That deep breath you take when you arrive back home

[JamesPhuket10]

3 hours ago, CMHomeboy78 said:

Probably the same town planner who named this one.

 

 

Wow magic, I didn't know they had cameras in 13th Century England.

 

It was the name of the streets during that period to denote where prostitution took place. 

 

That and all the other steets with that name were renamed a long time ago but of course, many people believe anything on sites such as this and still think it exists. 

 

[JamesPhuket10]

On 3/6/2025 at 11:00 AM, garygooner said:

All that rain in the UK certainly helps. 

 

If it did help it would mean Bangkok was less polluted than London as it rains twice the amount in Bangkok per year compared to London. 

[JamesPhuket10]

3 hours ago, rough diamond said:

Which idiot(s);

Thought of it

Proposed it

Approved it

Made it it

Erected it.

 

Finally; why was it not defaced (raped)?

 

Mind you it would be a great address for an escort agency.

 

The question you should be asking is which idiots believe it exists. 😄

[NoshowJones]

4 hours ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

Still a thousand times better than the MOT test in Thailand, yet you said nothing about the low level of the MOT there.

 

I bought a used car about 3 years before I came to stay in Thailand. It just received a full years MOT. I noticed a smudge mark (not a crack) on the passenger side windscreen. I pointed it out and asked about the mark and was told it was not enough to fail the MOT.

The following year the car passed the MOT with nothing being said about the mark, the following year the car failed the MOT because of the mark, I repeat again the UK MOT is a farce and is about money first and the safety of the car second.

[garygooner]

16 hours ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

If it did help it would mean Bangkok was less polluted than London as it rains twice the amount in Bangkok per year compared to London. 

Yes, but Bangkok has the heat plus a few months of no rain whatsoever. 

[JamesPhuket10]

8 hours ago, garygooner said:

Yes, but Bangkok has the heat plus a few months of no rain whatsoever. 

 

As is the case in London sometimes.

 

What does help in London is the fact that extremely polluting cars are not allowed inside the M25, all cars, trucks, etc have annual checks on their emissions,  Thailand has zero suck checks, and even public transport buses belch out black smoke. 

 

Many buses in London are now electric with more and more conventional busses being replaced over the next few years.

[Lacessit]

On 3/7/2025 at 1:34 PM, DonniePeverley said:

 

Honestly i am now back a few days in the UK. I really am appreciating being back alot more. I am actually in praise of the order, even though i do enjoy the enjoy chaos in Thailand. But things like pavements, good air quaity, british women !

 

 

British women? You like big butts and thunder thighs?

[save the frogs]

14 hours ago, Lacessit said:

British women? You like big butts and thunder thighs?

I find it hilarious that men who gravitate to asia suddenly find all western women repulsive.

[DonniePeverley]

14 hours ago, Lacessit said:

British women? You like big butts and thunder thighs?

 

Variety is the spice of life. I like Thai women, but they become very similar in their look and body shape. So much variety in the UK ... shape, size, looks, hair colour etc Love being back. 

[JamesPhuket10]

20 hours ago, save the frogs said:

I find it hilarious that men who gravitate to asia suddenly find all western women repulsive.

 

It is because the vast majority of Western women can not be bought so those types of guys can never get one, but with the availability of so many bar girls who can be bought, they suddenly become handsome film stars, as long as they eventually buy the ex-bar girl a house. 

[TedG]

On 3/6/2025 at 2:42 AM, FritsSikkink said:

Which is nonsense as it is better than London in most parts of the country at the moment: 

 

I'm surprised at the awful air quality in the world's major cities. 

[TedG]

21 hours ago, save the frogs said:

I find it hilarious that men who gravitate to asia suddenly find all western women repulsive.

 

We have lots of fatties in my country.  

[save the frogs]

12 hours ago, TedG said:

 

We have lots of fatties in my country.  

not all thai girls are attractive.

i would say the averages are the same in every country.

 

[Lacessit]

22 hours ago, save the frogs said:

I find it hilarious that men who gravitate to asia suddenly find all western women repulsive.

It's not so hilarious when a western woman quite legally takes half your assets.

[proton]

35 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

not all thai girls are attractive.

i would say the averages are the same in every country.

 

 

'Thai lady very beautiful' on our estate of 760 houses I have never seen one in over 12 years. Plain, fat or scary most of them. You do see the odd one tarted up looking OK in the shopping malls, but not that many.

[DonniePeverley]

2 hours ago, TedG said:

 

I'm surprised at the awful air quality in the world's major cities. 

 

 

Air quality is interpreted in different ways. So in general you have readings that take measurements of a city on some high up weather station to give different parts of a city a report. The issue in Thailand on the ground level is vehicle pollution. Even on days of low level city wide pollution you can still be infested with high pollution walking around the pavements inhaling vehicle emissions. This is never taken into account on a city wide pollution barometer. Thailand, especially Bangkok is horrific with vehicle pollution. 

 

You don't get that in London. Debate all you want about Ulez zones, but the air is cleaner, less cars around. Less emissions around. The cold crisper air is a delight. The heat and humidity in Bangkok keeps the emissions swirrling around ground level. 

[DonniePeverley]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

It's not so hilarious when a western woman quite legally takes half your assets.

 

1) No need to marry. 2) You clearly haven't had a long term relationship with a Thai lady. Firstly if you marry a Thai lady and divorce she can still take your assets just like any other country, and vice versa for you i suppose. Those demands from Thai women far exceed anything a British women would expect. Here in Thailand you will be expected to take care of her bloody family in most cases, or at least send donations. I was in a relationship for about 6 months, and i was being pressured to pay for her brothers wedding ! Forget that. 

[DonniePeverley]

2 hours ago, proton said:

 

'Thai lady very beautiful' on our estate of 760 houses I have never seen one in over 12 years. Plain, fat or scary most of them. You do see the odd one tarted up looking OK in the shopping malls, but not that many.

 

Oddly enough walking around Pattaya a few weeks back, i would have been the one expecting payment for some of the middle aged porky bar staff standing around the bars. Thailand suffer a beauty drain quite literally, as their beauties head to foreign climates.  

 

Not just physically, but met a few lasses in a bar yesterday. Just to have that crack and joke, an intellectual conversation about politics, sport even. It's refreshing. You can't ever get into a deep veined conversation with most Thai ladies. You miss that crack. 

[Lacessit]

6 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

1) No need to marry. 2) You clearly haven't had a long term relationship with a Thai lady. Firstly if you marry a Thai lady and divorce she can still take your assets just like any other country, and vice versa for you i suppose. Those demands from Thai women far exceed anything a British women would expect. Here in Thailand you will be expected to take care of her bloody family in most cases, or at least send donations. I was in a relationship for about 6 months, and i was being pressured to pay for her brothers wedding ! Forget that. 

A thai lady can have a 50:50 split of assets accumulated DURING the marriage. She has no entitlement to assets brought into the marriage. To my mind, that's a much fairer system.

 

I suggest you talk to BritManToo about what British women expect.

 

What Thai women demand depends on the boundaries set at the beginning.

[DonniePeverley]

31 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

A thai lady can have a 50:50 split of assets accumulated DURING the marriage. She has no entitlement to assets brought into the marriage. To my mind, that's a much fairer system.

 

I suggest you talk to BritManToo about what British women expect.

 

What Thai women demand depends on the boundaries set at the beginning.

 

 

Good luck with determining what was achieved during marriage especially if you have kids. 

[JimGant]

On 3/5/2025 at 9:15 PM, DonniePeverley said:

Honestly, arrived back in the UK yesterday and felt i could finally breath again. The air is beautiful. Crisp. Clean. Amazing. 

Ah, yes -- the smell of Halal cooking.

[DonniePeverley]

1 hour ago, JimGant said:

Ah, yes -- the smell of Halal cooking.

 Irony being there are more muslims in thailand than the UK. 

[Lacessit]

4 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

 

Good luck with determining what was achieved during marriage especially if you have kids. 

You said I clearly have not had a long-term relationship with a Thai lady. I guess 14 years with my Thai GF does not count, then.

 

Assets in Australia are beyond the reach of any woman in Thailand.

 

Fathering kids at my age or even 20 years earlier in Thailand was the furthest thing from my mind. Luk kreungs are the subject of discrimination, unless they are Tiger Woods.

 

Sure, some westerner - Thai relationships end up as train wrecks, especially with kids. I am not one of them.