January 26Jan 26 Don't go chasing the dream. So many do and fall over.Chase1 peace2 nice people3 activities
January 26Jan 26 Popular Post Peace nice people and activities are clearly not unique to Thailand. This is another typical post by the OP with no decisive point, written purely to waste people’s time by baiting engagement with something hollow, poorly thought out, and ultimately unenlightening.
January 26Jan 26 Popular Post 2 hours ago, Harrisfan said:Don't go chasing the dream.Is it ever wise to chase something as insubstantial and ephemeral as a dream?Better to make a plan, do your research, evaluate the options, and have a Plan B; less romantic, but less likely to disappoint.
January 26Jan 26 Popular Post My dream was to live in an affordable house with a much younger woman and never be cold again.Been living that dream since 2009, and it don't get better than that!
January 26Jan 26 Popular Post 51 minutes ago, save the frogs said:how do you chase peace?he's only chasing more thumbs down and nobody can ever beat him at it. winning!
January 26Jan 26 Author 17 minutes ago, BritManToo said:My dream was to live in an affordable house with a much younger woman and never be cold again.Been living that dream since 2009, and it don't get better than that!Well you are sensible. Many are not.
January 26Jan 26 Popular Post I came to Thailand chasing the markets, the temples, the beaches, the elephants, and the food. Who doesn't, right? I stayed for the air pollution, the danger on the roads, the floods, the poisonous pesticides, and the endless thrilling topics on AN.
January 26Jan 26 Popular Post According to the OP, the resident expert on Thailand, the Thai Dream does not exist, which is extremely helpful insight because it saves all of us the trouble of trying to find it. Funny how it usually vanishes right around the point someone like him runs out of curiosity, cash, or kamagra. A remarkably negative title for a topic that ultimately says far more about the poster than the country.
January 26Jan 26 Author 16 minutes ago, 123Stodg said:According to the OP, the resident expert on Thailand, the Thai Dream does not exist, which is extremely helpful insight because it saves all of us the trouble of trying to find it. Funny how it usually vanishes right around the point someone like him runs out of curiosity, cash, or kamagra. A remarkably negative title for a topic that ultimately says far more about the poster than the country.You live in Pattaya?
January 26Jan 26 3 hours ago, 123Stodg said:Funny how it usually vanishes right around the point someone like him runs out of curiosity, cash, or kamagra.You were doing ok until this point. Run out of boner pills in thailand ? Ok you got me.
January 27Jan 27 17 hours ago, Harrisfan said:Don't go chasing the dream. So many do and fall over.Chase1 peace2 nice people3 activitiesNot a matter of where but how.
January 27Jan 27 17 hours ago, Harrisfan said:Don't go chasing the dream. So many do and fall over.That must kind of depend on what the dream is. It´s like saying, a person should not set up goals in life. Sure, it will be pure stupidity to chase the impossible, but I guess many of us have been coming to Thailand with realistic goals and dreams. I also know for a fact, that many of us has reached our goals, and are living good and comfortable in Thailand.If this is something you have had bad experiences with, my advice to you would be to go back to the drawing board and set up realistic goals that you can actually reach and be happy about. Like I already wrote, It´s very stupid to chase the impossible. People who are doing that, they mostly lack the ability to plan and see things as they are.
January 27Jan 27 16 hours ago, save the frogs said:how do you chase peace?Whoo - saDon't know about Thai Dream or what it is for people, but I've had a blessed life, here and back in the motherland, USA.Living is easy, and people & life is to be enjoyed. All I need is a dog, a companion, and transportation.Don't know how, but some people are their worse enemy and complicate things. I reached my dream 25 yrs ago, when I realized, I no longer need to work any more. TH just being a location, and a new one for me to explore. And an awesome place, of many to be, on this rock, buzzing around the sun and this universe.With that, need to think what I'm going to do with the Saku I picked up yesterday.BE SAFE ... ENJOY
January 27Jan 27 Popular Post 19 hours ago, Harrisfan said:Don't go chasing the dream. So many do and fall over.Chase1 peace2 nice people3 activitiesWow! You wrote five whole lines in your OP, compared to your usual one-liners. Congratulations on the increased effort!
January 27Jan 27 Author 44 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said:Wow! You wrote five whole lines in your OP, compared to your usual one-liners. Congratulations on the increased effort!You wrote 3 lol
January 27Jan 27 18 hours ago, Harrisfan said:Quiet locationsThere's not a lot of peace and quiet here on AN.
January 27Jan 27 Author Just now, NanLaew said:There's not a lot of peace and quiet here on AN.Lots of comedy.
January 27Jan 27 19 hours ago, BritManToo said:My dream was to live in an affordable house with a much younger woman and never be cold again.Been living that dream since 2009, and it don't get better than that!Yep, been there and done it, and am still here, still happy, still warm, and both of us getting older together, as is my lovely 5 year old Thai step-grandson. Never thought that at my age I would be teaching English again, with proper spelling, grammar, punctuation and pronunciation. (Isn't English crazy, what you PRONOUNCE is PRONUNCIATION)
January 27Jan 27 Do not mean to create controversy, but does Thailand do anything to make the bureaucratic, visa hassles more simple and smooth for the foreigner retirees ? Many countries in Europe give strong visa incentives and easen the process for those who have purchased property that are at reasonable prices in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta. But Thailand ? Even if you put in the bucks to buy on leasehold or freehold, absolutely nothing is done to make the visa more quick,. Polite suggestion ; Any foreigner who owns property on leasehold or freehold, should be give a 10 year multiple entry visa, that would only require a pension statement and the proof or purchase and that's it. No other absurd documents or made up rules to delay the process, like they do for the LTR even for those who qualified.
January 27Jan 27 4 minutes ago, Sigmund said:Do not mean to create controversy, but does Thailand do anything to make the bureaucratic, visa hassles more simple and smooth for the foreigner retirees ? Many countries in Europe give strong visa incentives and easen the process for those who have purchased property that are at reasonable prices in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta. But Thailand ? Even if you put in the bucks to buy on leasehold or freehold, absolutely nothing is done to make the visa more quick,.Polite suggestion ; Any foreigner who owns property on leasehold or freehold, should be give a 10 year multiple entry visa, that would only require a pension statement and the proof or purchase and that's it. No other absurd documents or made up rules to delay the process, like they do for the LTR even for those who qualified.I doubt that this will ever happen. Many years ago there was a special 3 million Baht investment visa which gave a 1 year visa as long as the 3 million were invested here. It was discontinued but those who have it can still extend it every year.
January 27Jan 27 Popular Post Visited first time in Jan 2012. Knew I'd retire here. Kept talking about wanting to retire by 40. It happened in 2015. Got laid off. Never went back. I loved this place and started the migration over the span of 3 years going back and forth.The Thai dream is different for everyone. For me it was about being able to tune out the noise of big city US life. It was about having things I didn't have back home. It was a cost efficient place to plant myself in the beginning until I figured out what to do. My first place in Chiang Mai cost 5k per month. It was simple, stark, lacking in many ways but it all woke me up to what the actual necessities of my new life would be.As time went on the dream became more detailed. Some of it changed, some evolved, some was simply rubbish that was residue from US life.Honestly, life on my worst day here has not been anywhere near the dark, cold, misery I endured in my last few years at home.
January 27Jan 27 1 minute ago, msbkk said:I doubt that this will ever happen. Many years ago there was a special 3 million Baht investment visa which gave a 1 year visa as long as the 3 million were invested here. It was discontinued but those who have it can still extend it every year.Sure it won't happen or it could..?. If not, the foreigners who can, will sell their homes in Thailand, give bad publicity back in the west and their money will go elsewhere in Asia.
January 27Jan 27 56 minutes ago, Sigmund said:Sure it won't happen or it could..?. If not, the foreigners who can, will sell their homes in Thailand, give bad publicity back in the west and their money will go elsewhere in Asia.I live in Thailand more than 30 years and own a property. When I came here people were saying the same as you do now. At least until now nothing has changed. And the 1 year extension is not really difficult if you fulfill the criteria. I would also wish for a lifelong visa for those living here since 10 years or longer. But this never has been a policy of governments here. I would not even think about moving back to my home country because of that. We have to accept it as it is.
January 27Jan 27 2 hours ago, Sigmund said:that would only require a pension statement and the proof or purchase and that's it.And if you are under the Pension age????
January 27Jan 27 2 hours ago, Sigmund said:Do not mean to create controversy, but does Thailand do anything to make the bureaucratic, visa hassles more simple and smooth for the foreigner retirees ? Many countries in Europe give strong visa incentives and easen the process for those who have purchased property that are at reasonable prices in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta. But Thailand ? Even if you put in the bucks to buy on leasehold or freehold, absolutely nothing is done to make the visa more quick,.Polite suggestion ; Any foreigner who owns property on leasehold or freehold, should be give a 10 year multiple entry visa, that would only require a pension statement and the proof or purchase and that's it. No other absurd documents or made up rules to delay the process, like they do for the LTR even for those who qualified.Why should it require a pension statement?Are you assuming that all foreigners are on a pension?In any case if your suggestion became reality the Chinese would buy everything and price everyone else, Thai and foreigners, out of the market.
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