Popular Post Social Media Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 But he lives in Pattaya with a non Thai mrs, sounds more like a nightmare???? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KannikaP Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 You do not need ANYTHING deposited in a bank here if you transfer 65k per month from abroad, and you can spend every last satang of it. Or if your IO allows it, transfer say 50k per month and have just 200k in the bank using the Combination Method 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) What I regret about moving to Thailand . https://danaboutthailand.com/what-i-regret-about-moving-to-thailand/ Dan covering all choices. Take your pick. Edited January 12, 2023 by Denim 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 17 minutes ago, KannikaP said: You do not need ANYTHING deposited in a bank here if you transfer 65k per month from abroad, and you can spend every last satang of it. Or if your IO allows it, transfer say 50k per month and have just 200k in the bank using the Combination Method Or just pay an agent wink wink nod nod. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 5 minutes ago, Denim said: What I regret about moving to Thailand . https://danaboutthailand.com/what-i-regret-about-moving-to-thailand/ Living the dream, but regrets leaving friends and family, being an 'alien' being double charged, misses football, shopping for food in the UK and the lack of culture in Thailand. Sounds a bit depressed to me ???? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post still kicking Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 5 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Or just pay an agent wink wink nod nod. I went back to my country I don't need to have any money in the bank no reports no visa renewal and getting a good pension and still can afford to come to LOS twice a year 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Bah humbug?.........Steady on Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: Scroll down to the bottom "Choice Group Asia" He is Dan Cheeseman. https://aseannow.com/topic/1186292-choice-group-asia-media-group-join-forces-with-popular-new-live-stream-show/ Oh I remember him, say no more! Mentioned what he wrote on a website before on the Thaiger and got banned. Edited January 12, 2023 by proton 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post persimmon Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 Anywhere gets boring if you stay there long enough . Thailand was cheap a few years ago when £ 1 bought 70 + Bt. Not now though . 5-6 months here and the rest back in the UK suits me . I`d hate to burn all my bridges and be stuck here for the rest of my life . I was lucky ( or unlucky ???? ) enough to chance upon a meeting of expats up here near Udon . It was not a happy occasion . They looked old , tired and generally p*ssed off with life . The Gfs looked even less happy . 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EVENKEEL Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 The guy's a doofass. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shop mak Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 If or when life get to boring here in Thailand, I take a few months in Cambodia or Phillipines. That always set my head straight, and I return to Thailand, with a fresh pair of rose tinted glasses. And love every day for yet another year. Highly recommended. 10 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 2 hours ago, persimmon said: Anywhere gets boring if you stay there long enough . Thailand was cheap a few years ago when £ 1 bought 70 + Bt. Not now though . 5-6 months here and the rest back in the UK suits me . I`d hate to burn all my bridges and be stuck here for the rest of my life . I was lucky ( or unlucky ???? ) enough to chance upon a meeting of expats up here near Udon . It was not a happy occasion . They looked old , tired and generally p*ssed off with life . The Gfs looked even less happy . Spot on 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 6 hours ago, persimmon said: Anywhere gets boring if you stay there long enough . Thailand was cheap a few years ago when £ 1 bought 70 + Bt. Not now though . 5-6 months here and the rest back in the UK suits me . I`d hate to burn all my bridges and be stuck here for the rest of my life . I was lucky ( or unlucky ???? ) enough to chance upon a meeting of expats up here near Udon . It was not a happy occasion . They looked old , tired and generally p*ssed off with life . The Gfs looked even less happy . Personally I'm easily amused so not bored. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 6 hours ago, persimmon said: I was lucky ( or unlucky ???? ) enough to chance upon a meeting of expats up here near Udon . It was not a happy occasion . They looked old , tired and generally p*ssed off with life . The Gfs looked even less happy . Why even bother to search out expats in the provinces ? If you even need an an ' expat ' to talk at , to satisfy your need to express yourself , then you might as well stick to the tourist hotspots. English spoken , food like back home , a night out with the lads in the local pub....why bother going somewhere that doesn't meet your requirements for a good time ? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted January 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 15 hours ago, proton said: Living the dream, but regrets leaving friends and family, being an 'alien' being double charged, misses football, shopping for food in the UK and the lack of culture in Thailand. Sounds a bit depressed to me ???? Lack of culture in LOS???????? Place is full of culture. The UK, plenty of culture in London, but not English. Hard to meet an Englishman/ woman in London when I lived there. I lived the dream in LOS and I'll miss it till my last breath. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 14 hours ago, persimmon said: . I was lucky ( or unlucky ???? ) enough to chance upon a meeting of expats up here near Udon . It was not a happy occasion . They looked old , tired and generally p*ssed off with life . The Gfs looked even less happy . In Pattaya I once attended an expat meeting, not one welcomed me as a potential member. Never went back. Most expats I met while out walking ( in places farangs were a rarity ) studiously looked the other way to avoid meeting my eyes. Why would I even want to get to know people like that? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I live the dream no matter where I'm at. Think I got to my 'final' Shangri-La. Unless I hit the lottery ... then I'll move forward again to a better Shangri-La. No gas bill, no car payment, and rain water is free ... ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: In Pattaya I once attended an expat meeting, not one welcomed me as a potential member. Never went back. Most expats I met while out walking ( in places farangs were a rarity ) studiously looked the other way to avoid meeting my eyes. Why would I even want to get to know people like that? When lived in Udon Thani, local forum had an excellent monthly meet up. Met a few very nice people, and developed a few friendships. Along with more than a few others, who's true colors were exposed when a couple issues arose. Sort of like extreme rep/dem, vax'd/unvax'd demographics and lines were drawn. Thought that was really weird. Afterward, I avoided new 'friendships'. Realized my 'gauge' for friendships ... If I had you over to the house, or I invited to your house. Meant very few real friends, no matter where I lived. Also noticed the 'look the other way' farangs, if eye contact made. I'll at least give a head nod, though rarely go out of my way to chit chat it up with strangers, especially if I'm actually doing something. Will strike up, even initiate a conversation if seems appropriate. Do purposely avoid groups/gathering, as there seems to be one locally, surfside. Same folks sipping (smoking ???? cigs) chit chatting it up weekly if not nightly. Fine and I get it, but not for me. Always been a bit solitary and down right anti social, and UT experience reinforced that mindset. Enjoy being by myself, winning most argument with the dog is plus. In my mind anyway. On Topic .... Thailand is what you bring with you, or leave behind. It's simply a location, you make a dream or a nightmare. Edited January 13, 2023 by KhunLA 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Social Media Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 A couple of unneccesary troll remarks and responses have been removed. Also off topic comments and responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) And what's wrong with this picture. what great guy and he want's to lecture people. what a joker. https://danaboutthailand.com/how-dangerous-is-it-to-drive-in-thailand/ Edited January 13, 2023 by Orinoco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 6 hours ago, KhunLA said: I live the dream no matter where I'm at. Think I got to my 'final' Shangri-La. Unless I hit the lottery ... then I'll move forward again to a better Shangri-La. No gas bill, no car payment, and rain water is free ... ???? There's a better Shangri La than Thailand? Do tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 6 hours ago, KhunLA said: On Topic .... Thailand is what you bring with you, or leave behind. It's simply a location, you make a dream or a nightmare. Hardly. If you are an old fella ( 50+ ) try getting a lovely 20 year old girlfriend in a woke western country, unless Mick Jagger or similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: There's a better Shangri La than Thailand? Do tell. Hit the PowerBall lottery, for 50-100-500 million USD ... ... I'm thinking, buy my own private island, where I would actually swim in the surf ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 minute ago, KhunLA said: Hit the PowerBall lottery, for 50-100-500 million USD ... ... I'm thinking, buy my own private island, where I would actually swim in the surf ???? I wouldn't. I'd rent all the huts on Than Sadet and populate them with 20 to 30 year olds that look great in bikinis. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Just now, thaibeachlovers said: I wouldn't. I'd rent all the huts on Than Sadet and populate them with 20 to 30 year olds that look great in bikinis. It is like that already on the western beaches of phangan daily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted January 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: I wouldn't. I'd rent all the huts on Than Sadet and populate them with 20 to 30 year olds that look great in bikinis. If I had 2 mill USD, liquid, a very small lottery wins, then Thailand would be in rear view mirror, and never looking back. Not sure where I'd go, but it wouldn't here. After 20+ yrs, nothing of interest to keep me here. Love my life here, but I wouldn't pass up a financial upgrade, along with a location upgrade. Nomadic till I found a spot, or not. Might just stay nomadic ... $2 mill - 10 yr - $500+ a day. That works, so no need to settle in, or settle for, any place. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 14 hours ago, KhunLA said: If I had 2 mill USD, liquid, a very small lottery wins, then Thailand would be in rear view mirror, and never looking back. Not sure where I'd go, but it wouldn't here. After 20+ yrs, nothing of interest to keep me here. Love my life here, but I wouldn't pass up a financial upgrade, along with a location upgrade. Nomadic till I found a spot, or not. Might just stay nomadic ... $2 mill - 10 yr - $500+ a day. That works, so no need to settle in, or settle for, any place. I've lived in many countries, but none had the "appeal" of Thailand. The only equivalent I've heard of is the Philippines, but apparently very violent, so wouldn't want to live there if Thailand available. Heard bad things about Cambodian beaches so that's out. Western countries- never even an option. It's Thailand by default. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyExpat57 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 4:11 PM, Shop mak said: If or when life get to boring here in Thailand, I take a few months in Cambodia or Phillipines. That always set my head straight, and I return to Thailand, with a fresh pair of rose tinted glasses. And love every day for yet another year. Highly recommended. I got a 7-year-itch living in Thailand. Pulled up stakes, moved to Mexico. I couldn't get my burgeoning bottom back to LOS fast enough! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post swm59nj Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 After living in Thailand for a few years. I find most expats that move here is for one main reason. They couldn’t afford to live in their own countries. Due to minimal income and other factors. They don’t come here for the culture. And they are quick to ridicule their own countries because of the personal situations they are in. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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