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  1. On 6/25/2017 at 12:56 PM, Destiny1990 said:

    Yes there are still trees standing now but they can be cut off and give more priority to tuktuk parking and an extra lane so big touring busses can drive full speed along the shore.its be done in other coastal cities so why not Patong?

    There are no Tuk tuks in Pattaya! There is no parking on Beach Rd beach side. Nothing in your post is correct. Have you ever been to Pattaya?

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  2. 1 hour ago, rickudon said:

    I know someone who came up short on their embassy income statement recently. The pound had dipped again and their declared UK income was no longer worth 40,000 baht a month when they went to extend. The only concession from immigration was that they immediately supplied the shortfall to the annual 480,000 amount in a bank account, and waived seasoning. They had to borrow some to top up his Thai account to the required amount, fortunately he was only 15,000 baht short in his bank account and he did have funds in the UK but only in investments which couldn't be quickly cashed. 

     

    Was told 'next year, have enough money or no visa'. So do not expect much 'official' help from immigration.

     

    On a related point, with the embassy letter probably expiring, i do have one idea for those who do not have 400,000 baht in cash in a savings account - as long as you still have a UK address and UK banking, try and borrow 10,000 GBP - currently not to difficult  and the interest rates are very low - can get it for under 4% pa if your UK credit rating is good. Just will have to tighten your belt for 5 years while you pay it back! I may do this myself as my UK savings would be pretty much wiped out and i feel more comfortable having some cash there to pay off emergencies (i.e. if i put a lot on the credit card).

    The money has to be in a Thai account and is 18k pounds sterling for unmarried men or women.

  3. On 10/11/2018 at 2:37 AM, Don Chance said:

    In Krabi there are a few, every other place has them. It worked this way for years in Thailand.  Everyone knows.  I am not sure what is difficult to understand. You can not operate a drug bar in Thailand without the knowledge and blessing of the authorities.

    Reggae? Are you being serious?

  4. On 10/5/2018 at 5:57 AM, Pilotman said:

    oh, very socially responsible mate . My Thai family, with kids, live in that village .  Drug dealing  targeting young kids  should be everyone's business 

    So it's their business...not yours. You simply can not address yourself to all social ills. There is no big deal abouy Ya ba...its just speed, . The mods did purple hearts, the Saudis do captogen, the Yanks did Bennies, Amphetamine sulfate in the 80s....Es are common in Europe. 

  5. 16 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

    I think you hit the nail on the head there. It’s mainly the ones who burnt their boats back and and just can’t afford to leave that get the most ‘animated’ about these topics.

     

    We do both, Thailand in the winter, US in the summer.

     

    On the topic of health care. That in my mind is the real wild card of living full time in Thailand. 

    The Govt hospitals are hugely variable, a lot especially outside of major cities are staffed by by little more than quacks.

    Private insurance gets somewhat crazy over 60 and they start excluding all sorts of stuff. A couple of months travel insurance tends to give you much better affordable coverage 

    Me too. Summer in UK. Visit Europe. Have my own place in UK. Early Autum return to Pats having rented out my UK flat. I use Pats as a base for exploring Thailand.

  6. On 1/6/2008 at 11:14 AM, AlexLah said:

    Well I have had a spider bite in my foot some time back and it now a few months ago and it is still not healed.

    It is the small ones you have to be carefull of (is what a Thai friend told me).

    I too have a fear for almost any crawling insect so if I sleep somewhere I will do a good inspection first.

    Oh and when you go trekking in the forrest make sure you wear a hat. I have seen some nasty videos of people that had eggs layed beneath ther skin and when home the insects were eating their way through the flesh and skin, ha ha ha.

    What also helps is not to look around too much........... :o

    A friend of mine got badly bitten in England.

  7. 13 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

    Maybe they like whites, but just hate British men.

    Yes Blacks practice racism undoubtedly. And you.  I suspect I think your own predudice showing. Inadequate Australian? And you lack knowledge of London where there are plenty of non British white males. The reason many black girls in the UK dont go with white guys is the violence and hostility they experience at the hands of black men. They are regarded as possesions of black men. In America you rarely see black girls with white men. Look how music videos alway show black men with white women or black girls pretending to be white.  Trophies to be taken in revenge for sexual slavery in the past.  Pathetic. 

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  8. 30 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

    So, back to the OP.

     

    Isn’t it just about the fact that some of us have an asian fixation?

     

    It’s not a lot different to why a lot of white women are attracted to black guys.

     

    Who knows what in our DNA attracts us to each other.

     

    Go to San Francisco, and I guarantee you 20% of the couples you see in the street will be a white guy with some version of Asian.

     

    Now it’s not that there is a shortage of Asian men in San Francisco for these women, so I’m assuming that the same attraction works both ways

    In London you rarely see black girls with white men..And never see Indian or Pakistani girls with white men.

  9. On 9/29/2018 at 10:10 AM, Andrew Dwyer said:


    Have you checked out “ Back “ same guys ( Mitchell and Webb ) has similar storyline, Mitchell unable to fit in ! and Webb a waster sponging off everyone else !!
    Worth a look

    Currently only 1 series of 6 episodes but series 2 is supposedly out this year .

    'Not going out' with Lee Mack is very funny.

  10. 1 hour ago, watcharacters said:

     

    Curious to hear from the OP.

     

    Sure sounds to me like he's asking about setting up a small business.    " small repair workshop on our farm"

     

    I hope he's able to accomplish it and become an asset for the community where he chooses to live.

    Asset to the community? People set up a business to make money.

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  11. On 7/25/2007 at 1:55 PM, petercool said:

    For all we know you might not be here legally either....:o

    You will never know more about her unless you talk to her.

    Burmese, Bagladeshi, Bahraini, British ... who cares ?

    It's 2007 and worse thing can happen than dating her, assuming that happens.

    Why are you bothering to date a girl in Thailand? Is it just for cheap Charlie sex? Burmese girls whether muslim or Buddhist are notoriously puritanical and conservative. She's here to work and probably has known a life of terrible suffering and the last thing she needs is foolish westerners like you bothering her. This is Thailand. You pay for female company unless marriage is your intention.

  12. 6 minutes ago, cleverman said:

    Maby your local IO can point you in the right direction. 

    I already have an agent but the price is 25k..every year. I have never heard of a cheaper price in reality just on this forum. But nobody follows up with real information.  There are many agencies offering the service and they advertise but they are 25k. So where are the cheaper ones?

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