Just now, Prubangboy said:

Thanks, actually I was a headhunter. The difference is that I got paid whether I found the warm body or not. Some brutal years, but I was done by age 40.
 

It was during the wolf of Wall Street era. That film was bs.

 

Like when they were tossing the dwarf for fun? I went to the only dwarf tossing. The cops broke it up. Not a single dwarf was ever tossed.
 

Don’t buy into the hype.

 

 

You are talking about throwing them.....aren't you?

 

 

 

18 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

You are talking about throwing them.....aren't you?

 

 

 

The correct term is tossing.
 

I never tossed a dwarf.

 

My brother went out with an extremely short woman, and I sent him a DVD about sex with dwarves.

 

But that’s as far as my dwarf dissing ever went.

 

do you feel that calling it dwarf tossing instead of dwarf throwing is making light of propelling consensual dwarfs into the air?

 

I must concede, you have half a point.

Just now, Prubangboy said:

The correct term is tossing.
 

I never tossed a dwarf.

 

My brother went out with an extremely short woman, and I sent him a DVD about sex with dwarves.

 

But that’s as far as my dwarf dissing ever went.

 

 

Hand on heart?

They broke it up as soon as the first dwarf was being loaded into the catapult.

 

The organizer, Baird Patrick, if you wanna look him up, demanded to know what law was being broken. The police shrugged and just told everybody to leave.

24 minutes ago, Stressed Eric said:

Tents on scooters, no helmets.

 

Capiche?

 

Eric.

Don't talk about something you haven't the least clue about, capisce!

Isn’t it better to read an interesting story from someone’s life instead of listening to autistic people just crap over every thread?

 

maybe they could have a forum branch called must wear a helmet even at home and a few losers here could be consigned to it.

3 minutes ago, Stocky said:

Don't talk about something you haven't the least clue about, capisce!

...how do I know about the tents on scooters then??

 

Eric.

1 minute ago, Stressed Eric said:

...how do I know about the tents on scooters then??

 

Eric.

I have no idea, certainly not from living in Hat Yai.

1 minute ago, Stocky said:

I have no idea, certainly not from living in Hat Yai.

The fact that you said I am talking about something I have no idea about means that you do have an idea about it, right?

 

So, why not fill us in?

 

Eric.

Just now, Stressed Eric said:

The fact that you said I am talking about something I have no idea about means that you do have an idea about it, right?

 

So, why not fill us in?

 

Eric.

For pity's sake, you haven't lived in Hat Yai, clearly, stop trying to imply/suggest you have.

Go get a life.

1 minute ago, Stocky said:

For pity's sake, you haven't lived in Hat Yai, clearly, stop trying to imply/suggest you have.

Go get a life.

I wouldn't live there if you paid me!

 

Eric.

Hat Yai - what does a one bedroom apartment in a luxury building cost?

 

Do they have luxury buildings in hat Yai?

 

I went once, a nice night market around a downbeat hotel where everybody stayed. It’s a long way to go for good yellow curry, but I liked it.

1 hour ago, Stressed Eric said:

I wouldn't live there if you paid me!

 

Eric.

Rest assured there's no chance of that.

1 hour ago, Prubangboy said:

Hat Yai - what does a one bedroom apartment in a luxury building cost?

 

Do they have luxury buildings in hat Yai?

 

I went once, a nice night market around a downbeat hotel where everybody stayed. It’s a long way to go for good yellow curry, but I liked it.

https://www.thailand-property.com/properties-for-rent/songkhla/hat-yai

I was more hoping for your own personal experiences, but thanks anyway.

3 hours ago, Prubangboy said:

I was more hoping for your own personal experiences, but thanks anyway.

I don't rent, the wife has a house

On 11/17/2025 at 4:55 PM, marin said:

Its home, and we are happy here. 

 

Yeah, this should have been included.  Let's face it it is easier to live here than in most westerncountries

On 11/17/2025 at 5:32 PM, Sigmund said:

I may say that with all the immigration and bureaucratic hassles, more and more house or condo owners in Thailand are selling and moving out. Those who can anyway..

      I don't know where you are living in Thailand but that is certainly not the case in Pattaya.  Literally hundreds of new housing projects, many on the booming Darkside, and dozens of new condo projects all over, are being filled by expats moving to Pattaya, not 'moving out'.  Pattaya has something like 20 international schools already but apparently that is not enough to meet the demand and a new international school, Highgate, opens next year. 

     As for the thread, I'm not sure I would describe myself as 'desperate' to stay in Thailand but my Thai spouse's family is here and I have enjoyed the 15 years I have lived here so far.  I have a nice life, live in a nice home, and I have no desire to move back and live in the US.  

This whole thread is based on Eric/Bob being stuck in Thailand with no way out and trying to justify his miserable existence by knocking everything and everyone Thai related.

Or it may be that he can't afford to come to Thailand, with the same modus operandi as above.

It would seem his wealth of knowledge about Thailand comes from YouTube videos.

Much the same as Harrisfan.

On 11/17/2025 at 10:07 PM, georgegeorgia said:

Oh please many of these guys are in 21sqm bedsits some with no balcony and they are happy .

I regularly go around the Flybird Condominium block and peer through their screen doors 

Many have music playing 

   Larger condos, townhouses, and single-family homes outnumber  '21 sqm bedsits' .   By a huge margin.   Instead of looking in the screen doors of Flybird, try hiring a car and drive around some other areas of Pattaya.  Check the new highrises going up in Jomtien.  Check the hundreds of new housing estates on the Darkside.  Focusing on Flybird gad given you a warped outlook on who actually lives in Pattaya--the vast majority are not in Flybird-type dwellings.  

The masochist has been taught from an early age to hate herself and to consider herself unworthy of love and worthless as a person. Consequently, s/he is prone to self-destructive, punishing and self-defeating behaviors.

Though capable of pleasure and possessed of social skills, the masochist avoids or undermines pleasurable experiences. She does not admit to enjoying herself. She seeks suffering, pain and hurt in relationships and situations. She rejects help and resents people who offer help. She actively renders futile attempts to assist or ameliorate or mitigate or even solve their problems and predicaments.

And these self-penalizing behaviors are also self-purging. They tend to relieve the masochist with overwhelming pent-up anxiety. They are cathartic.

Masochist conduct is equally aimed at avoiding intimacy and its benefits, companionship and support, as it is at punishing herself.

And so masochists tend to choose people and circumstances that inevitably and predictably lead to failure, misdelusionment, disappointment and mistreatment.

Contrary to this, they tend to avoid relationships, interactions and circumstances and people that are likely to result in success or gratification.

They reject, disdain or even suspect people who consistently treat them well.

Masochist find caring, loving people sexually unattractive. The masochist typically adopts unrealistic goals and this way she generates underachievements, inevitably.

Masochist routinely fail at mundane tasks, even when these tasks are crucial to their own advancement and personal objectives. And even when they adequately carry out identical assignments on behalf of others.

22 hours ago, Stressed Eric said:

Give me a break.

 

You live in Hat Yai!

 

Thats on the USA and UK's no go list....

 

Eric.

No, Hat Yai is not on a "no-go" list for the U.S. State Department. The U.S. has upgraded its travel advisory for most of Thailand to the lowest level (Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions). However, a specific Level 2 "Exercise Increased Caution" advisory still applies to four southern provinces and their border areas, including parts of Songkhla that are south of a particular train line and border region. 

• • Hat Yai is safe: The city of Hat Yai itself is not under a special advisory and is part of the general Level 1 advisory for Thailand.
  • Level 2 advisory applies to specific areas: The Level 2 advisory covers the provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat, as well as areas of Songkhla that are south of the railway line that runs from Hat Yai to Padang Besar, and areas south of the A43 road between Hat Yai and Sakom.

First arrived in Thailand over 60 years ago. Liked it then, like it now.

On 11/17/2025 at 5:32 PM, Sigmund said:

I may say that with all the immigration and bureaucratic hassles, more and more house or condo owners in Thailand are selling and moving out. Those who can anyway..

What immigration and bureaucratic hassles are you experiencing?  Frankly, I don't have any hassles.  My life here is quite nice and I have been living here for more than three decades and have no desire to sell and move out.

None of the answers above. I'd say I like  (not "desperate") living in Thailand (for over 20 years now) because:

- Less costly
- Better weather

On 11/17/2025 at 5:26 PM, BritManToo said:

I see Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines as all much the same.

Don't know why so many are desperate to live in Thailand, if I were arriving as a n00b I'd be ok with any of those 4 (obviously I'd need a local wife or kid to get long stay in Vietnam).

 

I don't see Thailand and Vietnam as much the same (the other two I know less about).

 

I have lived/worked here for +30 years. Worked in south Vietnam, about 4hrs drive from Tan Son Naht airport but only 180km (a lengthy drive as road systems poor away from HCMC), for several years. 

 

In Thailand these days (not so 30 years ago), including upcountry, it's very easy and comfortable to live, with good quality shopping malls, supermarkets, petrol stations everywhere. Now compare that to Vietnam, which has poor road infrastructure, petrol stations not in abundance and have poor facilities (not the brilliant coffee shops, toilets, etc, here), few or no supermarkets (it was a 2hr round journey for me to buy something like yoghurt), 7/11, etc. Living upcountry here is not a hardship (unless you don't speak some Thai), but I wouldn't want to live upcountry Vietnam.