20 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Thai hotel 600 baht, oz 3000 baht

Thai curry 60 baht, oz 420 baht

Thai Massage 200/300 baht, oz 1600 baht

Kayak tour thai 1000 baht, oz 5000 baht

Thai women under 50kgs, oz 70 to 90kgs

You get the idea

I guess that's relevant if you're retired/living off savings and pension.

I'm far off retirement; my most recent NZ contract, 32hr/wk @ NZ$80/hr has been more than 'scraping by' or poverty; going back January for more.

 

And women's weight? What, do you have to pay by the kilogram?

 

9 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

I guess that's relevant if you're retired/living off savings and pension.

I'm far off retirement; my most recent NZ contract, 32hr/wk @ NZ$80/hr has been more than 'scraping by' or poverty; going back January for more.

 

And women's weight? What, do you have to pay by the kilogram?

 

Are you now referring to some passage in The Merchant of Venice?

 

Are you now demanding a kilogram of flesh?

Coming to Thailand just because it's cheap is like going to France for the French fries.

24 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

Coming to Thailand just because it's cheap is like going to France for the French fries.

French fries are American

1 hour ago, gomangosteen said:

And women's weight? What, do you have to pay by the kilogram?

90kg women are attractive?

4 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

French fries are American

That seemed to be his point :

Thailand isn't cheap and French Fries aren't from France 

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

That seemed to be his point :

Thailand isn't cheap and French Fries aren't from France 

Dont go to Oz if u think Thailand isnt cheap. A Thai room costing $25 is $120 in Oz.

 

8 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

French Fries aren't from France 

Is Kai Mot Daeng from France?

39 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

Coming to Thailand just because it's cheap is

I think people use 5 or 6 criteria to pick a destination. Price is one unless rich.

5 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Dont go to Oz if u think Thailand isnt cheap. A Thai room costing $25 is $120 in Oz.

 

Yes, hotels and travel and sex are cheap in Thailand , although other things are more expensive than in the West 

5 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yes, hotels and travel and sex are cheap in Thailand , although other things are more expensive than in the West 

Name the expensive stuff

I can think of

 

Vitamins

Bathroom stuff

 

90% of the tourist budget is cheaper in thailand

 

 

4 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Name the expensive stuff

Beer, Wine , Crisps , Toothpaste , Chocolate , Biscuits ,Pickled Onions , Cheese , Cashew nuts , 

I would rather be a tradesman in New Zealand or Australia on a safe work site earning excellent dollars but paying a bit more for a takeaway. For a Thai tradesman beer and food is a much bigger chunk of your wage.

That New Zealand takeaway would generally have much better ingredients but may not be genuine thai because it's not Thailand. Much of the sugary and salty muck they serve in Thailand isn't so genuine either.

A factor on my holidays in Thailand is price of accommodation as hotels are better bang for your buck.

If weight is a factor, fat women in Australia aren't that common by what I see, and Thai women are probably moving up the charts in terms of weight bit by bit. 

 

9 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Beer, Wine , Crisps , Toothpaste , Chocolate , Biscuits ,Pickled Onions , Cheese , Cashew nuts , 

That's why I like living in Thailand. All the unhealthy food and drink is outside my budget. I've eaten or drank every one of those things this year but not very often.

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

That's why I like living in Thailand. All the unhealthy food and drink is outside my budget. I've eaten or drank every one of those things this year but not very often.

Healthy food like white rice and fried noodles ?

15 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Beer, Wine , Crisps , Toothpaste , Chocolate , Biscuits ,Pickled Onions , Cheese , Cashew nuts , 

Correct. I love my chocolate, nuts, good muesli, a wine from time to time, a good beer all probably more expensive in Thailand. 

7 hours ago, LaosLover said:

Real American conservatives hate gun control, abortion, gays, and ANY kind of socialized medicine -even if it's one that's just not up to your liking. They're not big on benefits of any kind. You, meanwhile, complain (probably reasonably) about your pension constantly.

 

If conservatives were like you, an educated isolationist, I'd have one foot in that camp. But they're not. So yes, conservative people in Britosphere countries are moderates by US standards. And very liberal on social issues and the right to healthcare.

 

Since you know that Daddy will never abandon you, you like to make a theatrical show of Daddy-defiance. Whatever.

I can't say for sure that you are targeting me, but;

I hate that proper owners can't have decent weapons to deal with the bad people when they break the door down.

I want abortion on demand, no questions asked, for free. The world is overpopulated and we need to reduce it in any way we can.

I have no problem with homosexuals so long as they don't flaunt it in my face.

I wish we had an equivalent of the NHS, or at least free for pensioners.

Benefits are not a gift for the deserving; they are why we paid taxes most of our life.

If the pension isn't large enough to be able to live in accommodation with running water and toilet facilities in the same building it's not large enough.

 

I don't know that "daddy" will never abandon us. They gave up and walked away from Vietnam after losing billions of $ and 50,000 US lives.

We are far away, only 5 million people and we won't let the US navy in our ports.

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Healthy food like white rice and fried noodles ?

They used to eat a lot of rice and veges with some pork, chicken or fish till western junk food became cheap enough to buy, and I rarely saw a fat one back then.

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

I would rather be a tradesman in New Zealand or Australia on a safe work site earning excellent dollars but paying a bit more for a takeaway. For a Thai tradesman beer and food is a much bigger chunk of your wage.

That New Zealand takeaway would generally have much better ingredients but may not be genuine thai because it's not Thailand. Much of the sugary and salty muck they serve in Thailand isn't so genuine either.

A factor on my holidays in Thailand is price of accommodation as hotels are better bang for your buck.

If weight is a factor, fat women in Australia aren't that common by what I see, and Thai women are probably moving up the charts in terms of weight bit by bit. 

 

That should be "I would rather be a tradesman in Australia".

4 hours ago, gomangosteen said:

I guess that's relevant if you're retired/living off savings and pension.

I'm far off retirement; my most recent NZ contract, 32hr/wk @ NZ$80/hr has been more than 'scraping by' or poverty; going back January for more.

 

And women's weight? What, do you have to pay by the kilogram?

 

LOL. I suppose some might, but I'd never have paid for a fat one anyway. I was never that desperate.

3 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

That seemed to be his point :

Thailand isn't cheap and French Fries aren't from France 

It used to be cheap, which is why I went there.

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Beer, Wine , Crisps , Toothpaste , Chocolate , Biscuits ,Pickled Onions , Cheese , Cashew nuts , 

79 baht large beer in beer garden in isaan

 

170 baht or $7 in Oz for small beer

 

I give u wine though its a rip of in thailand, too hot for wine though

 

Icecreams are cheaper in thailand

 

Thai 7/11 sell cheap beer by 1

Oz 7 /11 no beer

Oz bottleshops only cheap by 24, most close by 9pm

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yes, hotels and travel and sex are cheap in Thailand , although other things are more expensive than in the West 

but only the first 3 ( + food which is also cheap ) are necessary.

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It used to be cheap, which is why I went there.

Still is. Some people just stay in farang ghettos.

 

79 baht for large beer in beer garden with live music is cheap

 

I bet nz beers are $7 or more small

 

500 baht large aircon room

 

I dont drink wine, its only good in cold weather

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

but only the first 3 ( + food which is also cheap ) are necessary.

Take toothpaste from home plus vitamins

 

 

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Beer, Wine , Crisps , Toothpaste , Chocolate , Biscuits ,Pickled Onions , Cheese , Cashew nuts , 

Tourists don't need to drink wine, eat crisps, chocolate, Biscuits, Pickled Onions, Cheese or Cashews nuts.

If you are an expat and can't afford food you like; should you be living in LOS?

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Living in New Zealand, to hear New Zealander's tell it, is sort of like Groundhog Day.

Maybe last century. Not so now.

Oh, the crime reporting certainly is like ground hog day- another day another shooting, another ram raid by teenagers.

On 8/25/2022 at 10:49 AM, greenmonkey said:

I live in Thailand and had been seriously considering a move back to the UK mostly for my son's education and for a better family life (grandparents, lots of uncles, aunts, cousins). But now am unsure as I understand that the average energy bill in the UK will rise to aprox 500 GBP per month!!! Add to that the impending interest rate rises and rising food prices I honestly don't think I can afford to move back. Crazy times!

Yep - Broken Britain and its not  just the  Energy  bills. The ferocious  violence  is so bad its an epidemic and have you read  about all the human  faeces being poured into rivers, lakes and the  sea,? Its vile.

49 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Maybe last century. Not so now.

Oh, the crime reporting certainly is like ground hog day- another day another shooting, another ram raid by teenagers.

Yeah but taboo to discuss on this forum. Good news only on home country forums so nothing to read there. LOL