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On 9/26/2019 at 7:04 PM, Thaiwrath said:

I have quite a few different friends who come over to visit

 

To visit for a holiday is very different than living somewhere permanently.

 

It probably depends on personal circumstances. How much difficulties do you have with your visa?  How is your income affected by exchange rates?  How is your health? How is your healthcare insurance compared with what you can maybe get for free in your home country? 

 

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38 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

I forget sometimes who the players are here...

People who speak English?

 

To be enfranchised with regard to a country means to be given the rights of a citizen, in particular the right to vote, which doesn't apply to the farang you're talking about, so they can't be disenfranchised.

 

you probably meant disenchanted or alienated. Learning how to use the thesaurus you got for your birthday must be proving difficult for you.

 

en·fran·chise·ment
/inˈfranˌCHīzmənt,enˈfranˌCHīzmənt/
noun
  1. 1. 
    the giving of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
    "the World War hastened the enfranchisement of women"
     
    2. 
    HISTORICAL
    liberation from imprisonment or slavery.
     
    3. 
    BRITISHLAW
    the action of making land freehold.
    "legal costs attributable to the enfranchisement of leasehold properties"
     
     
     
     
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On 9/27/2019 at 1:33 AM, sanemax said:

Some people like Marmite, some dont .

Not sure what marmite is or why anyone would want to eat it [relative of termite?]

 

But the question is merely chocolate or vanilla... 

 

My dad liked vanilla and couldn't understand how anyone might prefer chocolate - they were stupid. 
Or just didn't know the truth... 

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There are some guys who fall in love with a dream of fluffy bunny rabbits at the drop of a hat then they find out the real world isn't like that, if someone has a bad experience rather than blame the immediate problem they blame the whole picture, for instance someone gets a 'wrong doing' by someone on a motorbike then they hate all motorbikes sadly this is a rather large percentage of our population.

If you feel happy and can afford to live a comfortable life in Thailand then why would you want to come back to England, don't get me wrong I like my country but we all have gripes, ie cost of living, damp dull horrible weather etc so if you're happy there stay and come back during the summer if you must for a visit because its obviously a little less damp and dull here. If you lived in paradise (wherever that may be) people would always find things to gripe about nowhere is perfect so decide on what your criteria is, you have already said you feel more motivated to get up and do something in Thailand so I think you have more or less answered your own question...

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7 minutes ago, The Fugitive said:

Agree! Seasons in UK make life more interesting, Spring especially. You do need heating and hot water but avoid 24/7 ants and mosquitoes. Irish Sea and North Sea coastlines are never far away.

We have some seasons here in Thailand in the North.  The cool season is heaven, the rainy season is all lush and green and clean air, and the hot season is pollution and extreme temperatures.  That is just as interesting as the seasons back in the UK for me... I could do without the hot dry season here, and also do without the UK winter (which seems to be more than half the year these days).  

 

I have less problems with ants here than back in the UK... and there were always wasps, midges and gnats about in the countryside (apart from winter time).  

 

Coastlines are easy to get to from CM.. just go to the airport and hop on a plane.  Phuket has much nicer beaches then most of the UK ones.

 

What I miss about the UK is the countryside, wildlife, cleanliness and lack of pollution, as well as being able to easily communicate and understand each other and think / reason in a similar way.  I don't miss the yobs, crime, weather, taxes and utility bills, food, and a lot of miserable moaning people who are rather unsocial and not friendly as easily as Thai people.  Also I love how here we can live most of our lives outside (in the UK is was often too cold, raining and windy, to socialise outside or sit about outdoor restaurants and bars.  

 

 

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14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

But yeah, the UK might be a great place if you have parents or siblings to bludge a place to live off.

It would make it difficult moving back to the UK, if you had no friends there and you didnt like any of your family and your family didnt like you and if you also needed to have a female sleeping in your bed everynight and no female in the UK would be willing to do that  , it wouldnt be such an enjoyable place to go and visit 

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On 9/27/2019 at 12:39 AM, NCC1701A said:

only people who have actually lived here can truly comment on which is better FOR THEM. 

 

when asked the first thing I say to people back in the USA is "Thailand is definitely not for everyone, but it is fantastic for me."

 

On 9/27/2019 at 3:12 AM, 473geo said:

UK has been good to me, Thailand has been good to me....

 

Just lucky I guess ????

Yeah dudes, half the year in the USA, half in Thailand. What a great thing! Works for me. When Unigod was passing out the souls, the incipient particles near me got hit with s**hole places like Tau Faecundus IX (you know, that place where the Giant Wasps look to inject you with hungry larvae all the time, so you have to carry a stick to fight them off), the Sudan and France. I got the USA! And now I get Thailand too? Thanks, Unigod.

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On 9/27/2019 at 3:12 AM, 473geo said:

UK has been good to me, Thailand has been good to me....

 

Just lucky I guess ????

me too but the weather and the girls are better to me 555

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12 hours ago, zyphodb said:

The weather mostly I should imagine...

20 C in London this morning , blue skys and sunny with some clouds and likely showers .

  Fresh clean breathable air and you can walk outside at midday with out feeling hot and uncomfortable .

  Perfect weather, hows the weather in Thailand today ?

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On 9/27/2019 at 2:56 AM, Ron jeremy said:

It's quite sad to hear from people that their home country, the U.K. Is a <deleted>hole. So many refer to it this way. I'm glad I come from a different country, I have no reason to escape, perhaps for the winters, but that's all. And happy to return to a great place to live.

so sad to hear the negativity about the UK all the time.

It all depends where in the UK you live, same for Thailand I am quite happy here been so for the last 15 years but I am surrounded by fields not cars, UK was the same fields not traffic.

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9 minutes ago, sanemax said:

20 C in London this morning , blue skys and sunny with some clouds and likely showers .

  Fresh clean breathable air and you can walk outside at midday with out feeling hot and uncomfortable .

  Perfect weather, hows the weather in Thailand today ?

About 27 degrees with a nice cooling breeze & not a cloud in the sky here in Mukdahan, pretty idellic, congratulations, it's not raining...

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On 9/27/2019 at 1:25 AM, sanemax said:

Which posters have actually said that though ?

Or it you make that quote up, attribute that made up quote to non existent people and then accuse those non existent people of lying ?

you were in Thailand for quite sometime, correct? now you are back in the UK, your thoughts please

Posted
12 hours ago, Mavideol said:

you were in Thailand for quite sometime, correct? now you are back in the UK, your thoughts please

I have done a thread about it here 

 

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