What A Lousy Year In Chiang Mai

[NancyL]

Yup, good year, so far. Last year, YTD electric expenses $1230 this year it's $1030. Sorry -- our Quicken is set up to do reporting in USD.

dam_n girl..! Spend some more juice will ya.. Or else the guys writing about increasing living expenses will get their diapers all in a twist. And we don't want that.. it's messy.

Yeah, the decline in electric expenses is a nice bonus this year. Unfortunately, it's more than eaten up by the increase in costs for food -- groceries, dining out, beer, etc. Those costs are up by nearly 20% on a YTD comparison. Now that's something to moan about -- not the weather. The weather is the good news. Don't get me started on rising costs for food.

[uptheos]

Don't get me started on rising costs for food.

Why not Nancy?

[Ulysses G.]

[Don't get me started on rising costs for food.

My 3 vegetarian dishes plus brown rice place has gone up 5 baht and now it is 30 baht.

[uptheos]

[Don't get me started on rising costs for food.

My 3 vegetarian dishes plus brown rice place has gone up 5 baht and now it is 30 baht.

That's 20% and is way out of line with inflation.......is no-one watching these outrageous activities?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Ha, the skill is not in whining about rising costs for something, the trick is to make Thailand somehow responsible for it!

Anyone can just say 'pork prices are going higher and higher'. The hard part is blaming Thais and other people of the world for wanting to eat more pigs, so they're at fault for you having to pay more! If you're then also able to convert to British Pounds or some other foreign currency that's in the toilet to make it look even worse, and blame Thailand for the value of the GBP then that, is a Major League Thaivisa Whine with a cherry on top!

[Ulysses G.]

You are right. Just general whinging is not nearly as satisfying as blaming Thailand and the Thais!

[chaoyang]

You are right. Just general whinging is not nearly as satisfying as blaming Thailand and the Thais!

How about whinging about foreigners who whing about Thais?.

[scd]

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<br />...and this year Leo beer started giving people headaches.<br />

<br /><br />That's not just me???<br /><br />And the roads are cleaner and grippyer making driving and riding safer.<br />

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There's a few of us in pain. Only takes 2 for me to start feeling some head squeeze..

I can drink Heineken all night and wake up feeling alright. I figure if im going to spend 1000 baht drinking, might as well spend 1200 baht and not suffer instead.

I have also been getting headaches from my beloved Leo. Have made the switch to Singha.

[IanForbes]

It's going to change soon. I'm coming back in a couple of months.

[thailandadam]

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<br />...and this year Leo beer started giving people headaches.<br />

<br /><br />That's not just me???<br /><br />And the roads are cleaner and grippyer making driving and riding safer.<br />

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There's a few of us in pain. Only takes 2 for me to start feeling some head squeeze..

I can drink Heineken all night and wake up feeling alright. I figure if im going to spend 1000 baht drinking, might as well spend 1200 baht and not suffer instead.

I have also been getting headaches from my beloved Leo. Have made the switch to Singha.

Perhaps, it's a little Formaldehyde like I heard was in Beer Chang that causes headaches?

[thailandadam]

Does anyone know if there are new regulations regarding the "slash and burn" agriculture that has caused the reduction of smoke in the air for this year?

[Sparkles]

Had a fellow, the other day, tell me he was going back to his homeland,Germany ,because Thailand was getting too expensive. How long since you have been home ? I asked , 10 years he replied

[scd]

Hahaha!

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Febuary and March were not very polluted.

April and May were not very hot.

Not a lot of flooding in Chiang Mai either.

Thank God Ulysses!!! Finally.

[DavidOxon]

Well at least you've had your flood

[Mapguy]

UG, thou shalt not tempt the gods!!

[Ulysses G.]

It's almost time to start moaning about how cold Chiang Mai is - my favorite time of year.

[crusader79]

you can have chiang mai.I like to breathe.

What a softie.