1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

It will to you , once the mortgage is paid off and you are no longer needed to pay your rent/mortgage  money 

I'm 66 and there's 20 years left on the mortgage........ 

I am never going to leave Thailand as long Cannabis is legal

22 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'm 66 and there's 20 years left on the mortgage........ 

Eat your steak and eggs and stay alive!

1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Would you still want to go to Thailand if Thai prostitutes charged the same price as Australian prostitutes ?

Not use them then

Just now, Seppius said:

I am never going to leave Thailand as long Cannabis is legal

Thailand famous for dopeys and mongers among temples 

2 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Not use them then

Me ? no, 

Paying other people to have sex , has always sat uneasy with me .

 

1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Would you still want to go to Thailand if Thai prostitutes charged the same price as Australian prostitutes ?

A better question would be... 

Would you still go to Thailand if Thai prostitutes were as big as Australian prostitutes? 

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

A better question would be... 

Would you still go to Thailand if Thai prostitutes were as big as Australian prostitutes? 

You mean adult sized prostitutes ?

Fully gown sized, rather than the Thai ones that resemble 12 year olds ?

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

A better question would be... 

Would you still go to Thailand if Thai prostitutes were as big as Australian prostitutes? 

No

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You mean adult sized prostitutes ?

Fully gown sized, rather than the Thai ones that resemble 12 year olds ?

I think you may have confused the words 'adult' and 'man'. IMHO Thai women are the correct size for the female of the species. 

22 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

You might need a break from Asean Now rather than Thailand. It's funny how they'll have an article about these things each few days. The same posters are all riled up and each get 30 likes for the same comments made a few days before. Write an article and they will come.

 

Maybe just live your life, listen to the birds, enjoy the food and the heat and the company you keep and forget about the daily nonsense. 

 

Then again after 30 years in Thailand I get that you could be bored to tears and something new will be what you need. 

Yes ... Aseannow news and The Thaiger - both post click bait headlines intended to rile people simply to drive traffic and increase their revenues.

 

And I wish the 'government' in my home country would try to put their citizens before immigrants and people who live under imported values, rather than the other way around.

10 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You mean adult sized prostitutes ?

Fully gown sized, rather than the Thai ones that resemble 12 year olds ?

There is two things to be aware  of when it comes to women in Asia, many of these girls who being taken advantage of, either give it for free, or they charge money for it. Others work for food, trips and tips. 
 

What is the worst scenario here in your opinion? 
 

Take advantage for free, or pay up on aggreed amount, or just make sure she  have everything she needs, and give her some tip at the end. For most Im sure they feel better to get it for free, but really? 
 

To many cheep short minded people out there who is not in context  with reality. 

45 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You mean adult sized prostitutes ?

Fully gown sized, rather than the Thai ones that resemble 12 year olds ?

Depends what you think is normal, in Scotland size 16+ for women is the norm

23 hours ago, giddyup said:

I still give her 20K baht a month

I give about the same, albeit not all directly.

 

8k car payment.

1.2k car insurance.

2k electric bill.

4k cash to the wife, 1000 a week.

1k cash to dad, for his misc cooking supplies. He's quite humble and greatful for it, as at 73 he remembers when this was a ton of money.

4k in monthly Big C and Makro trips.

 

23 hours ago, JAFO said:

I always laugh when people whinge about dual pricing

The other day I got coffee with a coworker. She ordered and paid first, 30 baht for her cha thai. I ordered the same, then got him to tell me 60 baht. Uh, really? I just looked a bit confused. Then my colleague enlightened me and said he thought I was paying for both of us, what any guy usually does for a lady, farang or Thai, and just forgot she had paid. An honest mistake. But if I weren't such a mind mannered farang, I could've created quite the incident.

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Depends what you think is normal, in Scotland size 16+ for women is the norm

Is that "normal" these days ?

I am now back in the U.K and I have noticed how much slimmer Brits are these days , compared to ten -20 years ago 

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

If anyplace around that part of Isaan, I would live in Korat, Udon Thani or Khon Khaen. Other places I prefer before those I mentioned, Loei and in North Chiang Rai.

 

 

Top 3 in order?

15 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Top 3 in order?

Why don't you go to Pattaya? 

17 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Top 3 in order?

Having lived in all of the mentioned locations it would be:

Udon Thani

Khon Kaen

Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima

 

Northern Chiang Rai near the Myanmar border, not China side.

 

Instead I prefer the Southern Hua Hin Area, where we will split our time between there and BKK.  BKK is great for the doctors and certain things.

19 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Having lived in all of the mentioned locations it would be:

Udon Thani

Khon Kaen

Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima

 

Northern Chiang Rai near the Myanmar border, not China side.

 

Instead I prefer the Southern Hua Hin Area, where we will split our time between there and BKK.  BKK is great for the doctors and certain things.

Ok thanks

Prachuap kk is nice.

 

 

22 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Having lived in all of the mentioned locations it would be:

Udon Thani

Khon Kaen

Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima

 

Northern Chiang Rai near the Myanmar border, not China side.

 

Instead I prefer the Southern Hua Hin Area, where we will split our time between there and BKK.  BKK is great for the doctors and certain things.

Had 3 years in Hua Hin, so yes its a ok place to live to. 
 

Pattaya is still cheapest and also easier to find a girl if you have little bit in your top head, and manage to use it instead of letting your willy control you. 
 

All comes down to what you need and want. 

4 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Ok thanks

Prachuap kk is nice.

 

 

Buy a car and travel in the beginning. No need to decide anything before you have been around. Or take the bus and train. Lately it have been easy to get cheap one month stay in guesthouses and hotel for +- 15k include electric and cleaning once a week. 

3 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Buy a car and travel in the beginning. No need to decide anything before you have been around. Or take the bus and train. Lately it have been easy to get cheap one month stay in guesthouses and hotel for +- 15k include electric and cleaning once a week. 

I agree.  I traveled the entire country, living in Phuket, Pimai/Nakhon Ratchasima, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and a few locations in Issan such as Wang Sam Mo, and Udon Thani.  Visited BKK, Ayutthaya, and the Jomtien area many times before deciding I would be better off in BKK, after 4 years I decided I needed an escape for BKK and picked Prachuap KK after staying there for long weekends over the past year.  You have to find a spot that ticks all your boxes, or if you can afford to have a place in two locales to go back and forth from, 

43 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Buy a car and travel in the beginning. No need to decide anything before you have been around. Or take the bus and train. Lately it have been easy to get cheap one month stay in guesthouses and hotel for +- 15k include electric and cleaning once a week. 

Yes train it. Be cool to check out lots of places.

 

 

Every place has their good and bad things. Isn't it better to focus on the good rather than the bad? Especially if the bad can be easily overcome.

29 minutes ago, GoingMyOwnWay said:

Every place has their good and bad things. Isn't it better to focus on the good rather than the bad? Especially if the bad can be easily overcome.

Humans are often negative

7 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Inflation 13 yrs

All countries

 

Basic economics

Of course and anyone that claims different is just not being truthful.

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

My mortgage is 9kbht/month (down from 11k/month pre-covid). Nothing else matters. 

And your neighbor is close enough to hand a cup of sugar out the window to!

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

My mortgage is 9kbht/month (down from 11k/month pre-covid). Nothing else matters. 

And your neighbor is close enough to hand a cup of sugar out the window to!

22 hours ago, Hummin said:

As said, you do not do anything to me personally, it's just even you feel free to express whatever you find suitable, a forum like this still require some kind  of social skills and Iq, and that's what I am addressing now in a second tread where  I have seen your insults on other members.

This forum requires NO SOCIAL SKILLS.

 

Can you point out in the rules where is states social skills are a requirement to join?

 

Just more of your made up stories.

22 hours ago, Hummin said:

Elon Musk ????

 

He lives at work from time to time, available 24/7, and if you knew his story, you would  know exactly my point.

I have been to one of his Space X office's  in Cocoa, Florida and met him in person.

 

Once again, try to understand people are NOT you.