Dick Crank
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8 hours ago, bwpage3 said:
What is your definition of an apartment?
A one room flat?
And with no aircon?
Is that really living?
That must be really impressive to be an old man and invite people back to a one room flat with no air con
Must be great for entertaining.
is living in an air conned unit in thailand really living? i prefer warm weather and a nice big industrial fan.
used to have a neighbor that holed up in his place with air con running full time drinking red wine. last time i heard he moved to france. i don't think he ever really figured out why he was in thailand other to say he was here and try it out. kudos to him for making the move and not staying and complaining about it.-
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On October 19, 2018 at 10:24 PM, Stevemercer said:
Gods...this thread has been going forever!
We'd like to see u contribute instead of pulling your pud. Can you offer some new info or opinions, bud.
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I hate to bring this up, but was the assistance due to your disability?
A good friend of mine used to have people come up to him in public wanting to help push his wheelchair. Got downright irritating at times.
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1 hour ago, seajae said:
wife told me at the wat you only need to pay for the burning, anything else is extra at your expense. The cost of the gas for the burning is a few thousand baht according to her so it really depends on how cheap you want to go
What do they do with the ashes if nobody is around to collect?
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Who cares how low the salary is if they can smile about it?
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if there's no one around does the local wat do a simple cremation for free?
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On October 21, 2018 at 7:55 AM, JackThompson said:
It is very unlikely to be asked for other visa-types. If you have a Non-B + work-permit, that should satisfy them.
In reality, everyone - including the Imm guys - know that no one needs to carry around a wad of cash any more. Some like to do it, which is fine - but it's not necessary. This is simply just an old rule from a bygone age, that makes it easy to deny-entry to someone they want to deny in any case.
That said, I currently have a Non-O ME, and just in case, I haven't cashed in the travelers checks I bought to cover my backside, when entering on a TR-Visa.
Travelers checks are a check, not cash.
unless you get a sophisticated io, which the thread poster did not, your probably better off following the rules and carrying cash.
anyone know if you can leave for cambo if refused, or do you have to return to point of origin?
will start carrying the cash when I fly in from the states in the future, my flight is quite long and expensive. Never been asked to see money in over 7 years though.
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Go back to hanoi, pay the $140 for 15 days and return to thailand with the 20k baht in hand if the visa is unmarked?
once the visa is given I don't believe immigration can refuse entry unless a regulation is broken at the border. Also, when asked for purpose if visit verbal response should be "holiday" and nothing more.
pay at a little extra to fly into another Thai airport as the immigration lady is going to lose face if you reappear. She may take you into the back room and do you from the rear with a black wooden baton.
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Can't you do anything without worrying about immigration or big brother?
even in 1984 they were not afraid to break a rule once in awhile.
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4 hours ago, marcusarelus said:
Did you find a work around for quality healthcare?
There always seems to be a trade off with an easier visa. I think they make the requirements easier as less people show up. Not a coincidence!
can work out for awhile while your young and healthy, but like any other risk, over time, the odds catch up with you.
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14 hours ago, garyk said:
That just happened to me. I was diagnosed with a life threatening disease. I had it checked out here in Thailand and it would of cost me about 12,000 dollars to get treatment. I keep a place in America and went home to get treatment. I asked the doctor there how much it would of cost without insurance in America, 100,000K up. Didn't cost me anything but it was a wake up call for me. It is cheaper for me to keep my place in America than to buy 3rd party insurance here.
But, if I sold my home in America I could invest, and fund just about any stay in a Thai hospital (government hospital). Private hospitals here are just as expensive as the States for what I have seen. Kind of a catch 22.
So, after years of keeping my place in the states I will definitely hang on to it. I didn't realize how truly important it was to NOT break ties with your home country. Research paid off for me before I retired.
Must be a small house payment to make that work.
Paying for two living locations at once is not an option for me. It's either one or the other.
i suppose renting the place out would work, but that gets into a grey area whether I'm residing there or not.
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11 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:
I live in such a place, ocean view condo rents for 8,000bht/mo. Or you can get a room 1km away for 4500/mo. Not sure about things in 15 yrs.
Tried a place like that in snooty cambo, when the lady showed me the room there were bloody cotton swabs on the floor near the bed. Someone shooting up meth likely. Could also have been weeping sores.
Some of those cheap rooms get pretty bad.
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58 minutes ago, Neeranam said:
This is a situation that I've taken steps to never happen.
I'll get about 30,000 pension, maybe in 15 years.
I was recently in Melbourne and would find it extremely hard to live there on that amount of cash.
If I were you I'd stay well away from Cambodia, horrible place, partly due to the type of desperate foreigner forced to live there.
Find a nice small town on the sea, away from tourist areas, and live like a Thai.
30k baht? Usd? Or
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20 hours ago, Nemises said:
^ the same as every other country.... i.e. depends on how much money you have.
“No money, no honey”.Not necessarily, you could be in a country where women have jobs and are working.
Theoretically this would make it less likely id need to have a lot of money because our incomes would be in the same ballpark.
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always take a picture of anything in thai on your phone. you will have it to show a lawyer later if needed. if your under duress you can note that in english when you sign. you could also note that you don't read thai when you sign i suppose, but ive never heard of that being done.
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Does anyone out there know what the prospects are these days for female companionship in the uk for men over 50?
serious question would like informed answers
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Should end these types of stories
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I decided the metv hassle was not worth it for me
reasons:
1. don't want to transfer that amount of money into my account
2. Don't want to book plane flights in and out now months beforehand
i just do the standard visa 3 months with extension. Get another in cambo or Vietnam.
dont want to stay in Thailand more then three months at a time anyhow. If that's a problem I just stay out of country. Problem solved and less hassle.
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On September 21, 2018 at 5:44 PM, HAKAPALITA said:
Brit Baldy
Benny hill?
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tell him to cut it the old fashioned way by hand, may cost a few baht more but who cares
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On 9/18/2018 at 9:51 AM, cyberfarang said:
Not only western tourists, but also many western expats, that fail to adapt to the ways of Thailand and don`t want to. Judging by those that post on TV I guess the majority of TV members are of the same attitudes. They have re-interpreted the word, Thainess, as a derogatory term for Thais, many describing Thais as Sonchais.
Here in Chiang Mai for example, in the centre of the city, I describe it as a Farang ghetto. These people rarely, if at all, interact with Thais. I have seen young western women and men in the middle of town dressed like they`re on a beach. They don`t stray far from their Farang style cafes, coffee shops and malls. I know quite a few that have stayed in Thailand for years and still can`t speak even one word of Thai. They also cannot shake off their western ways and attitudes. They believe the Thais should cross over into their worlds and not vice-versa.
Like the Australian guy, I too have seen Farangs behaving in ways that are very embarrassing.
had a farang neighbor in chiang mai...
all he did was go to the same farang places day in and day out. the places were run by farang and were decorated in the home country style (uk). then he came home and sat in his bungalow with the air con on all night, often going out for wine of all things. ended up going back to france and the usa. not sure what he saw in thailand to his liking. from our conversations i'm going to assume he was here to take photo's for his collection as the main motivation. never went to the local corner market or walked around the hood, never got water from the water machine on the corner. a man can do what suits him, but it just seemed weird, like he was out of his element. a stranger in a strange land.
i also saw him stroking the pud one night through the patio windows when he failed to close them and i was out in the garden in the dark. he liked the ape look and was hairy, did not shave. a hairy dude.
facial hair is under appreciated in thailand.
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2 hours ago, mogandave said:
I worked for a carnival for 10 years, I’m guessing it was more fun...Have u ever done a midget?
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8 hours ago, meechai said:
We are healthier as we can spend more days outside doing what we love
And you can do them without being eaten alive by Mosquitos and other airborne insects
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17 hours ago, marcusarelus said:
What difference do you think 30 or 40 years makes at my age? I'm old. She is firm feeling.
Your a man and you like 'em young and firm
I am almost ready to Pull the plug and leave
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Wow, that's cheap