What is the good news about living in Thailand now?

[Albert Zweistein]

9 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Barstool tourist, rofl.

Sorry dude but I never visit bars and don't drink alcohol.

[The Oracle]

We still going on about strawberries as a sign of economic health?

Bought this 600g punnet half an hour ago from the local morning market.  Eighty baht.  Taste the same as the ones I used to eat from my backyard in Australia.

There were punnets of "jumbo" ones but, even though they might be sweeter, they looked a tad over-ripe and not last long in the fridge.

[KhunLA]

Long term visas are very easy to get.  Prove  residents & income ... done.

[BritManToo]

8 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Sorry dude but I never visit bars and don't drink alcohol.

 There have been no bars open for the past two years, you can only visit restaurants now.

[BritManToo]

On 2/26/2022 at 3:22 AM, Albert Zweistein said:

Maybe you should start to learn reading, the headlines says what is the GOOD NEWS. Well, there is no news at all so it's none.

The good news is everywhere is selling Cavendish bananas this year (30-35bht a bunch).

I've been eating loads!

[BritManToo]

On 2/26/2022 at 5:54 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Have you read on a food tin label what we consume in the west? Overprocessed flavoured muck IMO, but I've lived a very long time on it. I doubt food in Thailand is worse for me. I certainly never suffered for it.

I've recently rediscovered tinned tuna in soi oil (45bht/tin).

Takes me back to my UK childhood where mum always made me tuna sandwiches for tea.

1 tin is good for 3-4 meals, and my son enjoys the sandwiches too, just had one for breakfast.

[moogradod]

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I've recently rediscovered tinned tuna in soi oil (45bht/tin).

Takes me back to my UK childhood where mum always made me tuna sandwiches for tea.

1 tin is good for 3-4 meals, and my son enjoys the sandwiches too, just had one for breakfast.

Mix it with mayonnaise, capers, onions and put it between 2 slices of the phantastique Baguette they make (like the real thing) in Big C Extra. 1 Baguette good for 1.5 meals (my size)

[Albert Zweistein]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

 There have been no bars open for the past two years, you can only visit restaurants now.

Really ?

[Albert Zweistein]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

The good news is everywhere is selling Cavendish bananas this year (30-35bht a bunch).

I've been eating loads!

Be carefull, bananas are grown with a lot of pesticide.

[Hummin]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

 There have been no bars open for the past two years, you can only visit restaurants now.

Last time I was in Chiang Mai and the time before that the last two years, they openly served alchohol in bars, and almost every other place I have visited in Thailand from north to south and east to west in the main cities and tourist places. 

[aussiexpat]

So happy for the Wine supertax...

 

...haven't had a wine in 45 days now ????

[zzaa09]

59 minutes ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Be carefull, bananas are grown with a lot of pesticide.

Not if they're grown locally or at home. 

As the base varieties are native here.

[arick]

On 2/25/2022 at 6:03 AM, blazes said:

I'm still waiting (for many years) for the good news that the ridiculous tax on imported red wine be dropped to something that does not threaten bankruptcy.

At least you have landed back at Heathrow with a pair of sandkes and shorts 

[Albert Zweistein]

8 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Not if they're grown locally or at home. 

As the base varieties are native here.

You mean same as the rice ?

[olfu]

...the good news about living in Thailand is its easy to move to Cambodia.

[jacko45k]

19 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've recently rediscovered tinned tuna in soi oil (45bht/tin).

What, the used cooking oil that usually goes down drains or powers old trucks?

[David T Pike]

On 2/25/2022 at 1:34 PM, Meat Pie 47 said:

And I guess you earn more than 300 baht per day in NYC

Being that the minimum wage in NYC pays ten times that (3,933 thb) a day? I would say your correct! 

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

What, the used cooking oil that usually goes down drains or powers old trucks?

Should that have been 'soy' ............. ?

[Daithi85]

6 hours ago, olfu said:

...the good news about living in Thailand is its easy to move to Cambodia.

Strange comment. 

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, olfu said:

...the good news about living in Thailand is its easy to move to Cambodia.

Yes indeed as I did just before the Covid-19 barriers came down. A short flight from bureaucracy to simplicity!! 

[RafPinto]

On 2/25/2022 at 5:51 AM, 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?

 

On Sukhumvit between Nana and Asoke.

 

The ones who were selling " sex toys" before went  for the "healthy" option now.

[OneMoreFarang]

13 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

On Sukhumvit between Nana and Asoke.

 

The ones who were selling " sex toys" before went  for the "healthy" option now.

Ok, I will have a look there.

But if they have the same margins like for those toys then I can't afford them.

[RafPinto]

On 2/25/2022 at 2:23 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Thanks for all your strawberry comments, I appreciate them.

I go regularly to Klong Toey fresh market, which is, as far as I know, one of the biggest markets in Bangkok. They have strawberries but mostly they are half white...

That's called "emancipation".

 

All ladies want to be white.
Why can't strawberries have the right to be "white" as well?

[Daithi85]

1 hour ago, Burma Bill said:

Yes indeed as I did just before the Covid-19 barriers came down. A short flight from bureaucracy to simplicity!! 

And huge step down in standard of living. 

[Burma Bill]

2 hours ago, Daithi85 said:

And huge step down in standard of living. 

Oh really! Have you recently been to the country? Here in Siem Reap major infrastructure projects have now been completed. My photo shows my fully furnished penthouse across the top of the apartment block - 250US$ per month, excluding electricity and water but Wi-Fi and TV included.

 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by Burma Bill
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[Daithi85]

Just now, Burma Bill said:

Oh really! Have you recently been to the country? Here in Siem Reap major infrastructure projects have now been completed. My photo shows my fully furnished penthouse across the top of the apartment block - 250US$ per month, excluding electricity and water but Wi-Fi and TV included.

 

 

Yep, was in siem reap just before borders closed. Nice apartment.

[Kinnock]

What is the good news about living in Thailand ..... ?

 

.... Never having to rub one off.

[Blumpie]

16 hours ago, olfu said:

...the good news about living in Thailand is its easy to move to Cambodia.

The biggest problem is that if you did that then you would live in Cambodia.  

[Sparktrader]

4 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Oh really! Have you recently been to the country? Here in Siem Reap major infrastructure projects have now been completed. My photo shows my fully furnished penthouse across the top of the apartment block - 250US$ per month, excluding electricity and water but Wi-Fi and TV included.

 

 

What Thai city is most similar to Siem Reap?

[Hummin]

4 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Oh really! Have you recently been to the country? Here in Siem Reap major infrastructure projects have now been completed. My photo shows my fully furnished penthouse across the top of the apartment block - 250US$ per month, excluding electricity and water but Wi-Fi and TV included.

 

 

Penthouse?
 

Hm, okay