September 27, 20232 yr Author 9 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I've not gone back, but one AN poster did return broke in his 50s (just before last Xmas) and has been living as a homeless person ever since. No government authority wants to help him. @simon43 also went back for free medical, and it didn't appear to be that great a time for him either. Simon is not in his 50's and when he went back he got excellent world class medical care
September 27, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Celsius said: Silly post. If that is your thing, you can pay a cheap hooker anywhere even back home. I would actually argue it is better back home because you get variety as it is not a job RESERVED FOR THAI ONLY! You REALLY don't know much, do you? (rhetorical question)
September 27, 20232 yr Just now, Celsius said: Simon is not in his 50's and when he went back he got excellent world class medical care While living in a small cold room costing 600gbp/month with mould growing up the walls.
September 27, 20232 yr Author 2 minutes ago, BritManToo said: While living in a small cold room costing 600gbp/month with mould growing up the walls. You think he is straying in a better place here? I am staying in Ekkamai in a "world class condo" as they say. Yesterday there was a bit of rain and my floors flooded.
September 27, 20232 yr Just now, Celsius said: You think he is straying in a better place here? I'm absolutely sure of it. Let's ask him .......... @simon43 is your rented place in SEA better than your room in Blackpool?
September 27, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Celsius said: You think he is straying in a better place here? I am staying in Ekkamai in a "world class condo" as they say. Yesterday there was a bit of rain and my floors flooded. Is Simon staying with you ?
September 27, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: Going back is a mistake. You only think otherwise because you came here young, wrong way around Going back is only a mistake if you let it be one. I'll be returning as soon as I can, getting a rent to own and working part time with a relative I worked with before. I can hunt again, fish wherever I want, and see my daughter has a much better schooling than she would get here, and not suffer the prejudice a half Thai gets. There's very little for me here, it's been as boring as it can be, more than any period of my life. The few foreigners that live anywhere close are usually into going to bars, which isn't my thing, so it's only once in awhile we get to talk at their homes, which is nice. I have to endure a daily power outage for a few seconds, which is totally unnecessary and shuts off my computer, where I have to reload everything. The power goes off weekly for hours, mainly because of a lack of maintenance and bad equipment. Wifi is fair at best, being a few hundred meters too far for a box, so I have to rely on a hotspot. Neighbors are no closer than 200 meters, ex wife's cousins, who are nice but can speak little English, so it's just a few words now and then. I have a lake 50 meters from my house that's devoid of fish because of an un regulated country. Everything's allowed to be netted out. Watching dvd's helps pass the time, and I can spend time with my girlfriend on weekends, so that's okay also. If I could leave today we would. Re locating means shipping everything I own back to a house I'm secured in, getting my daughter enrolled in school there young enough so she can learn everything in English and won't be behind. It will be worth it as this has never been home to me. I will have Medicare. My daughter will be treated as an equal there, and not an outsider, and we will have family and friends very close by. I understand some like it here because they don't have outdoor hobbies and are okay with the bar scene, and, or are okay with staying home, hopefully, with a decent wife or girlfriend. There are some nice places to visit here, and other Asian countries I will visit before I move back, so that's how I will pass some of the time while still here. One thing I can say about living where I am is that it's quiet, although the dogs, besides one now, that have called my house a home have been poisoned by some disturbed farmer, and I don't like living around sick anti social people who think nothing of killing domestic animals because they weren't raised by normal parents who valued life.
September 27, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, fredwiggy said: I have to endure a daily power outage for a few seconds, which is totally unnecessary and shuts off my computer, where I have to reload everything. The power goes off weekly for hours, mainly because of a lack of maintenance and bad equipment. I've had solar panels and batteries for over a year now, my power is never off. Back in the UK, I'd be at the mercy of the grid.
September 27, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I've had solar panels and batteries for over a year now, my power is never off. Back in the UK, I'd be at the mercy of the grid. If I was to stay here, I would install those. Power back home rarely went out more than three times a year, and never daily for a few seconds. They have competent workers in the US, better equipment and maintenance. Here, just one look at the poles with all the wires shows what kind of thinking goes on, and the price a few pay every year from electrocution. Reminded me of a post I read recently................https://bk.asia-city.com/city-living/news/31-ways-to-die-bangkok
September 27, 20232 yr I've been here since my early 20's (with work) and now base myself here and work rotationally outside of Thailand. I visit the UK regularly and would also be happy living there. I'd be happy to work for as long as I'm physically capable, I have plenty of time off already. One thing which does concern me if I were to stay long term in Thailand is access to reasonably priced health-care. IF living in the UK and going the ILR route, my Wife can get full NHS care for a fee. I know NHS has its critics and I agree with most of the criticisms, nevertheless, care for 'serious stuff' is there. Conversely, in Thailand, insurance premiums become prohibitive and paying for care outright costly. It's somewhat of a conundrum - of course, securing nationality is one option around that, but not working in Thailand, thats an impossibility.
September 27, 20232 yr Author 35 minutes ago, fredwiggy said: There's very little for me here, it's been as boring as it can be, more than any period of my Man, how many will admit this? How much of sloppy Thai food and sloppy thousands can one endure here?
September 27, 20232 yr Actually the food is never a problem. My girlfriend is a great cook and the food I get at restaurants is fine. I ate Thai for years before I moved here, and it was in restaurants in the San Antonio area which are all good. Their cooks were mostly from Thailand. It's the boredom and all the other crapola that goes on here that's not for me, nor for my daughter.
September 27, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Celsius said: Man, how many will admit this? How much of sloppy Thai food and sloppy thousands can one endure here? Life is boring if you dont do anything about it, but boring is good for the contrasts. Anyway, if you are interested in life around you, create your little bubble, and have possibilities to take holidays boring days pays off to. It is all about creating contrasts. Food? My wife is a great chef, and we also visits fine dining monthly if not more often.
September 27, 20232 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Hummin said: Life is boring if you dont do anything about it, but boring is good for the contrasts. Anyway, if you are interested in life around you, create your little bubble, and have possibilities to take holidays boring days pays off to. It is all about creating contrasts. Food? My wife is a great chef, and we also visits fine dining monthly if not more often. Yes. So why is going back "home" a disaster as many sexpats here like you to believe?
September 27, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Celsius said: Yes. So why is going back "home" a disaster as many sexpats here like you to believe? Did I say what I believe ? I keep my connection, appartment, my founds, pay tax, keep my social security and still working occasionally ???? I will never cut my ties, but you are so blinded and fixated on your ideas, and generalize to much because you believe what you experience, is true for everyone. What you think and believe about the majority, might not be true. And those who did cut ties, maybe have no bether options than to stay put. Going back with no funds, would be hard for most. What safety net do you have?
September 27, 20232 yr Author 9 minutes ago, Hummin said: What safety net do you have? Good enough not to be stuck in a moldy Blackpool apartment.
September 27, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, Celsius said: Good enough not to be stuck in a moldy Blackpool apartment. good for you then
September 27, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Celsius said: Man, how many will admit this? How much of sloppy Thai food and sloppy thousands can one endure here? If anyone's bored then you should have changed your life. There's guys here who go to bars and then moan about going to bars
September 27, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Celsius said: Man, how many will admit this? How much of sloppy Thai food and sloppy thousands can one endure here? If anyone's bored then you should have changed your life. There's guys here who go to bars and then moan about going to bars
September 27, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Celsius said: Man, how many will admit this? How much of sloppy Thai food and sloppy thousands can one endure here? I never eat Thai food, English, German, Indian and Mexican is all I ever eat. Why do you eat sloppy Thai food if you don't like it? Are you broke?
September 27, 20232 yr Hopefully I have made the right choice for me which is to keep working till 59, with six weeks holiday in Thailand a year, and then have a nice time after that. I didn't want to work in Thailand and my work is hard to transfer. Working in the heat and pollution not so wonderful. Probably much less pay and conditions too. Had a friend who came to Thailand at 48 sold up had fun but back home at 54 with a long time to go with little savings. Told the story before. Life is tough. Depends on your personality and propensity for risk. At 59 I can do it properly and hopefully I can be healthy and enjoy it or friends and relatives will get the lot.
September 27, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I never eat Thai food, English, German, Indian and Mexican is all I ever eat. Why do you eat sloppy Thai food if you don't like it? Are you broke? Attention whore, thats what he is
September 27, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, Celsius said: Simon is not in his 50's and when he went back he got excellent world class medical care That's true, 64 then and I was treated very quickly. But apart from that excellent service and polite and helpful shop staff (true! Maybe they thought I was decrepit), everything else was ... er ... poop! I couldn't wait to return to south-east Asia (Laos in my case).
September 27, 20232 yr Popular Post 4 hours ago, Celsius said: You think he is straying in a better place here? I am staying in Ekkamai in a "world class condo" as they say. Yesterday there was a bit of rain and my floors flooded. I live in a large teak wood house (I prefer character properties), in the beautiful town of Luang Prabang, north Laos. $375 rent/month, huge garden blah blah blah. Slightly better than the moldy room in Blackpool ????
September 27, 20232 yr I sort of agree the the OPs sentiments. I came out her young and I've been here most of my adult life. I don't regret it. I don't think I'd be better off if I had stayed back West. I've had so many experiences here. I've certainly lived life. Not sure I could say that if I stayed back West. I definitely wouldn't want to just arrived here at the age of 60. I probably wouldn't be able to enjoy it properly and it would be a totally different place to what I experienced when I first came (and what I still experience now). I mean, what's Thailand gonna be like 20-30 years from now? I've been having a rare old time here the way it is. I am sure I will look back that this time in my life and know they were my best years. At the same time, I could see myself going back when I am old, or doing half here & half there. Best of both.
September 27, 20232 yr Popular Post 14 minutes ago, FruitPudding said: What does the title have to do with staying in Thailand though? Most western guys that work in Thailand from a young age on't have any savings or pension, so they have to work until they die. I'm guessing the OP is one of those people.
September 27, 20232 yr Author 45 minutes ago, Hummin said: Attention whore, thats what he is You should spell it correctly or your post may reported. It's spelled hore.
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