Despite all the Frustrations - You have Just Got to Love Thailand

[Pilotman]

Got up at 6:30 this morning.  Sun was shinning, birds happy to see a little sun instead of the torrential rains of the last few days.  Swimming pool so inviting with just a slight chill to the water. Coffee by the pool and a 5 minute boiled egg salad. And the memory of a phone call with my UK based kids, who told me that they are gearing up for a harsh winter in that soulless place. It's sometimes frustrating to live here and put up with some of the <deleted> that goes with it, but boy, it is still a great place to retire. 

[soalbundy]

Yes

[Tayaout]

I agree with you but the UK is like the tropic for us Canadian. I spent one "winter" in Liverpool and only needed my spring jacket. 

Edited September 28, 2019 by Tayaout

[Khon Kaen Jeff]

What you doing for the rest of the day now that little highlight is over?

[Khon Kaen Jeff]

2 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

I agree with you but the UK is like the tropic for us Canadian. I spent one "winter" in Liverpool and only needed my spring jacket. 

Fully agree. The UK winters are nowhere a harsh as some make out. Of course, they just say that as one way to justify to themselves why they live here.

[NCC1701A]

I love Thailand.

 

Unfortunately the TV Misery Zombies will be here soon to get this positive topic locked.

[faraday]

Yup, it's great; the temperature in Udon has dropped a bit now, slight fog this morning, birds singing, there's a gentle breeze. Lovely.

 

 

[Dexlowe]

2 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

I love Thailand.

 

Unfortunately the TV Misery Zombies will be here soon to get this positive topic locked.

Well of course. You haven't given a single thought to struggling Brit expats, homeless waifs, wretched soi dogs or ugly prostitutes. Shame on you. Go home.

[PatOngo]

Thainess! What more could you possibly want?

[Pilotman]

22 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

I agree with you but the UK is like the tropic for us Canadian. I spent one "winter" in Liverpool and only needed my spring jacket. 

It wasn't stolen off you? Respect. 

[Khon Kaen Jeff]

13 minutes ago, Dexlowe said:

Well of course. You haven't given a single thought to struggling Brit expats, homeless waifs, wretched soi dogs or ugly prostitutes. Shame on you. Go home.

Positive topic? He's just used it as a stick to bash the UK with, pretty pathetic. So it's so great here because he had a mug of coffee and a sandwich?? Right, ok, got it.

[ezzra]

And as the old adage goes.. 'enjoy it while it last'...

[Pilotman]

42 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

What you doing for the rest of the day now that little highlight is over?

The usual, gym, coffee with friends, shopping for cheese and cat/dog food, some online 'work', BBQ in the early evening, F1 Qualifying, NFL game to watch, bed with a lovely Asian lady.  Now that is what I call a retirement day.  

[evadgib]

It's so refreshingly chilly of late that i very nearly stepped on a snake a few days ago while walking the dogs as it wasn't quick enough to slither away. I missed it by all of 4"!

Edited September 28, 2019 by evadgib

[Khon Kaen Jeff]

1 minute ago, Pilotman said:

The usual, gym, coffee with friends, shopping for cheese and cat/dog food, some online 'work', BBQ in the early evening, F1 Qualifying, NFL game to watch, bed with a lovely Asian lady.  Now that is what I call a retirement day.  

Sounds awful, but enjoy.

 

You fancy the Hanoi F1 next year? Let's be buddies and go together?

[tabarin]

If you ask me, what OP describes could be any country with a (sub)tropical climate. But I agree, anywhere better than winters in Netherlands / UK, it is just <deleted>ty.
However I could imagine it to be fun if having full snow, living near some winter sports area. The sun is just as hot in the day time, grilled chicken and a beer on the piste.

[Nyezhov]

48 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

I love Thailand.

 

Unfortunately the TV Misery Zombies will be here soon to get this positive topic locked.

I got ripped off for 5 baht by a cab driver because he didnt know where he was going.

I got the hershey squirts from eating in a 5 star, typical Thai sanitation.

A garbage truck wouldnt stop for me in the crosswalk and crushed my legs.

The emergency room was packed and they wanted a deposit in cash.

I called the Thai girl I met on TF last night to help me, she said I was hansum, so I gave her my ATM card to get me cash. She told me that she had a outie instead of an innie, is that OK hansum man?

They called me farang.

They took a chinese dude with a hangnail before me, they said that its good that the bones stick out, it dries them.

The PoPo came the next day and told me there was something in my pee and I would have to come to the station, but for 5K they would hold off until my stump heals.

I gave them the 5K and then they wanted more because I was in the hospital overnight and didnt do a TM30.

My girl-guy came back and said she was sorry about my leg, but her dad had a hangnail too and need 50K so she borrowed it from my account. The other 1.8 mil she said was missing, she thinks the bank stole it.

I got a little mad, and then she yelled at me, left the room, went to the cafe and bought a beer, and tossed it in my face.

Some guy in a chicken suit with a feather duster up his a** hopped by my room and cackled at me.

 

Thailand sucks.

 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

Sounds awful, but enjoy.

 

You fancy the Hanoi F1 next year? Let's be buddies and go together?

 

Myself I'd be paving the back yard, wiring up the family house or cleaning up after the beloved ( most untidy person I ever met ).

 

I too loved LOS.

loved being warm ALL the time

loved having minimal regulations from the government

loved being able to afford to eat at a nice restaurant

loved being able to go to the beach and stay in a proper room with ensuite ON the sand.

loved watching pretty girls that didn't look as though they were eating a lemon, and didn't look like they ate an entire large sized cake every day.

loved travelling by train that didn't cost a small fortune to travel on

loved every day being an adventure. I took thousands of photos- back home I barely take the camera out at all.

loved the sheer exoticness of the place

etc

etc

[4MyEgo]

Despite all the Frustrations - You have Just Got to Love Thailand

I do love many things about Thailand, but there is one hurdle of frustration that I cannot get over, and that hurdle is the annual burning season, that said, next burning season I am hopeful that I can just up and go for a couple of months to a coastal place to breath in some fresh air with the family while the big chiefs here send smoke signals to each other as often as they like, while at the same time damaging the health of all the innocent people, children, family members, etc etc.

 

If things don't work out as I have planned, then I will have to fall out of love with Thailand and relocate to some coastal town down under in the south of New South Wales, like Maloney's Beach and perhaps visit Thailand every now and again when the burning season is not evident.

 

 

[ColeBOzbourne]

3 hours ago, evadgib said:

It's so refreshingly chilly of late that i very nearly stepped on a snake a few days ago while walking the dogs as it wasn't quick enough to slither away. I missed it by all of 4"!

Shame on you! That poor snake. Probably scared half to death and now hiding in the bushes feeling traumatized.

[Pilotman]

3 hours ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

Sounds awful, but enjoy.

 

You fancy the Hanoi F1 next year? Let's be buddies and go together?

Would love to, but I'm booked for the Singapore GP next year and can't swing two trips in one year. 2021 definitely. 

[Pilotman]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Despite all the Frustrations - You have Just Got to Love Thailand

I do love many things about Thailand, but there is one hurdle of frustration that I cannot get over, and that hurdle is the annual burning season, that said, next burning season I am hopeful that I can just up and go for a couple of months to a coastal place to breath in some fresh air with the family while the big chiefs here send smoke signals to each other as often as they like, while at the same time damaging the health of all the innocent people, children, family members, etc etc.

 

If things don't work out as I have planned, then I will have to fall out of love with Thailand and relocate to some coastal town down under in the south of New South Wales, like Maloney's Beach and perhaps visit Thailand every now and again when the burning season is not evident.

 

 

I can understand that. It would drive me to distraction too.  We don't have that problem where I live, thank goodness. 

[Pilotman]

4 hours ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

Fully agree. The UK winters are nowhere a harsh as some make out. Of course, they just say that as one way to justify to themselves why they live here.

Its not so much the cold for me, its the many dank days on end, drizzle that just will not stop and bare trees, everything grey and just miserable.  Getting dark at 5pm doesn't help. 

[Pilotman]

4 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

Well of course. You haven't given a single thought to struggling Brit expats, homeless waifs, wretched soi dogs or ugly prostitutes. Shame on you. Go home.

Don't care about any of those things, they impinge on me not at all. 

[gk10002000]

4 hours ago, Khon Kaen Jeff said:

What you doing for the rest of the day now that little highlight is over?

ha!  I have been contemplating retiring for the last two years.  I know I get bored and will get  bored.  But the Dilbert situation at work is going to drive me to punch out this December for sure, possibly I will hang on for a few more months if they transfer me back to Florida. 

 

 

[Khon Kaen Jeff]

14 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

Its not so much the cold for me, its the many dank days on end, drizzle that just will not stop and bare trees, everything grey and just miserable.  Getting dark at 5pm doesn't help. 

I hear what you're saying, don't mind dark early tbh but weeks if not months on end with no sun really can get very depressing and as you say that drizzle. That said I do miss the seasons and when I went back in October last year I din't even need a jacket most days and sometimes was wearing shorts, no joke, the weather was simply glorious, the low sun blue skies but feeling fresh, crispy and clean, walking through hyde park was a joy to behold, felt grateful to be alive, and I'm sorry to say we simply do not get that here.

[HeyHeyHey]

6 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Got up at 6:30 this morning.  Sun was shinning, birds happy to see a little sun instead of the torrential rains of the last few days.  Swimming pool so inviting with just a slight chill to the water. Coffee by the pool and a 5 minute boiled egg salad. And the memory of a phone call with my UK based kids, who told me that they are gearing up for a harsh winter in that soulless place. It's sometimes frustrating to live here and put up with some of the <deleted> that goes with it, but boy, it is still a great place to retire. 

I can do all that in Philippines with no frustration and (much) less cost.

[JAFO]

And off we go.....  

 

Nice post Pilotman.  Enjoy.  Tough crowd on TVF.  Positive threads on this site don't go over to well.

 

I got up, took a walk on beach.  Stopped for a Iced green tea. Working on Motorcycle today.  Later nice dinner with my wife then some NCAAF football, 

 

Life is good.  

 

 

[Pilotman]

24 minutes ago, HeyHeyHey said:

I can do all that in Philippines with no frustration and (much) less cost.

No thanks, place is a dump, with terrible infrastructure and medical services and its run by a homicidal maniac

[Pilotman]

11 minutes ago, JAFO said:

And off we go.....  

 

Nice post Pilotman.  Enjoy.  Tough crowd on TVF.  Positive threads on this site don't go over to well.

 

I got up, took a walk on beach.  Stopped for a Iced green tea. Working on Motorcycle today.  Later nice dinner with my wife then some NCAAF football, 

 

Life is good.  

 

 

Not really a tough crowd, just a few bitter old men, who have made lots of wrong decisions in their lives and wouldn't be happy anywhere.  Leave them to stew in their own unhappiness.  A small part of the reason for posting this morning was to hack them off.