If you made something of youre life you would not be living in Thailand the only draw to said country is the availability of cheap and easy pussy and thats it.

 
rubbish,
 
i earn more now then i did when i was in the uk.
 
there are very many people living here who have made a success of there lives,
 

Rubbish you still make youre money outside of Thailand in the offshore bussiness  so youre not the new Donald Trump who made his millions in Thailand by pig farming witch is a prohibited job for foreigners.

Very ture. Also pigeon jake just because your friends say they would love to have your life to your face its not always what they really mean or what they are saying when your not there. Its called being polite.

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and you and your mate, no my friend of 45yrs better then i do,,,lol

 

My first long-term stays in Thailand were because and NGO under Royal Patronage asked me to assist and stay with them. Then I just decided one trip to stay here with or without them. I  already had rudiments of the language down from previous trips. So I'm not sure that I settled for anything.

 

Why other people other than the ones who ended up here for work-related reasons I have no definite clue.

I came here initially for the cheap booze and over the counter medicines. Cheap women were a bonus.

Also liked taking time off for meditation retreats and lying on tropical beaches. Live and let live. 

 

So after the cheap booze and cheap women and cheap OTC drugs you then went back to your meditation? Kerouac and Ginsberg I guess could pull that off excepting the cheap women for Ginsberg.

Edited August 12, 201411 yr by JLCrab

I am from San Francisco. The 2013 census Bureau has shown that in San Francisco the population is distributed as follows:

Asians .....34.4%

Blacks......6 %

Hispanic .....15.3%

Whites.......41.6 %

Soooo  caucasians being in the minority, English may be the official language but rarely is it heard spoken. Basicly I was a foreigner in my own country. So I traveled and as indicated earlier I met my wife. Thailand second best???? maybe it is in some regards but after being here 10 years I feel more at home here than I do in San Francisco! Everywhere has its drawbacks ...but again as indicated earlier, life is what you make of it ....WHERE EVER that may be.

Edited August 12, 201411 yr by beachproperty

If I had the money and was fit enough ideally I'd like the best of both worlds. Time back in my home country (UK) and time in SE Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam). ALL IMO have there benefits and a downside.

 

The secret is (as someone earlier pointed out) to live life for today and think positively

[quote name="pigeonjake" post="8233120" timestamp="1407826820"][quote name="kingbuffalo" post="8232791" timestamp="1407822646"] [quote name="Kudel" post="8230685" timestamp="1407774288"] [quote name="pigeonjake" post="8230610" timestamp="1407773360"] 
 [/quote]
and you and your mate, no my friend of 45yrs better then i do,,,lol[/quote]

So its just one friend who wants your life. Wow you must be living the dream. Your friend must have a very boring life if he wants to give it all up to live on a pig farm and spend money on something that can never be his

If thats the dream where you come from i say live and let live :)

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If I had the money and was fit enough ideally I'd like the best of both worlds. Time back in my home country (UK) and time in SE Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam). ALL IMO have there benefits and a downside.

 

The secret is (as someone earlier pointed out) to live life for today and think positively

Tomorrow ... Tomorrow ... I love you tomorrow. You're always a daaaaay aaaa - waaay

I am from San Francisco. The 2013 census Bureau has shown that in San Francisco the population is distributed as follows:

Asians .....34.4%

Blacks......6 %

Hispanic .....15.3%

Whites.......41.6 %

Soooo  caucasians being in the minority, English may be the official language but rarely is it heard spoken. Basicly I was a foreigner in my own country. So I traveled and as indicated earlier I met my wife. Thailand second best???? maybe it is in some regards but after being here 10 years I feel more at home here than I do in San Francisco! Everywhere has its drawbacks ...but again as indicated earlier, life is what you make of it ....WHERE EVER that may be.

 

Everyone is a foreigner in 'your own' country - apart from the native Americans.

 

Not sure where you got the idea it should belong to the white people.

Its quite simple. If people were truely succesful then they wouldnt be in Thailand. I see so many people thinking and believing that they are bigger than life when they are in Thailand. And I am sure there are few that actually do earn good money in Thailand but most are just cheap skates.

 

Op mentioned:

 

Free education - it is arguable whether it is free or not but you cant argue that the education in Australia are years ahead.

Clean Streets - majority of streets/roads in Australia are way cleaner than in Thailand and it doesnt stink.

[quote name="kingbuffalo" post="8232791" timestamp="1407822646"] [quote name="Kudel" post="8230685" timestamp="1407774288"] [quote name="pigeonjake" post="8230610" timestamp="1407773360"] 
 [/quote]
and you and your mate, no my friend of 45yrs better then i do,,,lol

So its just one friend who wants your life. Wow you must be living the dream. Your friend must have a very boring life if he wants to give it all up to live on a pig farm and spend money on something that can never be his

If thats the dream where you come from i say live and let live

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it was a typo i forgot the S,,wow thats 2 stalkers ive got,

 

im more then happy on our pig farm even if like you say i cant own it,,

 

i read on here many many unhappy scared members and you are one of them, 

scared to buy with your wife or g/f because you cant own it,

if you dont have trust you dont have anything,

 

have a good sad day,,,tut tut,,

 

there is allways some that will try and de-rail a thread, sad man

I'm living the dream

 

 

Assume you are either not in Thailand then, or very rich?

I'm living the dream

 
 
Assume you are either not in Thailand then, or very rich?

I assume you are very difficult to please


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Everyone can have perfect lives on Facebook :)

 

I am from San Francisco. The 2013 census Bureau has shown that in San Francisco the population is distributed as follows:

Asians .....34.4%

Blacks......6 %

Hispanic .....15.3%

Whites.......41.6 %

Soooo  caucasians being in the minority, English may be the official language but rarely is it heard spoken. Basicly I was a foreigner in my own country. So I traveled and as indicated earlier I met my wife. Thailand second best???? maybe it is in some regards but after being here 10 years I feel more at home here than I do in San Francisco! Everywhere has its drawbacks ...but again as indicated earlier, life is what you make of it ....WHERE EVER that may be.

 

Everyone is a foreigner in 'your own' country - apart from the native Americans.

 

Not sure where you got the idea it should belong to the white people.

 

 

Esoteric, my dear boy! Having been born and raised in San Francisco that makes me a "native". Never said that America should "belong" to the white people. That's just your take....Sad.

 

America is/was built upon immigrants. Does that mean I have to like it? or accept these immigrants who resist integrating and learning the culture they move to?

 

I am in Thailand now for 10 years ....I do my best to accept their culture and ways and live within their structure and rules ....Not like many who complain all the time about it but still live here.

 

 

Everyone can have perfect lives on Facebook

Maybe not on Facebook but I prefer the I've-made-&-lost-several-fortunes and 'from the heights of glory to the depths of despair and back'-type stories myself -- written by someone who has maybe never left Cleveland.

[quote name="pigeonjake" [/quote]
 
it was a typo i forgot the S,,wow thats 2 stalkers ive got,
 
im more then happy on our pig farm even if like you say i cant own it,,
 
i read on here many many unhappy scared members and you are one of them, 
scared to buy with your wife or g/f because you cant own it,
if you dont have trust you dont have anything,
 
have a good sad day,,,tut tut,,
 
there is allways some that will try and de-rail a thread, sad man[/quote]

1 friend and 2 stalkers you are a popular a guy arent you.
About being ' scared ' to buy with my ' wife ' or 'gf ' because i cant own it i wouldnt say scared is the right word. I would just say i am not stupid enough to ' buy ' something i can never own. Its called having a brain and using it.
I would say if anything you have brought a pig farm for your wife because you are scared of her leaving you.

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it was a typo i forgot the S,,wow thats 2 stalkers ive got,
 
im more then happy on our pig farm even if like you say i cant own it,,
 
i read on here many many unhappy scared members and you are one of them, 
scared to buy with your wife or g/f because you cant own it,
if you dont have trust you dont have anything,
 
have a good sad day,,,tut tut,,
 
there is allways some that will try and de-rail a thread, sad man

1 friend and 2 stalkers you are a popular a guy arent you.
About being ' scared ' to buy with my ' wife ' or 'gf ' because i cant own it i wouldnt say scared is the right word. I would just say i am not stupid enough to ' buy ' something i can never own. Its called having a brain and using it.
I would say if anything you have brought a pig farm for your wife because you are scared of her leaving you.

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ok you win,

 

ive done all you say,

 

im really scared that mac will leave me,

[quote name="pigeonjake" post="8233341" timestamp="1407829839"][/quote]
ok you win,
 
ive done all you say,
 
im really scared that mac will leave me,[/quote]

I knew i was right

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It is not 'second best'...You just make a choice of what you want for yourself, a partner, children
I have made some quite calculated choices. My children are very young. Provided they are multilingual and multicultural they will be able to choose where to live/work etc. I think for the future they are much better off here in Thailand
than in the US/UK/Oz. The three real issues are the appalling Thai schools, Thai boys who appear to be well qualified to be the most irresponsible a****s on earth, and the attitude of Thai people
to Luk Khreung, which borders on r****m
The quality of life else here is way far superior than the UK or the US. Can't speak for Oz. Here they can play in the street, go to the hot sea, go on all kinds of trips to beautiful parks, hang out late into the night safely etc.Where I live is not Nottingham or Sydney. Sure there are the same problems with drugs as anywhere. Because they are Thai they can own land and houses at prices that are in the 'real world'. Thailand is already a rich country and though there is no oil the possibilities of Solar Power will overcome that. Not like the UK desperate to make wind farms or the US digging up the whole country to frack!
I have a family life in Thailand with everything I need: wife, family, houses, gardens, cars, broadband, food, clothes,etc at a fraction of the cost of what is needed in Europe, and a great deal more care and love. OK I have money coming from Europe, but that in sense closes the circle. I will ensure my children are so well educated that they, too, can 'import' foreign money if they need...........I could go on!!

When I go back and see some of the 200lb+ porkers my school friends married I know I made the right decision.

 

They even have to clean the house wash dishes and all that bull.

 

Plus they are all scared to death of their credit score and speeding and just about everything in general.

I clean the house and wash the dishes in Thailand.

Men can do that stuff, you know.

I clean the house and wash the dishes in Thailand.

Men can do that stuff, you know.

Is your wife Thai? I bet she's having a rare laugh posting about it on facebook :)

Why would you assume my wife was Thai?

My wife has photos of me on Facebook cleaning the loo, Very popular. Can you find me a farang husband like yours? Or possibly Can I just steal him?

im in the uk at the moment,
 
and all my freinds are doing the same things that they were doing 10 years ago, same pubs at the weekends, same boring jobs, same nagging wife,
seems to me just waiting till they pay off there mortgage and retire,
there isnt one of them that wouldnt swap lives with me, they all say im a lucky bast""d, maybe so,
 
but on the other hand there is things i miss too like you say, i loved the camping and fishing trips, i was never much of a drinker, i would leave work on a friday and go fishing for the weekend, i do miss that, yes i fish in thailand but it isnt the same,
 
so like you say OP there will be things that all of us will miss apart from family,
 
jake

I guess it is safe to say we all miss some elements of what life back home was like. I miss the wilderness camping, the pristine nature of the national parks and forests, the independent cinema, the smaller live theatre, museums, stand up comedy, great jazz shows, access to world class wine, that is reasonable, access to a great selection of foodstuffs, etc, etc, But I, for one, would never again live in the states, unless I was forced to. I hope and pray that day does not come. The lack of fulfillment on the part of the vast majority of the population is very evident these days. The quality of life, and the sour moods of so many people with broken dreams emanates throughout the whole country. The disappointment in either the current fascist leader, or the completely out of their mind members of the GOP. And no alternative in sight. And how about the general predictability of life back there? That is what really clinched it for me. I do not like waking up in the morning, and being able to predict my day, down to the last detail. Life back there was that monotonous, and is for many, many people.

Of course there are exceptions. I have some friends who are doing quite well. But, are they fulfilled? The vast majority of them tell me they would trade places with me in a nanosecond. I ask them why don't they make it happen for themselves? Well, I do not have enough money to retire. I can't get away from my job. I have grown kids, and cannot be far from them. I am scared of the health care issues. My wife does not want to be far away from her mother. I am just not courageous enough. On and on and on. Many are married to huge women, who are not attractive, on any level, from my point of view. Many are in relationships that have been devoid of romance for decades. Many hate their lives. But, do they have the gumption, courage, fortitude, conviction, vision, or willingness to change anything? No. So, I give thanks on a daily basis, that I did have what it takes to move here, and I love my life here. I feel like every day here is a good day.


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Edited August 12, 201411 yr by spidermike007

I guess it makes a nice change from a fat layabout in a sweaty Chang vest.

Also, you'd prefer everyone to have the same colour skin? Isn't there a word for that?

 

farang
 

I clean the house and wash the dishes in Thailand.

Men can do that stuff, you know.

 

We wouldn't expect anything else from you SB.

Why would you assume my wife was Thai?

Do you really have to ask?

Are Western women really that big? Never been to America but they looked alright on Baywatch.

I guess it is safe to say we all miss some elements of what life back home was like -- Nothing that I can't get out of my system during a 2-3 week visit every year or 2.

 

I stay very engaged with international diplomacy and US legislative / judicial affairs but not electoral politics. I just wait and see who is elected and go from there.

Edited August 12, 201411 yr by JLCrab