IanForbes Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Well said. I always think it's a tragedy when I hear of someone who died leaving a lot of money. Not if you are one of their kids. I save money by cutting hookers to once a day instead of the usual twice a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamritT Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 i often see farang riding motorbikes and some even take the bus. lol. The free bus (blue ban in front) that is paid by Thai tax payer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 i often see farang riding motorbikes and some even take the bus. lol. The free bus (blue ban in front) that is paid by Thai tax payer. Any farang working in Thailand pays tax, any farang buying a car/motorcycle/etc etc pays tax of those goods, buy almost anything and you are paying tax on it, have money in the bank and the meagre interest rate is taxed, all the materials for our house had sales tax added. And guess what, I don't use that shitty bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I take soaps n sh!t from hotels, sad part is I never use them at home. Bags full of the crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 so i caught up with him and said, your lights are not working, to his reply no i have turned them off, it saves the fuel so saves me money. Don't the lights on a motocy work from an alternator same like in a car? Not exactly the same as a car but the answer is yes i.e. if the engine is running the the battery is charging lights on or not. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
november222 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 go to bars that dont charge corkage, take your own soda as well as whiskey and dont ask for ice . another choice is to take your own vodka and drink it neat. get your thai missus to bring in some street food if your feeling peckish. a cheap night out and your saving on electric at home. nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
november222 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 we also save a lot because my wife won't let me keep a mia noi :D I also heard that the Russians down here in Pattaya dont like to pay for a Short time Room, they use the Beach. Witch safes again some people money as they can now buy there drink in the next 7/11 and enjoy a free show. having a go at the russians is okay but whatever you do dont mention israelis. thats stereotyping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Riding on a bus gives me an erection so that is where I always take my date for the night. You shag on a bus? What do all the other passengers think about that? Do you pass the hat around after completion of the dirty deed? BTW making such a statement may alert the boys at Viagra and they might make you an offer that you can't refuse. At my age you learn never to waste a good hardon. Most of the fellow bus riders are too polite to stare, but we DO get the occasional cheer in response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 People do it for us in our village. Power and water cuts. I like the lecky bill when it arrives. Zero baht. I honestly thought I was the cheapest bastard alive before I started reading this thread. Brilliant, had me in stitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 so i caught up with him and said, your lights are not working, to his reply no i have turned them off, it saves the fuel so saves me money. Don't the lights on a motocy work from an alternator same like in a car? Not exactly the same as a car but the answer is yes i.e. if the engine is running the the battery is charging lights on or not. . The additional load of powering the lights means you need to use slightly more petrol. I only turn the lights on when I'm stationary; I reckon the throttle's on idle anyway. But the boffins have beaten me on that one - turns out the new Rollers have an engine management system that adjusts the throttle to keep the idling revs right. So I'll have to leave the lights off all the time. In all seriousness, I think that the engine management systems mean you will get a small fuel saving by putting your (automatic) car in Neutral while stationary, becuase the engine management system does adjust to maintain tne idling rev speed. Yes, I know if I was serious about saving money I'd not drive a hydraulic transmission, but there's no point in wasting an extra penny just because you've spent a pound. I forget how long it took to save a litre of fuel idling in Neutral rather than park, turning off the air con, or the lights, and I never got round to comparing the cost of opening the windows (in terms of poorer aerodynamics) versus running the fan or the air conditioning. Another of my tremendous tips - walk instead of taking a taxi; as well as saving the fare, it'll help keep you fit, improve your visual acuity looking for trip hazards, build up a tremendous thirst, and the sweat is like taking a shower from the inside! SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Saving Money I thailand..hmmm... 1) use both sides of the toilet paper 2) use second hand toilet paper (dried out of course)from the recycle bin found at the side of the toilet in most public conveniences 3) borrow the students pens and forget to return them. (Kru Quam jam suam ) 4) turn off the engine down hill power steering and brakes are for puffs! 5) sleep with old farang's wives. Their eyesight is so shot, you can claim to be the pool boy and might even get a tip! 6) Talk to yourself when you enter the shop, keep talking as you pick up everything you want. then just walk out. See the astonished faces as nobody dare challenge "farang ting tong". 7) stop cars that are going your way. Get in and signal for them to carry on. Stop them near where you are going and say thanks with a big wai. They'll think you are confused but very polite. 8) sit down at a restaurant table where there is a party of 4 or more adult thais eating and help yourself to their food. smile and as they talk, reply with and nod and the word, "uuhh" with varied tones to indicate agreement, amusement, seriousness or otherwise. leave before the bill comes. But be sure to say the food was Arroy maak! 9) Ask for a glass of wine with the free cheese samples at the mall food court, explaining that u need to taste the cheese in context. Thinking you'll buy the wine, they'll be happy to oblige. obviously you will need several chunks of cheese and a couple of glasses so invite them to join you.it will make it like a party, until you decide its not really what your looking for. but smile and withdrawl with a deep deeeeep wai. 10) marry a thai/chinese girl who's family will feel honour bound to make you CEO of their sugar cane empire in the North East. Free gasohol for life! I think you must have given this some serious thought ! On a more serious note, I was once approached by a farang beggar asking for money in a restaurant in Pattaya while having dinner with my wife, and he wasn't shy about it either. It was a really in-your-face type of approach. I totally blew my top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Mzurf, I've been here a while. I've seen some things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilyelol Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 true story.. i know a guy that moved in with a male looking thai girl because he went broke and she now pays everything for him. (still broke 8months later) He has no friends left and he hates her. Good way to save money... his 2000$ left to his name are not moving much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 true story.. i know a guy that moved in with a male looking thai girl because he went broke and she now pays everything for him. (still broke 8months later) He has no friends left and he hates her. Good way to save money... his 2000$ left to his name are not moving much. Is "male looking" like bird spotting? SC GUESTHOUSE: You've got a classical education Am I right in thinking that the Homo in Homo Sapiens means Man (unlike in homosexual or homogenised milk, meaning "similar, or, for the readers of this forum, 'same-same" so could we describe ilyelol's mate's lady as 'homoscopic' ? Innovation - your route to expanded wordpower... Oh for want of a hyphen! - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequick7 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 hotel manager told me one day that russian couple emptied the fridge of beer and juice etc by filling empty bottles back up with water and replacing the caps, good move classic... im gonna try that next time i'm in pattaya!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaParent Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 taxi is quite cheap. weird place to save imho. A taxi stuck in a traffic jam for 3 hours is more expensive than a bus stuck in the same traffic jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaParent Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 go to bars that dont charge corkage, take your own soda as well as whiskey and dont ask for ice . another choice is to take your own vodka and drink it neat. get your thai missus to bring in some street food if your feeling peckish. a cheap night out and your saving on electric at home. nice one. Carry your vodka in a water bottle, just order the mixer and add it in when nobody is looking. Works in Saudi Arabia so should work here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillyman99 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 The things people do here to save money. Buy beer in bulk, stay at home and churn out endless meaningless posts on an anonymous internet forum, then go back to that same forum and say how good or how bad your life is in Thailand, and blame the Thai people if its bad, and congratulate yourself if its good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchless51 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I once saw Peter Sellers poach a fish in the dishwasher, this has inspired me to move my cup noodle and jok eating into the shower, saving time and consolidating cooking and hiegene expences, and the plastic fork will be ideal for cleaning out my gf's hair from the drain hole whilst im waiting the 2 minutes. i can see tv series comming out of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchless51 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Leave t shirt, undies on whilst taking a shower, this saves on laundry expenses, in fact leave sox on and take in your dishes as well, as sox make ideal dish mops, also your skinny girlfriend (fat ones cost to much too feed and wash) use that yellow dishwashing liquid for shampoo, shaving lather, dish washing and laundry, your girlfriend will think you are a genouse and tell all her hot friends who will all come around with loads of booze to join in the fun and wash there naughty nickers and everyone will smell just like lemons and there will be no hole in the ozone layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 (edited) Some of the things ( apart from the usual) stolen from the rooms of the hotel I used to work at in BKK. Lightbulbs TV remote control Bedside control panel for the lights/TV etc. Curtain hooks Biggest thieves? Airline staff. One guy, after being asked to open his suitcase to reveal a load of cutlery, said " Oh I thought they were complimentary " A resort I went to in Loei had the right idea. A list of things and what would be charged if they weren't in the room upon check out. Ashtray 3000 baht Bathrobe 5000 baht Towel 4000 baht etc. Those prices should put off even the most ardent of the pilferers Edited September 26, 2010 by mca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequick7 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 The things people do here to save money. Buy beer in bulk, stay at home and churn out endless meaningless posts on an anonymous internet forum, then go back to that same forum and say how good or how bad your life is in Thailand, and blame the Thai people if its bad, and congratulate yourself if its good. wow, u just dissed everyone then posted ur own meaningless post... thanx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englander Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 The things people do here to save money. Buy beer in bulk, stay at home and churn out endless meaningless posts on an anonymous internet forum, then go back to that same forum and say how good or how bad your life is in Thailand, and blame the Thai people if its bad, and congratulate yourself if its good. wow, u just dissed everyone then posted ur own meaningless post... thanx But he's got a good way of thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweRob Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 My wife work as a nurse at a hospital. She steals these groovy morphine pills from work every week, we just eat those, pass out sleep for days and save money by not eating or drinking, we just shit and piss ourselfs so no need for toilet paper and cut costs that way. This lifestyle also eliminates the need for alcohole, dinners out, cigarettes, DVDs, no need for a TV, you name it, we dont need anything but the free morphine pills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Always wondered why just about every Thai Bathroom I went into there was a dripping tap into a concrete tiled Tub? Until someone told me, they believe there's not enough water coming out to register on the meter,so free! Edited September 30, 2010 by MAJIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 One of my favourites was running your air con cold and not having a fridge. I'm guessing that was an EGAT alter-ego SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evermaat Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 One of my favourites was running your air con cold and not having a fridge. I'm guessing that was an EGAT alter-ego SC My friend actually said he uses the fridge as an air conditioning unit. You take the vent side and use large plastic bags or plastic sheets and tape it to the fridge vent. Vent it to a window, then leave the fridge door open on the coldest setting. If you do it correctly, the room will be cool and if you are in an "all-included" apartment, this may work out well. I never tried this; figured having a dedicated a/c unit is better in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I think you should delete " friend " and put " passing acquaintance who I really have little to do with " mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I think you should delete " friend " and put " passing acquaintance who I really have little to do with " mate. Give him his due, he did have the balls to write it . The topic ended that long ago l think he's spent that time designing the fridge A/C for us. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I've got a new one. tell all you mates to eff off just before christmas and them make up with them in the new year by inviting yourself round to apologize. You get to skip all that present buying but, get a free meal in the new year. I am going to write a book called "how to be a right K*nt!" think it will be a big seller in SEED books. not sure about western markets though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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