Thailand Ruined

[Walker88]

33 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

I think destroying the environment, creating a feudalistic oligarchic state, and refusing to cede power no matter how old they get has something to do with it.

 

And it's not just rap. Taylor Swift, BTS, Blackpink Lisa. Does anybody really consider this music?

Not sure if you've ever studied history, but 'destroying the environment' is hardly an invention of Boomers. Ever wonder what London air quality was 200 years ago? Were Thailand's tropical hardwood forests all cut down by Boomers?

 

As for 'feudalistic oligarchic state', if I can guess what you mean by that, I suggest you look at other history going back to, say, Oldavai Gorge. NOBODY and NO GENERATION since humans walked upright has ever wanted to cede power nor wealth. I can see that being even stronger today, since so many young people have delusions of grandeur and think five minutes in a job means they're ready to be CEO or President.

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

im getting on a plane next week so can update your list...sorry to disappoint the haters...

Shame

[Middle Aged Grouch]

20 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Says the newbie with 105 posts......seems he will fit it well here......#Troll Lives Matter.....  bravo.

The fact in having 5980 posts does not make one more smart.

 

It could be a sign that one does not have a life besides posting all day ?

 

But then maybe I am wrong. If you get offended by his post, do what you preach....put on ignore.

[scubascuba3]

Talking of other potential countries, I've been to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, and not bothered if i ever go back. I liked Indonesia the best after Thailand in particular Bali where I've been 3 times, so maybe another visit to Bali next year is likely. Philippines once again, same for 25 years gets avoided

[Prubangboy]

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Borneo, and not bothered if i ever go back. 

Long on my list, due to the Bourdain episode.

 

Poss on tour. Did you do a longhouse stay?

[Celsius]

21 minutes ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

The fact in having 5980 posts does not make one more smart.

 

It could be a sign that one does not have a life besides posting all day ?

 

But then maybe I am wrong. If you get offended by his post, do what you preach....put on ignore.

 

He averages 1 post a day, you average 10.

 

You literally joined 2 months ago and he is bored posting all day ????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Middle Aged Grouch]

2 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

He averages 1 post a day, you average 10.

 

You literally joined 2 months ago.

 

Another bored newb or a new nic?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh dear, another bootlicker.

[Celsius]

1 minute ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

Oh dear, another bootlicker.

 

Please do try to make sense.

[bignok]

1 minute ago, Celsius said:

 

Please do try to make sense.

Where are you moving to?

[Fat is a type of crazy]

27 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

im getting on a plane next week so can update your list...sorry to disappoint the haters...

Sounds like you have an interesting and challenging life in the states. Your posts are amusing too. Why not have a thread about life in America while away from Thailand. Could be fun and better than many of the daily trivial topics on this site. 

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

 

Don't forget to bore the forum with a batman meme and yet another picture of barely legal ladies that are not even Thai

I never posted a batman meme.

And you know the important part in barely legal. Legal! ????

 

This one is just for you. Virtual reality. I leave it up to you to image her face and age and all that.

[Celsius]

1 hour ago, connda said:

I bought two head of hydroponic lettuce for 20 THB on my way home today. 
Grrrr I hate this place. 

 

Livin' the dream, tossin' the salad

[JimTripper]

A lot of guys don't really want to be here. It's just the best altrrnative at the time.

 

That's what the complaining is about. Being stuck here but not really liking it.

[Middle Aged Grouch]

24 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

Please do try to make sense.

Sorry,  but I reserve my sensible answers for sensible people only.

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

A lot of guys don't really want to be here. It's just the best altrrnative at the time.

 

That's what the complaining is about. Being stuck here but not really liking it.

Is anywhere that good really?

[JimTripper]

8 minutes ago, bignok said:

Is anywhere that good really?

Give me that place in hawaii and i'm happy. no more complaints.

[scubascuba3]

54 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

Long on my list, due to the Bourdain episode.

 

Poss on tour. Did you do a longhouse stay?

I climbed Mount Kinabalu, river jungle trek and scuba dived Sipadan

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, freeworld said:

a policeman can stop one any time, even walking down the road and one has to comply,

In which jurisdiction is that a law when there is no reasonable suspicion of an offence?

[scubascuba3]

27 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

A lot of guys don't really want to be here. It's just the best altrrnative at the time.

 

That's what the complaining is about. Being stuck here but not really liking it.

All the guys i know like it here, maybe the negative moaners are best avoided?

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, freeworld said:

questions are being asked when one takes money out of a bank account what it is going to be used for.

Huh?  Where is that a question that has to answered?  I'm not aware of any country where that can be asked with any expectation of a mandated explanation.  Perhaps you could give an example?

[JimTripper]

17 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

All the guys i know like it here, maybe the negative moaners are best avoided?

When they start getting taxed the guys you know will enjoy it even more then they do now ????

[scubascuba3]

Just now, JimTripper said:

When they start getting taxed the guys you know will enjoy it even more then they do now ????

Won't happen as there's DTR

[KhunLA]

2 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

your username fits you well.....thanks for sharing...carry on with your grumpiness--im gonna get off the interwebs and go spread some sunshine :)....thanks for the tip!

Spread some down here ... been overcast & raining most of the day.

 

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, simon43 said:

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but I will not deal with more bureaucracy and zero rights. 

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Zero rights only seems to be a problem when you're trying to do something wrong....

 

If we are having a p*ssing competition as to who hasn't paid tax for the longest time, I might win since I have legally avoided paying any income/personal tax for more than 20 years (5 flags strategy!). I keep 100% of what I earn ????

Damn, got me beat.  I've been audited by the IRS more than anyone I know.  8 straight years under Bush 2, and 8 straight yrs under Obama ... free speech comes with risks.  Before careful what you say in emails to WH ... ????  They don't like being criticized.

 

Most of those years, I didn't even have income ... ????

[save the frogs]

yeah, you stayed for years and years and all of sudden when you decide to leave or when you're forced to leave, it sucks.

[FritsSikkink]

5 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

Actually I am complaining about the possibility to have to do a tax return.... even if I have to pay zero tax in Thailand. There will be million things that can go wrong including every office having their own interpretation..... just like with visa extensions. 

 

Who wants to deal with this?

Many people have been dealing with tax returns and visas without any problems. 

Why are you not capable to do so?

[JimTripper]

7 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Damn, got me beat.  I've been audited by the IRS more than anyone I know.  8 straight years under Bush 2, and 8 straight yrs under Obama ... free speech comes with risks.  Before careful what you say in emails to WH ... ????  They don't like being criticized.

 

Most of those years, I didn't even have income ... ????

You got audited over 8 times?

 

Why do you think you got audited? Were you filing with a foreign address?

[billd766]

5 hours ago, BE88 said:

Several of my friends have already left and I think others will follow.

Thailand has worsened in the last 10 years in many places, extreme pollution,dangerous for health, increased road insecurity due to the increase in traffic on the same roads, political insecurity and now complication in obtaining a visa renewal as well as filling out the tax declaration written in Thai of which an accountant will be needed, increases in bank deposits expected, compulsory health insurance likely in the near future.

 

Without excluding further tightening in the future. Is it enough to rethink why we stay here in Thailand?

 

I have been logging the local weather reports for a long while and here in rural Kamphaeng Phet over the last couple of years there has been more dust and less "black snow",

 

I haven't that much of an increase in traffic locally but I have no idea what it is like on the main highways, in the cities and tourist areas.

 

Thailand has always been politically unstable since I first came here in the 1990s.

 

I will know a bit more about renewing my marriage extension based on income by the back end of next week. I am planning to renew it on Thursday using the income method.

 

The rest of your post is more guesswork and speculation than facts.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

... and many many more foreigners (not necessarily grumpy or old) still here and living comfortably / happily with their Thai wife and kids.

 

Some with Permanent Residence (me), others doing the necessary yearly visa renewal, not necessarily all that difficult. And in many countries the gaining of initial visa and the renewal much more complex / daunting compared to LOS.

I have been living, working, been based and holidaying here since 1993. I was lucky enough to have a couple of jobs that not only let me travel and work but paid me as well. In my 50 year working life i visited and worked in 38 countries.

 

At 79 I am now sort of retired and potter about my wife's house and land doing odd the odd jobs I can still do, trying to do things I could do (and sometimes I still can do them).

 

I am fortunate in having a loving and caring wife and a great 19 year old son who started uni this year.

 

Yrs I will leave Thailand when they carry me and wheel me around the wat, before I become roast long pig.

 

Then the charcoal will be brought back and popped into the spirit house in the front garden.

 

What!! Me leave Thailand? You must be joking.

[KhunLA]

40 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

You got audited over 8 times?

 

Why do you think you got audited? Were you filing with a foreign address?

8+8=16 times ????  Free speech/expression is not free.

 

probably just a coincidence, critical emails & audits.   Funny how didn't happen under any other administrations.