If people aren't happy in Thailand I wonder what will make them happy. Unless you are a skier who need snows I'm not sure why people rubbish Thailand. Cheap dental, cheap food, lots of women, cheap rooms.

 

 

 

 

How long have you been here?

 

bob.

Lots of bored, lonely, bitter guys living in villages. It gives them something to do. 

5 minutes ago, Dolf said:

If people aren't happy in Thailand I wonder what will make them happy. Unless you are a skier who need snows I'm not sure why people rubbish Thailand. Cheap dental, cheap food, lots of women, cheap rooms.

 

 

 

 

Hold on buttercup, you forgot:

 

- some of the most dangerous roads in the world

- endless bueracracy

- visa issues

- daily discrimination ( depending on where you live )

- shocking air quality

- language that's difficult ( but no impossible ) to learn

- banking regulations

- abissmal education system

 

Should i continue?

 

Miserable people are not fussy where they pursue their hobby, they can be successfully miserable wherever they hang their hat.

1 minute ago, PJ71 said:

Hold on buttercup, you forgot:

 

- some of the most dangerous roads in the world

- endless bueracracy

- visa issues

- daily discrimination ( depending on where you live )

- shocking air quality

- language that's difficult ( but no impossible ) to learn

- banking regulations

- abissmal education system

 

Should i continue?

 

I like driving there, top fun. Visas yes I give you that. Easy language. Education? No concern to westerners. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Dolf said:

I like driving there, top fun. Visas yes I give you that. Easy language. Education? No concern to westerners. 

 

 

You'll have fun driving until you get into a wreck.

 

Language is not easy, you're wrong.

 

You do understand there's quite a few westerners here that spawn kids with Thai women, they do go to school.

 

What about all the other comments, nothing to say about them.....didn't think so.

 

 

4 minutes ago, Denim said:

Miserable people are not fussy where they pursue their hobby, they can be successfully miserable wherever they hang their hat.

Bet you've got a pink ID card and yellow house book, you seem like that type - lol.

Just now, PJ71 said:

You'll have fun driving until you get into a wreck.

 

Language is not easy, you're wrong.

 

You do understand there's quite a few westerners here that spawn kids with Thai women, they do go to school.

 

What about all the other comments, nothing to say about them.....didn't think so.

 

 

Air quality is bad for a few months. If you hate the place why are you there?

Just now, Dolf said:

Air quality is bad for a few months. If you hate the place why are you there?

Who said i hate the place?

1 minute ago, PJ71 said:

Who said i hate the place?

You listed all negatives and no positives.

Just now, Dolf said:

You listed all negatives and no positives.

So facts then, sorry about that, i'll make stuff up that makes everything rosey from now on to keep you happy.

 

You also need to bear in mind that a lot of people that have been here 20, 30, 40 years or more have watched Thailand loose the appeal it once had but have built their lives here, not easy just to up and leave.

 

I'd not live anywhere else but interaction with the locals is now kept to a minimum.

Also Taylor Swift doesn't want to sing in Thailand.

15 minutes ago, bob smith said:

How long have you been here?

 

bob.

He's been an AN member for the last 16 days.  That should make him an expert bob.

22 minutes ago, Dolf said:

If people aren't happy in Thailand I wonder what will make them happy. Unless you are a skier who need snows I'm not sure why people rubbish Thailand. Cheap dental, cheap food, lots of women, cheap rooms.

 

 

 

 

People get jaded, too much drink and the wrong women mainly, oh yes of course money issues 

9 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Bet you've got a pink ID card and yellow house book, you seem like that type - lol.

I agree, a yellow book is an indication what a person is like, fact

13 minutes ago, Dolf said:

I like driving there

"There?"  So you admit you don't live here. Live here a decade or so and you'll understand all sides of the coin, although certain expert members will keep pushing the "you're only a guest here" trope.  However, say that about a Thai living in North Hollywood or some other Thai enclave, and working on a 10 year tourist visa while a pro-bono immigration lawyer plies the US legal framework looking for ways to provide that person citizenship, or at least a green card?  Well, tell that person they should "go home if they have any complaints" or insinuate that they are only "a guest" in the US and you'll be called a racist and a nationalist.  Point out the systemic racism and nationalism here and you're called disgruntled.  Sorry - I really dislike hypocrisy and I'll point it out when I see it. 

 

34 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

- some of the most dangerous roads in the world

- endless bueracracy

- visa issues

- daily discrimination ( depending on where you live )

- shocking air quality

- language that's difficult ( but no impossible ) to learn

- banking regulations

- abissmal education system

 

Should i continue?

 

- some of the most dangerous roads in the world

That’s why I drive a BIG truck. 

 

- endless bueracracy

Doesn’t affect me. Never experienced it any worse than in the homeland - for me anyway. 

 

- visa issues

Never had an issue. Very easy to obtain - for me anyway. 

 

- daily discrimination ( depending on where you live )

Not where I live 

 

- shocking air quality

That’s why I use purifiers and stay inside on days with poor air quality. 

 

- language that's difficult ( but no impossible ) to learn

English is spoken everywhere where I live, no need to learn Thai. 

 

- banking regulations

Have 2 Thai bank accounts. Never had a problem with any “regulations”. 

 

- abissmal education system

Maybe to some, but irrelevant to me. 

 

Should i continue?

Yes please 

 

 

37 minutes ago, Dolf said:

If people aren't happy in Thailand

Don't worry as Bobby McFerrin said.

19 minutes ago, Dolf said:

You listed all negatives and no positives.

It's not easy being green, is it Dolfy!

Nothing like a brief stay in, say, Bangladesh, to improve the appreciation.

 

41 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Hold on buttercup, you forgot:

 

- some of the most dangerous roads in the world

- endless bueracracy

- visa issues

- daily discrimination ( depending on where you live )

- shocking air quality

- language that's difficult ( but no impossible ) to learn

- banking regulations

- abissmal education system

 

Should i continue?

 

- some of the most dangerous roads in the world

True

- endless bueracracy

Don't have any problems with that.

- visa issues

Don't have any problems with that.

- daily discrimination ( depending on where you live )

Don't have any problems with that.

- shocking air quality

True in most parts of Thailand but not all.

- language that's difficult ( but no impossible ) to learn

Don't have any problems with that.

- banking regulations

Don't have any problems with that.

- abissmal education system

If your kid is smart, they can go to good schools in the bigger cities.

 

Please go on.

Not sure I could live there full time. A bit hot. 

47 minutes ago, Dolf said:

I like driving there, top fun. Visas yes I give you that. Easy language. Education? No concern to westerners. 

 

 

I hate driving here my friend!

I was a professional Cdl  driver in the States!

I ‘ve been to the Domincan Republic , which has third world driving habits

too. But
 

Thailand sucks for driving ! One must have eyes in the back of their head ( figure of speech) to maneuver  around.

 

I haven’t got in a accident yet here in over 8 years but came close to it and not my doing either.

 

Besides that and the rooster, dogs and Sparrow noise nuisance, its ok 

 

33 minutes ago, connda said:

He's been an AN member for the last 16 days.  That should make him an expert bob.

16 days, does this include all his reincarnations? This is a Buddhist forum after all.

33 minutes ago, connda said:

He's been an AN member for the last 16 days.  That should make him an expert bob.

Are you having a laugh? What about sparktrader, bignok, uttradit and now Dolf - all one and the same. Maybe even some other posting name before that....

43 minutes ago, connda said:

He's been an AN member for the last 16 days.  That should make him an expert bob.

 

deleted. @Keeps best me to it.

54 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

Also Taylor Swift doesn't want to sing in Thailand.

That's another reason to stay in Thailand. 

1 hour ago, connda said:

He's been an AN member for the last 16 days.  That should make him an expert bob.

I was here decades before becoming a member.

Little boy lost.