I just don't care anymore.

[tropo]

33 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

36 minutes ago, Mops59 said:

Get a hobby. 

 

What's the point though?

That's a good point. A hobby for the sake of a hobby is just killing time. If you need to kill time, what is the point? That would be like treating time as an enemy.

 

Thaivisa is a good distraction though - my posting frequency has increased 10 fold, much to the disappointment of my many sparring partners on here LOL

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, Liverpoolfan said:

so true mate. whats the point in staying home all day in front of a computer screen?

may as well be in Grimsby. 

OH NO, not Grimsby!!!

[Lacessit]

I'm missing golf and swimming. My GF lives not far away, so we can visit one another when either or both are in the mood for some humpy rumpy.

I spend time on Thai Visa, talk to friends on the phone. I sit on my online share trading account like a crow on a rubbish bin, looking for juicy scraps. Every problem is an opportunity.

I've taken on an exercise regime Pilotman doesn't like, working in terms of keeping reasonably fit. Who knows, the flexibility section may result in me getting more distance on my drives.

I have plenty of music and film media to keep me entertained. I go shopping every day, Chiang Rai is not locked down. Alternate alcohol-free days with alcohol days.

I guess the ones who will come out better when this is over are those who are comfortable in their own skins, and have self-discipline.

 

[Lacessit]

9 minutes ago, tropo said:

That's a good point. A hobby for the sake of a hobby is just killing time. If you need to kill time, what is the point? That would be like treating time as an enemy.

 

Thaivisa is a good distraction though - my posting frequency has increased 10 fold, much to the disappointment of my many sparring partners on here LOL

I trust you do not confuse quantity with quality.

[soalbundy]

In my village in Isan (not Grimsby) it's all very easy, I go out when I want to, people have stopped wearing their masks now that the novelty has worn off and if I want I can go out for a stroll around the market town 17 km away, doesn't seem to be any restrictions, the town is emptier than usual but there are still people (with masks) around and Tesco's is still busy although less so.

[deej]

Never seen life brighter????

Woke up to morning

for another day

[EVENKEEL]

I made a beer run today   

[tropo]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I trust you do not confuse quantity with quality.

No, but you probably do, judging by your post count in the short time you're been on here.

[lanng khao]

53 minutes ago, Traubert said:

You might forget you're a scouser.

you would be surprised how many Liverpool fans arnt scousers...

[Lacessit]

29 minutes ago, bwpage3 said:

Unfortunately different countries are taking different measures with CV.

 

Thailand is taking some drastic action and if you look a the numbers reported, more people get killed on the highways each year.

 

So what is the cause for this drastic action? Maybe the numbers being reported aren't true?

 

The government can make this out to be the worst thing to ever hit Thailand, appropriate a 1.2 trillion CV budget, and every politician and general will ride off into the sunset with millions of US dollars.

 

The media isn't helping either and has brainwashed the uneducated into believing the sky is falling?????

 

Here in the US, more deaths and reported cases than anywhere in the world. But with 380,000,000 people those deaths are nothing but a tiny decimal place, well below cancer and others.

 

Some areas of the US have no CV, other large cities have it worse like New York.

 

I think we have had 18 positive cases where I live in a county of 600,000 people. 

 

99% of the businesses are open.

 

Lots of food.

 

Gas is going lower every day.

 

First round of government $1,200 stimulus checks going out.

 

Get to work from home, which is the best thing ever. No more having to sit in 10 meetings a day for no apparent reason.

 

People in general are keeping their social distance and just seem to be behaving nice than ever.

 

I am sure different people with different circumstances are taking it hard.

 

I personally would not want to be in Thailand, trusting the current gov't to make the best decisions for the people. 

 

 

IMO you are living in a fool's paradise. The US has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, by a factor of three. Every city in America with a low tax base and decayed infrastructure is going to be hit, and you have plenty of them. Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Chicago plus many more. New York is just the entree. You think lines of people queueing up at gun shops is a positive sign? A medical system that has been geared to profit for decades?

I am what your immigration bureaucrats quaintly term an alien. I couldn't get into the USA anyway. Having said that, America is the last place on earth I would want to be now.

 

[HighPriority]

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

now that is true. And boy, do I miss good fish and chips.  

I’m still in Oz, and I think like that sometimes, until I’m halfway though the stuff... ????

[BritManToo]

21 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

OH NO, not Grimsby!!!

Nice seafront at Grimsby (Cleethorpes).

Edited April 10, 2020 by BritManToo

[Nationless]

Suggest you start by making your bed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sK3wJAxGfs

 

Don't give up hope, just look at all the replies.

[Lacessit]

8 minutes ago, tropo said:

No, but you probably do, judging by your post count in the short time you're been on here.

Well, if I look at the approval ratio, I'd say other posters consider my posts to be better quality than yours.

What's with this short time BS? How long do I have to be here before fossils decide I am sufficiently atrophied?

[Pilotman]

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Nice seafront at Grimsby (Cleethorpes).

maybe, but the sea is dark, muddy, cold and uninviting. It looks like it exists in 1955, when I used to visit as a kid,  and is mighty depressing. It was then too, bar the fish and chips and ice cream. 

[shy coconut]

1 hour ago, CFCjeff said:

Just wait till they null and void the premier league season, that should just about tip you over the edge.    Anyway cheer up any day above the ground is better than a day below.

Geez, can you imagine the whingeing and demands for public enquiries?

[Genmai]

1 hour ago, Liverpoolfan said:

anyone managing to stay positive despite all the obvious signs of catastrophe on the horizon?

 

Absolutely. Now that I'm stuck indoors my life and mental state has overall gotten much better.

 

The #1 best thing is that I don't have to interact with Thais anymore. That's a massive headache and source of stress gone right there. Now that I no longer have to explain basic concepts, bang my head against the wall and complain about everything that's wrong I'm finally enjoying my life here. Order stuff online, Skype my friends/family, annoy my girlfriend and play with the neighborhood cats in my yard. Amazing. This must be hints of "the good life" that expat retirees talk about. 

 

The second best thing is that I don't have to feel guilty about staying in the house all day doing whatever the hell I want. PC loaded up with games I've been meaning to get through (RPG classics), stacks of books, a bunch of plants sprouting for the garden, plenty of time to cook the meals I want to, Udemy courses online, wow holy **** this quarantine isn't nearly going to be long enough for me to get through all the stuff I want.

 

The worst thing is not being able to sweat it out at the gym so my gains are quickly disappearing. And dreading the upcoming immigration office trip. That's about it. Alcohol is a no-no for me since overdoing it last year and wrecking my stomach, so I'm forced to stick to water/tea/frozen banana smoothies. If I was capable of drinking now I'd be blasted everyday for sure, and that wouldn't be good or sustainable for serotonin levels. CBD/THC oil would be another matter entirely but I haven't figured out how to get a prescription for that here...

 

Another thing to consider is that we're far better off than our friends/family back home. I always had this idea that 3rd world countries are far better places to ride out societal/infrastructural breakdown events simply because people are already used to the idea of living in dysfunctional societies. It's why despite largely disliking everyday living in Thailand I firmly chose to remain here during this crisis. People back in farang-land cannot imagine their international supply lines of frozen cheeseburgers coming to a halt and pharmacies being empty. Too many people who have grown up in a safe & functional environment who cannot conceive of how their world would look if nothing worked. Yes, here it's entirely possible we'll get the occasional farang being slingshotted at by racists. But the far more likely worst-case scenario back home is widespread looting and crime amidst a sea of lost people in disbelief which is typical of developed nations experiencing a period of breakdown. Here we'll still have an overabundance of locally grown food no matter what. Since Thais are so savvy at everything online it's super easy to arrange groceries and supply deliveries through Line and FB. 

 

But ultimately you're right. Nothing matters. Nothing is real.

 

Except pain.

 

Even the most staunch nihilist/existentialist under a high enough level of pain will admit that pain is real, and thus at the very very least some meaning can be derived through moving away from a state of pain and into a more "optimal" state of existence. How you do that and what "optimal" means is entirely up to you and that freedom of being able to decide is one of the highlights of being human.

 

But maybe I'm saying this because I'm the kind of farang who gets thrown into a week-long depressive episode after too many logical reasoning sessions with Somchai. And it takes me a period of isolation from everybody to get out of that depressive episode. You might be the complete opposite. In that case you'd benefit from more socialization. Fire up a few accounts on dating/penpal/language learning apps. If you're not in total lockdown walk around and force yourself to chat with others. And stop checking ThaiVisa so often, it's not good for mental health.

 

 

[Lacessit]

15 minutes ago, HighPriority said:

I’m still in Oz, and I think like that sometimes, until I’m halfway though the stuff... ????

Flake, chips and a pickled onion in Melbourne. Sweetest flesh ever to come out of the sea, no bones.

P.S. It's shark.

[Worldplus]

No real diff to my life...I walk 1 he a day...have 2 beers a day...  My Thai gf is very easy to live with and her cooking is awesome... I only miss massages which I used to do 3 times a week...i.m not in town...live on the darkside...  Easy living..

[Lacessit]

8 minutes ago, Genmai said:

 

 

 

But maybe I'm saying this because I'm the kind of farang who gets thrown into a week-long depressive episode after too many logical reasoning sessions with Somchai. And it takes me a period of isolation from everybody to get out of that depressive episode.

 

 

IMO that's your big mistake, because trying to apply Western logic here just doesn't work. I've given up trying, perhaps you should too.

[toofarnorth]

After reading the first 2 pages I now think one of the problems is  what I have come to be very normal has been curtailed.  Life with me was a regular life , massage Monday 1pm , Weds. ride out over the mountains , Thurs.  7pm restaurant in town ( now only takeouts ).  Friday walking street , Sat. lunch where the wife chooses then shopping Lotus , Sunday the night bazzar.  Nothing much but a routine.  That simple routine is not allowed anymore.

Today we went to makro shopping as Lotus has become a bore not routine once a week. Lotus 7 days out of 9.

So , we didn't ask for much but what we did has now come to a grinding halt .

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, Worldplus said:

No real diff to my life...I walk 1 he a day...have 2 beers a day...  My Thai gf is very easy to live with and her cooking is awesome... I only miss massages which I used to do 3 times a week...i.m not in town...live on the darkside...  Easy living..

Offer your GF 200 baht for a massage, and you'll be amazed how quickly she learns.

[Pravda]

2 hours ago, Muzzique said:

So much for this tropical paradise people talk about. Take out the beer and the girls and there's nothing really here. 

 

Well, there's my wife who is now supporting me on her salary.

 

Lucky me

[OneeyedJohn]

I am reading Page 3 and I am thoroughly depressed, so I am going elsewhere.

If u wanna get depressed in the UK, spend some time in Sunderland.

[tropo]

20 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Well, if I look at the approval ratio, I'd say other posters consider my posts to be better quality than yours.

What's with this short time BS? How long do I have to be here before fossils decide I am sufficiently atrophied?

You've been on here for just over 2 years. I started in 2006. That definitely puts you in the short time category. For the first 8 years or so there was no rating system on here and those first years were my most active by far.

 

It's easy enough to scrape up likes. You probably specialize in that. Get on thread early and post what you consider the popular opinion and then run around bragging about your likes. 

 

Don't get likes and good content confused. Most of your content that I've bothered to read is nothing more than fluff.  

 

 

[robblok]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Offer your GF 200 baht for a massage, and you'll be amazed how quickly she learns.

Not every Thai girl is desperate for money, some have jobs that pay far more. 

[FarFlungFalang]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

same same ... drink p_iss all day everyday , from morning 9.30 until night 8 or 9.00 but pretty p_issed by then. 

Gee and you look down your nose at us druggies or is that look up at us from the gutter?Maybe you should get yourself off to the Indra cannabis shop and try a new perspective before you have to try out a new liver!Plus you must be slow because if I started drinking at 9:30 am I would be legless by 11:00 am unless I drink a schooner of water between each schooner of beer which works wonders.

[tropo]

37 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO you are living in a fool's paradise. The US has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, by a factor of three. Every city in America with a low tax base and decayed infrastructure is going to be hit, and you have plenty of them. Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Chicago plus many more. New York is just the entree. You think lines of people queueing up at gun shops is a positive sign? A medical system that has been geared to profit for decades?

I am what your immigration bureaucrats quaintly term an alien. I couldn't get into the USA anyway. Having said that, America is the last place on earth I would want to be now.

 

You've been fooled by statistics. The US currently tests over 1 million people per week. Anyone can be tested, symptoms or not - in drive through testing centers - for free. With a population of over 320 million and testing that many, one would expect more infections to be detected than anywhere else in the world.

 

It would be impossible to determine which country has the most infections per capita unless every person is tested. The US might give other countries a clue as to how invasive this contagion really is.

[spidermike007]

Still getting out and biking with the miss, very early in the morning before it gets hot. Meeting up with friends, and having friends over to watch movies. Heading out to pick up take out, for a nice movie nite at home. Browsing the internet alot. Doing alot of downloads, of Japanese, Korean and other film directors I have never heard of, but am researching, and am excited to check out their work. Downloading alot of books. Eating really well, as my wife is preparing more gourmet meals than usual. Working in the garden. Doing some work online. All is quite good around here. Slightly more boring than before, but still very good, compared to life in California, even without Covid!

[spidermike007]

54 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO you are living in a fool's paradise. The US has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, by a factor of three. Every city in America with a low tax base and decayed infrastructure is going to be hit, and you have plenty of them. Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Chicago plus many more. New York is just the entree. You think lines of people queueing up at gun shops is a positive sign? A medical system that has been geared to profit for decades?

I am what your immigration bureaucrats quaintly term an alien. I couldn't get into the USA anyway. Having said that, America is the last place on earth I would want to be now.

 

I agree. I was supposed to fly back to LA on March 21st. Imagine? Thrilled to be here instead of there. The risks here are very low, and I am not a subscriber to the Zombie Apocalypse panic theory anyway.