kannot Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 42 minutes ago, crystal sauce said: If there is a heaven on earth it is Thailand sorry people but it is fact to me and many more. next many would dispute your fact especially the ones locked up for voicing their opinion on the state of "their" country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandemara Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 13 hours ago, piersbeckett said: One of the things peculiar to Thailand is its special relationship with itself. And the masks you find peeling off as years pass. The communications and social aspects are a minefield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal sauce Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, kannot said: many would dispute your fact especially the ones locked up for voicing their opinion on the state of "their" country I am not willing to defend my home country Saudi Arabia but I might defend Thailand in case some nut heads think about destroying the way we like to live here sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza73 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 1 hour ago, transam said: WoW, good job I didn't end up there then.... I would like an upload on a PM with your singing voice, so I can compare it with Pavarotti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 1 minute ago, bazza73 said: I would like an upload on a PM with your singing voice, so I can compare it with Pavarotti. Am afraid Opera is not within my capabilities...I am more of a Clapton, Taylor, Elvis sort of stuff after 4 pints.......... must confess my guitar has no strings on it, it's just to impress the ladies............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeab1980 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 14 minutes ago, kannot said: many would dispute your fact especially the ones locked up for voicing their opinion on the state of "their" country Proves an old saying "keep your gob shut" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeab1980 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, transam said: Am afraid Opera is not within my capabilities...I am more of a Clapton, Taylor, Elvis sort of stuff after 4 pints.......... must confess my guitar has no strings on it, it's just to impress the ladies............................. Most ladies wear strings so bed 6 and there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal sauce Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 21 minutes ago, kannot said: many would dispute your fact especially the ones locked up for voicing their opinion on the state of "their" country It hurts to know something like this is going on during the American freedom of speech colonization. Talk is easy but fear acts there are dangerous whether in good or as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Cuz they discovered the cure for HIV. Or, at least that's what they said. THAT'S pretty special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdrwdrwd Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 18 hours ago, Pdaz said: No income tax for me To be frank, it's about the last bastion for me.. considering other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal sauce Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 9 hours ago, quandow said: Cuz they discovered the cure for HIV. Or, at least that's what they said. THAT'S pretty special! why would you talk about AIDS here for what ever's sake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 11 hours ago, jeab1980 said: Proves an old saying "keep your gob shut" free speech................not in Thailand, land of the free............. not ignoring me then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 11 hours ago, crystal sauce said: I am not willing to defend my home country Saudi Arabia but I might defend Thailand in case some nut heads think about destroying the way we like to live here sir. you go from one dictatorship to another and think this one in Thailand is ok? Well I guess coming from Saudi almost anything is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 11 hours ago, crystal sauce said: It hurts to know something like this is going on during the American freedom of speech colonization. Talk is easy but fear acts there are dangerous whether in good or as bad. Thought the discussion was about Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 For so many years it was my get away from the real world place...live like a rock star place...inexpensive and fun place. Now it is just "home". My comfort zone and happy place. Great GF and her cooking are special too. Spicy food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 2 hours ago, kannot said: you go from one dictatorship to another and think this one in Thailand is ok? Well I guess coming from Saudi almost anything is better wrong my good man! the Mrs. and my [not so] humble self spend 5½ good years in Saudi Arabia when infrastructure and shopping was a fraction of today. if it had been possible we'd live in Jeddah and not in Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 32 minutes ago, Naam said: wrong my good man! the Mrs. and my [not so] humble self spend 5½ good years in Saudi Arabia when infrastructure and shopping was a fraction of today. if it had been possible we'd live in Jeddah and not in Pattaya. similar Naam, spent 5 yrs all over SA and enjoyed it alot. Had many a delicious chinese take away in riyadh. Always in safe compounds or hotel in Quarayatt in the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I agree with Anthony Rumbold, Britain's ambassador to Thailand from 1965 to 1967, he was only wrong about the music, the rest of Thai culture is rubbish IMO. "They have no literature, no painting and only a very odd kind of music; their sculpture, ceramics and dancing are borrowed from others, and their architecture is monotonous and interior decoration hideous. Nobody can deny that gambling and golf are the chief pleasures of the rich, and that licentiousness is the main pleasure of them all.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesoi Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Orton Rd said: I agree with Anthony Rumbold, Britain's ambassador to Thailand from 1965 to 1967, he was only wrong about the music, the rest of Thai culture is rubbish IMO. "They have no literature, no painting and only a very odd kind of music; their sculpture, ceramics and dancing are borrowed from others, and their architecture is monotonous and interior decoration hideous. Nobody can deny that gambling and golf are the chief pleasures of the rich, and that licentiousness is the main pleasure of them all.'' ....& yet its overrun by falang. If you think Thailand is rubbish then why are you here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 (edited) The mrs does not like the UK, in her words too cold and too many asylum seekers. Thailand is not over run, dumps like Pattaya might be but there are no foreigners where we live. Edited May 28, 2017 by Orton Rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 41 minutes ago, steven100 said: 1 hour ago, Naam said: wrong my good man! the Mrs. and my [not so] humble self spend 5½ good years in Saudi Arabia when infrastructure and shopping was a fraction of today. if it had been possible we'd live in Jeddah and not in Pattaya. similar Naam, spent 5 yrs all over SA and enjoyed it alot. Had many a delicious chinese take away in riyadh. Always in safe compounds or hotel in Quarayatt in the north. Riyadh is not exactly the place to live when you have a wife. but Al Khobar/Dammam and Jeddah offered whatever one needed (included pork chops, ham, sausage, wine and sadiqi). we never lived in a compound and had no security issues. that was the time when we didn't lock the car or the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 The Women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Thingamabob said: The Women. I reckon all countries have those.........I like the countries with big busty ones.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeab1980 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Naam said: Riyadh is not exactly the place to live when you have a wife. but Al Khobar/Dammam and Jeddah offered whatever one needed (included pork chops, ham, sausage, wine and sadiqi). we never lived in a compound and had no security issues. that was the time when we didn't lock the car or the house. Just replying to last sentence. I still dont lock the car or the house. Never had a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Naam said: wrong my good man! the Mrs. and my [not so] humble self spend 5½ good years in Saudi Arabia when infrastructure and shopping was a fraction of today. if it had been possible we'd live in Jeddah and not in Pattaya. I beg to differ on the dictatorship issue which was my point ,not whether you had a good life there which I dont dispute. The government of Saudi Arabia is led by the monarch, King Salman, who acceded to the throne on 23 January 2015. No political parties or national elections are permitted[3] and according to The Economist's 2010 Democracy Index, the Saudi government was the seventh most authoritarian regime from among the 167 countries rated.[6] Government is dominated by the royal family.[7] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 8 hours ago, Naam said: wrong my good man! the Mrs. and my [not so] humble self spend 5½ good years in Saudi Arabia when infrastructure and shopping was a fraction of today. if it had been possible we'd live in Jeddah and not in Pattaya. I thought you were complaining about the cold months here so assumed you lived up North, Chang Mai maybe. You live in Pataya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 50 minutes ago, kannot said: I beg to differ on the dictatorship issue which was my point ,not whether you had a good life there which I dont dispute. The government of Saudi Arabia is led by the monarch, King Salman, who acceded to the throne on 23 January 2015. No political parties or national elections are permitted[3] and according to The Economist's 2010 Democracy Index, the Saudi government was the seventh most authoritarian regime from among the 167 countries rated.[6] Government is dominated by the royal family.[7] I still struggle with why you actually live in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 12 minutes ago, grollies said: I thought you were complaining about the cold months here so assumed you lived up North, Chang Mai maybe. You live in Pataya? yes, but north-east Pattaya where it's icecold in april Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 1 hour ago, kannot said: 9 hours ago, Naam said: wrong my good man! the Mrs. and my [not so] humble self spend 5½ good years in Saudi Arabia when infrastructure and shopping was a fraction of today. if it had been possible we'd live in Jeddah and not in Pattaya. I beg to differ on the dictatorship issue which was my point ,not whether you had a good life there which I dont dispute. i reject the opinion that it is important what government a host country has, especially for a retiree. we experienced "democratic" Thailand and experience now for the second time military rule (not to mention twice military rule in Nigeria). personally i think that military rule is the best that can happen to countries like Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza73 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 4 hours ago, transam said: I reckon all countries have those.........I like the countries with big busty ones.... Now, now Trans. My thoughts on this are any more than a handful is a waste, and a well-shaped butt beats all. So Thailand is paradise for me in that regard. And I do a lot of regarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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