Ralf001 Posted Saturday at 07:51 AM Share Posted Saturday at 07:51 AM (edited) 3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: 4 hour immigration queues are not the norm at all - I challenge anyone to honestly comment that they have been stuck in an Airport Immigration Queue in Thailand for 4 hours... Ive done USA, UK and Aus this year. None more than an hour depart and arrive at swampy. Edited Saturday at 07:51 AM by Ralf001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted Saturday at 07:53 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 07:53 AM 4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: 4 hour immigration queues are not the norm at all - I challenge anyone to honestly comment that they have been stuck in an Airport Immigration Queue in Thailand for 4 hours... I was once in the line for 3 hours. That's bad enough! bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted Saturday at 07:54 AM Share Posted Saturday at 07:54 AM 1 minute ago, bob smith said: I was once in the line for 3 hours. What year was that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted Saturday at 08:08 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 08:08 AM 13 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: What year was that ? 2009. bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted Saturday at 08:11 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:11 AM 4 minutes ago, connda said: If you set down roots and have a house and land (in my wife's name but goes to me for life under a Usufruct if she should expire before me, plus the land deed in that case will be held by my Thai son with whom I get along well): Very low property taxes. No inspectors and regulators or special permits to build on your own land. The government for the most part stays out of your personal affairs as long as you don't break laws. Fewer laws to break compared to your average Western country. If you break a law - money talks. Hot women! (oh you already noted that) <laughs> (I'm old, and married, but I'm not dead yet) Oh, and food prices as compared to the West. For local fruits, produce and even meats like pork and chicken, if you shop at a local open-air markets food is still very affordable. Like, really affordable. If you cook for yourself and know how to shop. And if you live in a small village like I do, the prices at local one-item restaurants are still the same - 20 to 25 THB for a plate of whatever they are serving. The further you get away from the village level, the more expensive. Amphur 40 to 45 THB. City center of the province 50 to 55 THB. A city like BKK and even Chiang Mai - it's just getting stupid, so best to live out in the rice fields of rural Thailand. But still - compared to the West? A plate of mix vegetables with chicken over rice in Chiang Mai: 60 THB. The same dish in America? $10 / ฿360 THB or 6 times the price. Same dish out here in the rural boondocks? 25 THB. So that dish in America? 14 times the price. I really wonder sometimes why foreigners want to crash the gate at the US southern border to live in Expensiveville USA. <headshake> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgegeorgia Posted Saturday at 08:18 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:18 AM 1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said: You're a pathetic troll bob... Oh really Richard ...that's ... preposterous... absolutely preposterous my dear fellow 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted Saturday at 08:20 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:20 AM 11 minutes ago, bob smith said: 2009. bob. Have you been to Thailand since then ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted Saturday at 08:25 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:25 AM 1 hour ago, bob smith said: literally all my farang/thai friends drive drunk. bob. Great company you keep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted Saturday at 08:30 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 08:30 AM 10 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: Have you been to Thailand since then ? i'm in Thailand you clown. bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted Saturday at 08:31 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 08:31 AM 5 minutes ago, ravip said: Great company you keep. yes. thank you. bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted Saturday at 08:41 AM Popular Post Share Posted Saturday at 08:41 AM 20 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said: Oh really Richard ...that's ... preposterous... absolutely preposterous my dear fellow As you are one of the grade A1 trolls on this thread... your comment renders completely insignificant, even when attempting to pull pull of a Noel Coward impression 'dear fellow' - which just doesn't work for halfwitted bogans... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowNow Posted Saturday at 08:54 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:54 AM 2 hours ago, transam said: 8. Farangy fruitcakes to deal with.......😕 Do you think that someone who repeatedly refers to foreigners as 'farangy' appears well adjusted? It's probably best for you to not throw stones here, lest the spotlight fall on you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted Saturday at 09:00 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:00 AM 2 minutes ago, NowNow said: Do you think that someone who repeatedly refers to foreigners as 'farangy' appears well adjusted? It's probably best for you to not throw stones here, lest the spotlight fall on you. NowNow, let's not be childish over my word for people like you....😬 Plus, I don't need your farangy advice, either, as the spotlight is always on me........... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowNow Posted Saturday at 09:05 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:05 AM 4 minutes ago, transam said: NowNow, let's not be childish over my word for people like you....😬 Plus, I don't need your farangy advice, either, as the spotlight is always on me........... Thank you for demonstrating what I meant 😊 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted Saturday at 09:06 AM Popular Post Share Posted Saturday at 09:06 AM Just now, NowNow said: Thank you for demonstrating what I meant 😊 My pleasure......... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted Saturday at 09:15 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:15 AM (edited) cheaper booze cheaper accommodation cheaper food Edited Saturday at 09:17 AM by steven100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted Saturday at 09:22 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:22 AM (edited) Best thing about Thailand Meeting all those negative miserable people, who once came to paradise, complaining about anything and everything, make my life feel great. Annoying when they start whining about how bad Thailand is, and how stupid Thais are, and my wife sit next to me. Sometimes their wife or gf sit there to, and they start their rant. Why is it so many negative people here? Should be your next thread Bob Edited Saturday at 09:40 AM by Hummin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted Saturday at 09:47 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:47 AM 1 hour ago, bob smith said: i'm in Thailand you clown. bob. and yet you post like a troll from abroad. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted Saturday at 09:48 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:48 AM 25 minutes ago, Hummin said: Best thing about Thailand Meeting all those negative miserable people, who once came to paradise, complaining about anything and everything, make my life feel great. Bob is here now ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted Saturday at 04:28 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:28 PM 8 hours ago, bob smith said: Thailand is boring too. bob. Anywhere can be if you let it I guess, but I find the west especially plain. No magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Fever Posted Sunday at 02:07 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:07 AM 19 hours ago, bob smith said: literally all my farang/thai friends drive drunk. bob. Yep, this is very common practice, the silly farang in here are digging there head in the sand trying to say this isn’t a thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Fever Posted Sunday at 02:21 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:21 AM 18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Agreed - but I'd argue to a lesser degree than our home countries. The risk of being involved in a violent confrontation here (i.e. getting mugged or into a fight) is less than that in many of our home countries. Additionally, the foreigners who do get into conflict here, usually bring it upon themselves. Not sure I agree with this, Thai people don’t seem to like farang.. just the money and who can blame them really with the poor attitudes most farangs have I have seen plenty of aggression towards farangs almost daily 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted Sunday at 02:31 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:31 AM I like the availability anything and everything delivered to your front door! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted Sunday at 02:32 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 02:32 AM 10 hours ago, daveAustin said: Anywhere can be if you let it I guess, but I find the west especially plain. No magic. ...where is the magic in Thailand? is it in a bowl of soup?? bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted Sunday at 02:40 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:40 AM (edited) 20 hours ago, bob smith said: 6. Drunk driving is tolerated/easy to do. You should have been here a couple of decades ago, the cops would go home at midnight, not a cop to be seen until the sun came up. Years ago, I remember we were out drinking on the dark side, doing the naughty bar crawl around the lake, it was late afternoon, we stopped at an intersection, my mate dropped off his Mio, p*ssed, a cop on his bike stopped and helped my friend back on his bike. We decided to go home, too drunk to ride. Edited Sunday at 02:42 AM by SAFETY FIRST 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted Sunday at 02:44 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:44 AM 9 minutes ago, bob smith said: ...where is the magic in Thailand? is it in a bowl of soup?? bob. Watch it bob, the Eco-Police will come and arrest you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted Sunday at 02:45 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 02:45 AM 3 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said: You should have been here a couple of decades ago, the cops would go home at midnight, not a cop to be seen until the sun came up. Years ago, I remember we were out drinking on the dark side, doing the naughty bar crawl around the lake, it was late afternoon, we stopped at an intersection, my mate dropped off his Mio, p*ssed, a cop on his bike stopped and helped my friend back on his bike. We decided to go home, too drunk to ride. ahhh the good old days.. I once got pulled over on my bike hammered. i had a half empty bottle of beer in the front compartment, the copper then saw my football shirt, which he was a fan of. he let me through and told me to enjoy the match tonight! you couldn't make it up! bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted Sunday at 02:47 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:47 AM 20 hours ago, bob smith said: 1. Good food. 2. Relatively affordable. 3. Good weather for 6 months of the year. 4. Beautiful beaches. 5. Hot girls. 6. Drunk driving is tolerated/easy to do. 7. Fast internet 8. Friendly, Beautiful, sweet smelling young, petite ladies happy to talk and socialise with you for just a few bucks, cheeeap. I'm in heaven. 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted Sunday at 02:49 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:49 AM 2 minutes ago, bob smith said: ahhh the good old days.. I once got pulled over on my bike hammered. i had a half empty bottle of beer in the front compartment, the copper then saw my football shirt, which he was a fan of. he let me through and told me to enjoy the match tonight! you couldn't make it up! bob. Yes, the Thai's are football crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted Sunday at 02:52 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:52 AM 19 minutes ago, bob smith said: ...where is the magic in Thailand? is it in a bowl of soup?? bob. The magic, Bob is kicking back and watching them evolve! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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