SO who of you guys live in Thailand?

[transam]

2 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

Yes.

You have dodged the main part of my question, the  "Why" bit.......🤔

[PJ71]

5 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

LMAO so half of the daily posters here not even live here. That explains so much too lol.

yip, agreed - comedy gold.

[saintdomingo]

On 1/6/2025 at 7:24 AM, KhunLA said:

How a simple query turns into an anti Yank thread, by non Yanks of course.  Mind boggling.

 

Thought this topic might actually be interesting ... but the usual happens.

 

WTF 

 

Note to self:  why do I bother any more ?

Possibly it was the sneering reference to poms that started it.

And FWIW I do live here.

[BarBoy]

34 minutes ago, transam said:

You have dodged the main part of my question, the  "Why" bit.......🤔

why not?

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

You should leave earlier especially if it's given you anxiety ,your not young anymore and your mental health is suffering.

Yes low season is much better 

Our resident mop-pushing psychiatrist is here, dispensing free advice to other posters.

 

I would normally put him on ignore. However, I am fascinated by what level of banality he can attain with his posts.

[G_Money]

18 hours ago, Lacessit said:

IMO not a good trade, the USD for making ourselves a nuclear target.

And you would be speaking reasonable Japanese now along with your reasonable Thai  if not for the U.S.

 

Reasonable trade off IMO.

[G_Money]

On 1/6/2025 at 1:58 AM, still kicking said:

Well I know this is an Expat forum but most poster don't actually live in Thailand, I do not anymore, I moved back to OZ a few years back as everybody knows. so where you come from?  most posters seem American  posters posting like or dislike Trump but there is more countries in the world so the question is why posting about American problems in every second post?

“most posters seem American  posters posting like or dislike Trump”

 

The reality is most of the posters you claim are non Americans equal to or greater than the Americans 

 

[transam]

1 hour ago, BarBoy said:

why not?

Then your point of asking a member WHY he has not become a Thai citizen is pointless, if you can't tell us WHY he should be............😬

[BarBoy]

6 minutes ago, transam said:

Then your point of asking a member WHY he has not become a Thai citizen is pointless, if you can't tell us WHY he should be............😬

Reciprocity...

[Gottfrid]

Living in Thailand, for over 26 years. No plans to go home. Run businesses, married, two children, 3 cats and 2 dogs as well as an aquarium. Built houses for us, family  and so on. All is so much better here, and will probably just stay that way.

[bradiston]

7 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Living in Thailand, for over 26 years. No plans to go home. Run businesses, married, two children, 3 cats and 2 dogs as well as an aquarium. Built houses for us, family  and so on. All is so much better here, and will probably just stay that way.

Nice one Gotters!

[Geoffggi]

Live here & have done for some considerable time

[georgegeorgia]

4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Our resident mop-pushing psychiatrist is here, dispensing free advice to other posters.

 

I would normally put him on ignore. However, I am fascinated by what level of banality he can attain with his posts.

I'm here to entertain you my friend and take your abuse ,it stops you from taking it out on your poor wife or should I say partner 

One wonders why you do not use the word partner rather than a gender but that's another story 

[Lacessit]

14 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I'm here to entertain you my friend and take your abuse ,it stops you from taking it out on your poor wife or should I say partner 

One wonders why you do not use the word partner rather than a gender but that's another story 

Let me set your mind at rest. My Thai GF is very very female.

 

As far as abuse goes, IMO any man who hits a woman is a moral coward.

[EVENKEEL]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

I'm here to entertain you my friend and take your abuse ,it stops you from taking it out on your poor wife or should I say partner 

One wonders why you do not use the word partner rather than a gender but that's another story 

Partner sort of implies same sex relationship.  Not that there's anything wrong with that. 

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

Partner sort of implies same sex relationship.  Not that there's anything wrong with that. 

IMO the people who are most likely to be homophobic are those who have doubts about their own orientation.

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

IMO the people who are most likely to be homophobic are those who have doubts about their own orientation.

Does it hurt?

[Gottfrid]

21 hours ago, bradiston said:

Nice one Gotters!

What do you mean?

[Kinok Farang]

On 1/6/2025 at 5:02 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

Not just #1 in the whinging department:

 

 

 

Missed out fattest.

[Hummin]

This is what first made me love Thailand, a nice cheap bungalow at the beach. 

 

Fresh coffe and this view, the sound of waves is indeed a good start. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hummin]

I just forgot to tell, this is right now, and 6000,- baht pr night.

 

My illusion of easy and cheap living in Thailand do not exist anymore. Still nice getaway from everything else once and awhile.

 

I feel very lucky to have experienced Thailand before it got to this point. Soon back to snowy Europe, and have to enjoy it as long as it lasts.

 

 

 

[KhunLA]

24 minutes ago, Hummin said:

This is what first made me love Thailand, a nice cheap bungalow at the beach. 

 

Fresh coffe and this view, the sound of waves is indeed a good start. 

 

Yep ... first visit, Phuket and the big white tower building at Patong beach, 1999, and a week there (timeshare trade), along with a few days of diving won me over.

 

Reminded me too much of the Caribbean, without  the season hurricane threat.  Then return 2000, a trip to PP, and I was sold 

 

Now back to 30M+ tourist, and I avoid Phuket 😭 

 

Agree 100% with this ... 

... "I feel very lucky to have experienced Thailand before it got to this point. " ... 

 

Why the pandemic what such a blessing, actually better than 1999, as nobody there during 2020/21/22, and visited more than a couple times, after avoiding for about 10 years 

 

[marin]

Seems to me that photo is from the bottom up Kata Noi, Kata, and Karon Beaches. I do not see Patong at all. 

[KhunLA]

3 minutes ago, marin said:

Seems to me that photo is from the bottom up Kata Noi, Kata, and Karon Beaches. I do not see Patong at all. 

Unlike some, I didn't restrict my visit to Bangla Rd.  Didn't go there for the P4P, and only visited Bangla Rd one afternoon.   Went to Phuket to explore, recon for retirement, and test out the diving.

 

Drove around the whole island and hit every beach on the west side, from the airport down around the cape.

[rwill]

I have lived in Thailand the last 12 years full time.  Only left for a few weeks when my dad was dying from cancer.

I like it better here than the US.  

[marin]

8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Unlike some, I didn't restrict my visit to Bangla Rd.  Didn't go there for the P4P, and only visited Bangla Rd one afternoon.   Went to Phuket to explore, recon for retirement, and test out the diving.

I have stayed in Patong only once 1979. Had one road through the town. I took songthaews to the southern end of the island and found the Kata/Karon area which I preferred to Patong even back then. If going to Phuket now I avoid Patong and go via Chalong to the southern end. Saying that have not been in 5 years. 

[cdemundo]

On 1/6/2025 at 9:20 AM, TheAppletons said:

 

  Like you, I reside in Thailand.

 

  Until I moved here - and joined this forum - I had no idea how much Brits and (especially) Australians hate Americans.  

 

  

I don't know, the Brits and Aussies I meet are friendly enough.

Although maybe they call me a Coke sacker behind my back but I don' t think so.

 

Also I wonder if the folks who bash Americans on here are friendlier to Americans IRL, which this is not.

[Toby1947]

Biggest problem with Thailand is Thais live there 🤣😂🤣

[cdemundo]

On 1/6/2025 at 2:34 PM, gearbox said:

There are a plenty of people living in Thailand and posting here, there is pretty good information in specific forums, like the regional or visa related.

Yes, although sometimes when you ask a question the first two posts will tell you what a stupid question it is.

Then the people that know something will contribute useful information.

 

[steven100]

On 1/6/2025 at 9:20 AM, TheAppletons said:

 

  Like you, I reside in Thailand.

 

  Until I moved here - and joined this forum - I had no idea how much Brits and (especially) Australians hate Americans.  

 

  

I think you are exaggerating things somewhat.  Maybe the young Z generation have a silly opinion,  but the older gen 60's 70's 80's know better and have common sense. 

 

I like Americans very much,  as I also like British folk,   if it wasn't for America in February 1942 when Japan bombed Darwin harbour,  we'd all be eating sushi .   

 

but your probably too young to understand that ...