1. your overstay has reached the point of unknown punishment.

2. you speak/read fluent thai to the point where you can read the gossip magazines at 7/11.

3.you miss a meet up with a hiso bangkokian you met on thaifriendly.com because you couldnt afford the bus that day and your phone ran out of credit.

4.you know the train from don meung to hualumpung is 6 baht but takes over an hour.

5.siam sato is your favourite drink.

6.you take the standing train to save money when traveling from south to north .

7. loa khao tastes better warmed up.

8. you wash you clothes over sending them to the 20 baht a kilo shop next door.

9.you pick up 25 satangs of the street.

10. you eat mama,smoke 10 baht tobaco, drink cheap coffee and use dtac 3g 19 baht per day prepaid unlimited 3g and are satisfied with your life.

any of these items to quality ??? or all

any of these items to quality ??? or all

i recently qualified for over half.

but number 11. is a definate stamp which is the creme of the crop being that you drink luke warm siam sato and loa khao mixed together for breakfast on the 7/11 steps without even the slightest gag.

When you know the location of every ATM machine around.....

All the topics on TVF are retreads....

You get invited to be a Moderator on a Thai forum

When some of your quiet and peaceful days have become TOO quiet and peaceful....

you talk Thai to the girl on the checkout when you are in the UK !!

you cant function without a "Bum gun"

Flip side

When you know the Exact location of the 16B toilet paper at EVERY 7/11....

And as I noted once before:

When you notice the number of hangings are "up" - this year - AND the number of balcony dives is "down"

you talk Thai to the girl on the checkout when you are in the UK !!

I know that one -- do the same sometimes back in USA. In the 1970's I lived in New York City in a building with a manually operated elevator. When exiting, I would turn and thank the elevator operator. Problem was, I would do the same in an office building with an automated elevator.

you talk Thai to the girl on the checkout when you are in the UK !!

I know that one -- do the same sometimes back in USA. In the 1970's I lived in New York City in a building with a manually operated elevator. When exiting, I would turn and thank the elevator operator. Problem was, I would do the same in an office building with an automated elevator.

Kind of like you take a picture of a statue/mountain/stupa - and still count to 3 ?

you talk Thai to the girl on the checkout when you are in the UK !!

I know that one -- do the same sometimes back in USA. In the 1970's I lived in New York City in a building with a manually operated elevator. When exiting, I would turn and thank the elevator operator. Problem was, I would do the same in an office building with an automated elevator.

Kind of like you take a picture of a statue/mountain/stupa - and still count to 3 ?

Sure -- but unlike the stupa, the passengers still on the elevator couldn't figure that one out.

you cant function without a "Bum gun"

Absolutely though, mate

We need this for being back in the UK!

You no longer crave food from your own country, and are quiet happy eating with the locals.

You get invited to be a Moderator on a Thai forum

god beware...already enough head ache...

You salivate before your daily som tam bu bala

They call you a farang and you don't bat an eyelid anymore.

you arrive home in farangland and remember why you left and jump on the next flight back to bangkok

# 3... twice

When it doesn't stil lsurprise you why the waitress at breakfast brings you hot Chilli sauce, ketchup, and Maggi sauce with your bacon and fried eggs (sunny side up).

You know you have spent to much time in Thailand when - you have over a 1,000 posts on Thai Visa.

....when you read your sixteenth thread entitled "you know you have spent to much time in Thailand when".

You get invited to be a Moderator on a Thai forum

Oh cool!

That means I will NEVER be here too long.

You know you have spent to much time in Thailand when - you have over a 1,000 posts on Thai Visa.

Huh? Newbies have been here too long?

....when you read your sixteenth thread entitled "you know you have spent to much time in Thailand when".

Sure -- but there's always a new crop of pigeons.

when a changover is just a normal start to the morning.

When you walk past a stall selling fried insects and consider buying a bag of grasshoppers as opposed to a bag of Lays at a nearby 7-11

When you walk past a stall selling fried insects and consider buying a bag of grasshoppers as opposed to a bag of Lays at a nearby 7-11

mmmm salty or sweet?