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Christ BB! Sorry to hear of your troubles! Hope you heal up as quick as possible.

Imagine every Tom, Dick and Harry rocking up to Thailand on their £25O a week pension (edit: I mean if they've no savings or anything and no strict requirements for a retirement visa).

IMO, it is unrealistic to set up requirements for a retirement visa in a country where the local estimated average income is 21,000 US dollars and even that amount, I think is a bit exaggerated from what I can see around me :roll: – https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/real-gdp-per-capita/ ...

Note: Some schools have gone to on-line already, and the wearing of masks is now prevalent everywhere once again. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Hope it's not primary school students. The shutting of schools for children was probably the most deplorable act of all the weirdness during the start o...

Interestingly, bamboo has a higher tensile strength than steel and is particularly beneficial as scaffolding in earthquake zones (googled). Meh, this is a lie. After further research, 'structural' steel has double to quadruple the tensile strength. I'd landed on some tree-hugging vegan site throwin...

Interestingly, bamboo has a higher tensile strength than steel and is particularly beneficial as scaffolding in earthquake zones (googled).

That said, they do it soley for monetary reasons otherwise they wouldn't have 50p an hour Myanmar Phyo climbing precariously on that shit barefoot.

Big Boy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:51 pm I'm not convinced - especially as they are reassuring people that anything built after 2007 is earthquake proof.

I'm certainly not convinced with that statement lol. I've seen the building practices in Thailand first hand. Bamboo scaffolding and all...

Now they've had a rare, but significant, earthquake... perhaps early-warning seismometers would be beneficial? Given the poor build infrastructure in most places, it could save lives?

That was hardly Bigotry. The comment came from a 100% Brit. You really need to get your head round sarcasm, and comments made in jest. I don't know him, and I'll apologise if I mistook sarcasm for fact, but I've certainly seen a lot of self-flagellating Brits who hate their country and most of thei...

404cameljockey wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:22 am
The most 'special tourists' we've had here in the past 10 years was when the Pattaya ferry was operating. Loved those belly-stretched wifebeater vests and full body tattoos, so classy ....

Ahh, the British, gotta love 'em.

Thai police gave their first names as Mohamed, 25, Saeed, 24, and Sumya, 21, who are all British, and Abdullah, 27, who is Danish. Lol. :roll: Very British sounding people!! I should backtrack on my 'lol' a little (just found it humourous) as I have a class of students including some young Mohameds...

Thai police gave their first names as Mohamed, 25, Saeed, 24, and Sumya, 21, who are all British, and Abdullah, 27, who is Danish.

Lol.

Went off topic there, sorry. But it's all relevant to the cost of living in the area.

California just mandated that all fast food workers get paid a minimum of $20/hour. Some places are closing, others looking into alternatives like self checkout, robots, etc. Just under £16 an hour. Looking at studio rentals (the most basic accommodation there is) in California, this affords fast f...

And its still going on ... I wonder if the reaction would have been the same if he was Thai. His behaviour was inexcusable, but it takes very little to get the nationalists flared up ... :| SWISS MAN IN PHUKET FINALLY APOLOGISES TO THAI DOCTOR Not satisfied with yesterday's apology from the Swiss m...