. The climate, the people, the language, food, the fruit, nature and now my wife and baby all great reasons for me to stay. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 I forgot to mention the great infrastructure, the roads are top-notch and are indeed better than in some developed countries, plus there are rail and coach services that go everywhere. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ianezy0 Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 Cost of drinking water here compared to elsewhere. I paid $6 for a small bottle of water at Cairns airport! Cost for the company of a lady. I paid $450+ for one at Cairns airport! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiChakayan Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Indeed, my lovely Wife and two girls are the only reason I stay here. I feel quite uncomfortable with the climate here, and miss many things from my "Alpine Europe", but I feel I can make some sacrifices for my love ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ianezy0 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: Oh yes, I forgot the ladyboy shows ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shackleton Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 I concur with your reasons for staying the positives always out way the Negatives I as probably most on here remain upbeat about the future 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ianezy0 Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 I just like the hustle and bustle and quirkiness of Thailand. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted August 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, ianezy0 said: Oh yes, I forgot the ladyboy shows ???? see. fear and paranoia. now TV has me doubting my favorite YouTube video. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 minute ago, ianezy0 said: I just like the hustle and bustle and quirkiness of Thailand. Yes, it is unique, probably due to the fact that they were never colonised! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianezy0 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 minute ago, NCC1701A said: see. fear and paranoia. now TV has me doubting my favorite YouTube video. No it’s all good my friend. Actually, I have added it to my playlist ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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