Back in the UK after 10 years in Thailand

[moontang]

On 12/12/2019 at 6:32 PM, roo860 said:

I used to reckon a can of cider was very refreshing first thing. 

we call them penalty drinks, when you find a full, opened one they next morning...tastes suprisingly good.

[sanemax]

16 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

20 quid a week? This aint 1986. As said, you are full of it and no doubt just doing this for your own self amusement. Sad way to be for a grown man.

She only asked for £10 , I insisted on £20

[roo860]

13 minutes ago, sanemax said:

She only asked for £10 , I insisted on £20

I can remember when I used to carry my 90yr old mum downstairs every morning, so she could cook my breakfast. 

[bannork]

6 hours ago, roo860 said:

I can remember when I used to carry my 90yr old mum downstairs every morning, so she could cook my breakfast. 

You wuz lucky. I used to carry my mum, all 90 kilos of her, up three flights of stairs (we had no lift in them days), juz so she could hang my washing on the roof garden. 

[sanemax]

On 12/14/2019 at 7:01 AM, moontang said:

we call them penalty drinks, when you find a full, opened one they next morning...tastes suprisingly good.

I did recently wake up with non regular can of beer from an off licence already opened .

I thought that I may as well drink it .

Quite an odd tasting beer , seemed to be smoked beer, like you get smoky bacon and smoked cheese .

  Quite a nice beer, until 

I got to the last gulp and got a cigarette butt in my mouth .

[cleopatra2]

On 12/14/2019 at 2:06 PM, sanemax said:

She only asked for £10 , I insisted on £20

You initially claimed it was offered free.

Now you claim she aksed £10

[sanemax]

19 minutes ago, cleopatra2 said:

You initially claimed it was offered free.

Now you claim she aksed £10

Yes, that is correct .

She initially said that I can stay for free, I insisted on "paying my way" and then She said "OK £10 a week" and I insisted on being generous and giving her £20

[Hans007]

On 11/10/2019 at 5:59 PM, Kadilo said:

If Thai Immigration have got any sense they will use this thread to show how their policies are working. 

Which is good!!! I think all farrangs should leave thailand. No joke.

 

Hans

[sanemax]

2 minutes ago, Hans007 said:

Which is good!!! I think all farrangs should leave thailand. No joke.

 

Hans

Why do you think that all ferrangs should leave Thailand ?

[GalaxyMan]

9 hours ago, Hans007 said:

Which is good!!! I think all farrangs should leave thailand. No joke.

 

Hans

And how are you defining a farang? 80% of the Thai people are farangs, Thai-Chins from Yunnan. ????

[kingdong]

On 12/12/2019 at 9:50 AM, sanemax said:

Picked onions are 50p each from the chip shop .

I bought a jar of pickled onions for 87 p from ASDA and I take my own 

And do you turn the gas off when you turn your bacon over?

[Kadilo]

4 minutes ago, kingdong said:

And do you turn the gas off when you turn your bacon over?

Yes cos his Mum told him to

[mogandave]

On 12/15/2019 at 6:33 PM, sanemax said:

Yes, that is correct .

She initially said that I can stay for free, I insisted on "paying my way" and then She said "OK £10 a week" and I insisted on being generous and giving her £20

I went home to stay with my folks in CA for month when I was about twenty. I was working in Florida, just got my annual bonus and had six weeks off. 
 

I offered to chip in and dad said no, I wouldn’t dream of taking you money (or some such). He and mom were both retired by then, and it was just them at the house. 
 

I was flush with bonus money and proud. No, I insisted. I want to pay my share. 
 

Okay he says. Goes to the kitchen, pulls out mom’s book, a pencil and a score pad. Adds everything up for the previous year up, divides it by twelve, divides it by three. Re-runs the number and tells me $304.28. 

[BritManToo]

5 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

And how are you defining a farang? 80% of the Thai people are farangs, Thai-Chins from Yunnan. ????

The normal definition would be 'Caucasian', I don't think any Chinese fall into that ethnic classification.

[sanemax]

5 hours ago, kingdong said:

And do you turn the gas off when you turn your bacon over?

I dont switch the gas off , I only cook my bacon on one side and thus no need to turn the gas off because I dont turn the bacon over .

  I did post a photo earlier in the thread of my one sided cooked bacon 

[sanemax]

        Just bought all this food from ASDA for less than £10 (400 Baht) .

Indian meal for 2

Chinese meal for 2 

Chilli beef pennette bake serves 2

 Chicken and bacon pasta bake , serves 2

Lamb rogan josh

Chicken fried rice x 2

Chicken filled Yorkshire pudding x 2

Tandoori/Tikka/Cajun./Garlic and herb chicken portions x 4

All going in the freexzer to last me the whole week.

All for less than £ 10

17 single servings for 400 Baht

[Kadilo]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

        Just bought all this food from ASDA for less than £10 (400 Baht) .

Indian meal for 2

Chinese meal for 2 

Chilli beef pennette bake serves 2

 Chicken and bacon pasta bake , serves 2

Lamb rogan josh

Chicken fried rice x 2

Chicken filled Yorkshire pudding x 2

Tandoori/Tikka/Cajun./Garlic and herb chicken portions x 4

All going in the freexzer to last me the whole week.

All for less than £ 10

17 single servings for 400 Baht

Dont forget to put some bog roll in the fridge. 

[metempsychotic]

On 10/7/2019 at 11:13 PM, madmen said:

Haven't read the whole thread so can someone confirm its about a middle aged man who can no longer afford to live in Thailand and went back to the UK to be saved by Mommy whilst still posting on TV 24/7 and slagging of the kingdom?

 

I hope its not true but I fear it maybe...

That seems about correct. 

 

Funny, I read or post. Ery little on thaivisa while 8m out of the country. 

 

I'm trying to carry that through into when I'm in the country as well. 

[metempsychotic]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

        Just bought all this food from ASDA for less than £10 (400 Baht) .

Indian meal for 2

Chinese meal for 2 

Chilli beef pennette bake serves 2

 Chicken and bacon pasta bake , serves 2

Lamb rogan josh

Chicken fried rice x 2

Chicken filled Yorkshire pudding x 2

Tandoori/Tikka/Cajun./Garlic and herb chicken portions x 4

All going in the freexzer to last me the whole week.

All for less than £ 10

17 single servings for 400 Baht

So you are living the life eating discount prepared meals? 

Why don't you just get on with your life? 

 

Seems odd that you need to continually validate yourself here. 

[sanemax]

1 minute ago, metempsychotic said:

That seems about correct. 

 

 

Completely incorrect actually 

I didnt leave Thailand because I could no longer afford it , I had things in the UK that I needed to go back for , I stayed around my mums in the spare room, my childhood room, for a while .

  I also dont not "slag off" Thailand , infact , some posters on here have accused me of being a Thai apologist and of have rose tinted specs on .

  So,he was wrong on all counts

[Ron jeremy]

6 minutes ago, metempsychotic said:

So you are living the life eating discount prepared meals? 

Why don't you just get on with your life? 

 

Seems odd that you need to continually validate yourself here. 

Living life eating discount meals?????

sounds to me like expats in Thailand. 

No comeback on that one!

[sanemax]

7 minutes ago, metempsychotic said:

So you are living the life eating discount prepared meals? 

Why don't you just get on with your life? 

 

Seems odd that you need to continually validate yourself here. 

I didnt ever cook anything in my nine years in Thailand and its much more cheaper and convenient to get a meal and put in in the microwave for 2 minutes,taking it out stirring it and then putting in back in the microwave for a further 2 minutes , rather thn cooking food

[bannork]

6 minutes ago, metempsychotic said:

So you are living the life eating discount prepared meals? 

Why don't you just get on with your life? 

 

Seems odd that you need to continually validate yourself here. 

Max, home alone in England, eating junk food in mid winter. A UK apologist. Desperate times.

 

 

 

 

[Kadilo]

20 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Completely incorrect actually 

I didnt leave Thailand because I could no longer afford it , I had things in the UK that I needed to go back for , I stayed around my mums in the spare room, my childhood room, for a while .

  I also dont not "slag off" Thailand , infact , some posters on here have accused me of being a Thai apologist and of have rose tinted specs on .

  So,he was wrong on all counts

Why is it significant that it was your “childhood room” that you are/were in? 

Edited January 2, 2020 by Kadilo

[sanemax]

15 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

Living life eating discount meals?????

sounds to me like expats in Thailand. 

 

Nothing wrong with that .

I am quite happy and content to go to ASDA and buy a meal for two for £ 1.19, reduced from £ 4.75  and then going home and having the meal for two on my own 

  Whats wrong with that ?

Chicken Korma

Chicken tikka Masala

Pilau rice

Naam brad and onion Bhajis and I dont have to share it with anyone.

[sanemax]

8 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Why is it significant that it was your “childhood room” that you are/were in? 

Its still kind of like MY room  , my room since I was 3 years old

[Kadilo]

Just now, sanemax said:

Its still kind of like MY room  , my room since I was 3 years old

You still got pics of Donny Osmond on the wall?

[metempsychotic]

7 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Nothing wrong with that .

I am quite happy and content to go to ASDA and buy a meal for two for £ 1.19, reduced from £ 4.75  and then going home and having the meal for two on my own 

  Whats wrong with that ?

Chicken Korma

Chicken tikka Masala

Pilau rice

Naam brad and onion Bhajis and I dont have to share it with anyone.

Yeah. That looks great. 

 

Good lord move on, quit while you are ahead. 

[sanemax]

12 minutes ago, metempsychotic said:

Yeah. That looks great. 

 

Good lord move on, quit while you are ahead. 

Not claiming that its great, cant complain even at the full price (200 Baht) .

  That is at least comparable to Thai prices  and maybe even cheaper and considering the sale price was 50 Baht , I believe that there is nowhere in Thailand where you could get that much food for 50 Baht 

[Orton Rd]

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

        Just bought all this food from ASDA for less than £10 (400 Baht) .

Indian meal for 2

Chinese meal for 2 

Chilli beef pennette bake serves 2

 Chicken and bacon pasta bake , serves 2

Lamb rogan josh

Chicken fried rice x 2

Chicken filled Yorkshire pudding x 2

Tandoori/Tikka/Cajun./Garlic and herb chicken portions x 4

All going in the freexzer to last me the whole week.

All for less than £ 10

17 single servings for 400 Baht

But how much is your council tax, petrol, water and other utilities? I looked at buying somewhere back home this year but the council tax was over 150 quid a month and the water 40. Food is cheap, but the overheads more than make up for it.