Giving up on Pattaya

[Leaver]

35 minutes ago, teacherclaire said:

She's now there for around two years and seems to be very happy.

Is he in Canada?  

[AlfHuy]

12 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Dunno about the beer, but there is something in that photo that does look tasty.

I miss Pattaya.

The ice on the bottle?

[Leaver]

4 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

The ice on the bottle?

The girl in the background is even colder.  ????

[jacko45k]

16 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yes Leo is the preferred choice of the retired pensioner, personally my first choice is a large Singh then Tiger. I don't get why they want lower alcohol beer, maybe drink less instead 

I drink quite fast, drinking less or slower seems to go against nature! I always put that down to my younger days in Northern UK where beer was drank in pints and it was usually under 4%, and many of them. I have been caught out by stronger brews many a time.... my god, my introduction to the old Chang still gives me a dread of it. 

[Olmate]

14 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I drink quite fast, drinking less or slower seems to go against nature! I always put that down to my younger days in Northern UK where beer was drank in pints and it was usually under 4%, and many of them. I have been caught out by stronger brews many a time.... my god, my introduction to the old Chang still gives me a dread of it. 

Older Ozzie’s will recall the 6 oclock closing days which meant downing as many as possible in those final 15 minutes! 

[kwonitoy]

On 8/26/2020 at 7:45 PM, Pilotman said:

6 million, for a condo, utter madness. 

I paid 7.5M, in 2006, for mine. sold it last sept for 12M, madness indeed

[moontang]

On 10/8/2020 at 8:45 AM, aussiexpat said:

I can honestly say no-one has ever said that about me lol

 

Maybe I only frequent bars that cater to Aussies and their well known thirst for ice cold beer ????

 

Aussie, my guess is you smoke at least half a pack of cigs per day.  The reason I state that, is because otherwise you would be able to taste that both Singh's light and tiger light are as bad as it gets, and once a beer has frozen, it has a life of about an hour to be thawed and consumed.  The ice makes it expand just enough to break the seal and make it flat.  But, hey, the Thais do it.... The only pub within a mile of me that serves cold beer, has an old energy hog cooler that partially freezes them, which might be ok, but then they shut it off overnight (many pubs are closed for 15-18 hours per day), and the cycle repeats.  So you never know how many times it was frozen and thawed, but it was basically ruined after the first.  

Edited October 11, 2020 by moontang

[Olmate]

7 minutes ago, moontang said:

Aussie, my guess is you smoke at least half a pack of cigs per day.  The reason I state that, is because otherwise you would be able to taste that both Singh's light and tiger light are as bad as it gets, and once a beer has frozen, it has a life of about an hour to be thawed and consumed.  The ice makes it expand just enough to break the seal and make it flat.  But, hey, the Thais do it....

Figure u dont own an esky! ????

[moontang]

24 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Figure u dont own an esky! ????

Of course, I own two eskies, a nine can and a 15 can.  Brought them 15000 km to BKK.  The nine hold 6x490 ml perfectly.  Unless it is packed with snow or tiny ice is used, they never freeze.

Edited October 11, 2020 by moontang

[kingofthemountain]

48 minutes ago, kwonitoy said:

I paid 7.5M, in 2006, for mine. sold it last sept for 12M, madness indeed

In regard of the actual (And probably future) situation

you can consider yourself as a very very lucky person

[scubascuba3]

37 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

In regard of the actual (And probably future) situation

you can consider yourself as a very very lucky person

The thing is you don't get people coming on here and blowing their trumpet about how much they have lost and there are many. Many just got lucky with the exchange rate and make a currency profit, same if they'd held the money in a bank

[moontang]

21 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

The thing is you don't get people coming on here and blowing their trumpet about how much they have lost and there are many. Many just got lucky with the exchange rate and make a currency profit, same if they'd held the money in a bank

But, you don't hear from most of the life-long renters, who missed opportunity after opportunity to buy low during the past 20-50 years.

 

This is the last single family house I bought in the USA, in 2010...its value has increased 1000% since then.  Nothing extraordinary happened, at all, unless you consider 51c this Summer extraordinary.  And yes, that is 1000, not 100.

Edited October 11, 2020 by moontang

[aussiexpat]

1 hour ago, moontang said:

Aussie, my guess is you smoke at least half a pack of cigs per day.  The reason I state that, is because otherwise you would be able to taste that both Singh's light and tiger light are as bad as it gets, and once a beer has frozen, it has a life of about an hour to be thawed and consumed.  The ice makes it expand just enough to break the seal and make it flat.  But, hey, the Thais do it.... 

First off, never smoked a cigarette in my life, more importantly, the ice is on the outside of the beer in the pic I added. There was no ice in the beer itself, that would be crazy ????

[scubascuba3]

23 minutes ago, moontang said:

But, you don't hear from most of the life-long renters, who missed opportunity after opportunity to buy low during the past 20-50 years.

 

This is the last single family house I bought in the USA, in 2010...its value has increased 1000% since then.  Nothing extraordinary happened, at all, unless you consider 51c this Summer extraordinary.  And yes, that is 1000, not 100.

Is that a house that people live in? looks more like a storage unit for junk

[Susco]

28 minutes ago, moontang said:

This is the last single family house I bought in the USA, in 2010...its value has increased 1000% since then.  Nothing extraordinary happened, at all, unless you consider 51c this Summer extraordinary.  And yes, that is 1000, not 100.

Edited 24 minutes ago by moontang

 

Let me guess, the increase in value was realized by flattening the dump?

[moontang]

24 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

Let me guess, the increase in value was realized by flattening the dump?

Nope, there were no structural changes to the house, built in 1946.  Lot is 700 sm.

Edited October 11, 2020 by moontang

[kingofthemountain]

1 hour ago, moontang said:

Nope, there were no structural changes to the house, built in 1946.  Lot is 700 sm.

Looks much better on this photo

new paint, new windows and a start of a garden have a real visual effect

however for this price i would expect the wall on the side be finished

[treetops]

17 hours ago, Leaver said:

Last time I looked it was 330ml. 

You haven't looked for around 3 years then going by what google found on this forum alone (or you've been drinking very old beer).

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1006190-drink-laws/page/9/?tab=comments#comment-12353781

 

[rott]

On 10/10/2020 at 1:35 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Yes Leo is the preferred choice of the retired pensioner, personally my first choice is a large Singh then Tiger. I don't get why they want lower alcohol beer, maybe drink less instead 

The three that you mentioned are all 5%. People drink weaker beer because they like to drink beer. Nothing worse than stretching a couple out to avoid suffering later. 

Well yes plenty worse things, but... 

[jacko45k]

4 minutes ago, aussiexpat said:

Meanwhile, giving up on Pattaya a pretty good choice this week. Only hoop I have to jump through is write my name and address when I enter a bar or restaurant on the Covid free Gold Coast.

That is all have to do here, and I am in Pattaya and know where I would rather be.

Edited October 11, 2020 by jacko45k

[aussiexpat]

3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

That is all have to do here, and I am in Pattaya and know where I would rather be.

I'm  talking about the ridiculous hoops to get back, not what you lucky people have to endure

[Leaver]

5 hours ago, treetops said:

You haven't looked for around 3 years then going by what google found on this forum alone (or you've been drinking very old beer).

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1006190-drink-laws/page/9/?tab=comments#comment-12353781

 

Tiger beer?

[Rimmer]

Please stay on topic:

 

Giving up on Pattaya

[jacko45k]

22 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The thing is you don't get people coming on here and blowing their trumpet about how much they have lost and there are many. Many just got lucky with the exchange rate and make a currency profit, same if they'd held the money in a bank

The guy who bought it for 12 mil last September was keeping very quiet this recent September past.

[aussiexpat]

16 minutes ago, moontang said:

But Auss, didn't Warden Morrison state there would be no furloughs off the island for at least the rest of the year?  So what difference do the wind changing rules in Thailand make for the convicts?

I can leave Australia any time I want, as of 2 months ago the government published their policy that if you have "a compelling reason to leave Australia for more than 3 months" then they will grant an exemption. I have confirmed that owning a Condo with long history of living in Thailand 6 months per year is a compelling reason to get the exemption.  

 

Edited October 12, 2020 by aussiexpat

[treetops]

15 hours ago, Leaver said:

Tiger beer?

No.

 

[booji]

On 10/10/2020 at 12:50 PM, Surelynot said:

Don't you find it a bit sweet?

Actually I don't like Leo but then I'm not a long-timer 

[rott]

Nothing specially good or bad about any of them. 

[rott]

On 10/11/2020 at 2:07 PM, moontang said:

Nope, there were no structural changes to the house, built in 1946.  Lot is 700 sm.

Just needs a decent bit of pebbledash to finish it off. 

[moontang]

8 minutes ago, rott said:

Just needs a decent bit of pebbledash to finish it off. 

Heard it called pink rock or river rock around there.  There is a large pool company called Pebbbletec that specializes in a pulverized rock finish, which is a big improvement over bare concrete.  May do the rock lawn in the new Wyoming house.  4 feet of snow and 15 inches of rain per year, but whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting..Twain.