Scooby and Puppy
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On 9/8/2020 at 10:26 AM, Oldie said:
The malls are still open. You also can sit on the beach. Is there anything else that motivates you to come here?
I used to live there 8 years ago, I have a few friends down there...but had to get out. But still can handle 4 or 5 days at a time there.
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On 9/8/2020 at 4:09 PM, moe666 said:
What no scams in the Philippines, or any where else.
Just saying there are better places in the future to choose over Thailand. I live here in Thailand, so I won't be moving anytime soon. But you never know.
like this Covid vaccination they're going to force on foreigners...it will be a chinese vax, I can say, I don't fancy one of theirs floating around inside me. Bill Gate's one is bad enough. I would only trust the Oxford AstraZeneca one in the UK. -
On 9/8/2020 at 8:05 PM, jesimps said:
When I came here I was gobsmacked by the price of a round of golf. In view of the cheap price of property and labour I thought it'd cost next to nothing for 18 holes. How wrong could I have been? It's like swimming pools and other labour intensive projects, should be cheap as chips here, but because they're considered to be a hi-so item, they charge the earth. I don't have a lot of sympathy for a lot of the businesses that are struggling which have made a fortune by overcharging in the past.
It's not expensive where I live... but by the time you pay compulsory caddie fees and almost compulsory to 'tip' them, it puts the cost up. Why, if you hire a golf cart, you still have to have a caddie, I will never know. Not that we're tight, but we share carts, so WE sit in the cart, and the caddies stand on the back. They can earn their tip...????.
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On 9/9/2020 at 1:39 AM, ChakaKhan said:
Shouldnt it be "Scooby and Scrappy"?..noy puppy?....asking for a friend......will refund you scooby snax
No, Scooby was my dog, and Puppy is my wife's nickname...so no.
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To Pattaya farangs...
Are the Malls, like Mike Mall, still up and running? Or is it a complete ghost town?
We like to pop down for 4 or 5 days now and again from Korat city for a little break. But haven't been down there since January. Is it still worth a 4 hour drive down, or not?
I always read about the doom and gloom, but is it completely wiped out?
Asking for a friend...????????.
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I wonder if the golf courses will lower their green fees? Does anyone know? Compared to Korat area, Pattaya golf is expensive even for average courses..
As for bars, clubs etc., I feel sorry for the workers, for sure, but i don't miss the scams they try on tourists when everything is rosy. Because there was always another mug to rip off coming along. But now there isn't.
I believe westerners won't return in such large numbers when it starts to recover. It's just too expensive compared to up and coming rivals like Vietnam, Cambodia, even Philippines.
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I don't want go into conspiracy theories, but how come they had a spare 50 million baht to buy all that stuff? Or was it a Chinese plan to hoard it all along, to cash in.
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On 3/7/2019 at 1:38 AM, A1Str8 said:
All this never try to take the bar out of the girl is nonsense. I have seen many, i mean many, that were eager to leave with a man like you(based on your description), nice looking, well dressed, etc and never look back.
The girlfriend of hers phoned her immediately when you showed up and she wasnt there, because Kate obviously told her friend, that wow, i really like this guy. Thats why they gave her the intel right away, your guy is here. If she wasnt into you, that would have never happened. You gotta watch the subtle signs, which they think you dont notice.
Of course, do not by any means trust her and think that oh yeah, she loves me. But you already know that. But if you like her and she clearly likes you, why not see where it goes. You just have to get clear with yourself from the beginning: you wont make fool moves! as in no money to her family, no moving to isaan, nothing goes under her name, not giving her large amounts of money, not believing everything she says and not letting her control any aspect of your life.
Here is how their brain works: if he is nice with me i am nice with him. if he gives me some money, i will be still forced to go with other guys. if he gives me more dough, then i wont have to. i can stop being a bar girl. if he leaves me, i will go back to the bar. if he cheats on me, i will take revenge. Pretty simple.
All you have to do is clearly let her know by your actions and words the next time you meet her, that you are not one of these clowns that she can take advantage of. Have fun with her, get to know her but keep a keen eye on her. Never mind what she says. By their actions you shall know them.
And who cares if she is a slut. Every girl is, i know from experience. They just wont say it ,like these girls do. And what would you do if you were in their shoes? You either work at 7-11 and never make ends meet or use the only asset you were given and go with guys.
Its actually quite easy to see, whether she is the type of bar girl, that would leave this job behind, the moment she gets a chance or the one that has no aspirations and is totally hopeless. Watch her behaviour. How does she conduct herself? Watch the things she does for others. Is she a shrewd little thing or a pleasant one to be around? Does she do drugs? A lot of them do. If yes, run. She wont quit. Its actually so simple to read people, especially women, because they are more emotional by design. Which is easy to read.What a great response. That's the sort of thing I would say, but you put it very well. You are how all Thai visa members should be like. You see it how it is, and not how others see only the stigma attached to bargirls.
As you say, there are ordinary girls who have to make a living, they do it for their family usually, even scared to tell their parents exactly what they do do.
We don't live in Pattaya, but when we are there, which we go down a few times a year, I find myself looking at bargirls (not all the time, and not as a bar fine ????) to see if I can spot the real girl inside. I would say about 30% are not 'career' bar girls...
The sweaty Chang vest brigade will think differently though, I would imagine.
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On 8/5/2018 at 1:42 PM, CGW said:
They can be expensive! one just fried the inverter on a AC unit ~4,500 baht to replace ?
I had mosquitos, cockcroaches, jingjocks, coming into our bedroom aircon. Those big black cockcroaches would fall out onto our bed when we opened the aircon, jj’s would poke their heads out. So I went around every joint and opening outside with silicone, and now it’s free of monsters. We dont even have mozzies in the bedroom anymore, which is a bonus. Aircons seem to be the main way in for those kind of nasty critters.
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On 30/04/2018 at 9:02 AM, malt25 said:
Only small... but it's mine.
This my ‘shed’, similar to yours in a way. Behind is my bike racks, work-stand etc.
love my mancave...I can actually find where I put stuff...lol.
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On 29/04/2018 at 11:05 AM, DoctorG said:
You needed an "all of the above" box.
It was there under ‘other, please leave a comment’, which you did, so it’s sorted.
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On 18/04/2018 at 5:10 PM, faraday said:
British, so we can moan about Teresa May.
You should stand as an MP, and you could be sat in her chair. ?
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Australians, most are pretty laid back and down to earth. I’m a Brit, but all my mates are mainly Aussies, yet my neighbors (in our Soi) are 3 English, 1American, 1German, and 1 Austrian. 4 farangs came to my wedding, all Aussies, which was a 5 hours drive away.
Good guys Aussies.
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On 17/04/2018 at 7:38 PM, Happy enough said:
i hear it's pretty easy to cross from laos into thailand without going through immigration. i wouldn't suggest such a thing, just saying
I wouldn’t advocate crossing the Mekrong from Laos at Chiang Khan, because the river gets very shallow there at times, and i mean really shallow....you could stub a toe on a pebble easy walking across in the dead of night. ?
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2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
He has a 90 day entry that is ending on Sunday. He is not asking about doing a 90 day report at immigration.
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Pj123, If you knew your 90 day report fell on the Sunday, and knew you were flying out Monday, why didn’t you arrange to do your report on the Friday? if you were unsure of what might occur.
Even if the flight was a last minute thing, surely you checked your 90 day date long time before, to see if it fell on a weekend, or even during Songkran...hmm!
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22 hours ago, Kimber said:
300 to 500 is reasonable, 1000 as in the Nightwish Bars on Soi 6 Pattaya is damned extortionate.
I have heard..wink wink...that if you pick one just before their shift is about to end, then arrange to meet them after, and you can give them a little more. She makes a bit more, and you save a bit more..win/win.
I don’t know myself, but heard it from a ‘friend’. It works for m...er, him.
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10 minutes ago, Kimber said:
I think you're going to have to explain what a Bar fine is 555
Hahaha...you do it, I have only heard the term...555, shh, my mrs can read this, I ‘d have to explain to her as well..?
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4 hours ago, ScotBkk said:
To me your a really cool guy. I hate how these Thai apologists Portray life in Thailand as some Nirvana on a peaceful life like country with beautiful women full of great prosperity. In fact, its a disgrace ........................
Whoa there Neddy...
Thailand can be whatever you want it to be.
I ain’t rich, and not poor, but I do exactly the same here as I would at my home country.
We have a nice house, go out and eat at decent restaurants, 2 cars, only 1 at home though, even holidaying here is easier, just get in the car, instead of flying for 12 hours.
To me, it’s no different apart from being warmer than the UK...I don’t think the exchange rate will change my mind that much from living here, but if it does nose-dive...adios, but I can’t see that happening.?.
The UK is hardly paradise itself, I feel more like an outsider there, than here.
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2 minutes ago, sanemax said:
Although I do realise that its consensual, having sex with a female in exchange for some paper, is rather treating them badly
Not really, it’s their job...not a great job granted, but there are far worse jobs for the money than that...they would look at treating them badly by NOT bar fining them...??
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4 hours ago, uffe123 said:
Been here 20 years and seen the bath go from 25 to 55. Now prices of food and everything else is par with my home country, except for gas which is 4 liters for 2 buck in my home country. Beats paying 4 bucks per liter. So there really is not to many reasons to stay here. Traffic is getting worse by the day, you cant breathe the air, so really why stay here?
Since the military took over the farmers are starving, unless you are a senator and own 500 or a thousand rye.
I like vine and the price now is ridicules. Went to renew my 5 year drivers license and they told me i would have to start all over and sit for a video, test, driving test. Ridiculous, after 5 years I went back to California with my expired drivers license and had a new license in 15 minutes. I have Singaporean, and Malay license, never any bulchit crap like here to renew.
Its like lets make it so hard for expats that maybe they will leave.
Well I'am leaving in May, and will probably only come back for visit.
Oh come on, 1 half day every 5 years to renew your licence..? Hardly using up all your time, is it?
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4 hours ago, ScotBkk said:
Personally, I really don't understand why anyone needs/wants to end their days in Thailand. It ain't no big deal. There are many countries with no such dreadful visa restrictions, changes in the law at a drop of the hat and so on. Get your act together TV Victor Meldrew types on Thaivisa are not reality !!!!!
Name the countries then..that would help if you did.
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On 11/03/2018 at 2:17 PM, Jingthing said:
Affordability
Ability to "retire" early here (impossible in the U.S.)
Climate
Buying low cost meds without prescriptions
Easy "retirement" visa that I can qualify for (some say it isn't easy but compared to most countries, it really is)
Food
All the above,
plus I married a Thai while in my home country, but prefer it here by a loooong way.
Driving.
(I lied about the driving, it’s carnage)
Holidaying anywhere in Thailand without having to fly for 12 hours!
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On 11/03/2018 at 1:35 PM, HLover said:
1. To post my personal life to strangers.
2. To post my background to strangers and potential misfits.
Can't think of any more information now.
You forgot... about asking keyboard warriors questions that only a lawyer should answer.
Thai health officials try to clear the air amid concern over China's Sinovac vaccine
in Thailand News
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Is this why they want to force foreigners to take the vaccine? so if we don't turn green with two heads, it will be safe for Thais to use?