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This guy cracks me up ... watched the last episode of Squid Game last night ...

If you factor in inflation and constant price hikes here, that 800K devalues every year by more than the paltry interest you get. Its effectively dead money and a gift to the Thai govt (and banks who are profiting by lending it out) for letting you stay here since you cant use it. But that route doe...

Still on the hunt for a new laptop ( not an iPad, and don't care about UK prices ). Laptop prices fluctuate here between 10% and 15% on a daily basis, I presume related to model availability, which is very limited in Thailand (the only country where you can buy a computer and see it go up the next m...

Pretty sure Bangkok Bank is the dodgy one all the agents use for the fake statements for the "visa with no money" option ... they've all got their snouts in the same trough.

Maybe those who blindly love Thailand so much and are blinkered to its faults enjoy being treated like dogs.

You missed the point. The UK visa process may be harder now, but once you are established there (after a couple of years), you have the same rights as UK citizens (same deal in Australia). After decades of being established in Thailand, farangs still have virtually no rights, are classified as alien...

I wonder, what is the feeling now in Thailand as a whole towards the "Farang"? I had the very occasional negative instance over the years I worked and visited Thailand and HH, but they were very much few and far between in comparison to my experiences in China and indeed the LHG's experie...

Watched the pilot of an eight-parter called Bodies , which follows four detectives, living in different eras -1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053 who find the body of the same murder victim in Whitechapel. Its worth persuing. Squid Game is back with season 3 for fans of bizarro Korean TV. Not much else about ...

Mods, just a suggestion That the title of this thread be Bolt/Grab ride hailing apps It would be a bit daft to have two separate threads, one for each Makes sense. :thumb: Having used both, Bolt are nearly always 10-20% cheaper for the same standard of service. For getting to Bangkok and back I use...

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There are plenty of reasons for remaining or being stuck here, such as family, kids, or a Thai wife who doesn't want to leave, unsellable real estate investments, age and reluctance to travel, costs of relocating, health issues, etc. I envy those with few commitments who can just up sticks and move....

Pretty much why you can't plan anything in the land of u-turns. Anutin shafted a lot of people over this and still walked away with billions. Thai cannabis stores fear for their future Tourism operators expect many cannabis stores across Thailand to be shuttered, especially in urban areas, leaving o...

He is the definition of งู

This guy really does hit the nail on the head, amazed he's still tolerated here (as a farang).