geronimo Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 One for the oldies, I'll get the ball rolling ...... Jump on the skytrain Pay your bills at 7-11 Get locked up for stating your opinion Buy a big bike Sign on every 90 days Visit Suwwannaphum airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I can be in Thailand now, 20 years ago I couldn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taotoo Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Rest my stomach on my thigh whilst on toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Transfer money via ATM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 in phuket buy fresh milk, get the bangkok post the same day INTERNET LOL Fast food Villa mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrenn Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Some corrections on above. You could buy a big bike and go to Villa market 20 years ago. I'll add: drive anywhere without getting stuck for hours on end. The roads are much better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I'd go back to the Thailand of the 20 years ago in a heartbeat, spare me the generation of narcissism and self indulgences of today, the slaves and depended of the digital media that without it people will kill themselves with out FB, instagram and alike, the air was cleaner prices cheaper, people much nicer and don't get me started on the ladies and the nightlife..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Turned around it would be more about what l could do 20 years ago that l can't do now. Edited July 24, 2016 by Kwasaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelroad Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Read Thaivisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelroad Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Have an actual conversation with a Thai without the distraction of s 'smart' phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiddy Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Have an actual conversation with a Thai without the distraction of s 'smart' phone. Sounds horrible, glad i can enjoy myself posting chit on thaivisa during a date to occupy myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stander Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Communication, then I was using CompuServe dial up and then Loxinfo and also a fax machine, it’s so much better now. But it does have its down side,.........now you can never get away from the office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Fill out that helpful immigration/irritation form.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Visit a supermarket nearby (if you lived in the sticks) Pay your water bill at 7-11 Use GPS Phone a pizza pay a bar fine over 500baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stander Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 This quote by Marcel Pagnol comes to mind :- "The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Twenty years ago sounds like yesterday to me. Go back forty years and then things become very different. Still I am happiest today and have no desire to go back in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Survive a medical crisis. Medical care has improved significantly since the good old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Twenty years ago you could never do a "selfie" in public, but today, everyone's doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 and for me this is a great joy, you can follow your friend's lives around the world thanks to Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 And I know it would have been much more fun the other way round, but the emphasis on my post was how technology is affecting the way we live, besides if I asked you lot what you could do twenty years ago, but can't today, I think the mods would be busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Get shot for allegedly insulting a neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 under article 44 almost nothing......................progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1980 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 buy a bottle of wine in 7/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepinthailand Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Shag as many birds as I want. Married back then limited to 1 extra every now and then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokesaat Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 get 35 Baht for a dollar! go ice-skating or bowling in Udon! find a clean bathroom while traveling by car get a cup of fresh coffee (not Nescafe instant) get a driver's license in one day......renew a driver's license in one day get a refund from the store for a defective item many many more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lj cm Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Good roads, GPS and Agoda. A pleasure driving around in Thailand now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Order Japanese beef and lobsters online to make a surf and turf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benalibina Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Getting a blowjob at a business specifically operating for only that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Sumo Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Get shot for allegedly insulting a neighbor. Yeah there were no senseless murders in Thailand 20 years ago, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprime Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Communicate at superluminal speeds with Thai ISP's but only when running Speed Test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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