marcusarelus Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) On 2/11/2019 at 3:12 AM, madmen said: Been here 10 years. Mostly Only 2 places girls learn English, a bar or university. The guys married to girls 20 years younger are not from university but most guys in denial about their past and suck up any story like I not bar girl I just cashier lol Once you have a few years under your belt here you will get it. Got here in the 1960's how about you? Edited February 12, 2019 by marcusarelus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marcusarelus Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 3:12 AM, madmen said: Been here 10 years. Mostly Only 2 places girls learn English, a bar or university. The guys married to girls 20 years younger are not from university but most guys in denial about their past and suck up any story like I not bar girl I just cashier lol Once you have a few years under your belt here you will get it. Are you trying to imply my wife is a bar girl? Or that I don't speak Thai? You are posting from the West or Thailand? Because you don't know much about Thailand. I got here in the Army and taught the ladies at our base English and other secretarial skills. Then I moved here and my first real date was a lady who did the phone board for a Dusit hotel. She spoke excellent English and put a deposit down for my first condo in CM to hold it until I arrived. I have lived with bar girls and hi so girls and normal executive women from PTT and Samsung. I retired here and had another life after 60 that I had not imagined existed. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 19 hours ago, bkk6060 said: Ever hear of a pre-nup? My ex wife was a trophy wife. When she divorced me and got enough for her next climb she dated nothing but millionaires and did not marry again until she found one who did not insist on a pre nup. It is not as common as you may think and not as easy to enforce as you may think. But if you have one you'll find that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post faraday Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 3:12 AM, madmen said: Been here 10 years. Mostly Only 2 places girls learn English, a bar or university. The guys married to girls 20 years younger are not from university but most guys in denial about their past and suck up any story like I not bar girl I just cashier lol Once you have a few years under your belt here you will get it. Tripe 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 18 hours ago, observer90210 said: Maybe some answers could change when the THB will yield say 28 THB = 1 US$ !!!.. I definately would not stay on if the exchange rate continues to dwindle and cheat me of my valuable foreign exchange, just to fill the pockets of a greedy bunch on the top ! When I got here in the 1960's the rate was 25 baht to the dollar if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 56 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I've never been, but these are the same guys that invited me to HCMC and I loved it, then invited me to Siam Reap and I loved it. So who should I believe, guys that have taken me to places before that I enjoyed. Or a poster with under 200 posts on an anonymous forum who may never have visited Asia? You cannot compare SR to PP, 2 completely different animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Seems like we see quite a few panic sales lately of houses. Strong baht and tougher requirements for year visa could be the reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggo Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 9:58 PM, madmen said: take the bar girls out of the equation and 99 % of farang would not be here except of course the ones that married theirs ???? Where did the bar girls go anyway, well the decent looking ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jiggo said: Where did the bar girls go anyway, well the decent looking ones. They are still in the bars , although the hard living hasnt been kind to them and they are a big larger and older looking than they were 20 year ago , still in the bars though 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, marcusarelus said: Got here in the 1960's how about you? How many years have you worked here, or lived permanently here. Do you have citizenship yet? If not, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyMan Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, BritManToo said: I've never been, but these are the same guys that invited me to HCMC and I loved it, then invited me to Siam Reap and I loved it. So who should I believe, guys that have taken me to places before that I enjoyed. Or a poster with under 200 posts on an anonymous forum who may never have visited Asia? Unlike you, I have been there and it sucked. Filthy place. The food is nothing next to Thai food. No smiles unless they were talking to you and realized that there might be some money coming their way. Siem Reap was by far the best part of Cambodia that I've seen but it's not a place I'd care to live; visiting once was more than enough. I stand by my remarks. Cambodia and Phnom Penh in particular is a shiithole and only fitting for people who can no longer afford to live somewhere better. You're more than welcome to move seeing as you like it so much. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 30 minutes ago, Jiggo said: Where did the bar girls go anyway, well the decent looking ones. Social media as Tinder, and so on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 50 minutes ago, Hummin said: Seems like we see quite a few panic sales lately of houses. Strong baht and tougher requirements for year visa could be the reason. If i ever had to sell the house it would not be a fire sale, if you have trusted people you can let them take care of it. I am fortunate, i do have trusted people so no fire sale. Not that my house is that expensive. A modest 1.2 million so not going to break the bank at all. Plus I lived here for 13 years, if i factor in rent for around 5.000 (more now) I am close to break even. Sure I could have gotten some interest that I have to take into account but if I take into account the exchange rate then I have made the difference up for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipflipper Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Don't regret my choice as I have had a good run. But now, I am about to load up the wagon and head off to Hoi An, Vietnam where I will feel more welcomed and won't have to deal with Thai Immigration and their collective hated for ExPats. A nice country, nice people for the most part, great food and a low cost of living all ruined by DIC...HEADS namely BIGGEST JOKE.Sent from my CMR-AL19 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Neeranam said: How many years have you worked here, or lived permanently here. Do you have citizenship yet? If not, why? 20 years lived here continuously. Worked here 8 years. Other stuff personal. How about you? If you expect me to answer you should do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hummin said: Seems like we see quite a few panic sales lately of houses. Strong baht and tougher requirements for year visa could be the reason. My wife has shown me a few daily for the past week or so. These were all on Thai websites too. But you could pretty well assume they were foreigner homes by design/decoration etc. Some very nice deals to be had if one were looking to buy. I think things could get crowded into a real buyers market further down the road. Not just due to this visa related deal but also because so many areas have been so over built in recent years. Looks like a bubble Edited February 12, 2019 by mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Jiggo said: Where did the bar girls go anyway, well the decent looking ones. In @NCC1701 basement. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ballpoint Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) I already replied, but looking through some of the posts here from people who are moving somewhere else because they had a nice holiday there once, thought that I'd expand on it. I was in Singapore for three years from 1987 - 1989, moving there when I was 20 and working for a multinational company on full expat package. I made frequent work visits to their Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia operations as part of my training. After 3 years in Singapore, at the height of its Western bashing phase (trying to discourage locals from moving to Australia in particular, while tearing down as much of the old Singapore as possible as part of the "our beloved uncle Lee built this country single handedly" propaganda campaign), I had enough, and when offered the choice of transferring to one of the afore mentioned places, chose Thailand with no hesitation - based on that experience in each of them. Through later changes of job, I got to spend long periods in every one of the ASEAN countries, including 3 years rotating to Indonesia (alternating working 4 weeks in the Jakarta office with 4 weeks home in Thailand for 2 years, and then the same in Balikpapan for a year), and 5 years rotating in Vietnam - 3 in VungTau and 2 in HCMC. I like Vietnam, and still travel there a few times a year for work, and the occasional holiday, but would not live there. I also returned to Singapore on a 3 year expat assignment, from 2010 - 2012, followed by KL for 2 years - couldn't wait to get out of either, and did 1 year rotating in Shekou China - again, a nice place for short term living, but not for life. Of course, one day it may become impossible to remain in Thailand - though I am far more optimistic than the doom and gloom merchants with their own agendas, but until that day comes (if ever, probably never), I see no reason to reduce my quality of life by moving somewhere else. Edited February 12, 2019 by ballpoint 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowtail Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Neeranam said: How many years have you worked here, or lived permanently here. Do you have citizenship yet? If not, why? Who lives permanently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 9:58 PM, madmen said: take the bar girls out of the equation and 99 % of farang would not be here except of course the ones that married theirs ???? 99% of farangs married bar girls? Jog on son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 hours ago, marcusarelus said: When I got here in the 1960's the rate was 25 baht to the dollar if I remember correctly. You are not remembering correctly. I got her in 1967 and the rate was 20B to $. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, faraday said: 99% of farangs married bar girls? Jog on son. How about .......... 90% of Thai women married foreigners because of his money. I certainly can't think of a reason why my (former) Thai wife, 20 years my junior, married me. Although there is always the possibility Thai women like to sleep with men that remind them of their dads and uncles. Calling them bar girls is unfair IMHO. Edited February 12, 2019 by BritManToo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, BritManToo said: How about .......... 90% of Thai women married foreigners because of his money. I certainly can't think of a reason why my (former) Thai wife, 20 years my junior, married me. Although there is always the possibility Thai women like to sleep with men that remind them of their dads and uncles. Calling them bar girls is unfair IMHO. How about 90% of all women marry men because of his money the other 10% are already rich. Even male birds have to build a nest before a female bird will chirp with them. Edited February 12, 2019 by marcusarelus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, lipflipper said: Don't regret my choice as I have had a good run. But now, I am about to load up the wagon and head off to Hoi An, Vietnam where I will feel more welcomed and won't have to deal with Thai Immigration and their collective hated for ExPats. A nice country, nice people for the most part, great food and a low cost of living all ruined by DIC...HEADS namely BIGGEST JOKE. Sent from my CMR-AL19 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app I have dealt with Vietnamese immigration, can't say it was great. One letter wrong on a passport code and they would not accept my visa. It cost me a bribe to get it done. They were really inflexible and would not have minded sending me back. It might be less of a hassle but I doubt your more welcome there given what I experienced. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ballpoint Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, robblok said: I have dealt with Vietnamese immigration, can't say it was great. One letter wrong on a passport code and they would not accept my visa. It cost me a bribe to get it done. They were really inflexible and would not have minded sending me back. It might be less of a hassle but I doubt your more welcome there given what I experienced. And, if the sudden flood of disgruntled ex-Thailand expats who keep threatening to move to Vietnam ever eventuates, things will only get worse there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFO Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, ballpoint said: And, if the sudden flood of disgruntled ex-Thailand expats who keep threatening to move to Vietnam ever eventuates, things will only get worse there. Could you imagine all the angry old men here packing up and leaving Thailand to go inundate Vietnam immigration? Be fun to lurk on the Vietnam forum. Same nonsense by the same posters just the names and location has changed. ????. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, JAFO said: Could you imagine all the angry old men here packing up and leaving Thailand to go inundate Vietnam immigration? Be fun to lurk on the Vietnam forum. Same nonsense by the same posters just the names and location has changed. ????. What is the name of the forum? I'd like to go there and bad mouth Vietnam because I don't live there anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, marcusarelus said: What is the name of the forum? I'd like to go there and bad mouth Vietnam because I don't live there anymore. The Vietnamese government quickly shuts down anything that's in the least way critical of themselves. Edited February 12, 2019 by ballpoint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 45 minutes ago, marcusarelus said: What is the name of the forum? I'd like to go there and bad mouth Vietnam because I don't live there anymore. We can't post links to other forums, but do a search of "Vietnam expat forum" and you'll see a few. I really couldn't be bothered going on any other country's expat forum, other than the one I live in, and would never come back and start preaching on Thai Visa, like a maddened evangelical who has "seen the light" and wants to save us Thailand living sinners, should I decide to move from here. 35 minutes ago, ballpoint said: The Vietnamese government quickly shuts down anything that's in the least way critical of themselves. To anyone who doubts my first reply, go onto one of those forums and either make a derogatory "Nguyen" generalisation (similar to the all too frequent "Somchai" ones here), or poke fun at a government minister or head of department - as many do on Thai visa, and see how long it lasts. Edited February 12, 2019 by ballpoint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 20 hours ago, dick dasterdly said: I LOVE where I live, as it's very close to my 'dream' - so no, I don't regret moving to Thailand. I'm thinking a place with at least 3 cats for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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