What is the good news about living in Thailand now?

[BritManToo]

7 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

My Mrs brings pretty good strawberries back from our village market quite often.

I find Thai strawberries almost as inedible (small/hard/white/bitter) as Thai bananas (short/fat/sickly sweet). Your standards must be considerably different to mine.

 

Thai fruit just isn't all that good IMHO.

I hardly eat any.

Edited February 25, 2022 by BritManToo

[Isaan sailor]

They got plenty of rice.

[DUNROAMIN]

If you can think, eat, drink, drive and live like Thais, this is the place for you.

[SiSePuede419]

3 hours ago, Tom H said:

Good is, that Russia wont attack Thailand.

Well, Pattaya anyway. ????

[RichardColeman]

10 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Lately even finding Brussels sprouts.... don't have to pay silly Villa Market prices!

Been trying to explain to my Mrs for years I wanted Water Chesnuts in her cooking, only to find them on the daily pineapple cart !

[Sparktrader]

Coconuts

Durian

Mangosteen

Longan

Mangoes

 

High quality

 

Better than west.

 

 

 

 

[SiSePuede419]

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Thai fruit just isn't all that good IMHO.

I hardly eat any.

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha.

 

Thailand has dozens of excellent fruit varieties that when in season are fantastic.

 

You do realize there's more than European fruit right?

[Isaan sailor]

Forgot to mention—you can find a much younger, more attractive gf or wife here.

[BritManToo]

Just now, Isaan sailor said:

Forgot to mention—you can find a much younger, more attractive gf or wife here.

.......... and for a much more reasonable price.

[Sparktrader]

5 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha.

 

Thailand has dozens of excellent fruit varieties that when in season are fantastic.

 

You do realize there's more than European fruit right?

Maybe he only likes strawberries and bananas.

[LennyW]

It's not Europe ????

 

[Expat68]

I have always felt safer in Thailand and now feel even more safe

[10baht]

1 hour ago, tonray said:

3 hours ago, Tom H said:

Good is, that Russia wont attack Thailand.

They've already occupied separatists regions in Pattaya and Phuket

If it weren't for the zero tolerance policy we'd would already be attacked by you know who?

[Mike KIWI]

Life is pretty good in thailand but i have been waiting 10 years for them to legalize prostitution. I have needs you know.

[Sparktrader]

5 minutes ago, LennyW said:

It's not Europe ????

 

Skinnier women

Less pc

Nice coconuts

Cheap massages

Cheap rent

Warm

 

[TigerandDog]

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Hardly a plus. Thai strawberries are tiny and goppin. Big red juicy English strawberries can’t be beat. 
For sure, Thailand is better than some other places but with a big dark cloud over it in the form of an autocratic gov… not far off tyrant. Putin. 

you obviously haven't seen the strawberries from up north. Yes there are small ones, but the ones we buy from roadside sellers are the size of golf balls, some even bigger, and they are sweet & juicy.

[Lacessit]

20 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I find Thai strawberries almost as inedible (small/hard/white/bitter) as Thai bananas (short/fat/sickly sweet). Your standards must be considerably different to mine.

 

Thai fruit just isn't all that good IMHO.

I hardly eat any.

The strawberries up in the mountain areas where it is colder are much more edible.

The bananas, mangoes, apples, pineapple, rambutan, mangosteen, putsa and strawberries I eat are all delicious. It's a matter of knowing which market stall sells the good stuff.

I don't understand why people bag Thai food. I balloon out to 100 kg when I go back to Australia, I am 88 kg here. Healthier diet.

Your post has given more support to my hypothesis the NHS in Britain has a secret section that goes around hospital maternity wards in the UK, removing the taste buds of new-borns.

 

[Scott]

Troll posts removed.  

 

[cdemundo]

28 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha.

 

Thailand has dozens of excellent fruit varieties that when in season are fantastic.

 

You do realize there's more than European fruit right?

You mean there are other fruits beside apple, orange, banana?

[jacko45k]

42 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I find Thai strawberries almost as inedible (small/hard/white/bitter) as Thai bananas (short/fat/sickly sweet). Your standards must be considerably different to mine.

 

Your shopping sources must be inferior to mine. 

Edited February 25, 2022 by jacko45k

[hotandsticky]

1 hour ago, tonray said:

They've already occupied separatists regions in Pattaya and Phuket 

 

 

Pattaya was a war zone before the Russians arrived!

 

 

Best thing about Thailand at the moment:-

 

No Chinese tourists.

Cheaper hotel rooms.

Less idiots around.

Quieter travel - especially airports.

 

[Joules]

I advocate a full on nuclear response by the US against Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion.  I do so from here in Thailand.  ????

 

[CharlieH]

Guess the world and situation aint so bad if all that concerns you is strawberries !

[vandeventer]

4 hours ago, Tom H said:

Good is, that Russia wont attack Thailand.

It makes us realize that we are so lucky to be living here. For now the only thing we have to worry about is covid and the mad drivers on the roads. Unless the Chinese have other idea's, lets hope not.

[jwest10]

3 hours ago, Isaanlife said:

Good new is fresh fruits and vegetables.

 

Huh?

With loads of pestides but the fruit and some veg are excellent

[wombat]

I'm here and they aren't 

[Orinoco]

15 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

Best thing about Thailand at the moment:-

Less idiots around.

 

The Locals pick up all the slack.

Same, Same, but same.

[Orinoco]

3 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

It makes us realize that we are so lucky to be living here. For now the only thing we have to worry about is covid and the mad drivers on the roads. Unless the Chinese have other idea's, lets hope not.

And any changes to the visa rules !!!!!!!!!

[stephenterry]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I agree with most of what you write. But strawberries in Thailand are just not what strawberries are supposed to be.

Where in Thailand can you get strawberries like this?

 

Well you are not living in Chiang Mai. My local market on highway 121 has big juicy strawberries just like your picture. And yes, there are also the Thai ones at lower cost.

[Peterw42]

It appears strawberries have become the default "quality of life" indicator.

I remember the good old days when it was hookers and beer.