Thomas_Merton Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Anzac day may me think why is it many Australians choose to live in Thailand. Australia is a huge continent with every variety and variation of geography and climate anyone could wish. There is a well functioning democracy, education and health service, the “best beer in the world”, world class rugby of both sorts, best cricket teams, tennis etc (too many sports!), Sheilas that can take your breath away, relative full employment. Why, oh why, come to live or work in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Moog Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 (edited) Anzac day may me think why is it many Australians choose to live in Thailand. 'ang on. You're in England. ....yet thinking .....about why Australians want to live in Thailand. You must have lots of unencumbered thinking time ! My mind seldom strays on to angles like that. Edited April 26, 2005 by The_Moog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Anzac day may me think why is it many Australians choose to live in Thailand.Australia is a huge continent with every variety and variation of geography and climate anyone could wish. There is a well functioning democracy, education and health service, the “best beer in the world”, world class rugby of both sorts, best cricket teams, tennis etc (too many sports!), Sheilas that can take your breath away, relative full employment. Why, oh why, come to live or work in Thailand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Must be the beautiful Thai Women totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Or the Beer Chang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Or the Beer Chang? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah... good point... totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknight Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Or the Beer Chang? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah... good point... totster <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OIY where did the penguin go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 (edited) Or the Beer Chang? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah... good point... totster <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OIY where did the penguin go <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Decided to change, had it there for long enough now totster Edited April 26, 2005 by Totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Anzac day may me think why is it many Australians choose to live in Thailand.Australia is a huge continent with every variety and variation of geography and climate anyone could wish. There is a well functioning democracy, education and health service, the “best beer in the world”, world class rugby of both sorts, best cricket teams, tennis etc (too many sports!), Sheilas that can take your breath away, relative full employment. Why, oh why, come to live or work in Thailand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Anzac day was it? Judging by the time stamp, me thinks it was because of because of the conversation on this thread here . And to answer your question...well because we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Larry Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Why, oh why, come to live or work in Thailand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll give you one guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Merton Posted April 26, 2005 Author Share Posted April 26, 2005 Why, oh why, come to live or work in Thailand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll give you one guess. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But I'm led to believe that nearly all Aussie girls are lean, athletic, sun-tanned and beautiful. And if it's the other side of the bathroom you’re from, then Sidney ought to provide, in abundance, everything a young man needs, so I am told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiaan Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 (edited) All Aussies don't look like Mel Gibson and Nicole Kidman who were both actually born in the US. A British Empire penal colony just over a century ago doesn't make for attractive genes. But the real reason Aussies leave is Dame Edna. Edited April 26, 2005 by thaiaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 All I will say is Holly Valance and Natalie Imbruglia..... totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NedKelly Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Quote - Thaiann.....A British Empire penal colony just over a century ago doesn't make for attractive genes. Get ya facts right before you open your mouth..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog683 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 why would anyone wanna live in thailand.....(tongue in cheek) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 But I'm led to believe that nearly all Aussie girls are lean, athletic, sun-tanned and beautiful. You've been watching too much television mate! Have you ever been "down-under"? Just to add to Samrans post and some of the good reasons in the referenced thread, tax is also a major reason for me living and working in Thailand. Aussi tax is a killer! And just one more... I actually enjoy working with and teaching/mentoring the Thai engineers that work for me. I get some personal gratification out of watching someone develop not only in their knowledge and approach to work, but also in their attitude towards others. I've been proud to observe some of my engineers refusing to take sh1t from other Thais... as they used to do 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 “best beer in the world” Don't know whether to laugh or be sick so I'll do this: 555555555555555555555555555 55555555555555555555555 Women lean and beautiful? Must've been in the wrong part then, try New Zealand for the chicks. Saying that, I'll admit there are some stunners but Muang Thai has them everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 (edited) Quote - Thaiann.....A British Empire penal colony just over a century ago doesn't make for attractive genes.Get ya facts right before you open your mouth..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly. Only the exconvict soap dodgers were sent there and a few 10quid immigrants. Edited April 27, 2005 by chuchok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamdomChances Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Australia is a huge continent I think you'll find that its a huge country but not a continent. Just nit picking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Australia is a huge continent I think you'll find that its a huge country but not a continent. Just nit picking <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I always thought it was a continent,but I spell it different.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Let's turn this round. Why would anyone live in Australia? Unless we sent your family there, under duress a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiaan Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Quote - Thaiann.....A British Empire penal colony just over a century ago doesn't make for attractive genes.Get ya facts right before you open your mouth..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A penal colony is a colony used to house prisoners. The British Empire's use of parts of Australia provides a classic example. Although the Dutch discovered the Australian continent in 1770, the first ship of English convicts bound for Australia did not leave England until 1787, after the British lost the American colonies and decided to use Australia as a penal colony. Prisoners were sent far away to discourage escape (or even return after sentence-expiry), and to places otherwise inhospitable where their (unpaid) labour could rebound to the metropole's advantage before later bulk "free" immigration became viable. In this way, the British got rid of criminals and prostitutes by shipping them to North America as indentured servants. When that avenue closed in the 1780s after the American Revolution, Britain switched the destination to what later became parts of Australia: Norfolk Island, Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales.Britain considered the island continent uninhabited because the aborigines were a nomadic people and therefore by definition uncivilized. Consequently, in the grand tradition of colonizers, Britain regarded the natives as heathens and savages. Awkward advocates of Irish Home Rule or of Trade Unionism (the Tolpuddle Martyrs) received sentences of transportation and joined the thieves and embezzlers and prostitutes in remote Australian colonies. It was not until a gold rush in 1851 that civilian settlers came in mass quantities. Later, in the 1850’s, it was necessary that Britain put in place a more structured government, which caused the immigration of convicts to begin to ebb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDN Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 ^^^ Now you've done it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 ^^^ Now you've done it! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Let the games begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 ^^^ Now you've done it! Let the games begin. I'm not biting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 (edited) ^^^ Now you've done it! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Let the games begin. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not biting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Spoil sport. Edited April 27, 2005 by chuchok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 ^^^ Now you've done it! Let the games begin. I'm not biting. Spoil sport. I think that one thread on that particular subject is enough, don't you? Besides, I'm running out of fresh material! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Its true, there really should be nothing driving Aussies away from the homeland, except for one thing - TAX. But we all return eventually, laden with our foreign low-tax bounty. Okay sing along now....no matter how far or wide i roam,.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Quote - Thaiann.....A British Empire penal colony just over a century ago doesn't make for attractive genes.Get ya facts right before you open your mouth..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary A Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I understand PERFECTLY. The four months I spent working in Melbourne was the longest four months in my life. I had to go to McDonald's to get a hamburger I could eat and I HATE McDonald's. Anzac day may me think why is it many Australians choose to live in Thailand.Australia is a huge continent with every variety and variation of geography and climate anyone could wish. There is a well functioning democracy, education and health service, the “best beer in the world”, world class rugby of both sorts, best cricket teams, tennis etc (too many sports!), Sheilas that can take your breath away, relative full employment. Why, oh why, come to live or work in Thailand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuky Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Or the Beer Chang? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Gotta be the number one reason, oh yeah and the killer tax and the fact that the wife is Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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